Eanunciilaceae. 27 



IV. Tribus. HELLEBOREAE DC. Syst. I. p. 306. 



§ 1. Flores regulares, 



9. Nigella L. Gen. n. 685. 



1. Sectio. Erohatos DC Pr. I. p. 49. Calyx petaloideus, coroUa 

 major; carpella 5, inflata, bilocularia, in capsulam 10-locularem ad 

 apicem usque coalita, loculis 5 externis vacuis, rostrum elongatum. 



1. N. damasceiia L. Sp. p. 534; S. et Sm. Pr. I. p. 373; Pieri 

 Fl. Corc. p. 69; Ch. et B. Exp. p. 153, Fl. Pelop. p. 34; Marg. et 

 R. Fl. Zante p. 26; Friedr. Reise p. 282; Raul. Cret. p. 702; XJng. 

 Reise p. 131; Bois. Fl. or. L p. 68; Weiss in z. b. G. 1869 p. 51; 

 Spreitz. in z. b. G. 1877 p. 719 et 1887 p. 654; Heldr. Fl. Ceplial. 

 p. 20, Fl. Aegin. p. 231; Form. in deutsch. bot. Monatschr. 1891 

 p. 33, in Ver. Briinn 1895 p. 38, 1896 p. 75, 1897 p. 55; Haussk. 

 Symb. p. 4; Hal. Beitr. Fl. Epir. p. 11. — Icon: Fl. Gr. t. 509. — 

 Exsicc: Orph. Fl. Gr. n. 721; Sint. It. Thessal. n. 516. 



In cultis et collibus vulgaris ab Epiro et Thessalia, per Graeciam 

 mediam et Peloponnesum usque ad Cretam, etiam in insulis Corcyra,^ 

 Ithaca, St. Maura, Cephalonia, Zante, Aegina, Syra et Euboea et in 

 Pharmacusis. — Maio, Junio. ©. 



2. Sectio. NigeUaria DC. 1. c. Calyx petaloideus, corolla major; 

 carpella vix comjDressa, in capsulam 5-locularem plus minus alte 

 connata, locuhs onmibus seminiferis, rostrum elongatum. 



2. N. tuberculata Griseb. Spic. I. p. 318; Brand in Huth 

 Abhandl. Naturw. IV., IX. p. 33. — N. arvensis /S glauca Bois; Fl. 

 or. I. p. 66. — N. arvensis y. invohicrata Bois. 1. c. pro p.;^ 

 N. arvensis Form. in deutsch. bot. Monatschr. 1891 p. 33, in Ver. 

 Briinn 1895 p. 38, 1896 p. 75, 1897 p. 55; Haussk. Symb. p. 4. 

 — Exsicc. : Heklr. It. quart. Thessal. a. 1879; Sint. et Bornm. It. turc. 

 n. 146; Sint. It. Thessal. n. 1239; Orph. Fl. gr. exs. n. 670. 



Caule erecto , ramis suberectis ; foliis caulinis laciniatis ; fIoribu& 

 nudis vel breviter involucratis ; carpelhs vix ad medium coahtis, intra 

 3 nervos rugulosis, extra nervos granulato - scabris , rostris junioribus 

 circinnato-recurvatis; seminibus eximie triquetris. 



In campis, herbosis, cultis. Frequens in Thessalia a mt. Pelion et 

 Olympo per planitiem totam usque in Pindo et Epiro, etiam in Eurytania 

 pr. Karpenisi (Heldr.). — Jun. Aug. ©. 



3. N. aristata S. et Sm. Pr. I. p. 373; Ch. et B. Fl. Pelop. 

 p. 34; Fraas Fl. class. p. 132; Ung. Reise p. 131; Heldr. Chlor. 

 Thera p. 7. — N. arvensis s. invohicrata Bois. Fl. or. I. p. 66 

 pro p. ; Weiss in z. b. G. 1869 p. 51; Haussk. Symb. p. 4; Form. 

 in Deutsch. bot. Mon. 1898 p. 79. — N. Huthii §. aristata Brand 

 1. c. p. 34. — Icon: Fl. gr. t. 510. — Exsicc. : Heldr. Herb. norm 

 n. 1203. 



