Gnetaceae. 459 



In silvis regionis montanae et subalpinae, solitarie. Thessalia: pr. 

 Kastania in Pindo (Hal.), mt. Olympus (Sint.), Oeta (Heldr.); Eury- 

 tania: pr. Karoplesi (Chlor.), mt. Tymphrestus; mt. Parnassus pr. Kar- 

 karia (Heldr.); Euboea: pr. Kumi, mt. Dirphys (Fraas); Achaia: mt. 

 Kyllene (Sibth.), Chelmos (Orph.); Arcadia: pr. Kapsa (Fraas); Laconia: 

 mt. Malevo (Orph.), — Apr. Maio. |j. 



CXXXVII. Ordo. Gnetaeeae Blum. nov. fam. exp. p. 23. 



1. Ephedra L. gen. n. 1136. 



1. E. cainpylopoda C. A. Mey. monogr. eph. p. 73 t. 2; Kaul. 

 cret. p. 858; Bois. fl. or. V. p. 715; Heldr. fl. cephal. p. 67; Hal. 

 in 6. b. Z. 1892 p. 400, 1896 p. 18, Beitr. fl. Aetol. p. 11, Beitr. 

 fl. Achaia p. 35; Bald. in nuov. giorn. bot. 1894 p. 103, viagg. cret. 

 p, 96; Form. in Ver. Briinn 1896 p. 20; Haussk. symb. p. 22; Heldr. 

 chlor. Thera p. 25. — E. altissima Sieb. avis rem, p. 6, non Desf. 

 ■ — E. fragilis Sieb. avis p. 5, in Flora I. p. 273; Fraas fl. class. 

 p. 256 V. graeca; Clem. sert. p. 88; Bois. fl. or. V. p. 714, teste 

 Stapf ephed. p. 57; non Desf. fl. atl. H. p. 372, quae subsj^ecies oc- 

 cidentalis, saepius erecta et ramulis valde rigidis, siccis mox secedentibus, 

 amentis femineis angustioribus, plerumque unifloris discedit. — E. di- 

 stachya S. et S. pr. H. p. 265, Fl. gr. X. p. 51 t. 961; Urv. enum. 

 p. 126; Ch. et B. exp. p. 280, Fl. pelop. p. 65; Fraas fl. class. 

 p. 257 ; non L. — E. fragilis v. campylopoda Stapf ephed. p. 56. 

 — Exsicc: Orph. fl. gr. n. 268; Heldr. herb. norm. n. 449 et 1191; 

 Reverch. pl. cret. n. 161, in Baen. herb. europ. p, 4873; Sint. et 

 Bornm. it. turc. n. 1491 et 1492; Baen. herb. europ, n, 9252, 



Fruticosa, ramosissima, ramis striatis, asperulis, ad 4 m. longis, 

 scandentibus et ex arboribus vel rupibus dependentibus ; foliis ad vaginas 

 reductis ; amentis masculis ovatis, aggregatis, rarius subsolitariis, sessi- 

 libus, antheris 4 — 6, sessilibus, columna longe exserta suffultis; amentis 

 femineis pedunculo reflexo vel recurvo, eis aequilongo vel longiore suf- 

 fultis, bifloris, rarius unifloris, involucri vaginis 2 — 3 nis, infimis bre- 

 viter, intermediis longius connatis, intimis multo majoribus, ad ^/4 con- 

 natis; tubillo recto; seminibus ovatis. 



Li muris, rupestribus, sepibus regionis inferioris et montanae. 

 Epirus: ad Nicopolis pr. Prevesa (Bald.); Thessalia: pr. Pharsalus 

 (Haussk.), in valle Tempe (Heldr.), pr. Litochori (Sint.); Sporadum 

 insula Jura (Reiser); in Petaliarum insulis (Holzm.); Aetolia: pr. Kar- 

 penisi in mt. Tymphrestus (Orph.), mt. Chalkis pr. Krioneri (Hal.) ; 

 Phocis: mt. Parnassus (Heldr.); Attica: pr. Piraeum (Fraas), Stadion, 

 in colle Lycabettus, in scopulo Rhaphti (Heldr.), mt. Pentelicon (Haussk.), 

 Hymettus (Clem.); Achaia: pr. Patras (Heldr.), Megaspilaeon (Hal.); 

 Argolis: pr. Nauplia (Orph.); Laconia: mt. Taygetos (Psarides), ad fl. 

 Em-otas, pr. 'Chimova, in Maina (Chaub.) ; Cycladum insula : Keos (Sart.), 

 Kythnos, Siphnos, Paros (Heldr.), Melos, Nea Kameni (Urv,), Thera 



