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longae, basi V 5 mm latae, longius persistens. — Pedicelli primuni subnulli, dein 

 1/2— 1""" longi, calyce duplo breviores, validi, apice incrassati, sult fructu 2 — 2 l /2 n "" 

 longi, sulcati, asperuli. — Calyx hexasepalus, parvus; sepala decidua, ovato- v. 

 oblongo-lanccolata, basi atlenuata, obtusiuscula, superiora reliquis paulo latiora, mar- 

 gine late hyalina, 3-nervia, nervulis minutis secundariis dense et pulchre reticulalo- 

 ramulosis praedita, papilloso-denticulata, vix 2'""' aequantia. — Petala ochroleuca (?), 

 sepala paulo superantia, superiora circ. 3""" longa, quorum lamina usque ad quintam 

 longitudinis partem 7 v. saepius 9-partita (3-partita, cum lacin. lateral, usque ad ba- 

 sin 3— 4-partis), lacinula intermedia reliquis vix longior ac vix nisi situ a caeteris 

 dislinguenda, omnes lineari-spatluilata (basi '/ 6 , apice 'A'"'" latae, et IV4— 2""" longae, 

 appendix unguicularis obovatus lamina sesqui v. duplo brevior, dorso olivaceüs cae- 

 terum hyalinus, margineque minute papilloso-ciliolatus, apice supra laminae basin vix 

 productus, sed ibi Iateraliter biauriculato-reflexus. Inferiora vix breviora, lamina 

 integra, lineari-spathulata v. interdum superiore latere lacinula setiformi aucta minute 

 appendiculala. — Tubus staminalis brevissimus, carnosus, glaber. superiore latere 

 (ad apicem) in discum album, membranaceum, 1/2°"" latum, semiorbicularein supra 

 glabrum, margine pilloso— hirtuliim productus. — Stamina circ. 12, 1'/ 2 — 2y 2 """ longa ; 

 lilamenta mox decidua, sab antheris non dilatata, iisque paulo lonaiora (V,""" lata) 

 glabra; antberae ellipsoideae, sesqui v. duplo longiores quam latae, apice tubercula- 

 tae; grana pollinis omnino ut in R. stenostachya. — Ovarium ovoideum, basi vLv 

 attenuatum, ad angulos obtusos papillosulum, dentibus tribus turgidis obtusis erectis 

 terminatum. — Ovula in quavis placenta circ. 12—20, irregulariter 3 — 4-seriaIia. ~ 

 Capsulae erectae, stibimbricatae, axi adpressae, ellipsoideae, utrinque attenuatae, 

 obtuse sexangulatae, brevissime stipitatae, apice subtruncatae et obtuse 3-dentatae, 

 5""" longae, pedicellos duplo triplove superantes, iis Resedae Alpbonsi similes sed 

 1 ore magis contraclae et multo longius pedicellatae. - Semina circ. 40 in quavis 

 Capsula, levissima, subopaca, Vs""" longa, iis R. Buhseanae simillima sed minora. 



Habita t in Persiae montosis prope Kaserun (Kotschy pl. Pers. austr. No. 144 

 in hb. Boiss. ! et DC!) et prope Dalechi (Kotschy I. c. N. 214. a. in hb. Boiss.!); 

 inter Bagdad et Mossul (herb. Olivier in hb. DC! et hb. Reg. Berol. !) 



ß. elatior. 



Gaules magis erecti, longiores, folia longiora floresque paulo majores. 



Habitat in Beludschistan inferiore (Stocks. N. 585 et 587 in hb. Boiss.!); Af- 

 ghanistan (Griffith. No. 1435 in hb. Boiss.!); ad Euphratem? (Colon. Chesney. N. 193 



