Lythrum. lythrarie^. 739 



Sect. II, Hyssopifolia d.g. — Flores axillares. 



3. L. Graefferi (Ten. Fl. Nap. Prodr. Suppl. II, p. 27) caulibus 

 eloiigatis crectis vel dilTusis, foliis allernis inferioribus ellipticis vel 

 oblongis ssepe subcordatis supcrioribus lineari-lanceolatis , floribus 

 solitariis axiilaribus 10-12-andris bracteis binis iineari-subulatis 

 exiguisscariosis suffultis, calycis demum cylindrici 10-1i2-striati dcn- 

 tibus subaequalibns 12 triangularibus erectis, petalis 6 oblongo-obo- 

 vatis calyce duplo longioribus, slaminibus longioribus exsertis ^.Ic. 

 Ten. Fl. Nap. t. 142. — L. thymifolia All. Ped. II, p. 168 non L. — 

 L. acutangulum et L. flexuosum Lag. Gen. ct Sp. p. 16. — L. hysso- 

 pifolium Urv. Enuni. p. 52 nonL. — L. Preslii Guss. pL rar. p. 188. 

 — L. Gussonei Presl. 



Hab. in humidis Atticse (Sprunl), Peloponnesi (herb. Fauchel), Zacynthi 

 (Margl), CretiB (Raull), Gycladum (Urvi), GYpn (Ky. 1081), Pamphylise 

 (Heldr !), Syrise borealis ad Aintab et Marasch (Haussk !), australis maritimae 

 fct interioris (Gaill!). 



Ar. Geogr. Insulaj Azoricce, Canarienses et Madera, Hispania et Lusitania 

 maritimaj, Gallia occidentalis et australis, Italia, Africa borealis. 



4. L. hyssopifolium (L. Sp. 642) caulibus foliosissimis saepius 

 erectis, foliis inferioribus lineari-oblongis cffiteris lineari-lanceolatis 

 pneter infima opposita alternis, floribus solitariis axiliaribus 5-6-an- 

 dris bracteis binis subulatis scariosis minimis basi suffultis, calycis 

 longe tubulosi 10-i2-striati dentibus 6 alternatim longioribus subu- 

 latis, interioribus triangularibus minutis, petalis 4-6 calyce scsqui- 

 lojigioribus, staminibus omnibus inclusis Q. Ic. Jacq. Austr. p. 133. 



Hal). in humentibus sabulosis et aridis Zacynthi (Marg!), Creta^ (Weissl), 

 montibus Pentelico Atticaj et Onion Boeotiffi (Heldr!), monte Atho Macedoniai 

 (Griseb!), Byzantii ((^ast!) , Smvrnae in agris (Fleisch!), Anatolia bor. 

 (Tchlh ! ), Syria littorali ad Tripoli (BI I), Mesopotamia (Ky. 200 !). Assyria 

 (Haussk!), Damasci (Boiss I), Tauria et prov. Transcaucasicis (M.B., Hoh.). 



Ar. Geogr. Europa media et australis ab Anglia ad Rossiam mediam, Songa- 

 ria, Insulae Azorica3, Abyssinia, P. B. Spei, America borealis et australis. 



o. L. silenoides (Boiss. et Noe Diagn. Scr. II, 2, p. 55) glabrum, 

 caulc erccto infcrne patule ramoso, foliis sparsis strictis oblongo-li- 

 nearibus acutiusculis, floribus axillaribus solitariis spicas terminales 

 longissimas laxas formantibus, pediceUis brevibus basi bractcolis binis 

 subulatis obsitis, calycc tenuiter cylindrico sulcato fructifero oblongo 

 10-12-dentato dentibus 6 lanceolatis acutis erectis cjeleros membra- 

 naceos triangulares multo superantibus, petalis roseis calyce tertia 

 parle longioribus, staminibus inclusis, stylo elongato Q. 



Ilab. in collibas Babylonia^ prope Bagdad (Noc 2931), in alveo fluvii prope 

 Herat Affghaniffi (Bge !) . 



