— 62 — 



123 et 1313); ad ripas flumlnis Âraxis ad Erivan, Gœmarlu (Buhse et Boiss. /. <?.); in 

 Asia Minore (Fontanier exsicc. in herb. Less. , Aucber-Éloy ex&icc. n° 4158, Tchib. /. c); 

 in Persia (Mich. exsicc. in herb. Less. sphainiaïc S. persici nomine, Bélanger exsicc. 

 in herb. Le%%.); m Affghanistan, Beluchistan, in Himalaya occidentali temperata et 

 Tibetia occidentali (J. Hook. et Thoms. /. c), in India superiore (Jacquemont exsicc. 

 n. 1361) ad Kachmir, ad Sunagar (Winierbott. exsicc. n. 271), in Sougaria (Schreuk), 

 indesertis altaicis (Bcsscr), ad flumen/rtfcAad fines chinensi-mongolicos (Bunge l. c), 

 ascendens in monte Saleva Vallesiae ad speluncas superiores (Huet du Pavillon), circa 

 Briançon ad 1570" (Gacogne Excursion d'un naturaliste dans les Hautes-Alpes p. 13) 

 ad Lans-le-Bourg ad imum monlem Cenisiuin ad 14(10"" (Bonjean in Bertol. FI. ital. 

 VII, 65), in Tibelia occidentali ad 3000" (J. Hook. et Thoms.), œstale florens. — v. sp. 



Var. a. xerophilum. — S. tenuissimum Kar. et Kir. in Bull. Soc. nat. Mosc. xv, 

 382. Walp. Rep. i, 164. — 5. Sophia var. apetala Noul. FI. du bassin sous-pyr. — 

 Planta parva, canescens, pauciflora, villosissima, unicaulis, pinnis coaduentibus, petalis 

 interdum deficientibus. — In Suecia (Wahl. FI. suec. i, 420) ; circa Luletiam et ad 

 Haguenau (C. Billot exs?cc. in herb. Coss.), et prope Zermatt in Valesia 6-800 ped. 

 alta (J. Bail in herb. Coss.) ubi ab ovibusallatuni J. Bail refert. 



Var. p. salsugineum. — S. Pseudosop/tia Boiss. et Huet. — Planta parva, pinnis cras- 

 sioribus, fructu paulo breviore et laliore. — In desertis ad flunien Irfic/i et in herbosis 

 tectorum circa Erzeroura (Huet du Pavillon). 



Var. y. hygrophilum. — Planta alta, multiflora, ramosa, glabrescens, pinnulis inte- 

 gris, elongatis, sejunctis, terminali niulto majori. — In humidis locis ad ^oya^ in Gallia 

 arvernensi (De Forestier in herb. Less. sphalmate 5. Irionis nomine). 



Obs. Hasce varieiates a et y jam animadvcrtit John Gerarde- 



** Seminibus 2-ordinatis. 



12. S. Virieliî n. sp. — Virlct d'Aoust exsicc. n. 565. 



Planta annua, radice simplici, canescens. Caulis 20-40 cent, altus, simples v. rarao- 

 sus. Folia inferiora lanceolata, 8 cent, longa, ad imam etiam floridi caulis basim manentia, 

 pinnis discretis longis in pinnulas profonde incisas basi discretas abeuntibns, superiora 

 conformia. Pedicelli rccti, fructibus maluris arcte deflexi, 7-8"'» longi, bractea nuUa 

 suffulti. Gemmœ sub ipsa anthesi ovatœ. CoroUa calyci aequilonga. Siliquae lineares, com- 

 pressae-subtetragonae, rcctœ, subfalcatœ, basi et apice attenualae, racemos longos effin- 

 gentes stigmate parvo apiculatœ, 6-10°"° longae, pedicella aequantes, quibuscum sub ma- 

 turitate arcte reflexae, valvis planis, intus leviter alveolatis. Semina biordinata. 



Crescit in iniperio mexicauo, prope ValledeL Maiz (Virlet d'Aoust). — v. sp. 



Obs. Differt à 5. incisa et à S. brachycarpo coroUa calyci aequilonga ; à S. strepto- 



