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longae, basi 24°" latae, longius persistens. — Pedicelli primum subnulli, dein 
12—1"" longi, calyce duplo breviores, validi, apice incrassati, sub fructu 2—21/,"" 
longi, sulcati, asperuli. — Calyx hexasepalus, parvus; sepala decidua, ovato- v. 
oblongo-lanceolata, basi altenuata, obtusiuscula, superiora reliquis paulo latiora, mar- 
gine late hyalina, 3-nervia, nervulis minulis secundariis dense et pulchre reticulato- 
ramulosis praedita, papilloso-denticulata, vix 2°” aequantia. — Petala ochroleuca (?), 
sepala paulo superanlia, superiora cire. 3°” longa, quorum lamina usque ad quintam 
longitudinis partem 7 v. saepius 9-partita (3-partita, cum lacin. lateral. usque ad ba- 
sin 3—4-partis), lacinula intermedia reliquis vix longior ac vix nisi silu a caeteris 
distinguenda, omnes lineari-spathulata (basi 1, apice 1/,°° latae, et 11/,—2"" longae, 
appendix unguicularis obovatus lamina sesqui v. duplo brevior, dorso olivaceus cae- 
terum hyalinus, margineque minute papilloso-ciliolatus, apice supra laminae basin vix 
productus, sed ibi lateraliter biauriculato-reflexus.  Inferiora vix breviora, lamina 
integra, lineari-spathulata v. interdum superiore latere lacinula seliformi aucta minute 
appendieulata. — Tubus staminalis brevissimus, carnosus, glaber, superiore latere 
(ad apicem) in discum album, membranaceum, 12°" latum, semiorbicularem supra 
glabrum, margine pilloso-hirtulum productus. — Stamina cire. 12, 11/%—21/,"" longa; 
filamenta mox decidua, sub antheris non dilatata, ïisque paulo longiora (1/°" lata) 
glabra; antherae ellipsoideae, sesqui v. duplo longiores quam latae, apice tubercula- 
tae; grana pollinis omnino ut in R. stenostachya. — Ovarium ovoideum, basi vix 
attenuatum, ad angulos obtusos papillosulum, dentibus tribus turgidis obtusis erectis 
terminatum. — Ovula in quavis placenta cire. 12—20, irregulariter 3—4-serialia. — 
Capsulae erectae, subimbricatae, axi adpressae, ellipsoideae, utrinque attenuatae, 
obluse sexangulatae, brevissime stipitatae, apice subtruncatae et obtuse 3-dentatae, 
9" longae, pedicellos duplo triplove superantes, ïis Resedae Alphonsi similes sed 
ore magis contractae et multo longius pedicellatae. — Semina cire. 40 in quavis 
capsula, levissima, subopaca, #/;"" longa, üis R. Buhseanae simillima sed minora. 
Habitat in Persiae montosis prope Kaserun (Kotschy pl. Pers. austr. No. 144 
in hb. Boiss.! et DC.!) et prope Dalechi (Kotschy 1. e. N. 214. à. in hb. Boiss.!); 
inter Bagdad et Mossul (herb. Olivier in hb. DC.! et hb. Reg. Berol. !) 
6. elatior. 
Caules magis erecti, longiores, folia longiora floresque paulo majores. 
Habitat in Beludschistan inferiore (Stocks. N. 585 et 587 in hb. Boiss.!); AfF- 
ghanistan (Griffith. No. 1435 in hb. Boiss.!); ad Euphratem? (Colon. Chesney. N. 193 
