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loiigae, biisi 2/-""" latae, longiiis persistens. ~ Pcdicelli primiiiii siihmilli. dein 

 '/2— 1""" '«"gi; calyce diiplo breviores, validi , apice incrassati, sub fniclii 2 — 21/2""" 

 loiigi, sulcali, aspcruli. — Calyx hexasepabis, parviis; sepala docidiia, ovalo- v. 

 obloiiiin-laiiceolata, basi alteimata, obtusiusciila, siiperiora relupiis paido biliora, mar- 

 o-iiie latc iiyaliiia, 3-nervia, ncrviilis niiiiutis seciindariis doiise ot pulcbre reticiibilo- 

 raimilosis praedila, papilloso-dcnticiilata, vix 2""" aetpiaiitia. — Pelala ochroleiica (?), 

 sepala paulo superanlia, siiperiora circ. 3""" longa, quorum laniina iisqiie ad quiiifarn 

 longitiHÜnis partcni 7 v. saepiiis 9-parUta (3-partita, ciiin lacin. lateral, iisque ad ba- 

 siii 3— 4-parlis), laeinula intermefh'a reliquis vix iongior ac vix nisi situ a caetcris 

 distinguenda, omiies liiieari-spatbulata (basi 1/,,, apice '/,""" latae, et IV/, — 2""" longac, 

 appendix unguicularis obovatiis lainiiia sesqui v. diiplo brevior, dorso olivaceiis cae- 

 tenim byalimis, margineque iiiimite papilloso-ciliolatus, apice siipra lamiiiae basin vix 

 produclns, sed ibi lateraliler biauriculato-reflexus. Inferiora vix breviora, laniina 

 integra, lineari-spatbiilata v. interdiiin snperiore latere laeinula setil'ormi aucta minute 

 appendicidata. — Tiibns stnminalis brevissimus, carnosus, glaber, superiore latere 

 (ad apicem) in discuni albuin, monibranaceum, 1/2"'" lalmn, seaiiorbicularein supra 

 glabruni, niargiue pilloso-birtnlum prodnctus. — Stamlna circ. 12, 1'/2 — 2'/2""" longa ; 

 fdainenta mox decidua, sub antheris non dilatata, iisque paulo lonaiora ('/s""" lala) 

 giabra; antherae elüpsoideae, sesqui v. duplo longiores quam latae, apice tubercula- 

 tae; grana pollinis omniuo iit in R. stenostacbya. — Ovarium ovoideum, basi vix 

 atlenuatuni, ad angulos obtusos papillosulum, dentibus tribus turgidis obtnsis erectis 

 terminatum. — Ovula in quavis placenta circ. 12—20, irregulariter 3 — 4-serialia. — 

 Capsulae erectae, subimbricatae, axi adpressae, ellipsoideae, utrinque altenuatae, 

 obluse soxangulatae, brevissime stipitatae, apice sublruncatae et obtuse 3-dentalae, 

 5""" longae, pedicellos duplo triplove superantes, iis Resedae AIpbonsi similes sed 

 ore magis coutractae et multo longius pedicellatae. Seuiina circ. 40 in quavis 



Capsula, levissima, subopaca. ''/:,""" longa, iis R. Buhseanac simillinia sed minora. 



llabitat in Persiae nioiitosis prope Kaseruii (Kotschy pl. Pers. austr. No. 144 

 in hb. Roiss.! et DC!) et prope Dalechi (Kotschy I. c. N. 214. a. in hb. Boiss.!); 

 inter Bagdad et Mossul (herb. Olivier in hb. DG.! et hb. Weg. Berol. !) 



ß. elatior. 



Caules magis erccti, longiores, folia longiora floresque paulo majores. 



Habitat in Beludschistan inferiore (Stocks. N. 585 et 587 in hb. Boiss.!); Afl- 

 ghanistan (GrilTith. No. 1435 in hb. Boiss. !j; ad Euphratem? (Colon. Chesney. N. 193 



