38 Araarantaceae. 



Peivniiis. j)ul)crulus; rhizoniMte cvliiKlrieo; caulihus pcrnuiltis, dif- 

 fusis, nimosis; foliis petiolatis, ohlongo-rhombeis vel lanceolalis, iutegris 

 vel repandis, hasi attenuatis, suhtus vix punctatis; florum glomerulis 

 (lensifloris, inferiorihus axillarihus, remotis, superiorihus in spicam ter- 

 niinal(>m, saei^e subpaniculatam dispositis; bracteis ovato-triangularihus, 

 perigonio triphyllo suhae(|uilonL;is, non spinesccntilius; periuonii phyllis 

 lineari-lanceolatis, mucronulatis; utriculis perigonio multo longioribus. 



In ruderatis, cultis. Epirus: |)r. Arta (Hal.); Thessalia: pr. Kala- 

 baka (Sint.), Trikah\, Karditza, Volo (Haussk.), Katherina, Litochori 

 (Bornm.), Lechonia, Lamia (Form.); Sporaxlum insula Sciathos (Orph.); 

 Aetolia: j^r. Agrinion (Hal.); Attica: })r. Athenas (Heldr.); Elis: ])r. 

 Lechaena (Hcldr.); Ccphalonia: pr. Kutavo (Heldr.); et certe alihi. — 

 Maio, Sept. 'll. 



2. PolyciUMnuui L. gen. n. 58. 

 Flores hennaphroditi, in axillis solitarii; stamiua 1 vel 3 vel 5, ima 



hasi coalita. 



1. P. uiajus A. Br. in Koch Taschenb. p. 486; Hal. in o. h. Z. 

 1890 }). 41; Forni. in D. bol. Mon. 1890 p. 12, in Vcr. Brunn 1895 

 p. 24, 1897 p. 28; Bald. riv. coll. hot. Alh. 1895 p. 67. — Exsicc: 

 Sint. it. or. a. 1889 n. 1915. 



Glabrum vel asperulum, a collo ramosum; caulihus prostratis, elon- 

 gatis, ramulosis; foliis coniertis, crecto-patulis, a hasi dilalala suhulatis, 

 triquctris; bi'acteolis scariosis, perigonio longiorihus. — Serjuenti ro- 

 hustius, fructibus duplo majorihus. 



In arenosis, aridis rc>gionis inferioris et montanae. Epirus: pr. Han 

 Balduma, in valle Dipotami (Form.), pr. Syraku (Bald.); Thessalia: pr. 

 Kalahaka, Trikala, Konisko (Form.), pr. Hagios Dionysios in Olympo 

 (Sint.). — Jul. Sept. Q. 



2. P. arveuse L. s]). p. 85; Mazz. in ant. ion. 11. p. 454; Haussk. 

 symh. p. 57. 



Differt a praecedente, eaulihiis paruni elongatis foliis(pie hreviorihus, 

 graciliorihus, hracteolis pcrigoninm vix aequantibus. 



In collibus aridis, arenosis. Thessalia: j)r. Trikala, Kalahaka, nit. 

 Ghavellu (Haussk.); Corcyra: pr. C^anale, Mammalus (Mazz.). — Jul. 

 Sept. O N. V. 



8. P. Heuffelii Lang in syll. 1.1. ratih. TT. p. 219; Haussk. 

 symb. ]). 57. 



Glabrum vel asperulum, a collo ramosum; caulihus j.rostratis vel 

 adscendentibus, parum elongatis, ramulosis; foliis remofiusculis, filifor- 

 niibus, patulis vel recurvis; bracteolis scariosis, ])erigonium vix aequan- 

 tibus. — Praecedcnti graeilior, caulihus sae])ius jiyrainidatim-ramulosis. 



In alpinis mt. Ghavcllu in Pindo dolo])ico (Haussk.). — Jul. 

 Sej)t. O N. V. 



