Apterospeimae Scorpioideae. J (jy 



56. 8. iinbricata Desf. 



Caulis erectus scabriuscule pubescens ; fblia obovato-lanceolata 

 lanceolatave obtusa basi pilis longis ciliata ; bracteae lineares den- 

 sissime ciliatac; calyx cyliiidricus, iVuctifer clavatns basi sensini 

 attenuat.\js, glaber vel brevissime puberulus, dontibiis laiiceolatis 

 acutis albo-marginatis ciliatis; petala alba, bifida lobis ovatis obtusis, 

 appendicibus brevibus dentatis ; Capsula oblongo-cylindrica carpo- 

 phoruiu puberuluin bis superans. 



— S. imbricata Desf. fl. atl. I, 349. 

 ^c. Desf. 1. c. tab. 98 ! 



Hab. in coUibus calcareis Algeriae (Bov6!, Janin!, Bai. !, al. !) 



57. S. brachystachys Webb. 



Caulis huinilis, simplex vel e basi rainosus, erectus, hiitello- 

 pubescens ; folia ad caulis basin conferta spathulato-linearia acuta 

 inpetiolumciliatum attenuata, scabride pubescentia ; bracteae lineari- 

 subulatae scabridae ; calyx tubulosus, fructifer clavatus infra capsu- 

 lam constrictus, breviter scabriusculus, dentibus ovato-lanceolatis 

 acutis albo-marginatis ciliolatis; petala alba paullum exserta, pro- 

 funde bipartita lobis linearibus, coronata; Capsula ovata carpophoruin 

 glabrum fere bis superans. 



— S. brachystachys Webb! fragm. fl. aethiop.-aegypt. 'SA. 



Hab. in regione arabica Thebaidis inferioris (Webb!) et in Nubia : ad puteum 

 Maggo in monte Soturba 3(100', et ad Gebel Rus Edinep pr. promont. Elba 

 500' (Schweinfurth!) 



77 Calyx evenius. 



58. S. elandestiiia Jacq. 



Caulis erectus, simplex vel rainosus, breviter pubescens; folia 

 linearia vel lineari-lanceolata scabrida ciliata ; bracteae lineares 

 pubescentes ; Hores solitarii vel pauci in cincinnis brevibus calyce 

 pleruniquelongiuspedicellati; calyx oblongo-clavatus, fructifer sen- 

 sini attenuatus, scabride pubescens, dentibus oblongis obtusis anguste 

 albo-marginatis dense ciliatis ; petala rosea vel alba, bifida lobis ob- 

 longis, appendicibus albis binis ovatis saepe in tubuin connatis ; Ca- 

 psula ovata carpophorum puberulum bis terve superans. 



— S, clandestina Jacq. ! Coli. Suppl. J 11. 



S. arenarioides Desf. fl. atl. I, 355; — an propria species ? 



S. linifolia W. enum. 473 et herb. 8(Ji7 ! ; non Sibth. et Sm. 



S. cernua Thunbg. fl. cap. I, 394 ; non Bartl. nee Drege nn. 550 (excl. 550 c !, 



quae e.st .S. clandestinae forma canescenti-pubescens) . 

 S. costata Ottli in DC. prodr. I, 376 sec. cl. Boiss. in litt. 

 S. recta Bartl. ! in Linnaea VII, 623 : forma calycibus dimidio maioribus. 

 S. crassifolia [1 angustifolia Bartl. ! in Linnaea VII, 623; non var. <x. nee L. 



nee Tlmnb. nee Thore. 



