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nervös paginae inferioris pilis stellatis, manifeste stipitatis vestitus; stipulae subulatae, 

 4 — 5 mm longae, subglabrae, satis tarde deciduae. Inflorescentia 1 cm fere longa, sub- 

 congesta, superne q 1 ; bracteae utriusque sexus filiformes, zb 4 mm longae, dorso pilis 

 stellatis, stipitatis vestitae; flores tf subsessiles; pedunculi Q 2 — 3 mm longi, 1 — 3-flori, 

 fructigeri ± 2 cm attingentes, stricti, apice arcte reflexi. Calyx (J clausus ovoideus, 

 acutus, glaber, tantum apice pilis stellatis dense vestitus; sepala 5, (j 1 lanceolata, acu- 

 minata, apice pilis stellatis, stipitatis vestita, Q subulata, dimidio superiore stellato- 

 pilosa, 4 — 5 mm longa, ovarium superantia; petala 5 , (J* sepalis paulo angustiora, 

 glabra, Q filiformia, superne stellato-pilosa; stamina 4 — 5, basi connata; antherae 

 obliquae; ovarium glabrum; styli fere ad medium bifidi, dz 2 mm longi, superne stellato- 

 pilosi. Capsula 5 — 6 mm longa, 6 — 7 mm lata, tricocca, minute lepidota, ceterum 

 laevis. Semina tuberculato-aspera, 4 mm longa; grisea vel brunnescentia. — Fig. 5. 

 Thyra (Santorin), auf lockerer, vulkanischer Erde in Weingärten (Sartori 

 n. 186!). 



Nota. Inter oranes species generis optime limitata est et facillime recognoscitur; a C. tinc- 

 toria diversissima est, magis accedit ad G. verbascifoliam, sed primo intuitu discernenda. Tantum 

 ex insula Santorin speciem vidiraus. 



7. C. oblongifolia (Del.) Juss. Euphorb. Tent. (1824) 28. — Croton argenteus 

 Forsk. Fl. aegypt. arab. (1775) LXXXV (nomen). — G oblongifolius Del. Fl. d'Egypt. 

 (1813) 139, t. 51 f. 1 (1824). — Grozophora obliqua Juss. Euphorb. Tent. (1824) 28?; 

 Müll. Arg. in DG. Prodr. XV. 2. (l 866) 749; Boiss. Fl. Orient. IV. (l 879) 1 1 41; Hook. f. 

 Fl. Brit. India V. (1887) 409?; Krause in Englers Bot. Jahrb. XXXV. (1905) 720. — 

 Toumesolia obliqim Franch. in Morot, Journ. Bot. I. (1887) 135; 0. Ktze. Rev. gen. II. 

 (1891) 621. — Groton tinctorius Wall. Gat. 771 6 G ex Müll. Arg. — Fruticosa; rami 

 erecti; indumentum subfloccosum, stellatum, griseum vel lutescenti-griseum. Petiolus 

 quam lamina brevior, 1 — % 1 / 2 cm longus; limbus 5 — 7*/2 cm longus; 1 1 / 2 — 4 cm latus, 

 anguste triangulari- vel oblongo-lanceolatus, acuminatus, apice ipso obtusus, basi rotun- 

 datus vel subcordatus vel breviter cuneatus, sinuato-dentatus, junior saepe undulatus, 

 subtus prominenter nervosus, basi biglandulosus, utraque pagina scaberulus, basi non 

 obliquus. Inflorescentia 1 — 2 cm longa, abbreviata, subcongesta, superne q?; bracteae 

 lineares; flores <J subsessiles; pedunculi Q ad basin inflorescentiae 1 — 3, 1 — 2-, rarius 

 3-flori; pedicelli fructigeri 1 — 3 cm attingentes, deflexi. Sepala utriusque sexus 5, tf 

 lanceolata vel ovato-lanceolata, acuminata, Q lineari-lanceolata vel lanceolata, petala tf 

 lanceolata vel ovato-lanceolata, Q lanceolata vel lineari-lanceolata, calycem aequantia 

 vel eo breviora; stamina saepius 4 — 7, subbiseriata, rarius 10 — 12, connata; 'antherae 

 obliquae; ovarium lepidotum et pilis stellatis vestitum; styli ad medium bifidi. Capsula 

 tricocca, 5 — 6 mm longa, 8 — 9 mm lata, lepidota et parce stellato-pilosa, breviter 

 muricata. Semina 4 — 5 mm longa, 3 — 4 mm lata, tuberculato-aspera. 



Ägyptisch-arabisches Wüstengebiet; auch im indischen Wüstengebiete; 

 in Felsgeröll, an Felsen. 



Sinai (Aucher n. 76, Bove n. 202, 237), Wadi Hebran (Ehrenberg!, Schim- 

 per n. 359!, 993), Wadi Bedr (Kaiser n. 30!), Wadi Feiran (Aucher n. 2004). 

 Suez (Delile!, Schweinfurth n. 153!). Nubische Küste des Roten Meeres 

 (Klunzinger!, Schweinfurth n. 936!, 937!, 939!, 940!, 943!, 945!, 951 !, 952!). 

 Eritrea (Hildebrandt n. 155!, 155a!, 738!). Abessinien, im Bembeatale 

 (Schimper n. 97!). Somaliland (Drake Brockmann n. 533!, Ellenbeck n. 146!, 

 Hildebrandt n. 869!, Robecchi-Bricchetti n. 690!). Arabien, Yemen (Bal- 

 four!, Ehrenberg!, Hildebrandt n. 784a! , Meebold!, Schweinfurth n. 29!, 

 70!), Maskat (Aucher n. 5296, Bornmüller n. 592!). Socotra (Schweinfurth 

 n. 358!). 



Indisches Wüstengebiet: Penjab, Rautpindi (Schlagintweit n. 10945!). 



Nach Müller Arg. auch auf der Comoreninsel Mayotte. 



Einheim. Namen: Sammua, Balambat, Tenum, Moma. 



