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Cypro (Ky!), Syria interiori et maritima (Auch. exs. 394! Gaill!), Palaes- 

 tina (Roth!), Armenia (Auch. exs. 4038!), Mesopotamia prope Bagdad 

 (Schlafli!). Fl. vere. 



Pedalis vel sesquipedalis , foliorum segmenta saepius 1-1 l / a pollicem 

 longa, squamula 1 '/ 2 millim. longa. Capsula pollicem vel sesquipollicem 

 longa. Semen magnit. pisi. 



Ar. Geogr. Italia australis. 



L. Eversmanni (Bunge in Lehm. p. 190) foliis biternatisectis 

 segmentis oblongis superioribus in lacinias oblongo-lanceolatas par- 

 titis, racemo terminali composito, bracteis pedicello fructifero acute 

 hexagono profunde sulcato erecto-patulo multo brevioribus, squa- 

 mula orbiculata apice tridentata stipite subtriplo breviori , capsula 

 oblonga basi cuneato-attenuata apice obtusa % . L. leontopetalum 

 Hook et Th. Fl. Ind. I, p. 229 non L. 



Hab. in argitlosis deserti Kisilkum Turkestaniae bor. (Lehm!), Persiae 

 mediae orientalis ad Ssertschah (Bunge!), in cultis Belutschiae (Stocks !), 

 Affghaniae (Griff !). Fl. vere. 



Valde affinis praecedenti differre videtur segmentis foliorum angustiori- 

 bus (sed haec nota variabilis), squamulis millimitrum tantum longis triden- 

 tatis, capsula multo minori 910 lin. longa, pedieellis fructiferis acute nec 

 obtusissime angulatis. 



L. minor, pumila, foliis biternatisectis segmentis minutis in la- 

 cinias obovato-cuneatas profunde partitis , racemo simplici , bracteis 

 pedicello fructifero patulo arcuato teretiusculo multo brevioribus, 

 squamula cuneato-obovata truncata brevissime slipitata, capsula ovata 

 basi rotundata obtusa pedicello sequilonga ^ . L. Armeniaca Boivin 

 in Belang. Voy. Icon. absque descript. (Haec species in Armenia 

 non crescit). 



Hab. in argillosis Persiae, prov. Aderbidjan (Belang!) et inter Salmas et 

 Khoi (Szow!), monte Elbrus prope Passgala (Ky. exs. 99!), in Persia aus- 

 trali ad Ispahan (Auch. exs. 4036 !) et circa Persepolin (Ky. exs. 804 ! sub 

 L. leontopetalo var. minori). Fl. vere. 



Differt a L. leontopetalo caule etiam fructifero 3-5 pollicari, segmentis 

 foliorum parvis 6-8 lin. longis omnibus partitis , pedicellis fructiferis ar- 

 cuatis nec rectis. Capsulae 9-10 lin. longae, semen eo praecedentium dimidio 

 minus. 



L. vesicaria (Pall. Act. Petrop. 1779. 11, tab. 9, fig. 4) pu- 

 mila, foliis biternatisectis , segmentis cuneato-oblongis obtusis fere 

 omnibus indivisis, racemo simplici paucifloro, bracteis pedicello fruc- 

 tifero obsolete angulato erecto-patulo vix dimidio breviorib' 4 s } flori- 

 bus...., capsulA magna ovata inflata obtusa reticulato-venosa 4. 



