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ICONES PLANTAEUM 



Plate 1477. 



ALYSSUM SAMARIFERTTM, Boiss. and Hausslcn. 



CRUCIFEEiE, Tribe ALYSSISEiB. 



A. samarifernm, J5o26S. and Hausslcn. in Boiss. Fl. Orient, i. 2/2; 



frutescens, ramorum sterilium foliis confertis linearibus acutiuscnlis 

 basi angnstatig conduplicatis lepidoto-argenteis, ramis floriferis erectia 

 glabratis cum foliis sparsis strictiusciib's, racemis fructiferis contractis, 

 siliculis amplis orbiciilatis v. obovato-rotTindatis stylo brevi apiculatis 

 planis glabris pedicello patenti-reflexo saspius longioribus, semimbus 

 compressis apteris. 



Hab. Berytdagb, Cataonia, 6,000-8,000 ft. {Hausslc. Iter Syriaco- 

 Armen.) ; El Jebel el Ahmar, No. Syria, Dr. Post. 



Fnitindus l-\\ pedalis. Folia f-1 poll, longa, 12 lin. lata. Silicidoi 

 5-7 lin. longa) atqae lata}.— D. Oliver. 



Fig. 1. Leuf. 2. Lf^pidoto hair. 3. Silicule. 4. Seed. 5. Emtrj'o. Enlarged. 



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Plate 1478. 



^THIONEMA gPICATTJM, Posf. 



CRUClFERiE, Tribe LEPIDINEiE. 



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A, spicatum, Tost (sp. nov.)y canlibus tortuosls infernc rubro- 

 suberosis, foliis obovatis trtincatis vel retusis superioribus oblongis 

 acntis, floribus . . . ,, racemo fructifero dense imbricato ovato-oblongo, 



siliculis orbicnlaribtis basi et apice retusis, alls loculis a3C[uilatis, stylo 

 sinu multo breviore. 



Hab. El Jebol cl Ahmar, 2,800-3,200 ft. (in pinetls), No, Syria, 

 Dr. Post 



■Fmtictihis 6-10 poll- altus, ramulis fragilibus. Folia opposita 

 camosnla ^ poll, longa. Spicce fructifera) |-1 poll, longse, ^poll. lata?. 

 SilicnlcB alis pallido carneis viridicantibus, — G- E, Post, 



Fig. 1. Siliculc, 2. E'3plum with valve removed. 3. Embryo. Enlarged. 





