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(tot qiiot scpala) alba, siipcriora 4""" longa, laniina appendice paulo brevior circ. IV2"' ' 

 longa, pro ^/v longitudinis tripartita, lacinia intermedia lateralibiis sesquilongior lineari- 

 spathuiata, siiperne '//,""" lata, laterales late obovatae niarginc undiilatac et obiter 

 sinuatae v. lere integrae, circ. 1""" latae; appendix unguiciiiaris niagnus, hyalinns 

 fere qiiadratiis , 2'/2""" longus et 2""" latus , intus supra laniinae basin productus et ibi 

 reflexus, margine breviter papilloso-ciliatus. Int'eriora 3""" longa, lamina ad laciniam 

 intermediani petaloruni superiorum reducta, appendix parvus. — Tubus staniinalis 

 brevis glaber, superiore lalcre in discuni carnosuluni, ovatuni, subangulosum, mar- 

 gine late byalinum, breviter papilloso-birtellum productus. — Stamina circ. 24, circ. 

 5""" longa; lilamenta mox decidua, lineari-subulata, glabra; antherae elongato-ellip- 

 soideae, I1/2 — 2"'°' longae, apice papillosulae. Grana pollinis globoso-ellipsoidea V50""" 

 longa. — Ovarium cylindricum, glabrum, breviter et turgide 3-dentatum. — Ovula 

 in quavis placenta feracissima circ. 40-50, regulariter imbricato- 4-serialia. — Cap- 

 sulae erectae, subcyliadricae, vulgo 2"" longae, rarius longiores, obtuse trigonae, 

 breviter et obtuse tridcntalae, (dentes vix 1""" longi, conniventes) , glaberrimae, oli- 

 vaceo-virides, demum pallidae et subcoriaceae , ad latera saepe plicis transversalibus 

 approximatis eleganter notntae. - Semina numerosissima (in Capsula bene evoluta 

 139 inveni), ievissima, nitida, bippocrepico-renil'ormia , I—IV4''" longa, radicula hilo 

 valde approximata. Caetera generis. 



Habitat in Hispania. In agris incultis regionis montanae, in ditione Alpujarras 

 dicta prope Lanjaron et inter Cadiar üjijar, in parte inferiori moiitis Sierra de Gador 

 alt. 2000—4000 ped. s. ni. (ßoiss. Voy. 1. c), prope portum magnum (Webb It. 

 hisp. 1. c.}; in rupestribus prope pagum Frigiliana ad radices Sierrae Tejedae, in 

 montibus inter Nerja et Almunneras in glareosis prope Velez de Benandalla, ad ra- 

 dices Sierrae de Lujar (Willk. in Linn. 1852 p. 10); in collibus sterilibus prope Vera 

 prov. Grenadae iBourg. pl. exs. flS51] No. 1087 in hb. DG.!). 



21. R. Duriacana. J. Gay. 



J. Gay. in Explorat. scientif. de rAlg<^rie t. 71 fig. 1 (icon pulcherrima absque 

 diagn., 1846-47); J. Müll, in Bot. Zeitg. 1856 p. 38. 



Diagn. Pumila, caules parce raniosi, glabra: foliis inferioribus infegris lanceo- 

 lato-spathulafis, caeteris ternalo-incisis, laciniis lanceolatis; floribus hexameris circ. 

 18-andris, ochroleucis ^?), dense ovoideo-racemosis; sepalis persistentibus sublineari- 



