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Herbae aniiuae v. pereimes (v. suffniUculi humiles saepiiis palmares. vi.\ pedalas) 

 ramosae, foliosae, foliis iutegris angustis. floribus albis dense spicalo-raceinosis (iini- 

 bracteatis; 2 -5-sepalis dipelülis trinndris iiisignes. iii iiioiitibus Indiae orientalis. in 

 Persia, Arabia, Aegypto, in insiilis Caiiariensibus et ad Caput Bouae Spei nee uon 

 in California crescentes, quuad bal)itiiin speciebus gencris Holopetali et Astrocarpi v. 

 Re:?edae glaucae similes. 



Conspeel tt): ipecicnan OUyomcridis. 



Capsula subglobosa 0. dispersa, 



Capsula ovoideo-oblonga ü. Dregeana. 



1. O. dispersa, y'ub. (Tab. nostr. X, Fig. 12S.) 



Diagn. Annua v. biennis , parce raniosa: petalis ovatis v. subovato-oblongis 

 superne saepius 1— 2-lobatis. capsulis depresso-globosis. 



Descriptio: vide intra sub var. «. 

 ß. Delileana J. Ga;/. (in Ivralik pl. exs. Aegypl. in bb. Boiss.IJ 

 Reseda subuiata Delile Flor, aegypt. p. 15 (1813) (ex specim. Delil. in bb. I)C. !) 

 R. iinifolia 1«/«/. ia Hörnern. Hort. Hat'nens. p. 5Ul (1813): Spreng. Syst. p. 468. 

 R. Scbimperi Presl. Bot. Bemerk, p. 8 (1844). 



Caules basi patenter ramosi, saepius 5— lU pollices longi, rarius pedales v. paulo 

 longiores; foiia rigidiuscula, 2"" longa, racenii valde elongati tenues; sepala 2 supe- 

 riori-lateralia juxta slaniiua et petala sita, v. rarius 3, tum terlium iiracleae opposi- 

 tum; capsulae circ. 16-spermae. 



Descriptio: 



Radix annua v. biennis, leuuis, saepius simplex, superne saepissime eximie 

 mulliceps. — Caules numerosi, erecli \. e basi breviter radialo-procumbenle ad- 

 scendentes , saepius ramosi, densiu.-; Ibliosi, decursu foliorum levilor striato-angulosi 

 V. superne aculius angulosi, glaberrimi. — Foiia omnia iutegra, sparse approxiniata, 

 suberecla, in axillis lere constanter ramulum plus niinusve abbrevialum loliosum in- 

 lerdum eliam llorigerum gerenlia (ipsa nullo modo lasciculata), linearia, obtusiiiscula, 

 subrigidula, glauca, glaberrima. IV2 -2</2''''' longa, 1 — 1'/2"' ' lali'- — Flores albi, 

 in Ordine minulissiuii, subsessiles. in raceuuun spicilormem lenuissimum, apice bre- 

 viter comosum, sub IVuclii valde elongatimi et dimidiiim caulein subae(|uaiitem dis- 

 posili. — Bracteae persistentes e lala basi Iriangulari acuminatae, late liyalino- 



