200 Otiteae. 



spathulato-lanceolata in petiolum longum atlenuata, pubescentia, 

 caulina panca linearia: bracteae et proph. scariosa parva ovato-lan- 

 ceolata ciliata ; flores polygamo-dioici longe pedicellati ; calyx ob- 

 conicus, f'ructifVr ovatus, leviter unibilicatus, evenius, dentibus 

 rotundatis obtusis ; petala ochroleuca spathello- linearia; Capsula 

 ovata vel ovato-oblonga; seinina dorso acute canaliculata, faciebus 

 plana granulata. 



Variat aetate: biennis vel perennis; — caulis altitudine; H" — 

 2'; — pubescentia: caule interne foliisqne scabriuscule pubesoen- 

 tibus vel densissime incano-villosis, ra« emo pedicellis calycibusque 

 aut glabris aut scabridis; — inflore>centia; rainis elongatis racemum 

 effusum eiforniantibus aut rainis abbreviatis racemo siniplici verti- 

 cillastrit'ero, interdum veiticillastiis in capitulum congestis ; — flo- 

 rum inagnitudine: l'" — 3'"; — petalis basi glabris vel ciliolatis; — 

 filamentis stigmatisque calycem paullum superantibus vel longe ex- 

 sertis ; — seininum magnitudine. Quibus ex characteribus formae 

 discerni possunt hae: 



1. Racemi simplices verticillastrifeti aut rami primarii inferiores 

 paullum elongati ; flores dioiei aut polygami. 



a. genuina: folia inferiora spathulato-lanceolata puberula vel 

 obovato-oblonga canescentia; pedicelli calycesque glabri; petala 

 glabra , raro basi ciliolata. 



— Cucub. Otites L. sp. pl. I, 415. 



Cucub. dioicus et hermaphroditus Gilib. fl. lith. V, 1(37; non Gmel. 



Lychnis Otites Scop. fl. carn. I, .'105. 



Cucub. parviflorus Lmk. fl. fr. III, 26 ; non Ebrh. 



S. Otites Sm. fl. brit. II, 2'JS. 



Viscago OtitesHornem. h. hafn. I, 411. 



— S. Otites a. calcicola Schur! en. 103: forma radice multicipiti , caulibus 



viscosissimis. 



Ic. Engl. bot. S5!, Fl. dan. .518!, Roem fl. eur. fasc. 3 t. 8 , Rchb. ic. germ. 

 2^9!, Dietr. fl. bor. III, 1.5«! 



Hab. in tota fereGallia!, in Anglia australü, inBelgia!, Germania! etHelvetia!, 

 inalpibusTyrolis! etinitaliaboreali !, in Stiria (Maly), inDalmatia!, Hunga- 

 ria!, Croatia !, Trans.silvania !, inMacedonia pr. Salonichi, inRossia media et 

 australi copiose!, in siccis et arenosis Tauriae!, in prov. caucasicis ! , in Ar- 

 menia ad Baibout (Bourg.!), in Persiae bor. monte Demavent fKy. !), in tota 

 Sibiria ! 



Huie accedit forma verticillastris in capitulum congestis : 



— S. Otites ß. umbellata Otth in DC. prodr. I, 369. 



Hab. ad Piriac in maritimis Galliae occid. (Boiss. fl. or. 1,^07.) 



ß. parviflora (Ehrh.) Pers. : folia lineari-spathulata; pedicelli 

 calycesque scabri ; petala basi ciliata. 



— Cucub. parviflorus Ehrh. Beitr. VII, 143 ; non Lmk. 



S. parviflora Pers. syn. I, 497 ; non Mnch. nee Zea neque Hampe. 

 Viscago parviflora Hörnern, h. hafn. I, 411. 



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