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46. R. virgata. Boiss, et Reut. (Tab. nostr. IX, Fig. 122.) 



R. glauca Brot. Flor. Lusit. II, p. 307; Willd. hb. fol. 9226 pag. 2 (!); Link, in hb. 



Reg. Berol. (!), Botan. madrit. (ex Boiss. et Reut.). 

 R. virgata Boiss. et Reut, Diagn. Plant, nov. Hispan. p. 6 (1842); Walp. Repert. II, 



p. 752; Willis. Spicil. in Bot. Zeitg. 1847 p. 237; Colmeiro, Apunt. p. 27. 



Diagn. Elatior, minus ramosa, glabra: foliis integris linearilnis basi longiuscule 

 4— 6-denticulatis; floribus hexameris circ. 16-andris, albidis (?) anguste racemosis, 

 sepalis persistentibus ovato-lanceolatis petalis subtriplo brevioribus , petalorum supe- 

 riorum lamina supra insertionem utrinque ab appendice discreta, usque ad medium 

 triloba, lobis (saepius) omnibus integris inter se similibus ovato-oblongis, filamentis 

 subpersistentibus glaberrimis , capsulis subereetis depresso-obovoideis 4-gonis, acute 

 4-dentatis sub ore arctissime contractis, glabris, seminibus minimis levissimis, radi- 

 cula hilo approximata. 



Descriptio: 



Radix Iignosa, crassa, simpliciuscula, cortice rimoso cinereo-ochraceo tecta, 

 superne plus minusve multiceps. — Caules validiusculi erecti v. ex ima basi bre- 

 viter adscendente erecti, simplices v. parce ramosi, subpedales v. paulo longiores, 

 prope basin 2 — 2 1 // 1 " 1 crassi, teretes v. vix minutissime striato-angulosi, glaucescen- 

 tes glaberrimi, basi densius superne parce foliosi. Folia omnia integra, strictiuscula, rigida, 

 glaucescentia, glaberrima, anguste linearia apice breviter et calloso-mucronulata, a basi 

 fere usque ad medium utrinque denticulis 1—4 distantibus stramineo-hyalinis subsetaceis 

 horizontalibus v. interduin reclinatis saepius 1 — IV3""" longis obsita, infima circ. ¥"' 

 inferiora 3 — 5 C! " longa, suprema breviora, omnia fere ubique aequilata et diametro 

 % — 1""" aequantia. — Flores albidi (?) (ut in praecedente specie in sicco lutescen- 

 tes), breviter pedicellati, in racemum primum spiciformem densum elongatum apice 

 breviter comosum, sub fructu relaxatum 5—7 pollicarem semper valde angustum dis- 

 positi. — Bracteae persistentes, ovato-lanceolatae, acuminatae, concolores v. tan- 

 tum angustissime hyalino-marginatae, pedicellos florigeros duplo superantes, basi 

 obscure bidenticulatae, IV2""" longae. — Pedicelli breves v. subnulli, leviter sul- 

 cato-angulosi, glabri, florigeri vix 1°"" longi, fructigeri paulo longiores. — Calyx 

 hexasepalus, sepala persistentia, inter se basi allius connata, superiora breviora ovato- 

 lanceolata, inferiora lanceolata circ. lVV"" longa, omnia acuminata integra glaberrima. 

 — Petala (albida?) exserta, circ. 3 — 3'/2""" longa, superionun lamina lanceolato- 



