Eremophyton. 



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2 mm longus, infundibuliformis, persistens, valvis binis superne appendiculatis dehiscens, 

 septiger, aspermus, probabiliter etiam i- vel 2-spermus; articulus superior caducus, 

 ellipsoideus, 5,5 — 10 mm longus, apice rotundato-obtusus, locellis superpositis \ — 2 

 septo carentibus parum strangulatus, non separabilis, in isthmis semina et supra in- 

 fraque isthmos nodulos inflatos vacuos septo instructos gerens; stigma minutum, sessile. 

 Semina oblique compresso-globosa, 2 mm longa lataque, 1,5 mm crassa, in articulo 

 inferiore, si existentia, pendula, in superiore assurgentia, dilute brunnea; testa tenuis, 

 laevis; funiculus filiformis, 2 mm longus, placentis in lacunis affixus. Cotyledones longi- 

 tudinaliter conduplicatae, apice leviter emarginatae. — Herba annua, glaberrima, glauces- 

 cens. Radix pfilaris. Gaulis ramosus. Folia pinnatipartita. Racemi nudi, laxiflori. 

 Pedicelli breves. 



Species unica in regione Saharae algeriensis inventa est. 



E. Chevallieri (Barratte) Beguinot! in Bull. Soc. bot. ital. (1913) 102. — 

 Enarthrocarpus Chevallieri Barratte! ap, Chevall. PI. Sah. alg. n. 257 (1899), Chevall. 



Fig. 28. Eremophyton Chevallieri (Barr.) Beg. A Planta florifera. B Ramus fructifer. CSe- 

 palum exterius. D Sepalum interius. E Petalum. F Pistillum. O Stamen brevius. (Icon. 



origin.) 



