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pedicellis iisque ad medium v. fere ad apicem adnata; pedicelli 5 — 2 mm longi, erecti. 

 Calycis tnbus 4 — 5 mm longus, supevne er. 2,5 mm ciassus, setis flavidis v. fulvis erecto- 

 patentibus versus apicem interdum miaute (sub microscopio) retrorsum hamulosis, plerumque 

 laevibus villoso-hirsutissimus et plane obtectus; lobi basi contigui, sub anthesi patentes, obtusi 

 V. aeutati. 18 — 22 mm longi, 4 — 5 mm lati, inter sese paullo inaequilongi, interiores in ordine 

 verisim. quincunciali paullo minores, integerrimi, 3- v. inferne 5-nerves, utrinqne pilis brevibus 

 V. brevissimis erecto-adpressis rigidis laevibus v. minute spinulosis obsiti, post anthesin usque 

 ad 38 mm longit. et 7,5 mm Litit. excrescentes erecti. Petala alabastrum depresse globosnm 

 formantia, apice truncata vel retusa, cal.ycis lobis fere duplo breviora, 6 — 12 mm longa, ex- 

 pansa 4 — 6 mm lata, nervis e basi prodeuntibus 5 v. 7 lateraliter valde ramosis, lateralibus 

 genuinis incrassatis deficientibus, extrinsecus brevissime hirtella, intus glabra. .Squamae a 

 dorso rectangulares usque anguste lanceolatae, 3 — 5 mm longae, 1 — 2 mm latae surbcurvatae, 

 ligula reflexa obtusa v. acutiuscula partem '/s — '/j sqnamae aequante, margine incurvato con- 

 cavae, extrinsecus ad marginem inferum versus brevissime scabriusculae, intus circa pedem 

 filamentorum sterilium breviter papilloso-pilosae; staminodia interiora basi squamis vix adnata 

 easqne vix superantia, ex medio v. plerumque e parte superiore squamulae 1,5 — 3 mm longae 

 recurvatae linearis v. lanceolato- linearis, margine et circumcirea densissime papilloso-pilosae 

 abeuntia, caeterum filiformia, ad medium versus vesiculiformi-papillosa. Stamina petalis et 

 inter sese basi ima v. vix cohaerentia, 5 — 7 mm longa nuda v. ad medium vesiculigera, glabra; 

 antherae 0,5 — 0,7 mm longae et latae utrinque vix v. parum emarginatae; poUinis granula 

 er. 40 ft diametro. Stylus ad basin parum incrassatus, postremo 5 mm longns er. 0,5 mm 

 crassus, inferne v. usque supra medium pilis patentibus brevibus inferne minute spinulosis ob- 

 situs, superne glaber, plerumque tortuosus. Fructus lobis calycinis aliformibus coronatus 

 10 — 12 mm longus, 5 — 7 mm crassus transversim subtriangularis, costis crassiusculis, e petalis 

 decurrentibus paullo magis elevatis, nunc reticulato-conjunctis, praesertim ad costas pilis pallide 

 flavidis v. fulvis erecto- patentibus yilloso - hirsutus. Semina oblonga, basi rotundata, apice 

 angustata v. triangularia, ad septnm versus concaviuscnla , 7 — 8 mm longa, er. 2,5 mm lata, 

 vix 1 mm crassa, pallide flava. 



Habitat in Arabia prope Aden m. Mart., April, tl. et fr.: Thomson, Germain, 

 Schweinfurtb n. 129; Goklnore Valley: Lunt n. 813 in Bent's Hadr. Exp.; Hadramaut 

 Valley prope Alrail ex Britt. \. c; in regione Somali prope Gueldora: Revoil (ex 

 Franchet); in Africa australi inter Verleptpram et ostium tluvii Gariep: Drege. in mon- 

 tibus Hantam: Meyer, in territorio Hereroeusi: Pechuel- Lösche, in regione Damaraland 

 dicta, in arenosis juxta flnmen Swachaub, prope Usakos, alt. 850 m s. ni., meuse majo 

 flor.: Marloth n. 122G, prope Aus: Öteingröver u. 53, 62, inter Walfischbav et Odyitambi: 

 Lüderitz n. 101; ad Aapyes-river et in Namaqualand (ex Harvey), in Africa austr. 

 centr. sub 23" lat. austr. (ex Masters). 



Floret m. Mart. — Jun. — V. s. in herb. Berol., Boissier-Barbey, Candolle, Delessert, 

 Holm., Lips., Petrop., Prag., Vindobon. 



Obs. Specimina Asiatica et Africana satis differunt; illa squamis anguste lanceolatis, 

 apice recurvo tripartitis, haec squamis rectangularibiis apice recurvo integris gaudent; illa 

 caules pilis plerisque glochidiatis vestitos, folia subrotunda usque ovata, basi cordata 3 — 7- 

 lobulata v. lobata, inflorescentias multifloras, primum trifurcatas, haec (submanca) caules pUis 

 plerisque antrorsum v. patenti-spinuligeris vestitos, folia ovata v. ovali- oblonga, irregulariter 



