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efformans. — Stamina saepius 10—12, 22%" longa (parte libera), filamenta 
mox decidua, lineari-subulata, glabra, antheras cire. duplo superantia v. deflorata lon- 
giora; antherae ovoideo-oblongae , apice subattenuatae, obtusae, basi cordatae, leves. 
Ovarium omnino ut in Reseda sed sub flore accuratius clausum, antea apertum 
ovoideo=ellipsoideum v. obovoideum, subteres, submembranaceum, glabrum, basi in 
stipitem brevem abrupte attenuatum, apice cuspidato- 3-dentatum, dentium L su- 
perior, 2 inferiore-laterales breves, truncati, subdivaricati; inter dentes erectos in- 
flexo- 3-lobatum et hic papilloso-stigmatosum. — Ovula in placentis tribus biserialia, 
in quaque cire. 4—6, caelera Resedae. — Capsula obovoideo-globosa, turgida, 
subinflata, subullato-rugosa, glabra, brevissime stipitata, basi abruple attenuata, 
apice rotundata et brevissime et obluse 3-denticulata, subcoriaceo-membranacea, 
demum turgescens et carnoso-succulenta, eliam matura omnino clausa, 45°" longa. 
-— Semina abortu pauca, cire. 10; ovoideo-reniformia, saepe subangulosa, lutes- 
cenlia v. demum brunneo-tabacina v. fusco-ferruginea, minute tuberculato-rugosa, 
1:2—12%;"" longa. — Embryo Resedae. 
Habitat in Aegypto (Delile in kb. DC.! Sieber! Acerbi! Pinard! Kotschy pl. 
exs. N. 935! hb. DC. et Boiss.; G. Ehrenberg in hb. Reg. Berol! Boiss!); in Abys- 
sinia: (G. Ehrenberg in hb. Reg. Berol!); Arabia petraea, (Schimper pl. exs. N. 
305. 307 in hb. DC.!); in deserto Sinaico (Bové pl. exs. N. 149! G. Ehrenberg!); 
in regione Maris mortui (Delessert in hb. Reg. Berol!); in Persia australi: (Kotschy 
pl. exs. N. 159 in hb. DC.!) 
B. scandens. Hochst. el Steud. in Schimper pl. exs. aegypt. 1835. 
Scandens (?), rami minus paluli, graciliores et diffusius ramulosi et paulo densius 
foliosi; ramuli tenues subflaccidi; folia angustiora; flores dioici, in speciminibus Schim- 
perianis foeminei minutissimi (stamina brevissima, abortiva); masculi quam in specie 
paulo minores. 
Habitat in collibus granitosis prope Dscheddam Arabiae felicis inter Acacias, 
die 25. Dec. 1835. leg. el. Schimper {hb. DC.); In Beludchistan (el. Stocks hb. Boiss!). 
BB. monstruosa. 
Ochradenus rostratus G. Ehrenberg in Sched. herb. Reg. Berol! 
Flores dioici, in specim. masculo ovarium abortivum, primum omnino ut in specie 
sed ovulis destitutum, demum valde elongalum, cylindrico-rostratum, 15"” Jongum, 
