-398 LEGUMiNOs^. Astrac/alus (LIII. Megalocystis). 



latis parallele et elevatim nervosis, petiolis rigidis longiusciilc spinu- 

 losis, foliolis 15-20-jiigis minutis distantibus adpresse hirtis orbicu- 

 latis obtusis vel retusis versus folii apicem sensim diminutis, scapis 

 folia muito supcrantibus in spicam laxissimam abeuntibus, bracteolis 

 ovatis minimis, caiycis albo et nigro-hirti fructiferi inflati oblongi le- 

 iiuiter 30-nervii dentibus breviter triangularibus, corolla calycc tcrtia 

 parte longiore e sicco carnea. ovario lineari-oblongo adpresse nigro- 

 liirto, ieguminc. . . . ^. 



Ilab. in apricis lapidosis prope Kaschan Persia? (Bode, Kapherr) et prope 

 Sof (Bge !). 



Atfinis A. submiti diflfert petiolis rigidioribus longius spinulosis, floribus 

 pollicem et aniplius distantibus, bracteolis minoribus ovatis. 



488. A. remotiflorus (Boiss. Diagn. Ser. I, 2, p. 72) subacaulis 

 caudice reliqniis petiolorum obsito, stipulis triangulari-ovatis, petiolis 

 loiigis apice tenuiter spinosis, foliolis remotiuscule sub-15-jugis com- 

 piicatis ovalis hirtis, scapis folia superantibus in racemuih longum 

 laxum abeuntibus, calycis demum intlati globosi purpureo-hneati 

 (lciitibus subulatis, legumine breviler stipitato membranaceo hirtulo 

 ovato compresso ^ . 



Hab. in Persia australi (Auch. 1325!), inter Ispahan et Teheran ad Sof 



(Bge!). 



Petioli semipedales, foIiolaS lineas longa, peduncuU 9-13 lineas cum racerao 

 laxe 10-20-floro longi, calyx florif.ir ignotus, fructifer Olineas longas, legumen 

 • 5 lineas longum monospermum omnino A. tortuosi. 



489. A. tortuosus (d.c. Prodr. II, p. 299) subacaulis cespito- 

 tiiis breviter rufescenti-tomentosus, slipulis breviter lanceolatis paraf- 

 lcle nervosis, petiolis tenuibus llcxuosis in spinulam brevissimam 

 abeuntibus, foliolis minutis approximatim 15-20-jugis complicatis ova- 

 tis obtusis, scapis foliis sublongioribus in racemum brevem laxe 4-7- 

 llorum abeuntibus, bracteolis lanceolatis tubo calycis triplo breviori- 

 biis, calycis rufo-tomcntosi tubulosi fructiferi inflati ovati dentibus a 

 basi lanceolata subulalis tubo 4-pIo brcvioribus, corolla quarta parte 

 exserta, legumine longe stipitato crustaceo oblongo depresso glabro ^. 



Hab. in Mesopotamia (Oliv. et Brug., Auch. 1269!). 



Folia ad ramorum brovissimorum apicem conferta pollicem aut paulo am- 

 plius longa, foliola sesquilineam longa, calyx florifer 6 lineas fructifer 9-10 

 Jongus, legumen (junius) 2 Vi lin. longum stipite sublongiori sufTultum. 



-|- -|- Sufi^rutescentes, rami spinis persistentibus armati. 



490. A. micractne (Boiss. Diagii. Scr. II. 5, p. 87) suffrutescens 

 lalc ccspitosus griseo-tomentosus, rainis prostratls spinis vctuslis pa- 

 tcntibus horridis. stipulis hirsutis parallele nervosis alte connatis 

 partc libera abbreviatis, petiolis rigidis spinosis, foliolis approxima- 



