1. Ochradenus baceatus. Del. (Tab. nostr. VI. fig. 84.) 
Delile. Flor. aegypt. p. 15. H: N. Bot. pl. 31 fig. 1 (1513); Sprengl. Syst. Il, p. 446; 
G. Don. Gen. Syst. 1, p. 290; Dietr. Syn. HI, p. 30; Decne. Florul. Sinaic. p. 51; 
Walpers. Repert. Il, p. 751. 
Reseda spartioides. Sieb. herb. Aegypt. 
Arabice: Gurrsi V. Gurrdi ex Schimp. sched. pl. exs. N. 305 et 307; vel Gord ex Bové 
pl. exs. N. 149. 
Diagn. Fruticosus, floribus 10—12-andris, capsulis obovoideo-globosis. 
Descript. Radix lignosa. (n. v.) — Caules fruticosi subvirgalo-ramosissimi, elati, 
10 —20-pedales; rami divaricato-ramosissimi, stricti, reclissimi, elongali, adulti ra- 
mulis hornotinis numerosis obsili, cire. 3°” crassi el ad ramorum basin quasi tuber- 
culato-incrassali, corlice pallideochraceo rimoso-fisso nitidulo tecti, hornotini dimidio 
tenuiores semipedales v. pedales, saepius simplices, cortice (in sicco) olivaceo integro 
tecti, parce foliosi, glaberrimi, apice in racemos graciles abeuntes. — Folia integra, 
sparsa, ad ramulorum basin approximata, subreflexo-patula, glaberrima, olivaceo- 
viridia, anguste lineari-spathulala, basin versus sensim attenuata, obtusa v. breviter 
et calloso-acuminala, cire. 2°” longa et 1-—2"" lata, ima basi acute sed minute ochra- 
ceo-bidenticulata (Denticuli saepe deficiunt). — Flores apetali, minuti, breviter 
pedicellati, in racemos rigidos rectissimos vix ac ne vix 5°" latos demum yalde 
elongatos laxiuseule disposili. — Bracteae demum deciduae, lineari-lanceolatae, 
obtusae, concaviuseulae, glabrae, vix hyalino-marginatae, pedicellos florigeros ses- 
qui v. duplo superantes v. eos subaequanies, basi utrinque lutescente et acute uni- 
dentatae. — Pedicelli rigidi, interdum subsecundi, leves v. superne tenuiter striato- 
angulosi, glaberrimi; florigeri 11—2"" longi, fere horizontales, fructigeri 21%"" vix 
aequantes, superne in calycem dilatati. —— Calyx 5— v. 6-sepalus, sepalum 1 su- 
perum, 4 sublateralia, saepe inter duo inferiori-lateralia sextum dentiforme minutum 
inferum occurrit, basi latius inter se connata, crassiuseula, ovato-oblonga, oblusa, 
demum a disco hypogyno deflexo-depressa, cire. 112"" longa. — Tubus staminalis 
fere 1" longus, valde incrassatus, carnosus, glaber, basi cireumeirca sed paulo 
excentrice (superiore latere magis) dilatatus et hic cum basi gamosepala calyeis con- 
naltus et sepala deprimens, e basi lata sensim sed breviter apicem versus inaequa- 
liter attenuatus et conum truncatum inaequilaterum abbreviatum apice vix ureeolatum 
