— 126 — 
tem breviter papilloso-tomentellum productus. — Stamina cire. 21, sepala sub- 
aequantia et petala superanlia, filamenta persistentia glabra, sub antheris _ paulo 
dilatata, basi supra discum perspicue monadelpha. Antherae ellipsoideae, 1°” longae 
undique minute papilloso-tuberculatae.  Grana pollinis 1%9—1/0"" longa subgloboso- 
ellipsoidea, caeterum ut in R. lutea. — Ovarium sessile (nec ut in reliquis spe- 
ciebus plus minusve stipitatum) subgloboso-trigonum, superne undique et praesertim 
secus placentas extus densiuscule papillulis breviter conicis asperulum, apice 3-(4) 
dentatum. dentes elongati eum fere aequantes et eodem modo asperuli, superne 
divergentes et intus ad margines inflexos stigmatosi. — Ovula in ovariis cire. 
20—30, in. quavis placenta cire. 6—8, biserialia. — Capsula subglobosa, parva, 
8--10"" Jlonga, breviter 3—4-dentata, venulosa, superficie bullato-papillosa, demum 
pendula. — Semina 12°" longa, transverse scrobiculato-rugosa, quoad formam iis 
R. Phyteumatis similia. 
Habitat in monte et in deserto Sinai copiose (Aucher-Eloy. pl. ex. No. 2619 
et alia specim. sine No. in hb. Boiss.! et DC.!). in deserto arabico et aegyptiaco 
(Boiss. in ej. herb.!), in Aegyplo ad pyramides Gizeh prope Cahiram (Fh. Kotschy. 
pl. exs. in hb. DC.!; et G. Ehrenberg in hb. Reg. Berol.!)}, in Regno Tunetano 
prope Gabes in pascuis deserti (Kralik. pl. exs. Tunetan. No. 371 et No. 36 [sub 
R. Phyteumate] in hb. Boiss. haec magis laxiflora). 
B. stricta. 
R. odorata Schimp. Un. Itin. pl. exs. No. 506. 
Caulis elatior, fere pedalis, folia longiora et strictiora quorum laciniae magis 
apicem versus angustatae, pedicelli perspicue longiores, capsulae 4- (rarius 3) den- 
tatae. 
Habitat in Aegypto inferiore (Dr. A. Wiest in Schimper. pl. exs. aegypt. No. 
506 in hb. DC.1 
y. glabrescens. 
Caulis pedalis, adscendens, folia glabrescentia, subflaccida, racemus laxior et 
pedicelli graciliores. 
Habitat ad radices montium prope Radar distr. Abuschir fs Kotschy pl. exs. 
No. 127 in hb. DC.! et Boiss.1) 
Species eximie distincta et filamentis persistentibus inter affines insignis, et ovario 
omnino eslipitatum in genere anomala, caeterum R. odoratae habitu similis. 
