Plate 2446. 



HYOSCYAMUS LEPTOCALYX, Stapf. 

 So LAX ACE AE. Tribe HroscrAME^E. 



H, leptoealyx, Stapf(sp. 7iov.) ; perennhj a basipluricaulis, caulibiis 

 flacciclis anfractuosis papilloso-hirsutis, foliia longipetiolatis deltoideis 

 vel subreiiiformibus grosse dentatls ciliolatis, floribus solitariis axillari- 

 bus longipedunculatis, calyce cupulari tenui ad medium 5dobo lobis 

 ovatis obtusis ciliatis, corolla subrotata aurea tubo basi breviter cylin- 

 drico deinde in faucem cupularem latum ampliato lobls latissime ovatis, 

 antberis exsertis, pyxidio turbiiiato e tubo exserto calycis lobis bre- 

 viore, seuiinibus seriatim granulatis- 



Hab. Kurdistan : in fissures of rooks near Mardin, Sintenis (No. 

 1000 of 1888). 



^ Planta ad 6 poIL longa. Folia 6-8 Iiu. longa, 8-13 Vw. lata ; ex- 

 siccata tenuissima, gbuca, -5-7-dentafca ; peiiolas papilloso-hirsutus 

 sursum sjepe plus minusve dilatatus, 8-l3lin. longus. Pedunculi tandem 

 ad 2 poll longi, curvati. Calyx nd 3 \ia, longus atque latus, lobis demum 

 reflexis. Corolla 7-9 lin. diam, 



A very distinct species, representing an isolated type, characterised 

 l)y the very sbort and delicate calyx-tube and the short and rather flat 

 corolla. //, flacciduH, Wright, from the Dhofar Moti/itains, South-Easfc 

 Arabia, with which it was compared (see Kew Bulletin, 1895, 184), has 

 a similar flaccid habit, but it is an ^naua\ having the flowers in slender 

 racemes, a long obconical calyx and a corolla typical of the genus.— 



O. Stapf. 



"Fig. 1. Calyx, 2. Corolla. 3. Calvx-tube laid open, showlug capsule. 4. SewL 

 Ml enlarged. 



