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glabris facie et dorso obtuso vix canaliculato profunde et transverse 

 rugosis, semine crebre pustuloso-punctalo ¥ . 



Hab. ad tnargines agrorum et in incultis Syriae interioris ad Aleppo et 

 Harran (Ky exs. 247 ! Haussk!), ad Damascura (Gaill!), maritimae ad Tor- 

 tosam (Gaill!), Libano usque ad Cedros (Boiss!), Palaestina maritima et ad 

 Hierosolymam (Boiss !). 



Caulis cum adest x / 2 ~\ pedalis, petioli flores multo superantes , flores 

 interdum albi. 



A. rufescens (Boiss. Diagn. Ser. II I, p. 102 sub Althced) te- 

 nuiter tomentoso-rufescens, caule humili inferne ramoso ramis tan- 

 dem longe virgatis superne subaphyllis, foliis cordato-orbiculatis ob- 

 tuse lobalis , tloribus subsessilibus , involucro calyce triplo ^reviore, 

 calycis lobis triangularibus acutis , petalis flavidis retusis, carpellis 

 hirtulis dorso sulcatis transverseque corrugatis margine acutiusculis 

 denticulatis, semine lsevi y . 



Hab. in ctiltis derelictis Syriae circa Aleppo (Boiss ! Ky exs. 218 ! sub 

 A striatd), in monte Gebcl Khaisoun prope Damascum (Gaill!), in monte 

 Gebel Abiad inter Hama et Palmyram ( Bl ! ) , circa Banias Palaestinse 

 (Boiss!). 



Planta l 1 /»"^ P e< ialis a prsecedenti racemis elongatis superne subaphyl- 

 lis, carpellis hirtellis margine acutis et cristatis distincta. 



A. remotiflora (Boiss. et Heldr. Diagn. Ser. I, VIII, p. 108 

 sub Althced) tenuiter tomentosa grisea scabiida, caule humili tenui 

 virgalo, foliis ultra medium 5-7 palmati-partitis segmentis oblongo- 

 linearibus obtusis sinuato-dentatis , foliis superioribus in segmenta 

 linearia triparlitis, foliis subsessilibus laxe racemosis, involucro calyce 

 dimidio breviore, calycis lobis lanceolatis aculis, petalis obcordatis 

 paliide roseis, carpellis facie glabris ad medium dorsi subsulcati pu- 

 berulis transverse corrugatis margine acutiusculis, semine loevi ^. 



Hab. in cainpis mari finitimis PamphyliaB versus fluvium Catarrhactum 

 (Heidr !), in Armenia ad Gumuchkhane (Thih !). 



Facies et caules tenues A. rufescentis sed folia multo profundius divisa, 

 carpella minora secus lineam raediam disci tantum hirta. 



A. lavateraeflora (dc. Prodr. I, p. 437 sub Althced) caule 

 erecto simplici saepius elato_, foliis longe petiolaiis adpresse tomen- 

 tellis sericeis nervis sublus prominulis, infimis palmalipartitis caeteris 

 digitatim seclis segmentis 5-3 e basi angustata oblongo-lanceolatis ob- 

 tusis irregulariter lobulato-crenatis, floribus subsessilibus, involucri 

 calyce hirsulo l>revioris calycisque laciniis triangulari-lanceolatis, pe- 

 talis obcordatis intense violaceis, carpellis hirtis undique rugulosis 

 dorso subcanaliculalis margine acutiusculis , semine lenuiter albo- 

 punctato y . A. diyitata Boiss. Diagn. Ser. I, VIII, p. 100. 



