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calyce saepius longioribus, sepalis oblongis obtusis interioribus lon- 

 gioribns , petalis oblongo - obovatis calycem' aequantibus, stylo ovario 

 longiore, seminibus laeviusculis Q. P. succulentum Webb Phyt. Ca- 

 nar. I, p. 155. — Arenaria succulenta Ser. in dc. Prodr. 1, p. 400. 

 — Mollia rosea Hochst. et St. in Schimp. pl. exs. 



Hab. in arenosis iEgypti ad Kahiram (Wiest cxs. 6! et 546!), in pa- 

 lustris ad Sakkarah (Boiss!), in valle Sinaitica Ouadi Arbain (Bove! mixta 

 cum Robbaired). Fl. vere. 



Laciniis calycis vix carinatis accedit ad Polycarpwam, sed facies omnino 

 Polycarpi. 



POLYCARPM 

 (Lam. Journ. Nat. Hist. II, p. 8, tab. 25). 



Calyx 5 partitus laciniis subplanis margine scariosis acutis. Petala 

 5 lanceolata calyce dimidio breviora. Stamina 5 slaminodiis totidem 

 pelalis oppositis interdum aucla, disco brevi perigyno inserla. Stylus 

 apice capitatus vel tripartitus, capsula trivalvis. Semina pyriformia 

 subincurva. — Herbae vel suffrutices stipulis et bracleis valde sca- 

 riosis. Genus a Polycarpo habitu potius quam charactere leviori a 

 calyce deprompto distinctum. 



P. fragilis (Del. Fl. Eg. p. 24-1, tab. 24, fig. 1) adpresse et cris- 

 pule tomenlella, caulibus herbaceis prosiratis ramulosis, foliis rigi- 

 dulis oppositis vel aggregatis breviter lanceolatis acutiusculis margine 

 revolutis, cymis densifloris terminalibus paniculatis, calycis laciniis 

 tomentellis ovalis late scariosis nervo excurrente mucronatis , petalis 

 acutis, stylo ovarii longitudine, stigmate capitato, seminibus 8-10 lae- 

 vibus dorso canaliculatis y . 



Hab. in desertis -3Sgypti ( Del. Auch. exs. 2814!), inter Kahiram et 

 Suez (Boiss!), in deserto Sinaitico (Bove !). Fl. Apr. 



Ar. Geogr. Algeriae interioris deserta. 



P. Memphitica (Del. loc. cit. p. 243, tab. 24, fig. 2) patule ve- 

 lutina, caulibus prostratis herbaceis ramosis, foliis oppositis vel ag- 

 gregatis ovato-oblongis obtusiusculis in petiolum attenuatis, cymis 

 terminalibus paucifloris, calycis laciniis hirtis lineari - subspathulatis 

 concaviusculis obtusis, petalis oblongo - lanceolatis, stylo brevissimo, 

 staminibus recurvis, seminibus numerosissimis ovatis Q. Arversia 

 Memphitica Fenzl in Endl. Gen. 



Hab. in cultis et arenosis ^Egypti, prope Kahiram in insulis Nili (Del ! 

 Sieb!), in desertis Kahirinis (Boiss!), in ^Egypto superiori Mich. exs. 

 2803!), circa Esneh (Kralik!). Fl. Apr. 



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