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tem breviter papulosa -tomentellum productus. — Stamina circ. 21, sepala sub- 

 aequantia et petala superantia, filamenta persistcntia glabra, sub antheris paulo 

 dilatata, basi stipra discum perspicue monadelpha. Anlherae ellipsoideae, 1°"" longae 

 undique niinute papilloso-tuberculatae. Grana pollinis K'm — '/so""" longa subgloboso- 

 ellipsoidea, caeterum ut in R. lutea. — Ovarium sessile (nee ut in reliquis spe- 

 ciebus plus minusve stipitatum) subgloboso-trigonum, superne undique et praesertim 

 secus placentas extus densiuscule papillulis breviter conicis asperulum, apice 3-(4) 

 •leiit :ii uin . dentes elongati eum fere aequantes et eodem modo asperuli, superne 

 divergentes et intus ad margines inflexos stigmatosi. — Ovula in ovariis circ. 

 20 — 30, in quavis placenta circ. 6 — 8, biserialia. — Capsula subglobosa, parva, 

 8 — 10""" longa, breviter 3— 4-dentata, venulosa, superlicie bullato-papillosa, demum 

 pendula. — Semina l'/V"'" longa, Iransverse scrobiculalo-rugosa; quoad formam iis 

 R. Phyleumatis similia. 



Habitat in monte et in deserto Sinai copiose (Aucher-Eloy. pl. e.x. No. 2619 

 et alia speeim. sine No. in hb. Boiss. ! et DC!). in deserto arabico et aegyptiaco 

 (Boiss. in ej. herb.!), in Aegypto ad pyramides Gizeh prope Cahiram (Tb. Kotschy. 

 pl. exs. in hb. DC ! ; et G. Ehrenberg in hb. Reg. Berol.!), in Regno Tunetano 

 prope Gabes in paseuis deserli (Kralik. pl. exs. Tunetan. No. 371 et No. 36 [sub 

 R. Phyteumate] in hb. Boiss. haec magis laxidora). 



ß. strieta. 

 R. odorata Schimp. Un. Uin. pl. exs. No. 506. 



Canlis elatior, lere pedalis, folia longiora et strictiora quorum laciniae magis 

 apicem versus angustatae, pedicelli perspicue longiores, capsulae 4- (rarius 3) den- 

 tatae. 



Habitat in Aegypto inferiore (Dr. A. Wiest in Schimper. pl. exs. aegypl. No. 

 506 in hb. DC!) 



y. glabrescens. 



Canlis pedalis, adscendens, folia glabrescentia. subllaccida, racemus laxior et 

 pedicelli graciliores. 



Habitat ad radices inontium prope Radar distr. Abuschir (Th. Kotschy pl. exs. 

 No. 127 in hb. DC! et Boiss.!) 



Species eximie distineta et filamentis persistentibus inter alfines insignis, et ovario 

 omnino estipitatum in genere anomala, caeterum R. odoratae habitu similis. 



