Astrocarpus purpurascens Guép. FI. de Maine et Loire ed. 3, p. 303; Wah. 
Repert. Il, p. 754. 
Astrocarpus purascens et sesamoides Rafinesque Flor. tellur. 708 (1536). 
Astrocarpus sesamoides $. purpurascens Duby. Bott. gall. E, p. 67 (1828). 
Astrocarpus Clusii J. Gay. in Schultz. Archiv 1542 p. 33; Schultz. pl. exs. N. 615; 
Gren. el Godr. Flor. de France E, p. 190. 
Sesamella spathulata Rchb. in Holl. pl. Lusit. exs. (182$), (vidi in hb. Rehb.!). 
Sesamella Tournefortii Rchb. in Flora 1550 I, p. 130. 
Diagn. Elatior 1/—11/,-pedalis; foliis caudicum sub florendi tempore subnullis, 
floribus 12—14-andris, filamentis papilloso-asperulis, cuspide carpidiorum gibberem 
dorsalem (sub flore) attingente sed vix superante. 
a. erectus Boiss. Voy. en Espagne Il, p. 97 et 721. 
Descriptio: 
Radix perennis, quoad formam valde variabilis, saepius oblique descendens, plus 
minusve incrassala, valde ramosa, superne saepe in caudices breves denudatos v. 
vesligiis foliorum sub florende tempore deciduorum plus minusve obsitos v. rarius 
subrosulato-foliosos, abiens, v. etiam superne subsimplex et tum multiceps. — Cat- 
les numerosi, suberecti v. adscendentes, virgati, raro simplices, vulgo superne v. 
eliam secus totam longitudinem subpatenter ramosi, teretes, lineis decurrentibus le- 
viter subanguloso-striati, glabri, basi vix quam in parte superiore crassiores, vulgo 
diametro 1/:—3"" aequantes, glauci, iisque Resedae glaucae similes, undique usque 
ad racemos laxe foliosi, pedales v. saepius sesquipedales et ultra v. etiam paulo bre- 
viores. — Folia omnia integra, lineari-spathulata, 2—3°" Jlonga, basi longe atte- 
nuata, apice brevissime acuminata v. subobtusa, superiora gradatim minora, omnia 
glaucescentia et glaberrima, ima basi denticuiis duobus saepissime perminutis nec con- 
stanter conspicuis praedita et in axillis gemmulas valde minutas subrudimentarias ge- 
rentia. — Flores albi, subparvi, fere sessiles, in racemos angustissimos demum 
valde elongatos, 10—15°" et ultra longos caules dimidios subaequantes v. iis breviores 
dispositi. — Bracteae minutae, ovatae, breviter acuminatae v. obtusae glabrae, pe- 
dicellorum basin semiamplectantes et hic minutissime v. etiam omnino obscure bidenti- 
culatae, pedicellos florigeros aequantes, 2°" longae, demumque reflexae et dorso 
axi adpressae. — Pedicelli brevissimi, cire. ?/;"” aequantes, teretes, minute pa- 
pilloso-tomentelli, v. glabriusculi, fructigeri 1°” vix attingentes et validiores. — 
Calyx 5-sepalus; sepala basi coalita persistentia; superum caeteris duplo triplove 
