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raarginatae, pedicollo brcvissimo adliaerentes, (Jemnm sepalis siiiiilliiiiae sed paulo 

 majores niagisque coiicavae et insertione dignoscendae, l'/2 — 12/3'"" longae. — Pe- 

 di colli eximie ahhreviali. — Calyx incompletus, 2—3 sepaiiis; sopala diio siipe- 

 riori-lateralia (superiim cmii pelalis alternans deesl), tcrliuin deficit v. hraclcae op- 

 positum est. — Petala diio, alba, longo persislentia, saepe plus niinusvo alte iiiter 

 se connata, axin racemi speclantia subovato-oblonga, exappendiculata, 1</^"'"' longa, 

 omnino liyalina. — J^taniina tria; filamenta breviter monadeipba, lineari-subiilata, 

 glabra, longe persistentia, pelalis parum breviora; antherae minutae litWnqiie emar- 

 ginatae, laeves. Grana pollinis pro proportione majuscula, 1//.5""" longa , circ. "2'/2-plo 

 longiora quam lata, caeterum ut in Reseda lutea. — Ovarium sessile, depresso- 

 globosum, 4-cuspidatum, longitrorsnm 4-sulcalmTi, ei Holopetali simile. — Ovula 

 in quavis placenta circ. 8 biserialia. —Capsula depresso-globosa, 2'""' longa, levis, 

 caetermn ut in genere Ilolopctalo. Semina levissima, nitida, in ordine minutissima, 

 exacte 1/2""" longa, in quaque Capsula circa 1(5; radicula bilo valde approximata ; 

 Embryo omnino Resedae. 



Habitat in deserto Cahirae et Alexandriae (Del. I. c. et specim. in hb. DC! 

 Coquebert, et (ialopin [flores 3-sepali] in hb. DC. ! G. Ehrenberg in hb. Reg. Be- 

 rol.! Kralik in hb. Boiss.l); in Arabia pefraea (Schimper pl. exs. Vn. it. N. 241 

 [R. Schimperi Presl. I. c] in hb. DC. ! et Boiss.l); in Persia australi ad fontes ca- 

 lidas prope Dalechi (Kotschy pl. exs. N. 119 in hb. DC. !) . 



«ß. abortiva. 

 Reseda dipetala Spreng. Syst. 11, p. 463 (fide specim. Spreng, in hb. DC.!); Wal- 



pers Repert 11, p. 751 (ob petala inaequaliter laciniata), non AU. 

 R. capensis WilUl. herb. Fol. 922S (!) non Burm. 

 Resedella dipetala Wehb. et BerihoU. Phyt. Canar. III, p. 107. 

 Oligomeris dipetala Turcz. in Rull. Soc. imp. Mose. 1854 p. 330? 



Annua, pusilla, S — 12"" longa (li/2-pedalis, Dietr.) rami siibfililbrmes, diametro 

 vix 1"'°' aequantes, parce ramosi, acute sulcato-angulosi. glaborrimi; folia anguste 

 linearia, subfiliformia, circ. V" longa, (sparsa Webb. I. c); flores subpolygami, se- 

 pala duo, capsnlae pro parte abortivae paulo quam in «. minores. 



Vidi tantum specimina culta (in hb. DC. ! Boiss.! et hb. Reg. Berol.!) 



ß. Webbiana. 

 Reseda trldens Vis. Decad. pl. aegypl. p. ß (1830); Presl. Repert. bot. p. ^Z-, Dietr. 



Syn. 111, p. 29; Walp. Repert. 11, p. 753. 



