— la; 



saepius 1""" Inngi. — Calyx (i-sopaliis; scpala decidun, lancoolala, siibobtusa , viri- 

 (lia, marsiiio papilhilis paiicis grosse sul)ileiiliciilala, totacpie siiiierficie breviter pa- 

 pillüSü-liifliila. Ji 2— 2""" longa ol 1/2""" lala, pelalis vix paiilo breviora. — Pelala 

 alba, (in gciitM-c) niiiiiilissiiiia, 2— 21/2""" longa; siiperionini lasDiaa appendiceni paulo 

 longitudine siiperans, paulo ultra medium 7 — 5t-parlila (3-parlila cum laciniis usque 

 ad basin 3— 4-partilis), lacinula media vix nisi siüi distiiiguenda. otiines lineari-spa- 

 thulalae obtusae, exteriores gradatim breviores; pars inlegra laminae late-obovata; 

 appendices ungiiicnlares subliyalini obovalo-runeali, paulo supra laminae liasin intus 

 producti. apire truncati et rellexi margineque praesertim apicem versus inciso-denli- 

 culali. liiferiora simplicia. iamina linearl-spalhulata , appendix miuutus vix V3""" su- 

 perans obovalus. — Tubus staminalis -/j'"" longus, superne circumcirca In discum 

 excentricum inferiore latere angustum v. obsoletum margine sublaceralo-denticulatum 

 supra perminule hirtellum productus. — Stamina circ. 17, 2'/2""" fere longa; üla- 

 menta auüiislissima ('/s'"" lala), lineari-subulata, glaberrima, mox decidua: antlierae 

 ovoideae, Iruncalae, basi cordato-bilobae, leves. Grana pollinis ovoideo-ellipsoidea, 

 '/70— Vfto""' longa. — Ovarium cylindricum, basi in stipilem brevem attenuatum, 

 apice dentibus tribus turgidissimis, ovoideis, calloso-apiculalis eo duplo brevioribus 

 coronatum, undique papilloso-asperulum. Ovula imbricala, in quaque placenta 



circ. 25— 3ä Iri- v. subirregulariter 4-serialia. — Capsulae ereclae, imbricalae, 

 subcbartaceae, pallide-olivaceae, subteretes, pedicellis 4-plo ä-plove longiores, 6""" 

 aequantes, obovoideo-sul)clavalae apice Iruncalae ialeque aperlae brevissime v. ob- 

 seure 3-dentalae. — Semina minutissiraa, %"'" longa, reniformia. fusca v. nigri- 

 cantia, crebre scrobiculato-subecliinnlata. 



Habitat in Asia minore (Aucber-Eloy. pl. exs. N. 2ß23 in lib. Boiss.! elDC.!); 

 in vallibus sinailicis (G. Ebrcnberg- in bb. Heg-. IJerol.!). Verisimiliter bujus loci est 

 R. pruinosa Dcne. in Bove pl. exs. N. 151, inier El Tor et Sinai lecla, sed speci- 

 minulum nob. obvium iloribns et fructibus deslilutum, nee certe enucleandum. 



Species baec, etiani si R. pruinosae et muricalae babilu simillima, nibiloanmis 

 caracteribus allalis eximie est dislincta, et praeter alia seminibus .scrobiculatis mino- 

 ribus facile dignoscitur. 



27. 11. pruinosa. Dcd. (Tab. nostr. VIII, Fig. 109.) 



Delile Flor, aegypt. p. 15 (1813); Spreng. Syst. II, p. 464; G. Don. Gen. Syst. 

 I. p. 289; DIeir. Syn. III, p. 29; n'alp. Repert. II, p. 752. 



