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erectis. Gapsula vesicaria membranacea apice demum in lobos irregu- 

 lariter lacera seminibus 1-4 globosis fundo affixis. Embryo ad basin 

 albuminis carnosi endoplevra duplicatura vaginatus minimus. — Herba 

 glabra radice luberosa, foliis omnibus radicalibus. 



B. chrysogonum (L. Spec. 447 sub Leonlice) foliis pinnati- 

 sectis segmentis sessilibus e basi cuneata oblongis apice 3-5 lidis 

 oppositis vel in parte inferiori folii quaternatim verticillatis , caule 

 paniculato ad basin ramorum squamoso, petalis luteis obovatis calyce 

 longioribus, capsula oblonga utrinque attenuata y . Ic. Jaub. etSp. 

 Illustr. IV, tab. 396. Bongardia Rauwolfii el B. Olivieri C.A.M. 

 Verz. p. 174. Chrysogonum Dioscoridis Rauw. It. pag. 119 Icon. 



Hab. in cultis argillosis insularum Graeciae ad Chio (Olivier !), Astypa- 

 laeam (Urv!), Rhodum (Auch !) , Bithyniae (Sibth!), Syriae ad Aleppo 

 (Rauw! Ky! Hausskn !), Libani (Boiss! Gaill!), Palaestinse ad Hierosoly- 

 mam (Boiss!), Transcaucasia3 prope Baku (C.A.M!), Persiae bor. ad As- 

 terabad (Bge!) et australis ad Ispahan (Auch. exs. 4057!), AflFghania3 

 (Griff!), Belutschias (Stocks!). Fl. primo vere. 



Segmenta foliorum interdum verticillata videntur ob eorum fissuram ad 

 basin usque productam (Conf. Hook et Th. FJ. Ind. I, p. 230) et formse 

 intermediae occurrunt. Capsula 6-7 lin. longa. 



LEONTICE (L. Gen. 423). 



Calyx 6 sepalus ebracteatus. Petala 6 basi intus squamula stipitata 

 aucta. Stamina 6. Stylus brevis stigmate obtuso vix distincto. Ovula 

 2-4 basilaria funiculis erectis. Capsula vesicaria inflata seminibus 

 globosis fundo affixis. Embryo ad basin albuminis carnosi endoplevroe 

 duplicatura vaginatus minimus — Herbae glabra? radice tuberosa, 

 caule folioso. 



* Capsula apice demum irregulariter lacera. 



L. leontopetalum (L. Sp. 448) foliis biternatisectis segmentis 

 ovatis vel obovatis raro subcordatis terminalibus interdum 2-3 partitis, 

 racemo terminali composito, bracteis oblongis pedicello fructifero 

 erecto-patulo obsolete hexagono multo brevioribus, petali squamula 

 orbiculata retusa stipite ea triplo breviori suffulta, capsula magna 

 ovata basi rotundata apice acutiuscula ^. Ic. Lam. III, lab. 254, 

 fig. I. 



Hab. in arvis Grasciae ab Attica ad Peloponesum (Sprun ! Boiss ! Heldr! 

 Orph. Fl. exs. n° 48!, Macedoniae et Thraciae (Friv iClarke), Cycladum 

 (Bory), Asiae minoris in Troade Lydia ct Caria (Clarke, Bal ! Pinard!), 



