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ex apice caudicis plus minusve nunierosi e basi breviter radiato-procumbente adscen- 

 deuti-erecli, subfle.vuosi, saepius simplices v. basi parce ramosi, vix pedales, basi 

 foliosi, supra medium denudati, decursu ramorum et foliorum subangulosi et pallide 

 lineolato-striati, glaberrimi, nitiduli, glauco-virides , supra basin circ. 2-3°"" crassi. 

 — Folia glaberrima, elongata, radicalia 10—15"" v. dimidium caulem subaequantia 

 et l'/2— 2 C '" lata, (superiora minora) , ambitu lanceolato-spathulata interrupte-pinnati- 

 secta , laciuiae suboppositae 5— 10 jugae in rhachi adscendentes , saepius per paria 

 breviores cum longioribus secus rhacbin alternantes semperque latiuscule decurrentes, 

 integrae v. rarius inciso-bilobae ovato-lanceolatae v. saepius lanceolato-obovatae, 

 vulgo apice rotundato-obtusae et brevissime mucronulatae, margine glabrae et planae 

 v. parce papilloso-asperulae. — Flor es albidi (in sicco pallide-ochrolcuci), majus- 

 culi, in racemos densos, longissimos, dimidium caulem et ultra aequantes, semipeda- 

 les v. longiores, apice vix comosos dispositi. — Bracteae persistentes, lineari- 

 lanceolatae. sensim acuminatae, fere hyalinae, nervo obscure viridi notatae, pedi- 

 cellos florigeros subaequantes v. iis breviores circ. 2""" longae et fructigeris parum 

 elongalis subbreviores , glabrae. - Pedicelli erecto-patuli v. erecti, sulcato-angu- 

 losi, glaberrimi, florigeri saepius 2</ 2 """ longi, apice sensim in calycem abeuntes, fruc- 

 tigeri paulo longiores saepius 3""" attingentes, a capsulis circ. duplo superatis. — 

 Calyx omnino ut in R. Gayana. — Petala 5, circ. 4°"" longa, inter se omnia si- 

 millima et forma et magnitudinc aequalia (hanc ob rem in genere insignia), basi 

 exappendiculata, obovato-cuneata, circ. 9-nervia, apice breviter inciso-triüda , lobi 

 circ. 2 /s— 3 A""" longi, subovati, obtusi, laterales integri v. rarius unus alterve inciso- 

 bilobulatus. — Tubus staminalis ut in R. Gayana sed disco omnino destitutus. — 

 Stamina quoad filam. anth. et grana pollinis omnino ut in R. Gayan. — Ovarium 

 praecedentis. — Capsulae praecedenlis sed multo numerosiores , imbricatae, denies 

 3 paulo lon°iores et divergentes. — Sem in a praecedentis sed niajora I""" longa, 

 circ. 40 in quavis Capsula, fere levia. 



Hab i tat in Africae regione mediterranea prope Tripoli (Ritchie et Üudney, ex 

 cel. R. Br. *) I. c), circa Biskra in glareosis (Balansa. PI. exs. d'Algerie [1853J 



I N. 876 in hb. DC. ! et Boiss.!), in ruderatis prope Gabes (Kralik. pl. exs. Tunetanae 



! N. 14 in hb. Boiss.!) 



*) Tliis supposcd uew species is remarkable in having the ungues of all tlie petals simple, thal 

 is, neither dilated, thickened, nor having any nrocess or appendage at the point of union wilh Ihc 

 trifid lamina , into which Ihey gradually pass. R. Br. I. c. 



