630 



caule elato folioso ex axillis interdum ramuloso in cymam simplicem 

 vel pluries dichotomam abeunti, foliis magnis ovatis acuminatis infe- 

 rioribus subcordatis supremis lanceolatis , pedunculis calyce sublon- 

 gioribus fructiferis erectis, calyce albido ovato-campanulato dentibus 

 hreviter triangularibus acutis, lamina alba e basi cuneata obovata 

 profunde multifida, corona nulla, capsula glabra brevissime stipitata 

 calyce subbreviori, seminibus magnis tuberculatis dorso convexis %. 

 Sims Bot. Mag. tab. 980! 



Hab. in fruticetis montanis Lazistani (Auch. exs. 493!), Armeniae Ros- 

 sic£e (Seidl!), totius Caucasi (C.A.M ! Hoh!). Fl . Jun. Jul. 



Planta 3-4 pedalis. 



S. lacera (Stev. Mem. Mosq. III, p. 262 sub Cucubalo) hirta, 

 caulibus pumilis ascendentibus cymosis paucifloris vel unifloris, foliis 

 fere omnibus radicalibus parvis longe petiolatis ovalo-spathulatis ob- 

 tusis margine ssepe undulatis , floralibus oblongo-lanceolatis acumi- 

 natis, calyce campanulato dentibus triangularibus acutis, fructifero 

 inflato erecto, lamina cuneata multifida alba, coronse laciniis lineari- 



lanceolatis elongatis, capsula ovata calyce inclusa, seminibus ^ . 



Sims Bot. Mag.' tab. 2255. 



Hab. in lapidosis schistosis regionis alpinaB Caucasi ad rivum Chodjal 

 prope Chinalug (Stev!), ad torrentem Terek (C.A.M.), in alpibus Iberiae 

 (Wilh!). 



Caules palmares vel dodrantales subaphylli, folia radicalia 8-12 lineas 

 louga petiolo longiori suffulta, flores prsecedentis pro cujus varietate alpina 

 nonnulli eam habuerunt quod mihi valde dabium. 



S. physalodes (Boiss. Diagn. Ser. I, VIII, p. 83) minute hir- 

 tula, caule crasso cavo elato folioso superne opposite et paniculatim 

 ramoso, foliis amplis teneris ovalis infer. ionge petiolatis basi sub- 

 cordatis, cseteris basi cunealis acuminalis, ramis dichotomis flore in- 

 fimo alari caeteris racemosis, pedunculis frucliferis deflexis, bracleis 

 cordato-acuminatis oblongisque magnis, calyce tenuiter membranaceo 

 cylindrico dentibus triangularibus ciliatis, fructifero campanulato valde 

 inflato, unguibus valde dilatatis, lamina alba brevi lineari in 4-6 la- 

 cinias setaceas fimbriata, corona setaceo-multipartila , capsula ovata 

 calyce multo minori carpophoro vix longiore, seminibus magnis dorso 

 convexis seriatim tuberculatis ^ . 



Hab. inter dumos intricata in Palestina boreali prope Banias (Boiss !). 

 Fl. Junio. 



Planta tenera 5-6 pedalis, folia infer. 4-5 polliccs longa 3 lata, calyx 

 fructifer fere pollicaris 7-9 lineas latus. Inflorescentia , petalis minutis , pe- 

 dunculis refractis, etc. a S. fimbriatd distincta. 



