115 — 
ex apice caudicis plus minusve numerosi e basi breviter radiato-procumbente adscen- 
denti-erecti, subflexuosi, saepius simplices v. basi parce ramosi, vix pedales, basi 
foliosi, supra medium denudati, decursu ramorum et foliorum subangulosi et pallide 
lineolato-striati, glaberrimi, nitiduli, glauco-virides, supra basin cire. 2—3"" crassi. 
— Folia glaberrima, elongata, radicalia 10—15°" v. dimidium caulem subaequantia 
et 112—2°" lata, (superiora minora), ambitu lanceolato-spathulata interrupte-pinnati- 
secla, laciniae suboppositae 5—10 jugae in rhachi adscendentes, saepius per paria 
breviores cum longioribus secus rhachin alternantes semperque latiuscule decurrentes, 
integrae v. rarius inciso-bilobae ovalo-lanceolatae v. saepius lanceolato-obovatae, 
vulgo apice rotundato-obtusae et brevissime mucronulatae, margine glabrae et planae 
v. parce papilloso-asperulae. —— Flores albidi (in sicco pallide-ochroleuci), majus- 
euli, in racemos densos, longissimos, dimidium caulem et ultra aequantes, semipeda- 
les v. longiores, apice vix comosos dispositi. — Bracteae persistentes, lineari- 
lanceolatae, sensim acuminatae, fere hyalinae, nervo obscure viridi notatae, pedi- 
cellos florigeros subaequantes v. ïis breviores cire. 2°” longae et fructigeris parum 
elongatis subbreviores, glabrae. — Pedicelli erecto-patuli v. erecti, sulcato-angu- 
losi, glaberrimi, florigeri saepius 212" longi, apice sersim in calycem abeuntes, fruc- 
tigeri paulo longiores saepius 3°” attingentes, a capsulis circ. duplo superatis. — 
Calyx omnino ut in R. Gayana. — Petala 5, cire. 4"" longa, inter se omnia si- 
millima et forma et magnitudine aequalia (hanc ob rem in genere insignia), basi 
exappendiculata, obovato-cuneata, cire. 9-nervia, apice breviter inciso-trifida, lobi 
cire. ?3—3/;"" longi, subovati, obtusi, laterales integri v. rarius unus alterve inciso- 
bilobulatus. — Tubus staminalis ut in R. Gayana sed disco omnino destitutus. — 
Stamina quoad filam. anth. et grana pollinis omnino ut in R. Gayan. — Ovarium 
praecedentis. — Capsulae praecedentis sed multo numerosiores, imbricatae, dentes 
3 paulo longiores et divergentes. — Semina praecedentis sed majora 1°” longa, 
cire. 40 in quavis capsula, fere levia. 
Habitat in Africae regione mediterranea prope Tripoli (Ritchie et Oudney, ex 
cel. R. Br. *) I. c.), cirea Biskra in glareosis (Balansa. PI. exs. d'Algérie [1853] 
N. 876 in hb. DC.! et Boiss.!), in ruderatis prope Gabes {Kralik. pl. exs. Tunetanae 
N. 14 in hb. Boiss.!) 
*) This supposed new species is remarkable in having the ungues of all the petals simple, that 
is, neither dilated, thickened, nor having any process or appendage at the point of union with the 
trifid lamina, into which they gradually pass. R. Br. L c. 
