- 199 — 



46. R. virgata. Boiss. et Reut. (Tab. nostr. IX, Fig. 122.] 



R. gJaiica Broi. Flor. Lusit. II, p. 307; Wüld. hb. fol. 9226 pag. 2 (!); Link, in hb. 



Reg. Beroi. (!), Botaii. madrit. (ex Boiss. et Reut.). 

 R. virgata Bdi.is. et Reut. Diagn. Plant, nov. Hispan. p. 6 (1842); Walp. Repert. II, 



p. 752; Willk. Spicil. in Bot. Zeitg. 1847 p. 237; Colmeiro, Apiint. p. 27. 



Diagn. Elatior, minus ramosa, glabra: foliis integris linearibus basi longiuscule 

 4 — 6-denticulatis; tloribus hexameris circ. 16-andris, albidis (?) anguste racemosis, 

 sepalis persistentibus ovato-lanceolatis petalis subtriplo brevioribus, petaloruin supe- 

 rioruin lamina supra insertionem utrlnque ab appendice discrela, us(pie ad medium 

 triloba, lobis (saepius) omnibus integris inter se simiiibus ovato-oblongis, filamentis 

 subpersistentibus glaberrimis, capsulis subereclis depresso-obovoideis 4-gonis, acute 

 4-dentatis sub ore arctissime contractis, glabris, seminibus minimis levissimis, radi- 

 cula hilo approximata. 



D e s c r i p t i : 



Radix lignosa, crassa, simpliciuscula, cortice rimoso cinereo-ochraceo teeta, 

 superne plus minusve multiceps. — Caules validiusculi erecti v. ex ima basi bre- 

 viter adscendente erecti, simplices v. parce ramosi, subpedaies v. paulo longiores, 

 prope basin 2^-2 Vü""" crassi, teretes v. vix minutissime striato-angulosi, glaucescen- 

 tes glaberrimi, basi densius superne parce foliosi. Folia omnia integra, strictiuscula, rigida, 

 glaucescentia, glaberrima, anguste linearia apice breviter et calloso-mucronulata, abasi 

 fere usque ad medium utrinque denticuiis 1—4 distantibus stramineo-hyaliuis subsetaceis 

 horizontalibus v. interdum reclinatis saepius 1 — IV3""" longis obsita, infima circ. 1"" 

 inferiora 3 — 5*^'" longa, suprema breviora, omnia fere ubique aeqnilata et diametro 

 3/4— 1'""' aequantia. — Flores albidi (?) (ut in praecedente specie in sicco lutescen- 

 tes), breviter pedicellati, in racemum primum spiciformem densum elongatum apice 

 breviter comosum , sub fructu relaxatum 5 — 7 pollicarem semper valde angustum dis- 

 positi. — Bracteae persistentes, ovato-Ianceolatae, acuminatae, concolores v. tan- 

 tum angustissmie hyalino-marginatae, pedicellos florigeros duplo superantes, basi 

 obscure bidenticulatae, I1/2""" longae. — Pedicelli breves v. subnuili, leviter sul- 

 cato-angulosi, glabri, florigeri vix l""" longi , fructigeri paulo longiores. — Calyx 

 hexasepalus, sepala persistentia, inter se basi altius conuata, superiora breviora ovato- 

 lanceolata, inferiora lanceolata circ. l'/j""" longa, omnia acuminata integra glaberrima. 

 — Petala (albida?) exserta, circ. 3 — S'A""" longa, superiorum lamina lanceolato- 



