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brida, caulibus fere a basi dichotomis paniculatis ramisque tcnuibus 

 virgatis, foliis infimis oblongo-spathulalis caeteris linearibus , floribus 

 brevissime pcdicellatis alaribus et secus ramos superiores unilatera- 

 liter racemosis, calyce e basi umbilicala clavalo albido secus costas 

 acutas squamis subrolundis albis papyraceis 1-4 dentatis uniseriali- 

 bus obsito dentibus oblongis obtusis, lamina alba obcordata profunde 

 biloba, coronse laciniis obtusis crenulatis, capsula ovata carpophoro 

 paulo breviore, seminibus tuberculalis facie planis dorso canalicula- 

 tis 0. S. echinata Jaub. et Spach. Illustr. Or. I, p. 8, tab. 4 non 

 Otth nec Guss. 



Hab. in cultis (Etolise (Sprun !), Anatoliae in aggeribus arenosis vallium 

 Hermi in Lydia et Meandri in Caria (Boiss! Jaub!), in Lycia ad Elmalu 

 (Bourg!), Syria bor. inter Aintab et Marasch (Haussk!). Fl. Mai. 



Planta 1-1 l / z pedalis. Inflorescentia vel irregulariter cymoso-dichotoma 

 vrl saepius secus ramulos superiores racemosa. Calyx 6-7 lineas longus. 

 S. echinata Otth ex Italia difFert calyce papillis longis setosis ex tuber- 

 culis ortis obsito, petalis roseis breviter bilobis. 



S. vesiculifera (J. Gay in Bal. pl. exs. 1855) sub lente minute 

 pubescens, caule fere a basi dichotome paniculato ramisque tenuibus 

 virgatis, foliis omnibus lineari-lanceolatis aculis, floribus brevissime 

 pedunculalis alaribus et terminalibus, calyce e basi umbilicata obo- 

 vato albido viridi-slrialo secus costas demum vaide prominentes squa- 

 mis albis vesiculiformibus inermibus vel mucronalis imbricatim ob- 

 silo, dentibus lanceolatis acutiusculis, lamina alba lineari-cuneata 

 biloba, coronaB laciniis truncatis retusis, capsula ovato-globosa carpo- 

 phoro subduplo iongiore, seminibus facie planis dorso subcanalicuia- 

 lis tuberculalo-rugosis O. 



Hab. in regione montana Tauri ar 1 Pylas Cilicicas (Bal. exs. 806!). 



Valdc affinis praecedenti ditfert indumento brevissimo fere pruinoso, ca- 

 lycis dentibus elongatis et papiilarum natura, lamina angustiori et carpo- 

 phori proportione. Inflorescentia regularius cymosa vix apice in racemos 

 vergens. 



f f Calyx ad nervos setoso scaber vel hirsutus. 



a. Inflorescentia regulariter dichotoraa. 



S. crassipes (Fenzl Pugill. n°23) pubescenti-scabrida, caulibus 

 divaricalim dichotomis ramisque rigidis, foliis inferioribus oblongo- 

 lanceolalis cyeteris lanceolalo - linearibus, floralibus calyces stepius 

 ;equanlibiis vcl superanlibus, floribus subsessilibus alaribus et termi- 

 nalibus, calyce r» basi umbilicala cylindrico undique sed praBserlim 

 ad nervos papillis brevibus conicis scabcrrimo denlibus ovalis obtusis 



