Dorema. uMBELLiFERiE. lOOf» 



obtusis decurrentibus inferioribus interdum in.Tqualiter bipartitis, 

 vaginis caulinis triangularibus aniplcxicaulibus longe acuminatis ; 

 umbellis alternis, noril)us siibscssilibus lauuginosis. petalis albidis 

 secus medium dorsum velutinis, ovario vclutino, fructu glabro ovato- 

 elliptico margine dimidio semini subaugusliore ciiiclo, vittis latiuscu- 

 lis, commissura 2-4-vittata ^. Ic. Borcz. Ferul. tab. 3, 4 et 5. — 

 Diserneston gummifernni Jaub. et Sp. Jll. Or. i, 78. tab. 40. — 

 D. hirsnlum Loftus in Borcz. Fcrul. p. 28. 



Hab. in desertis arenosis et lapidosis Persifp australis ad Yezdicast et inter 

 Meier et Kulmecliah (Aucli. exs. 4595!), orientalis in j)rov. Khorassan et Ko- 

 histan et in AlTgbani;\ prope Herat usque ad alt. 4000' (Bge!), in Turlveslanii 

 (Lehm! Borcz.). Vulgo in Persia OscJiak vel Kandal, Khirgisice Bal Kurai 

 dictum. 



Caulis C)-8-pedalis basi diam. 1-2-pollicaris, panicul;e racemi 1-1 '/i-pedales, 

 folia pedalia, segmenta 1-2 pollices longa, mericarpia 5 lineas longa 3 lata. 

 Hec planta Gummi Ammoniacum pra^bet. 



2. D. glabrum (F. et M. Lid. L Petrop. p. 26) glabei-rimum, 

 caule crasso elato tereti, panicul^ ramis eloiigatis, foliis aml)itu trian- 

 gulari-ovatis tripinnalisectis segmcntis objongo-lanceolatis acutiuscuJis 

 basi decurrcntibus, umbcllis subverticillatis, floribus pedicellis fequi- 

 longis suffultis, petalis glabris albido-lutcscentibus, fructu glabro 

 glauco ovato margine semine sextuplo angustiore cincto, vittis tcnui- 

 bus, commissura ol)SCure bivittata ^. Ferula racemifera Szov. Mss. 



Hal). in desertis salsis Armenia? Rossicre prope Nackitschewan (Szov!). 



Folia pedem longa lataque, segmenta 1-1 '/i Y>o\\. longa 5-6 lin. lata. racemi 

 fructiferi sesquipedales, mericarpia 3 V^ b"^- longa. 



3. D. Aucheri (Boiss. Ann. Sc. Nat. 1844, p. 329), caule crasso 

 elato, paniculrc ramis cloujatis, foliis minutc papilloso-pubcrulis tri- 

 pinnatisectis scgmentis lanccolatis acutiusculis intcgris basi dccurren- 

 tibus, umbellis ScCpius subverlicillalis, pedicellis flores glabros 

 jequantibus, petalis lutescentibus, fructu glabro glauco clliptico mar- 

 gine semine sextuplo angustiore cincto. vittis obsoletis 'if. D. rohvs- 

 titm Loflus in Borcz. Ferul. p. 28. 



Hab. in Persire monte Elvend et prope Ispahan (Auch. cxs. 3717! et 4574!)^ 

 in quei'cetis montium Sawers et Kuh Kilouyeh alt. 9000' (Hausski). in faucibus 

 alpis Kuhdaena Persia^ australis (Ky. exs. GC5!), prope Kirrind (liOftus), in 

 montibus Persiaj orientalis prope Rischm (Buhse, caules emortui el folia radi- 

 calia). Vulgo ad Kirrind Znh, in monliljus Susiana^ Billcsiir et Uschck dictum. 



Planla G-8-pedalis; species prfecedenti atfinis difFcrt indumento foliorum, mc- 

 ricarpiis majoribus, vittis nullis. Gummi Ammoniacum fundit et turiones ju- 

 niores Asparagorum loco comeduntur. 



4. D. aureum (Stocks Ilook. Journ. et Kcw. Misc. IV, p. 149) 

 caule crasso elato, panicuhe ramis clongatis valilc ramulosis, foliis 

 pube brevi conspersis demum glabratis ternatim tripinnatiscctis, scg- 



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