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sissime pannosa leprosa, caule crasso humili basi ramoso mox in ra- 

 cemum dense foliosum abeunti, foliis superne rugosis subtus promi- 

 nenti-nervosis a basi cordala ovalis vel oblongis acutis inferioribus 

 utrinque minute 4-2 lobatis, pedunculis calyce longioribus petiolo 

 brevioribus , involncri laciniis fere a basi liberis linearibus calyce 

 triente brevioribus, lobis calycinis triangularibus acutis, petalis ro- 

 seis retusis, carpellis hirlis rugosissimis dorso obluse canaliculatis 

 transverse et acute rugosis margine acutis, seminibus minute albo- 

 pustulosis % . 



Hab. in Persia aistrali prope Ispahan (Auch. exs. 852!), in collibus 

 prope Schiraz (Ky exs. 461!), in raontibus prope Yezd (Bulise!), in Aff- 

 ghania (Griff!). 



Pedalis vel sesquipedalis, habitus Momordicoz elaterii. racemus foliis 

 crebris longe petiolatis obsitus. 



A. sulphurea (Boiss. et Hohen. Diagn. Ser. I, VIII, p. 108 



sub Althcea) caulibus erectis humilibus, foliis pannosis flavidis nervis 

 subtus prominenlibns ovatis vel ovato-orbiculatis obtusis crenulatis 

 indivisis vel obsolete repando-lobatis, inferioribus basi subcordatis 

 caeteris basi rotundatis vel cunentis, floribus brevissime pedun :ulatis, 

 involucri calycem ?equantis calycisque laciniis lanceolatis aculis, pe- 

 talis sulphureis bilobis, carpellis facie glabris rugosis dorso trans- 

 verse rugosis subcanaliculatis ad medium hirlis margine acutis, se- 

 mine sparsim albo-pustuloso ^ . 



Hab. in Persia boreali ad radices montis Demavend (Ky exs. 624 !), 

 prope Schahrnd (Bge ! ). 



/3. microchiton. Involucrum calyce dimidio brevius laciniis ulrin- 

 que interduin obtusiusculis. Petala violacea vel sulphurea. A. rhyti- 

 carpa Trautv. in Sched. pl. Schrenk. 



Hab. in Persia ad Kenar el Djerd inter Ispahan et Teheran (Bge!) ; in 

 prov. Khorassan inter Schahrud et Nischapur (Bge !), in Affgbania (Griff!). 



Forma pra3ter involucrum omnibus notis typo similis. 



Ar. Geogr. Songaria. 



* * Folia tomento brevi obsita vel glabrescentia. 



f Calycis laciniaB longitudinaliter et elevatim lineatse. 



A. acaulis (Cavan. Dissert. II, tab. 27, fig 3 sub Althcea) te- 

 nuiter lomentoso-cinerea , acaulis vel caule brevi a basi florifero , 

 foliis longe petiolatis reniformibus cordalis crenatis interdum obtuse 

 5 lobis, pedunculis calyce brevioribus, involucro calyce triplo bre- 

 viore, calycis lobis lanceolatis acutis, petalis roseis retusis , carpellis 



