668 

 f f f Ovariura 8-10 ovuiatum. 



B. hebecalyx (Boiss. Diagn. Ser. I, I, p. 45) basi ramosa suf- 

 fruticosa, ramis ereclis pruinoso-velutinis dichotome paniculatis, foliis 

 brevibus squamiformibus adpressis , floribus 1-2 terminalibus sessili- 

 bus bracteatis rarius alterutro axillari , sepalis velutinis ovatis cucul- 

 latis obtusis anguste membranaceo-marginatis obsolete 9 nerviis, pe- 

 talis ovato-orbiculatis calyce subbrevioribus, staminibus petala sequan- 

 tibus, stylis ovario sublongioribus ^ . 



Hab. in aridis Persise prope Teheran (Auch. exs. 4266 ! ). 



Caudex brevis lignosus, rarai 8-9 pollicares, calyx 1 */ 4 lineam longus. 

 Seraina mihi ignota. 



Obs. Cl. Noe pl. exs. n°870 misit plantam in alveis exsiccatis ad Sivas 

 Anatolise Junio nondum floriferam, perennem, facie Ortegioz vel Buffoniaz, 

 cujus genus mihi dubium. En ejus descriptioncula. — Sub lente scabrius- 

 cula, rami herbacei erecti 8-10 pollicares stricte ramulosi inter internodia 

 elongata nodosi. Folia linearia internodio breviora. Panicula stricta oppo- 

 site ramulosa. Flores in glomerulos terminales 8-10 floros bracteolatos piso 

 multo minores dispositi. Calyx fere ad basin 5 partitus laciniis oblongis 

 herbaci is late scarioso-marginatis inferne papillis patentibus hispidulis. Pe- 

 tala 5 oblonga. Stamina 10 hypogyna alternatim longiora. Ovarium ovatum 

 basi attenuatum. Styli 2 distincti stigmatibus indistinctis. Ex alabastris ju- 

 nioribus ovula non observare potui. 



LEPYRODICLIS (Fenzl in Endl. Gen. 966. 



Galyx 5 sepalus herbaceus. Petala 5 retusa vel bifida. Stamina 7-10 

 disco hypogyno glanduloso suffulta. Styli °2 (rarius 3) elongati. Ova- 

 rium 4 ovulatum. Capsula membranacea globoso-inflata usque ad basin 

 trivalvis. Semina reniformi-globosa seriatim tuberculala. — HerbaB 

 annuae elongalae tenerae. 



L. holosteoides (C.A.M. Enum p. 217 sub Gouffeid) glabravel 

 papilloso-scabrida, dichotome ct longe cymoso-paniculala, foliis e basi 

 sessili laliori lanceolalis acuminatis, pediccllis calyce longioribus, se- 

 palis oblongo-linearibus oblusiusculis sub anthesi patentibus , petalis 

 albis obovalis retusis calyce sesquilongioribus 0. L. holosteoides Fenzl 

 in Ledob. Fl. Hoss. I, p. 359. — Jacquem. Voy. tab. 30. 



Hab. in graminosis et cultis Cappadociae (Auch. exs. 613! Bal!), Ar- 

 rneniae ad Baibout et Erzerum (Bourg! Huet ! ) , Cataoniae in moute Beryt- 

 dagh alt. 8000' (Hausskn!), ditionis Talysch (C.A.M ! Hoh !) , Persia) bo- 

 realis in prov. Aderbidjan (Szow!) et australis ad Persepolim (Ky exs. 

 259!), Turkestanise ad Buchara (Lehm !), Belutschiae (Stocks !). Fl. aest. 



