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V. cinerea (Boiss. Diagn. Ser. I, I,p. 7) perennans, tota papillis 

 densis albis cinerea, radice indurala, collo cespitoso, foliis lanceo- 

 latis vel ovatis acuminatis in petiolum attenuatis, stipulis setaceis in- 

 divisis, bracteis setaceis, sepalis oblongis acutis papilloso-hirtis, cal- 

 care brevissimo, petalis oblongis imberbibus, capsula tomentella % . 



Hab. in fissuris rupinm ad pagum Gere Persise australis (Ky exs. 96!), 

 montis Gebel Akhdar regni Mascate (Auch. exs. 4199!). Fl. vere. 



Affinis prsecedenti , folia minora limbo 3-5 lineas longo , pedicelli folio 

 2 3 plo longiores hirtuli. 



* * Subacaules, pedicelli infra medium bibracteati. 



V. spathulata (Willd. in Roem. et Schult. III, p. 353!) lomen- 

 tello-cinerea cespitosa, rhizomate incrassato, collo foliis vetustis sti- 

 pato, foliis oblongis integris in petiolum longe altenuatis, stipulis 

 brevibus triangulari-lanceolatis, sepalis oblongis acutiusculis, calcare 

 appendicibus calycis duplo longiori, petalis basi intus albo-papillosis, 

 capsula glabra ¥ . V. papillaris Boiss. et Hoh. Diagn. Ser. I, VIII, 

 P,,52. 



Hab. in saxosis alpium Ghilani { vVild. lierb!), in montis Elbrus valle 

 Loura ad Meidan Abdallah (Ky exs. 556 !). 



A prsecedentibus petalis intus barbatis distincta , stigma minus margine 

 angustiori, rostro minus obsoleto ; pedicelli hirti saepe sesquipollicares. 



V. puchyrrhiza (Boiss. et Hoh. Diagn. Ser. I, VI, p. 21) pul- 

 viniformis, rhizomate crassissimo lignoso, caulibus brevissimis squa- 

 mosis, foliis ovatis in petiolum attenuatis margine parce papillosis 

 caeterum glabris, stipulis minimis triangulari-lanceolatis^ sepalis gla- 

 berrimis lanceolatis, calcare petalis subbreviore, petalis imberbibus 

 oblongo-lanceolatis, capsula glabra ^ . 



Hab. in fissuris rupium calcarearum montis Gara Kurdistaniae (Ky exs. 

 342 !). Fl. Jun. 



Pulvini lignosi diametro 1-2 pollicares, caules brevissimi condensati sti- 

 pulis et basi petiolorum persistentibus squamosi apice folia et flores fe- 

 rentes, pedicelli glabri 4-6 lineas longi, folia 3-4 lineas longa. 



§3. Patellares. 



* Petala imberbia. 



V. Kamschatica (Ging. in Linn. I, p. 406) radice (ssepius) 

 articulala, foliis cordatis acutiusculis, sepalis lanceolatis acuminatis 



