' EPHEDRA. 259 
10. EPHEDRA ALATA Decaisn. 
Thraupalos frutescens ramis tenuissime pubescentibus, 
amentis staminigeris sessilibus v. ad ramulorum apicem 
glomeratis, antheris subquaternis, amentis gemmuliferis 
sessilibus ovoideis, vaginis subbipartitis membranaceo 
marginatis nuculas ovato-acuminaías acute trigonas eequan- 
tibus, micropyle .... 
Ephedra alata Decaisne in Annal. sc. nat. 2. Ser. I. 236. C. A. 
Meyer. Ephedr. 94. 
Ephedra altissima Bové in Annal. $c. nat. 2. Ser. I. 162. 
Aelgde Arab. | 
Habitat in. Aegypto inter Cairo et Suez, nec non in desertis 
arenosis inter Suez et Sinai montem. 
11. EPHEDRA LOMATOLEPIS Schrenk. 
Thraupalos suffrutescens ramis rectis tuberculatis, flori- 
bus dioicis, staminigeris....., amentis gemmouliferis in 
apice pedunculi continui aggregatis sessilibus subglobosis, 
vaginis / subbipartitis late membranaceo marginatis nucu- 
las ovatas obtusiusculas equantibus, micropyles tubulo 
longe. exserto flexuoso limbum ligulatum multoties exce- 
dente. 
Ephedra lomatolepis Schrenk in Bullet. Academ. St. Petersburg. 
Class. phys. III. 210. C. A. Meyer Ephedr. 95. t. 6. f. 8. 
Habitat in. Songaria ad. lacum Balchasch. 
129. EPHEDRA CAMPYLOPODA C. À. Mey. 
Thraupalos scandens, amentis staminigeris ad articu- 
los sessilibus aggregatis floribus duobus gemmuliferis 
abortientibus terminatis , aníheris subsenis sessilibus , 
amentis gemmuliferis bifloris, pedunculo internodiis inter- 
cepto fultis, reflexis, vaginis glabris, infima abbreviata 
cupuleformi subíruncata, intima apice biloba nuculas 
ovatas :&quante, micropyles limbo ligulato tubulum exce- 
dente. 
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