— 199 — 
46. R. virgata. Boiss, et Reut. (Tab. nostr. IX, Fig. 122.) 
R. glauca Bror. Flor. Lusit. Il, p. 307; Wild. hb. fol. 9226 pag. 2 (!); Link. in hb. 
Reg. Berol. (!), Botan. madrit. (ex Boiss. et Reut.). 
R. virgata Boiss. et Reut. Diagn. Plant. nov. Hispan. p. 6 (1542); Wap. Repert. II, 
p. 752; Willk. Spicil. in Bot. Zeitg. 1847 p. 237; Colmeiro, Apunt. p. 27. 
Diagn. Elatior, minus ramosa, glabra: foliis integris linearibus basi longiuscule 
4—6-denticulatis; floribus hexameris cire. 16-andris, albidis (?)} anguste racemosis, 
sepalis persistentibus ovato-lanceolatis petalis subtriplo brevioribus, petalorum supe- 
riorum lamina supra insertionem utrinque ab appendice discreta, usque ad medium 
triloba, lobis (saepius) omnibus integris inter se similibus ovato-oblongis, filamentis 
subpersistentibus glaberrimis, capsulis suberectis depresso-obovoideis 4-gonis, acute 
4-dentatis sub ore arctissime contractis, glabris, seminibus minimis levissimis, radi- 
cula hilo approximata. 
Descriptio: 
Radix lignosa, crassa, simpliciuscula, cortice rimoso cinereo-ochraceo tecta, 
superne plus minusve multiceps. — Caules validiuseuli erecti v. ex ima basi bre- 
viter adscendente erecti, simplices v. parce ramosi, subpedales v. paulo longiores, 
prope basin 2—21/4"" crassi, teretes v. vix minutissime striato-angulosi, glaucescen- 
tes glaberrimi, basi densius superne parce foliosi. Folia omnia integra, strictiuscula, rigida, 
glaucescentia, glaberrima, anguste linearia apice breviter et calloso-mucronulata, a basi 
fere usque ad medium utrinque denticulis 1—4 distantibus stramineo-hyalinis subsetaceis 
horizontalibus v. interdum reclinatis saepius 1—11/;"" longis obsita, infima cire. 1°” 
longa, suprema breviora, omnia fere ubique aëequilata et diametro 
3;—1"" aequantia. — Flores albidi (?) (ut in praecedente specie in sicco lutescen- 
tes), breviter pedicellati, in racemum primum spiciformem densum elongatum apice 
breviter comosum, sub fructu relaxatum 5-7 pollicarem semper valde angustum dis- 
positi. — Bracteae persistentes, ovato-lanceolatae, acuminatae, concolores v. tan- 
tum angustissime hyalino-marginatae, pedicellos florigeros duplo superantes, basi 
obscure bidenticulatae, 11/°” longae. — Pedicelli breves v. subnulli, leviter sul- 
cato-angulosi, glabri, florigeri vix 1” longi, fructigeri paulo longiores. — Calyx 
hexasepalus, sepala persistentia, inter se basi allius connata, superiora breviora ovato- 
Janceolata, inferiora lanceolata cire. 11/7” 
— Petala (albida?) exserta, cire. 33124" longa, superiorum lamina lanceolato- 
= cm 
inferiora 3—5 
longa, omnia acuminata integra glaberrima. 
