551 



Hab. in monte Ssou prope Ispahan (Buhse !). 



Ex specimine incompleto descripta, probab. annua. A G. Szowitsii foliis 

 obtusis crassioribus, a G. linearifolid petalis retusis nec bifidis, ab utraque 

 floribus seminibufque duplo majoribus pedicellisque abbreviatis distincta. 



G. elegans (MB. Taur. Cauc. 1, p. 319) annua vel perennans^ 

 glabra , caule ssepius elato superne dichotome ramoso effuse corym_ 

 boso-paniculato, foliis uninerviis infimis parvis oblongo-spathulati g 

 caateris lineari-lanceolatis acutis basi breviter connatis, floralibus mi 

 nimis scariosis, pedicellis capillaribus erecto-patulis calyce multoties" 

 longioribus, calyce hemisphserico ad medium in lobos ovatos obtusis- 

 simoslate albo-marginatos diviso, petalis roseis late cuneato-linearibus 

 truncato-retusis calyce 2-5 plo longioribus, capsula calyce sesquilon- 

 giori , seminibus rugoso-tuberculatis O. G. diffusa F. et M. Bull. 

 Mosq. 1839, II, p. 146 (forma radice crassiuscula perennanti). 



Hab. in humidis deserti Sinaitici (Schimp. exs. 332!), Cappadocise ad 

 Euphratem (Auch. exs. 539!), Armenise ad Bitlis (Burre!), ad Erzerum, 

 Baibout, etc. (Huet ! Bourg!), Ponti (Tchih!), Grusiae (Szow! ) , Caucasi 

 (MB. Hoh!), in littore orientali maris Caspii (Lehm!). Fl. Mai. Jul. 



Pedalis vel sesquipedalis, calyx lineam, petala 2-3 lineas longa. 



G. viscosa (Murr. Comm. Gcett. 1783, pag. 9, tab. 3) inferne 

 glabrescens superne viscida , caule flexuoso fere a basi dichotomo in 

 paniculam corymbosam divaricatam effusam abeunti, foliis 3-5nerviis 

 e basi connata subcordata oblongo-lanceolatis acuminatis , floralibus 

 brevibus scariosis, pedicellis setaceis calyce 2 3 plo longioribus, calyce 

 hemisphaBrico ad medium in dentes ovatos obtusos late albomargina- 

 tos diviso, petalis roseis late cuneato-linearibus truncato-retusis ca- 

 lyce duplo longioribus , capsula calyce sesquilongiori , seminibus ru- 

 goso-tuberculatis ©. 



Hab. in cultis SyriaB ad Aleppo (Auch. exs. 554! Haussk!), Antilibani 

 versus Damascum ( Boiss ! ) , Cappadociaj prope Csesareara ( Bal ! ). Fl. 

 Mai. Jun. 



Facie et floribus prsecedenti affinis diflfert panicula viscosa, foliis multo 

 nrajoribus plurinerviis, pedicellis abbreviatis. 



G. melampoda (Bienert in Bunge pl. Pers. exs.) inferne inter- 

 dum patule pubescens superne glabra, caule dichotome et brachiatim 

 ramoso laxe paniculato , foliis inferioribus oblongo-spathulatis obtu- 

 sissimis basi longe attenuatis, floralibus lineari-subulatis herbaceis, 

 pedicellis filiformi-setaceis calyce 4-6 plo longioribus demum patulis, 

 calyce glabro bieviter campanulato ad medium in lacinias ovato-ob- 

 longas obtusas anguste albo - marginatas diviso , petalis albis ovato- 

 oblongis truncalo-subretusis calyce sesquilongioribus, capsula calyce 

 sublongiori © vel perennans. 



