Gryngium. 



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a. Bracteae florales quadricuspidatae (cuspis quarta dor- 



saüs); planta aunua Sect. I. Chamaeeryngia Calest. 



(i. Bracleae florales integrae vel tricuspidatac. Plantao 



pleruinque perennes, raro biennes vel anniiae. 



I. Capilula pauciflora receplaculo subnullo; bracleae 



florales inleriores saepe nullae. Plantae litoralcs 



vel paladosae liumiles gracilesque vel ereclae et 



sat validae, annuae vel biennes (perennes?). . . Sect. II. Hygrobia Hoiss. 

 II. Capilula plerumque mulliflora receplaculo manifesto. 

 Flores omnes bracleis singulis sustenli. Plantae 

 xerobiae vel mesopbvlicae, perennes, validae, ereclae; 

 una tanlum species annua dr depressa. 

 {. Folia coriacea, (basalia) oblonga vel obovato-ob- 

 longa, margine rb undulalo denlata vel dentalo- 

 serrala, denlibus in spinam validam excurrentibus, 

 =b manifeste folia Quercus spec. in memoriam 

 revocanlia; juniora rarissime triloba; xma. species 

 annua, celerae perennes Sect. III. Dryophylla Calest. 



2. Folia coriacea, reniformi-orbicularia, semper sim- 

 plicia, margine densc spinoso-dentato-serrata, 



eximie dcnse reticulato-venosa Sect. IV. Thorifolia Wolff. 



3. Folia suborbicularia, in vivo zh carnosa, tanlum 

 primo exorla indivisa, cetera antice 3-loba, om- 



nia margine repando-denlala, remote venosa . Sect. V. Halobia (Malest. 

 i. Folia tenuiler coriacea, magna, cordata vel cor- 

 dato-triangularia, acuminala. Capilula magna 

 ± cylindrica, usque \ cm longa. Bracteae in- 

 volucrales magnae. Species alpinae vel cau- 



casicae Sect. VI. Alpina Wolfl". 



5. Folia tenuiora, saepe tanlum membranacea vel 

 chartacea quoad formam varia, juniora saepe 

 dt divisa. Capilula ovoidea vel globoso-ovoidea. 



Bracleae involucrales lineares vel subulalae . . Sect. VII. Plana Wolff. 

 Folia plantae florentis omnia divisa, plantae anno primo 

 nondum florentis saepius indivisa. 



a. Lamina permagna, usque pedalis, Irisecta, segmentis 

 indivisis, usque 6 cm lalis. Species Asiae minoris 



Sect. VIII. Gigantophylla Wolff. 

 ß. Lamina minor vel sallem parliliones ejus minores. 

 I. Folia usque ad peliolum lalum '.\ — 7-partita, seg- 

 mentis valde elongalis, sublinearibus et subgrami- 

 neis vel anguste lanceolatis, subparallelinerviis, 



margine setosis vel spinulosis Sect. IX. Falmito Wolff. 



II. Folia dislincle peliolata, chartacea vel coriacea, 



manifeste reliculalo-venosa, usque ad basin 3 — ' 



7-parlita, segmentis . abbrevialis antice bis trilobis, 

 aut Iriloba usque Irisecta, lobis vel segmentis usque 

 bis Irilobulatis ilaque ea Astrantiae spec. in me- 

 moriam revocanlia; bracleae tricuspidatac. Species 



paeninsulae balkanicae Sect. X. Astrantiifolia Wolff. 



III. Folia dislinctc peliolata vel — longa ad pelio um 

 decurrentia vel ut in peliolum angustata, coriacea, 

 alio modo quam in I. et II. divisa, nempe triloba, Iri- 

 secta, palmalo-parlita, pinnata usque bipiDnatisecta, 



