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omnino (si excipias bracteas quasdani squaniiformes) denudati, fere oniiies eandem 

 allitiidinem attiiig-entes, omnesque in racemos angusle cylindricos fere spicifornies 

 laxe paucilloros abeuntes. — Folia parva, subcaniosula, niox decidua, lineari- v. 

 lanceolato-spatliulala, obtiisa, integerriina, omnino glabra, basi minute bidenticulala, 

 V2 — IV2 ' longa. — Flores ignoti. — Bracteao foliaceae (ut in R. scoparia), sub- 

 sqnamaefornies, ovatae, subobtusae, 1 — l'^""" tantum longae, immarginatae longeque 

 persistentes. — Pedicelli abbreviati, Iructigeri 2_3""" longi, bracteas subdnplo su- 

 perantes. apice incrassati, tereles, glaberrimi. — Calyx 6-sepaliis, sepala denuim 

 decidua, aequalia, obovata v. ovata rotiindalo-obtusa, giabra, 2""" longa. — Petala 

 (band obvia). — Tubus staminalis glaber apice circumcirca apicem in discuni cir- 

 cularem (nee unilateralem) 2%""" latum, carnosulum (in sicco pallide aurantiacum) 

 margine reflexum et sepala deprinientem glaberrimum expansus. — Capsula sessilis 

 inllato-ovoidea, fenuiter-menibranacea minulissime papiiloso-hirtula et Rutacearum 

 niore glanduloso-punctata, basi parum attenuata, apice contracta dentibus tribus vix 

 IV2"'"' longis erectis (subparallelis) acutis tricuspidata, circ. 10—12""" longa. — Se- 

 mina 2 — 21/3'""' longa, levia, pallide ocbroleuca, vix nitidula ad niargines carpidio- 

 rum cum ovulis abortivis plurimis biserialibus mixta. (Fertilia non obvia). 



Habitat in regno Mascate v. in Persia australi. (Aucher-Eloy. pl. exs. No. 4179 

 in hb. Boiss.! specimen unicum et valde incompletum). Nulli generis alTinis, et qui- 

 dem ab omnibus disco orbiculari (nee unilaterali) et capsulis glanduloso-punctalis di- 

 versa, üchradeno baccalo habitu (quoad t'ragmenta) subsimilis, unde nomen. 



18. R, Alphon-si. Nob. (Tab. nostr. VII, Fig. 102.) 



R. atriplicifolia IMansa pl. exs. (1S54) non J. Gay. 

 R. Alplionsi J. Müll, in Bot. Zeitg. 1856 p. 35. 



Diagn. Elata, speciosa, glabra: Ibliis omnibus integris lanceolatis utrinque atte- 

 nualis erectis, (loribus bexameris circ. 18-andris ochroleucis dcnse elongato- et co- 

 moso-racemosis; sepalis mox deciduis lanceolato-spalliulatis pelaiaque paulo superan- 

 tibus; petalis omnibus inter se similibus, laminae prol'undo 3-partilae laciniis integris 

 subacquilongis anguste lanceolato-spatluilatis rotnndato-obtusis ; lilamcntis mox deci- 

 duis lineari-subulalis glabris; capsulis ereclis parvis subovoideo-ellipsoideis obscure 

 tridontatis orc truncalis et late apertis glabris, seminibus parvulis minute (sed argule) 

 scrobiculato-rugosis, radicula a hylo distanle. 



