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Herbae annuae v. perennes (v. suffruticuli humiles saepius palmares, vix pedales) 
ramosae, foliosae, foliis integris angustis, floribus albis dense spicato-raceniosis (uni- 
bracteatis) 2 -5-sepalis dipetalis triandris insignes, in montibus Indiae orientalis, in 
Persia, Arabia, Aegypto, in insulis Canariensibus et ad Caput Bonae Spei nec non 
in California crescentes, quoad habitum speciebus generis Holopetali et Astrocarpi v. 
Resedae glaucae similes. 
Conspectus specierum Oligomeridis. 
Capsule subglobosa  . soeuleut Srotoqents. out clio, NN 
Capsula ovoideo-oblonga . . . . . . . . . . . . . O. Dregeana. 
1. O. dispersa. Nob. (Tab. nostr. X, Fig. 125.) 
Diagn. Annua v. biennis, parce ramosa: petalis ovatis v. subovato-oblongis 
superne saepius 1—2-lobatis, capsulis depresso-globosis. 
Descriptio: vide infra sub var. «. 
a. Delileana J. Gay. (in Kralik pl. exs. Aegypt. in hb. Boiss.!) 
Reseda subulata Delile Flor. aegypt. p. 15 (1813) (ex specim. Delil. in hb. DC.!) 
R. linifolia Vahl. in Hornem. Hort. Hafnens. p. 501 (1513); Spreng. Syst. p. 463. 
R. Schimperi Pres. Bot. Bemerk. p. 8 (1544). 
Caules basi patenter ramosi, saepius 5—10 pollices longi, rarius pedales v. paulo 
longiores; folia rigidiuscula, 2°" longa, racemi valde elongati tenues: sepala 2 supe- 
riori-lateralia juxta stamina et petala sita, v. rarius 3, tum tertium bracteae opposi- 
tum; capsulae cire. 16-spermae. 
Descriptio: 
Radix annua v. biennis, lenuis, saepius simplex, superne saepissime eximie 
multiceps. — Caules numerosi, erecti v. e basi breviter radiato-procumbente ad- 
scendentes, saepius ramosi, densius foliosi, decursu foliorum leviter striato-angulosi 
v. superne acutius angulosi, glaberrimi. — Folia omnia integra, sparse approximata, 
suberecta, in axillis fere constanter ramulum plus minusve abbreviatum foliosum in- 
terdum etiam florigerum gerentia (ipsa nullo modo fasciculata), linearia, obtusiuseula, 
subrigidula, glauca, glaberrima, 11/-—21/" longa, 1—11/"" lata. — Flores albi, 
in Ordine minutissimi, subsessiles, in racemum spiciformem tenuissimum, apice bre- 
viter comosum, sub fructu valde elongatum et dimidium caulem subaequantem dis- 
positi. — Bracteae persistentes e lata basi triangulari acuminatae, late hyalino- 
