Crucianella. rubiaceje. 21 



-/. brachystachya.— Spiea} abbreviatoe densiores, bractea} niaiiifes- 

 tius acuminatae glabriusculae vel ciliatce, folia angustiora. — ' C. 

 Syriaca Boiss. Diagn. Ser. I, 10, p. 58. 



Hab. in rupestribus Syrite borealis circa Antiochiam (Boissl), Giliciae ad 

 Bouloukli prope Mersina (Bal!). 



(J. jjeniciUata. — Spicte sepse abbreviatse et bractese acutiores varie- 

 tatis y. scd tubus corolliuus valde scabridus limbiqLe lobi extus peni- 

 cillatim bispidi. — C. penicillata Boiss. Diagii. Ser, I, 3, p. 26. 



Hab. in CappadociA ad Euphratem (Auch. 674!), Tauro Gilicico ad Giilek 

 Boghas (Bal !), in monte Ssoflfdagh Syriae borealis (Haussk !). 



Typus spicis angustis laxiusculis saepe 3-5-pollicaribus C latifoliatn 

 refert quucum sa-pe confusus fuit, corollis longe exsertis bracteiyque non 

 connatis tamendi«tinctissimus. Intermediistransit adformam brachystachyara 

 C. Groecam referentem sed bracteis brevioribus non carinatis nec longe atte- 

 nuato-acuminatis, corollai tubo longius exserto ab ea distinctam. Varietas c? 

 nonnisi corollae indumento dilTert. 



3. C Graeca (Boiss. Diagn. Ser. I, 3, p. 25) annua, follis infimis 

 ovatis vel ellipticis cseteris lincaribus scabridis margiuc revolutis, 

 caulibus erectis vel decuin.benlibus, spicis longe pcdunculatis qnadri- 

 farifim imbricatis breviiisculis, rachide glabra, bracteis subtequalibus 

 a basi late lanceolata longe attenuato-aeuminatis nervo viridi crasso 

 carinatis margine membranaceis ciliatis, corolla bracteas superante, 

 limbi lobis ovatis in aristam incurvam vel circinnalam a'quiiongam 

 abeuntibus, mericarpiis oblongis albo-lineolatis ©. C Monspeliaca 

 Fl. Graec. II, p. 31, tab. 140 non L. — C. JSgyptiaca L. Mant. p. 38? — 

 C. Bithynica Boiss. Diagn. Ser. I, 10, p. 58 (forma foliis omnibus 

 linearibus. 



Hab.in vineis, coUibus Atticfe ad Phalerum et Heracleam (Boiss !), Thraciai 

 (Friv!) et ad Philippopolin (Janka!), Macedonise ad Thessalonicam (Orph!), 

 Bithynise (Griseb!), Phrygia; prope Ouchak et Lvdife in parte media Sipyli 

 (Bal !). 



A C. angustifolid corollis triplo majoribus, bracteis longe acuminatis statim 

 dignoscenda; spiculae saepe bitlorae. Gi. Grisebach observante C. jEgyptiaca 

 L. planta culta hiic forsan potius quam ad C. herhaceam Forsk. spectat, sed 

 nostra in J£gypto non obvia. 



4. C. disticha (Boiss. Diagn. Ser. I, 3, p. 25) annua, caulibus 

 ereclis vel diffusis divaricalim ramosis, foliis seabridis margine revo- 

 lutis infimis ianceolatis cseteris iinearibus, spicis pedunculatis densis 

 linearibus distichis, rachide pruinosa, bracteis lanceolatis acutis mar- 

 gine scabrido-ciliatulis exteriori sublongiori carinata trinervinervis 

 crassis albidis lateralibus marginantibus, corollai tubo bracteis dupio 

 longiorc, liinbi lobis longe caudatis ©. 



Hab. in coUinis et montanis Lvdiae in montibus supra Bournabat prope 

 Smyrnam (Boiss !), in Tmolo supra Birghi (Bal. exs. 227 !), in Lyci& prope 

 Elmalu (Bourg!), Phrygia prope Ouchak (Bal!), Gappadocia ad Gsesaream 

 (Bal. exs. sub C peniciUatd!). 



