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Herbae aanuae v. perennes (v. sulTruticuli humiles saepius palmares, vix pedalesj 



rnmosae, foliosae, foliis integris angustis, iloribus albis dense spicato-raccmusis (uni- 

 bracteatis) 2 5-sepalis dipetalis triandris insignes, in montibus Indiae orientalis, in 

 Persia, Arabia, Aegypto, in insulis Canariensibus el ad Caput Bonae Spei nee non 

 in California crescenlus, quoad babiluin speciebus »eneris Holopetali et Astrocarpi v. 

 Resedae glaucae similes. 



Conspectu* spetierum Oliyomeridis. 



Capsula subglobosa 0. dispersa, 



Capsula ovoideo-oblonga : . . . . 0. Dregeana. 



1. 0. dispersa. Avh. (Tab. noslr. X, Fig. 128.) 



Diagu. Annua v. biennis, parce ramosa: petalis ovatis v. subovato-oblongis 

 superne saepius 1. 2-lobatis, capsulis depresso-globosis. 



Descriptio: vide infra sub var. «. 

 «. Delileana J. Gay. (in Kralik pl. e\s. Aegvpt. in hb. ßoiss.!) 

 Reseda subulata Delile Flor, aegypl. p. 15 (1813) (ex specim. üelil. in hb. ÜC. !) 

 R. linifolia Fahl, in Hörnern. Hort. Hafnens. p. 5U1 (1813); Spreng. Syst. p. 463. 

 R. Schimperi Presl, Bot. Bemerk, p. 8 (1844). 



Gaules basi patenter raniosi, saepius ä— 10 pollices longi, rarius pedales v. paulo 

 longiores; folia rigidiuscula , 2 C '" longa, raceini valde elongati tenues; sepala 2 supe- 

 riori-lateralia juxta stamina et petala sita, v. rarius 3. tum tertiuin hracleae opposi- 

 tuni : capsulae circ. 16-sperajae. 



Descriptio: 



Radix annua v. biennis, tenuis, saepius simplex, superne saepissime exiuiie 

 mulliceps. — Caules numerosi, erecti v. e basi breviter radialo-procumbente ad- 

 scendentes, saepius raniosi, densius i'oliosi, decursu foliorum leviler striato-angulosi 

 v. superne acutius angulosi, glaberrinii. — Folia omnia integra, sparse approximata, 

 subereeta, in axillis lere constanter ramuluni plus minusve abbreviatuin foliosum in- 

 terdum etiam llorigeruui gerenlia (ipsa nullo modo fasciculata), linearia, obtusiuscula, 

 subrigidula, glauca, glaberrima, l'/j -2 , /2' 1 '" longa, l — l'/ 2 """ lala. — Flores albi, 

 in Ordine ininutissimi, subsessiles, in racemum spieiformem lenuissimum, apice bre- 

 viter comosum, sub fruetu valde elongatura et dimidium caulein subaeuuanlem dis- 

 positi. — Bracleae persistentes e lata basi triangulari acuminatae. lata hyalino- 



