Spergulifoliae. 2()7 



cnrva, scabrida vel dense grisca ad basin ciliata , ad nodos scinjicr 

 fasciculata ; bracteae et proph. ovata acuta plurineivia anguste albo- 

 marginata ciliata; flores in racemo simplici brcvitcr })edicellati, 

 cyinulis lateralibus plus minus dense contractis paucifloris; calyx 

 4'" — ")'" 1. clavato-cylindricus, f'ructifer clavatus vix ampliatup, 

 glanduloso-pubescens, striis supenie anastomosantibus , dcntibus 

 ovatis obtusis ; petala alba, unguibus vix ciliolatis , bifida lobis ob- 

 longo-linearibus, appendicibus binis ovatis obtusis; Capsula ovato- 

 conica carpophoro sesqui-vel duplo longior; scinina dorso canali- 

 culata, faciebus concava granulata. 



— Cucub. spergulifolius Desf. coroH. 73. 



S. polyphylla M. B. ! fl. taur,-cauc. I, 388 et W. herb, 8GS2 ! ; non L. nofiuo 



auet. 

 Cuc. caespitosus Poir. encycl. X, 4 IG ex descript., cum syn. 8. vciticillata 



Otth in DC. prodr. I, 370, 

 S, spergulif olia M, B. ! 1. c. III, 305; non Griseb. 

 Ic. Desf, cor. t. 55!, Desf. Ann. mus. paris. fasc. fi. t. 43, Rehb. ic. germ. 292! 



lusus 2: caules debiles geniculati glabriusculi , inflorcscentiae rami 

 Primarii elongati, 



— S. spergulifolia ß. elongata Boiss. ! fl. or. I, Ü12. 



lusus 3 : dumosa, folia lineari-lanceolata, racemus elongatus ; calyx 

 solum ad strias hirsutus. 



— S. arbuscula Fenzl! in Ky. pl. Pers. bor. 398, var. f. ap. Boiss. 1. c. 



Hab. in prov, caucasicis pr. Tiflin (M. B.!, Stev. !), in territorio Elisabethpol 

 (Hohen. !^, in prov, Talysch (C. A. M, !), pr, Nachitschewan (Buhsel); in 

 sarosis sterilibus Armeniae Turcicae (Huet!); in Ponti montibus (C.Koch!); 

 in subal^jinis montis Argaei Cappadociae (Bai. !, Ky. !); in monte Gara Kur- 

 distaniae (Ky. !); in Syriae borealis monte Akdagh (Auch. 4üü !); in Per.siae 

 borealis monte Seidkhodji (Auch. 4212!), prov. Aderbidjan (Szow. !), inter 

 Ispahan et Teheran (Bunge!), ad Perezend (Auch. !), in Persiae austr. monte 

 Kuh-Ajab pr. Persepolin (Ky. !) 



251. 8. supiiia M. B, 



Caules e basi sufFruticosa adscendenti-erecti, pubescentes; folia 

 linearia vel lineari-lanceolata interdum subspathulata acutiuscula; 

 bracteae et proph. parva linearia; flores brevissime pedicellati, 

 ramis racemi simplicis interdum alternis aut cymas plus minus 

 densas ferentibus aut uniflorigeris ; calyx longitudine valde varians, 

 anguste clavato-cylindricus, f'ructifer infra capsulani leviter con- 

 strictus , glanduloso pubescens , evenius, dentibus ovato-oblongis 

 obtusis albo-marginatis ciliatis ; petala alba, unguibus glabris, bifida 

 lobis oblongo-linearibus, appendicibus binis ovatis; Capsula oblongo- 

 conica carpophorum subaequans vel eo sesquilongior ; semina dorso 

 lato granulato canaliculata, faciebus plana. 

 a. genuina: caules cum foliis hirto-pubescentes ; calyx (i'" — 



8Y2'" 1- — Variat caule abbreviato, floribus paucis, foliis griseis 



(Auch. 4224). 



