420 



Hab. in iEgypto superiori circa Siout, Theben, Syenem (Del! Auch. exs. 

 410! Boiss !). Persia australi maritima (Auch!). Fl. vere. 

 Ar. Geogr. Nubia, Abyssinia, India boreali-occidentalis. 



Sect. II. Eucapparis. dc. Prodr. I, p. 245. — Sepala concava ma- 

 juscula biseriata superiore scepe galeato. Stamina inde- 

 finita. 



C. spinosa (L. Sp. 720) ramis elongatis decumbentibus, stipulis 

 spinosis uncinatis vel rectis rarius setaceis deciduis, foliis orbiculatis 

 vel ovatis, pedunculis lblio aequilongis vel longioribus, sepalis subse- 

 quilongis, bacca ovato-oblonga basi attenuata 5. Valde polymorpha, 

 varietates sequentes formis innumeris una in alteram transeunt. 



a genuina. Glabriuscula, rami graciles, folia suborbiculata retusa, 

 stipulac uncinatse, flores magni. Rchb. f. 4487. Forma culta quam ex 

 Oriente nondum vidi. 



/3. canescens Cosson Not. pl. Crit. I,.p.28. Plus minus pubescens, 

 rami minus indurati, folia ovata vel elliptica apice in spinulam ssepe 

 abeunlia, stipulae uncinatse , flores majusculi. C. spinosa Fl. Graec. 

 tab. 486! C. herbaceaW\M. Enum. Berol. p. 560. C. Sicula Duham. 

 Arb. I, p. 159. C. ovata Guss. Prodr. non Desf. 



Hab. ubique ad muros et rupes regionis calidioris in Graecia! Creta! 

 Macedonia! Anatolia ! Armenia (Huet !), Tauria et prov. Caucasicis (MB ! 

 Hoh!), Syria (Boiss! Gaill ! Haussk!) Mesopotamia (Noe!), Persia bor. 

 (Buhse!) et austro-orientali (Bunge!). Fl. vere et aestate. 



y. Mgyptia. Glabra vel pubescens , rami indurati, folia carnosa 

 orbiculata glauca obtusa aut retusa cum vel absque spinula, stipulae 

 uncinatoe, llores mediocres. C. Mggptia Lam. Dict. 1, p. 605. Del. 

 iEg. tab. 31 flg. 3. 



Hab. ad rupes iEgypti mediaB et superioris (Del ! Boiss ! Kralik ! ), in 

 jugo Sinaitico (Bove! Boiss! ). Judaea ad raare Mortuum (Boiss!). Fl. primo 

 vere. 



$. leucophylla. Tota indumento adpresso cana, folia carnosa orbi- 

 culata var. praecedentis, flores parvi. C. leucophylla dc. Prodr. I, p. 

 246. Deless. Ic. III, tab. 10. 



Hab. ad Bagdad (Oliv. et Brug! Auch. exs. 409!), in Persia austro- 

 orientali inter Khabbise et Kerman (Bunge!). 



e. parviflora. Canescens vel velutina, ramis tenues indurati , folia 

 parva ovato-oblonga rarius orbiculata saepius acuta apice spinulosa, 

 stipulse uncinatse saepe validaB , tlores eis forma? genuinaB duplo vel 

 triplo minores. C. parviflora Boiss. Diagn. Ser. I, I, p. 4. C. mucro- 

 nifolia Boiss. loc. cit. p. 3. 



Hab. in Syria circa Damascum (Gaill !) , Persia australi (Auch. 4189! , 

 4190!, 4191 A!), prope Schiraz (Ky exs. 309!), in Turkestania int.er 

 Buchara et Samarcand (Lehm !), in Affghania (Griff! ). 



