^g RHAMNEiE. Rhamnus. 



* * Folia sicut rami opposita vel subopposita. 



12 R. tinctoria (W. K. Hung. III, tab. 255) ramis erectis ra- 

 mulosis ramulis tandem spinescentibus, foliis ovatis vel oblongis 

 acutiusculis petiolo eis 4-5 plo breviore suffultis crenato-serratis utrm- 

 que pubescentibus reticulato-venosis , floribus axillaribus lasciculatis, 

 ^lycis laciniis triangulari-lanceolatis, petalis Unearibus, drupa sub- 

 sicca, seminis rima hiante margine cai'tilagineo zmzXk^ R. mfectona 

 var. pubescms Griseb. Spic. I, p. 150. 



Hab.infmticetisGraeciffi (Auch. exs. 2056!), Macedoni» et Thracise (Friv! 

 Griseb!), Anatoli» in GalatiA ad Ancyram (Wied 1), Tauro Gihcico ad Guleck 

 (Kyl). 



PlantaB Orientalis specimina florifera tantum vidi sed foliis cum Hungaricis 

 bene congruunt. K. mfectoria L. differt foliis glabrescentibus , nmS semmis 

 clausd, etc. 



Ar. Geogr. Hungaria, Transylvania, Banatus. 



13 R. prunifolia (Sibth. et Sm. Prodr. I, p. 157)ramis pros- 

 tratis ramosissimis intricatis, foliis parvis glabris ovatis veloblongis 

 obtusis crenulatis petiolo brevi suffultis, floribus paucis fasciculatis 

 calycis laciniis ovato-triangularibus flavidis, petahs Imearibus, drupa 

 subsicca obovata parvd, seminis rima hiante membranaceo-marginata 

 5. R Boissieri Heldr. Pl. Grsec. exs. 



Hab. in saxosis regionis intermediae et alpinse Pamassi (Heldrl Guicc! 

 Orph I) montis Delphi Eubea alt. 4000-5500' (Heldr !) montis Velugo iEtohae 

 (Samar. et Guiccl , in summis montibus Cretse (Sibth. Sieb.). 



Dififerre videtur a R. tinctoria ramis depressis tortuosissimis intricatis, 

 foliis minoribus et ssepius magis rotundatis glabris, drupft multo mmore. 



14. R. petiolaris (Boiss. Diagn. Ser. 11, 5, p. 75) ramis patu- 

 lis, ramuhs tandem spinescentibus , foliis petiolo eis subseqmlongo 

 vel parum breviore suffultis firmis glabris a basi cuneata ranus ro- 

 tundata vel subcordata oblongis acutis vel acuminatis crenatis utrm- 

 que nervis 3-5 convergentibus instructis,floribus aXillaribus fascicu- 



latis, calyce..., petalis drupa subsicca majuscuia, seminis 



rima hiante m-rgine toto cartilagineo 5- R- infectona Tchih. As. 

 Min. Atl. tab. 9, non L. 



Hab. in dumosis Tauri Gilicici circa Giilek (Bal! Ky !), Sy rid bor. prope 

 Aintab (Haussk!) Libano in sylvaEden (Bl!) Armeni& austrah m prov. Bo- 

 glan ad flumenMourad (Ky. exs. 532). In GappadociA circa Caesaream usquead 

 4500' copiose colitur; semina tinctoria in Europam sub nornme graines ae 

 Perse mittuntur. 



/3. velutina. — Folia utrinque breviter velutina. 



Hab. in cacumine montis Ylandagh Cappadociae alt. 4500' (BalO- 



Species R. catharticce affinis tamen foliis magis coriaceis longius petiolatis 

 plurinerviis, baccis sabexsuccis majoribus pisum sequantibus, semme, sat ui 

 videtur distincta. 



