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integris, pedicello calyce sublongiori, petalis roseis obovato-cuneatis 

 calyce 2 l j 2 plo longioribus, siliquis hispidulis teretibus rectis, stigmate 

 subsessili truncato, valvulis non septulatis Q. Sis. contortuplicatum 

 C.A.Mey. loc. cit. p. 190. Sis. Meyeri. Led. Fl. Ross. I, p. 184. 



Hab. in Transcaucasia ad Baku (C.A. Mey!)~ in apricis trans Araxem ad 

 amnem Karasu (Szow! ). 



Folia sesquipollicaria 2 lineas lata, petala eis prsecedentis paulo raajora 

 5 lin. longa, siliquse pollicares vel sublongiores pedicello suo subcras- 



siores. 



M. torulosa (Desf. Atl. II, p. 84 tab. 159 sub Sisymbrio) pilis 

 ramosis setisque patulis hispida, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis angustis 

 acutis acute dentatis vel pectinatim pinnatifidis, tloribus subsessilibus, 

 petalis parvis albis lineari-oblongis, siliquis breviter hirto-scabridis 

 tenuibus torulosis strictis vel subrecurvis, stigmate brevi obtuso re- 

 tuso O. Hesperis angustifolia dc. Syst. II, p. 459. Sis. torulosum 

 Desf. Fl. Grgec. tab. 632. Sis. rigidum Stev. in MB. Suppl. p. 439. 

 Sis. curvisiliquum Bertol. Misc. Bot. II, p. 227, tab. X, f. 1. 



Hab. in cultis et derelictis Asiae minoris in Phrygia (Bal!), Paphlagonia 

 (Auch. exs. 4104!), Lycia (Bourg!), Cypro (Sibth!), Syriae ad Aleppo et 

 Damascum (Ky exs. 46! Haussk! Gaill!), Palaestinse prope Gaza (Boiss!), 

 Taurise et prov. Caucasicarum (MB. Hoh !), Mesopotamise (Auch. exs. 153'.), 

 Persiae australis (Ky exs. 126! et 71 !), AflFghanise (Griflf!), Belutschias 

 (Stocks !). 



/3. contortuplicata. Siliquae contortge. 



Hab. cum typo in Palsestina (Boiss !), Persiaeprov. Aderbidjan (Auch. exs. 

 4169 C!). 



y. leiocarpa. Siliquse rectae vel contortaB glabrae, folia saspius vix 

 dentata. Sis. scorpiuroides Boiss. Ann. Sc. Nat. 1842, p. 74. 



Hab. cum typo prope Gaza (Boiss!), in deserto Palmyrae (Bl !), Assyria 

 ad Euphratem (Chesn. exs. 151 !), Persia australi ad Ispahan (Auch. exs. 

 4155!), ad Schiraz (Ky!), ad Yezd (Bunge !). 



Differt a M. contorluplicatd et Ledebourii floribus triplo minoribus sub- 

 sessilibus. 



Ar. Geogr. Africa borealis. 



M. scorpioides (Bunge in pl. Lehm. p. 203 sub Dontostemom) 

 pube furcata canescens, foliis oblongis obtusis inferioribus integris 

 caiteris parce dentatis, floribus minimis pedicellis calyce brevioribus 

 suffultis, petalis roseis lineari-spathulatis, siliquis pube furcata canis 

 hispidissimis curvatis vel circinnatis, stigmate ovato obtuso siliqua 

 sublatiori ©. 



Hab. in desertis Persise orientalis prope Sertschah et inter Kerman et 

 Yezd (Bunge!), Turkestani» prope Buchara (Lehm!). 



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