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C. scaposum (Boiss. et Heldr. Diagn. Ser. I, VIII, p. 104) to- 

 tum patule el breviter hirtum, caule nano internodiis abbreviatis, 

 foliis ciliatis ovatis obtusis infer. in petiolum abbreviatis, cyma 3-10 

 flora pedicellis erectis caule longioribus, sepalis adpresse hirtis ellip- 

 ticis obtusiusculis margine scariosis, pelalis cuneato-spathulatis bre- 

 vissime bilobis calyce sesquilongioribus , filamentis glabris , capsula 

 oblongo - cylindrica" calyce quarta parte longiore , seminibus subcom- 

 pressis minute tuberculatis Q. 



Hab. in arenosis montium Sphacioticorum Cretae alt. 3000 ' - 4000 ' 

 (Heldr! Raul!). 



Caules Y 2 -4 pollicem longi, pedicelli autem 1V 2 "2 pollicares scapifor- 

 mes, flores eis C. laxi subminores, sepala2V 2 lineas longa. 



* * Perennia. 



f Capsula membranacea. 



a. Chondrospermia. — Seminis testa albumini adhaerens. 



X Filamenta glabra. 



C. vulgatum (L. Sp. p. 627) palentim hirsutum rarius glabra- 

 tum, caulibus ascendenlibus, foliis oblongis vel ovatis infer. in petio- 

 lum attenualis, cymis laxis, pedicellis calyce tandem 2-3 plo longio- 

 ribus apice nutantibus, bracteis superioribus margine scariosis, sepalis 

 hirlis apice glabris oblongis scarioso-marginatis, petalis calycem sub- 

 sequantibus oblongo-spathulatis bilobis basf obsolete ciliatis, capsula 

 curvata calyce duplo longiore % . C. Iriviale Link Enum. Berol. I, 

 p. 433. Rchb. fig. 4972. 



Hab. in pratis monta..is Macedoniae in Scardo (Griseb!), Tauria et Cati- 

 caso (MB.), Armenia RossicS (Szow!), Persia bor. in montibus prov. Aste- 

 rabad (Bunge!). 



Ob durationem perennem quidem sed parum longsevam, flores minutos et 

 faciem. ad species prsecedentes magis quam ad sequentes accedit. 



Ar. Geogr. Europa, Sibiria, America borealis. 



C. tomentosum (L. Sp. 629) lanugine intricata tomentosum 

 eglandulosum cespitosum, foliis infer. spathulatis casteris lineari-lan- 

 ceolatis, pedicellis rectis fructiferis apice subnulantibus , bracteis 

 sepalisque oblongis tomentosis anguste scariosis, petalis obovalo-cu- 

 neatis ad tertiam partem bifidis calyce 1V 2 "2 plo longioribus glabris, 

 capsula cylindrica calyce longiore apice incurva dentibus rectis mar- 



