— 95 - 



efformans. — Stamina saepiiis 10—12, 2 2'/2"'"' longa (parte libera), filamenta 

 mox dccidua, lineari-subiilata, glabra, antlioras circ. diiplo superanlia v. dedorata lon- 

 giora; antherae ovoideo-oblongae, apice sul)attenualae, obtusae, basi cordalae, leves. 

 - Ovarium omnino ut in Reseda sed sab flore accuratius clausuni, antea apertuin 

 ovoideo-ellipsoideum v. obovoideum, subleres, subniembranaceum, glabrum, basi in 

 stipitem brevem abrupte attenuatum, apice cuspidato- 3-dentatum, donliuni l su- 

 perior, 2 inferiore-laterales breves, truncati, subdivaricati; inter denies erectos in- 

 tlexo- 3-lobatuui et hie papilloso-stigmatosum. — Ovula in piacentis (ribus biserialia, 

 in quaque circ. 4—6, caetera Resedae. — Capsula obovoideo-globosa, turgida, 

 subindata, subullato-rugosa, glabra, brevissime stipitata, basi abrupte attenuala, 

 apice rotundata et brevissime et obtuse 3-denticuIata, subcorlaceo-membranacea, 

 demum turgescens et carnoso-succulenta, etiam matura omnino clausa, 4—5""" longa. 

 — Semina abortu pauca, circ. 10; ovoideo-reniformia , saepe subangulosa, lutes- 

 cenlia v. demum brunneo-tabacina v. fusco-ferruginea, minute luberculato-rugosa, 

 l'/2— AV3""" longa. — Embryo Resedae. 



Habitat in Aegypto (Delile in bb. DC! Sieber! Acerbi! Pinard! Kotschy pl. 

 exs. N. 938! hb. DC. et Boiss. ; G. Ehrenberg in hb. Reg. Berol ! ßoissi); in Abys- 

 sinia: (G. Ehrenberg in hb. Reg. Berol!); Arabia petraea, (Schimper pl. exs. N. 

 305. 307 in hb. DC.!); in deserto Sinaico (Bove pl. exs. N. 149! G. Ehrenberg!); 

 in regione Maris mortui (Delessert in hb. Reg. Berol!); in Persia australi: (Kotschy 

 pl. exs. N. 159 in hb. DC!) 



p. scandens. Höchst, et Steud. in Schimper pl. exs. aegypt. 1835. 



Scandens (?), rami minus patuli, graciliores et dilTusius ramulosi et paulo densius 

 foliosi; ramuli tenues subflaccidi; folia angusliora; flores dioici, in speciminibus Schim- 

 perianis foeminei minutissimi (stamina brevissima, abortiva); masculi quam in specie 

 paulo minores. 



Habitat in collibus granitosis prope Dscheddam Arabiae felicis inter Acacias, 

 die 25. Dec. 1835. leg. cl. Schimper (hb. DC); In Beludchistan (cl. Stocks hb. Boiss!). 



ßß. monstruosa. 



Ochradenus rostratns G. Ehrenberg in Sched. herb. Reg. Berol! 

 Flores dioici, in specim. masculo ovarium aborlivum, primum omnino ut in specie 

 sed ovulis destitutum, demum valde elongatum, cylindrico-rostratum, 15'"" longuni, 



