m 



comosum formantibus, sepalis lanceolatis corolla duplo brevioribus, 

 pelalis superioribus in 9 lacinias lineari-spathulatas subsimiles par- 

 titis, capsula parva obsolete papillosa obovata ore contracta ©. Ic. 

 Mull. f. 107. R. caudata Oliv. Mss. 



Hab. inter Mossul et Bagdad (Oliv!) ad Euphratem (Chesn. cxs. 440! et 

 495!), in Persia bor. (Buhse!),ad Ssertschah Persise medise orientalis 

 (Bunge!). australi ad Kaseroun et Dalechi (Ky exs. 444! et 244 a!), in 

 Belutschia (Stocks !), Affghauia, (Griff!). 



Semipedalis vel pedalis, racemi tenuissimi basi interrupti tandera 6-40 

 pollicares apice bracteis comosi, flores eis R. stenostachyce vix majores. 



/3. Chabbisea. Petala superiora tripartita. 



Hab. in Affghania hustro-oecidentali ad Chabbise (Bunge!). 



Specimina juniora folis omnibus integris. An species propria?, sed flores 

 quoque minuti sessiles, racemi comosi et facies typi. Capsulse desiderantur. 



■-j- -j- Filamenta diu persistentia. 



R. Aucheri (Boiss. Diagn. Ser. I, I, p. 5) glabra, caule erecto 

 elalo, foliis indivisis integris vel oblongo-lanceolatis acutiusculis vel 

 obovato-rolundatis obtusis, tloribus pedicellis eis brevioribus sufTultis 

 racemos longos densos apice comosos anguste cylindricos formanti- 

 bus, sepalis^obovato-lanceolatis corolla dimidio brevioribus, petalis 

 superioribus in 9-11 lacinulas lineari-spalhulatas parlitis, capsulis 

 strictis glabris pyritormi-oblongis ore non contracto breviter triden- 

 tatis 0. 



Hab. in Mesopotamia (Auch. exs. 2624!) et circa Mossul (Ky exs452! 

 sub R. rotundifolid ) , in Persia (Auch. exs. 4473!), ad Dalechi (Ky exs. 

 244!) Fl. vere. 



Planta ssepe bipedalis, racemus fructifer 5-6 pollicaris , capsulas % l / 2 li - 

 neas longse, folia cum petiolo 2-3 pollicaria interdum 42-15 lineas lata. 



/3. asperula. Caules et rami asperuli. 



Hab. in Persia orientali (Buhse!), inter Ispahan et Teheran (Bunge!). 



SECT. III. LUTEOLA. 



R. Luteola (L. Sp. 448) elata glabra parce et stricle ramosa, fo- 

 liis lanccolalo-linearibus elongatis supra basim sa?pe denticulatis, flo- 

 ribus subsessilibus racemum longissimum spiciformem strictum for- 

 mantibus, sepalis persistentibus ovato-oblongis corolla brevioribus, 

 petalorum superiorum laciniis integris vel 2-3 partitis, filamentis 

 persislentibus, capsulis strictis parvis glabris obovato-depressis sub 

 ore contractis acute dentatis profunde 5 sulcatis ©. Engl. Bot. tab. 

 320. Uchb. f. 4442. R. pseudovirens Friv. Flora 1837. ,1, p. 232. 



