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8. R. ariiiona. fioiss. (Tal», nostr. VI, Fig. 92.) 



Boiss. üiagn. l p. ä ;1S42); Walpers Keperl II, p. 754. 



Diagn. Subhuinilis, divaricalo-raiiiosissima, glaberrima : l'oliis oimiibiis inlegris 

 lanceolalo-spathulatis: floril)us hexameris circ. 18-aiidris albidis anguste racemosis, 

 sepalis persisleiitibiis lineari-spalhuJatis petala aeqiiaiilibiis deiriimi non aniplialis, pe- 

 talorum siiperiorutii lamiiiae profunde Iriparlihu! iaciniis lateralibiis profunde 5 — (i-par- 

 litis lacinulis aiiguslc liuearibus laciiiae inlermediae lineari-spathulalae (superiie dila- 

 tatae) dissimilibus eaque paulo longiorlbus; lilanientis mox deciduis hneari-subulatis 

 glabris ; capsulis demuin peiidulis subglobosis breviter 3-dentatis ore latiuscule aperlis 

 glabris, seminibus tnaximis scroi)iculato-rugosis . radicida elongata a hylo distante. 



Descriptio: 



Radix (nob. band ol»via . ("aules berbacei, basi duriusculi (piidern sed annui 

 (ex seclione transversali) humiles circ. IS -25"" longi, rigidiuscnli, valde ramosi, 

 foiiosi, suberecti, flexuosi, decursu foliorum caniinorum iineis pallidis prominentibus 

 notati, caeteruin teretes, opaci, glauco-virides. Rami numerosi, divergenter-patnli, 

 ab inferioribus ad superiores gradatim breviores, unde habitus totius plantae snbpy- 

 raniidalis. — Folia onuiia integra, carnosula, glauco-viridia, ereclo-paUda, lanceo- 

 lalo-subspalbuiata 12 14"" longa, ad margines (lentis ope) niinute papilloso-asperula; 

 caulina in axillis seniper ramulum lloriferuni gerentia, summa paulo minora. Nervuli 

 laterales utroque latere circ. 5. — Flor es in racemnm jtrimuni densiuscnluni vix 

 semipollicarem dein sub fructii laxuni elongatum, fere dimidiuni caulem aequantem 

 dispositi. — Bracteae obovatae obtusae, I1/2""" longae. pedicellos dimidios sub flore 

 aequantes v. paulo superantes, margine asperulae. — Pedicelli florigeri 1 — 3°'°' 

 longi, sepalis breviores, sulcato-anguiosi, in angulis asperuli, fructiferi circ. 6"""" 

 longi, horizontales v. deflexo-patuli, capsulis breviores. — Calyx ti-sepalus, sepala 

 persistenlia. lineari-spalhulata oblusa, circ. 8 — 3'/2°'" longa, basi Vs superne Vj"'"" 

 lata; frnctigera vix aucta. — Petala alba. circ. 3""" longa, byalino-appendicnlala. 

 Laniina superiorum fere usque ad basin (^usque ad Vg longitud.) 3-partita, lacinia in- 

 termedia lineari-spatbulata apicc paullo dilatata et 'A"'"' lata, lateralibns circ. 1/1 v. V5 

 brevior; laterales obovato-cunealae profunde 5 — Ö-partitae, lacinulae anguslissime 

 lineares, obtusae, 11/2"'°' longae, undique tantum Vio""" latae, exteriores gradatim 

 minores. Appendix hyaliinjs v. basin versus viridescens magisque opacus, subqua- 



