1 82 Sclerocalycinae. 



acuta rigidiuscula , in axillis conferta, demum recurvo-patentia, 

 glabra vel leviter pubescentia; bracteae et proph. subulata; flores 

 ad racemi ramulos 1 — 3 breviter pedicellati; calyx f>"' 1. saepe pur- 

 purascens, tubulosus, fructifer clavatus, exumbilicatus , dcntibus 

 ovatis acutis ; petala albido-viridia vel rosea, bipartita lobis obtusis, 

 appendicibus bipartitis; Capsula ovoidea carpophorum bissuperans; 

 setnina dorso canaliculata, faciebus plana. 



— S. struthioloides Gray Expl. Exp. I, lü9. 

 Ic. Expl. Exp. t. 10! 



Hab. in insula Sandwicensi Hawaii (on Mouna Loa and Mouna Kea S()OU', near 



the crater of Lua Pele, also in the district of Waimea) .<< 

 Ipse non vidi, sed e descriptione et icone ad Sclerocalycinas pertineie videtur. 



ß. Filamenta ciliata. 



301. S. radicosa Boiss. vt lleldr. 



Gaules caespitosi virgati simplices, inferne pube brevissinia re- 

 versa hirtulo-pubescentes, superue glabri; folia inferiora rosulata 

 obovato-vel lanceolato-spathulata obtusa mucronulata in petiölum 

 longum ciliatum attenuata, margine et nervo niediano subtus dense 

 ciliata, caulina pauca linearia; bracteae et proph. lineari-lanceolata 

 acuta late albo-marginata ciliata; flores in raceuii brevis ramis 2 — 5- 

 floriserecti vel subcernui breviter pedicellati; calyx (4'") 5'" — 6'" 1. 

 campanulato-cylindricus, fructifer clavatus, leviter umbilicatus, 

 eveiiius, nervis costatis, dentibus lanceolatis acutis recurvis albo- 

 marginatis lanuginoso-ciliatis ; petala flavida, bipartita lobis lineari- 

 bus , appendicibus binis oblongis ; Capsula ovato-oblonga carpo- 

 phorum ter superans; semina dorso tuberculato canaliculata, l'acie- 

 bus plana. 



— S. radicosa Boiss. et Heldr. ! diagn. I, 6, 24. 



S. oligantha Boiss. et Heldr.! diagn. II, 1 , 7.5 : forma calyce minore A'" 1., 



racemi ramis interdum bifloris ; non Bess. 

 S. radicosa ß. breviflora Boiss. fl. or. I, fi-15. 

 Hab. in reg. silvativa Olympi Thessali (Heldr. ! forma breviflora), — in reg. alp. 

 Parnassi 5000' et Tymphresti (Heldr. !), Taygeti loco Agia Barbara et Ky- 

 lenes (Heldr.!), montis Malevo Laconiae pr. Vromopigadon 4000' (Orph. !) 



Species affinitatis dubiae: 

 202. S. tunicoides Boiss. 



Gaules erecti elongati incano-pubescentes ; Iblia subulata 

 stricta acuta serrulato-scabrida in axillis fasciculata; bracteae niini- 

 raae; flores in racemi ramis alternis strictis capillaribus 1 — 8 longis- 

 sime pedicellati; calyx i'-^/i" 1. ovatus ad basin attenuatus, nervis 

 costatis, dentibus ovatis albo-marginatis mucronatis; petala flave- 

 scenti-viridia, lineari-oblonga integra, ecoronata; ovarium breviter 

 stipitatum ; Capsula 



