— 87 — 



usiiue ad apiceui foliosi v. bracieali. Folia siiuiato-runcinala, siipcriora liiicaria, cmilina 

 Ijosi hantata. Pcdicelli onines biactcali, apprcssi, floiibus brcviofcs, nialiiiis fructibus 

 crassi, brevissiini. Gemniae parvi, obovau-e. Flores parvi. Calyx clnusus, sepalis iiocaribus, 

 obliisis, glabris; corolla alba, calycein paiiliira cxcedeiis. Siliquœ apprcssri', lonilosse, 

 exlrorsiim recurvœ, 18-20""" longa-, pilis rigidis spnvsœ, basi laliores pcdiccllo, apicc 

 attehuatae, foliis bieviores, rostro brcvissinio, stigniaie bilobo, valvis carinalis, nniiiervis, 

 disscpimento crasso, foveolishemisplia'iicis noialo, e cellulis eloiigatis consiaiiie quanini 

 parieies valde incrassaii. Seminaparva, liiitaria, unioidinaia, alro-fusca. 



Crescit in Europa uieridionab; in Lusitania (AVelwilsch exsicc. n° 233), in Hispaiiia, 

 in Gallia nicridionaii, ascendens usque nd Itihvmc, siib ^6" paiallcld ubi in calcareis ha- 

 bitat, in Helvctia nicridionaii (G. Banb. , Thomas exsicc. n° 68^1), ad Conslanlinopolini 

 (Aucber-Éloy cxsirc. n" 137), in Tauria (Led.), inlroductum in Aiiglia; fivquens in 

 regione mediterranea : ex. gr. ad Bastia in Corsica (Bernard), ad Omn (Bové), in insula 

 Ghio (Olivier et Bruguières); in Arabia pelra^a (Boiss. lierb.); dein in Asia Minore ad 

 Olyinpuui in Bithynia (Aucher-Éloy cxsirc n. 06/1). — v. sp. 



Vsi: a xerophilum — 5'. villosum Lag. in Spr. Sijst. n, 902; Ltd. Fi. ivss. 1, 

 182. — Siliquis villosissimis. — Crestii prope /?"/,// in caspio liltore. 



WJ. s. i-iinpinatuni Lag^ Goi. et s/i. 20, n. 260. DC. Sf/st. il, ^i78; Pind. i, 19i. 



Nynian Sijll. i, 195. Led. FI. rns-i. i, 182. Hoh. in Bull. Mosc. t. vi. C.-A. Mey. 



hid. cmw. 190. Coss. in Bull. Soc. bot. Fi: vi, 609. Théveneau ibid., 651. 



Planta biennis, a basi ramosa. f'.aules pédales, simplices, a basi spiciferi, usque ad api- 

 ccin bracleis caducis noiati, pubescenlcs, maluritatem versus atro-vioiacei. Folia rnnci- 

 naio-sinuata ; caulina minora, interdum intcgriora, pilosa. Pedicelli crassi, brevissimi, 

 onines bracteati, appressi, floribiis breviorcs. Gerani;e Flores parvi. (lalyx clausus, se- 

 palis liucari-obo\atis, obtusis villosis. Corolla alba, calyceni paruni superans, petalis lineari- 

 oblongis, limbo parvo basi in nngueni limbo longioreni tenuatini desinente; anthera; 

 parvae. Siliquœ bracteis longiores, cuin pedicello indesinenter conlinnaj, unilaterilater 

 arcuatœ, juniores villosaî, 15-20"'"' longae, rostio obconico, stigmate in médium fisse, 

 valvis carinalis valide trinervis , disscpimento e cellulis diaphanis minimis constante 

 inter quas nervi laii flexuosi, reticulati, procurrunl. Semina uniordinala. 



Crescit in porlu Juvenali (Coss.), in loiariis ad Bessan (Thtveneau), haud forsan ad- 

 vena ; in Hispania frequens; in Algiria vulgaiis, ex liltorc {Bab-Azoun proiK Alger, 

 Durando) usque .id Batna (Lefranc) in alta regione, ex provincia Oran (Bal. ;;/. d'Alg. 

 exsicc. 1852 n. 53), in provinciam Constrintine; in Syria (Aucher-Éloy /)/. d'Or. n. 186); 

 in Georgia caiicasica, in locis argillosis prope Mivgatschour in prov. Sclieki (Hoh.), ad 

 Baku in caspio litlore, et in Mesopotamia (Col. Chesney exped. to the Eup/rrafes exsicc. 

 n. 137;. — v. sp. 



