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Species valde affinis A. microcarpm, humilior magis divaricata , lacinise 

 fol. tenniores, petala apice latiora, carpella minora dente sub rostro rostrum 

 ipsum interdum aequanti. 



/3. snbinermis. Spica minus compacta. Flores minores, carpelli 

 crista circularis minus prominens. 



Hab. in deserto Arabiae petreae (Boiss!), circa Damascum (Gaill!). 



y. Persica. Procerior, Carpella diminuta linea? 2 / 3 longa et lato ob- 

 solete rugulosa rostro brevissimo, margine interiori concavo dente 

 minimo. A. Persica. Boiss. Diagn. Ser. I. VI. p. 4. 



Hab. in Persia australi prope Abuschir (Ky. Pers. austr. exs. 57 ! ). 



Mediante var. (3. transit ad typum cui floribus et foliis simillima. 



Ar. Geogr. Africa borealis. 



A. flammea (Jacq. Austr. tab. 355) caule stricto, flore me- 

 diocri , calyce hirsuto adpresso, petalis elliptico-linearibus planis, spica 

 cylindrica laxiuscula, carpellis ovatis rugulosis in rostrum ascendens 

 sphacelatum abeuntibus, margine interiori ad basin rostri dente obtuso 

 instructo Q. Ic. Rchb. f. 4620. 



Hab. in cultis Caucasi (Nordm. ex Led.) , Armeniae ad Gumuch Khane 

 (Bourg!), Anatolise prope Angora (Wiedem ! ), Syrise bor. ad Kharran 

 (Haussk!) ad Eden Libani (Bl!) Fl. vere. 



(3. caudala. Petala submajora. Carpelli rostrum elongatum. A. cau- 

 data Stev. Bull. Mosq. 1848. II. p. 272. 



Hab. in Graecia ad Rachova Parnassi (Heldr!), Armenia circa Ispir 

 (Huet ! ), Cappadocia (Ky ! ), Tauria (Stev ! ), Syria prope Damascum (Gaill !). 



Vix varietas, in Oriente typo vulgatior. 



Ar. Geogr. Europa media. 



MYOSURUS (L. Gen. 394). 



Flores non involucrati. Calyx sepalis 5 basi in calcar breve pro- 

 ductis. Petala 5 ungue filiformi, lamina basi fovea nectarifera subtu- 

 bulosa instructa. Carpella sicca cuneato-trigona stylo brevi rostrata. — 

 Herba annua foliis indivisis. 



M. minimus (L. Sp. 407) foliis omnibus radicalibus linearibus, 

 scapis unifloris, petalis calyce brevioribus, carpellis in spicam gra- 

 cilem cylindricam dense congestis ©. Ic. Rchb. f. 4569. 



Hab. in locis hyeme inundatis rarior, Byzantii (Sibth!) regione Caucasica 

 (MB.) circa Lenkoran maris Caspii (Hohen!), Syria in Antilibano supra Zeb- 

 dani (Boiss!), in Mesopotamia (Auch. exs. 17!). Fl. vere. 



Ar. Geogr. Europa borealis et australis, Africa bor. America borealis. 



