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ex apice caudicis plus miiiiisve minierosi e basi l)reviter radialo-prociunbente adscen- 

 denti-erecli, siibllexuosi, saopiiis simplicos v. l)asi parce ramosi, vix pedales, basi 

 foliosi, supra tiiedium demidati, deciirsu ramoniin et folioriini siibaiigiilosi cl pallide 

 lineolato-striali, glaberrinii, iiilidiili, glauco-virides, supra basiii circ. 2-3""" crassi. 

 — Folia glabeiTima, elongata, radicalia 10—15'"' v. diniidiunt cauleni subacquanlia 

 et 11/2—2"" lata, (superiora niinora) , anibitu lanceolato-spatbulata internipte-pinnati- 

 secla , laciniae subopposilae 5— 10 jugae in rhacbi adscendentes, saepius per paria 

 breviores ciuii longioribus secus rhacbiu altcrnantes semperque latiuscule decurrenles, 

 iiitegrae v. rarius inciso-bilobae ovato-lanceolalae v. saepius lanceolalo-obovatae, 

 vulgo apice rotundato-obtusae el brevissiiiie niucronulatae , niargine glabrae et planae 

 V. parce papilloso-asperulae. Flores albidi (in sicco pallide-ocbroleuci), majus- 

 culi, in racemos densos, longissiinos, dimidiuni caulem et ultra aequantes, seinipeda- 

 les V. iongiores, apice vix comosos dispositi. — Bracteae persistentes, lineari- 

 ianceolatae. sensim acuminatae, fere iiyaiinae, nervo obscure viridi notatae, pedi- 

 cellos florigeros subaequantes v. iis breviores circ. 2"'"' longae et Iructigeris paruni 

 elongatis subbreviores , glabrae. — Pedicelli erecto-patuli v. erecti, sulcato-angu- 

 losi, glaberrinii, florigeri saepius 21/2"'"' longi, apice sensim in calyceni abeuntes, fruc- 

 tigeri paulo longiores saepius 3°'"' attingentes, a capsulis circ. duplo superatis. — 

 Calyx oninino ut in R. Gayana. — Petala 5, circ. 4"'"' longa, intcr se omnia si- 

 niillima et forma et magniludine aequalia (hanc ob rem in genere insignia), basi 

 exappendiculala, obovato-cuneata, circ. 9-nervia, apice breviter inciso-triüda , lobi 

 circ. 2/3— V'.'""' longi, subovati, obtusi, laterales integri v. rarius unus alterve inciso- 

 bilobulatus. — Tubus staminalis ut in R. Gayana sed disco oninino destitutus. — 

 Stamina quoad lilain. antb. et graiia pollinis oninino ut in R. Gayan. — Ovarium 

 praecedentis. — Capsulae praecedenlis sed nnilto numerosiores, imbricatae, dentes 

 3 paulo longiores et divergentes. — Sem in a praecedentis sed majora 1"'"' longa, 

 circ. 40 in 'quavis Capsula, fere levia. 



Habitat in Africae regione mediterranea prope Tripoli (Ritchie et Oudney, ex 

 cel. R. Br. *) I. c), circa Biskra in glareosis (Balansa. PI. exs. d"Algerie [1853] 

 N. 876 in hb. DC! et Boiss.!), in ruderatis prope Gabes (Kralik. pl. exs. Tunetanae 

 N. 14 in hb. Boiss.!) 



*) This supposed new species is remarkablc ia baving the ungues of all ihe petals simple, thal 

 is, neither dilated, lliickened, nor having any nrocess or appendage at thc poinl of union with the 

 trifid lamina , into whicli they gradually pass. R. Br. I. c. 



