84 RUBiACE^. CalUpelUs. 



brcveni atteimatis, tloralibus biuis elliptico-ol)longis, peclieellis cras- 

 siusculis birtis fruetiferis recui*vis, corollffi laciniis ovatis muticis 

 ovario triplo brevioribus, bracteis complicatis incurvis semilunatis 

 longitndinaliter trinerviis fructum birtum includentibus O Lani. 111. 

 tab. 843 iig. "2. — C. CumUaria D.G. Prodr. IV, p. 613. — G. Cucul- 

 laria R. et Scii. Syst. III, p. 260. 



Hfilt. in rupestribus apricis et umbrosis collinis et montanis Anntoliffi prope 

 Tol:at (Wied!'., in Bithynia (Pestal!), Caria in monte Gadmo (Boiss!), LyciA 

 ad Elmalu (Bourg!), Pisidia (Heldr!), Gilicia ad Pylas et Cappadocia ad Gae- 

 saream fBal!), Syria ad Alejtpo (Ky. 7G! Haussk!) et Damascum (Gaill!), 

 deserto Syriaco inter Hama et Pahnyram (Bl 1), Palestina ad Hierosolymam 

 (Boiss!), monteSinai in rupestribus (Schimp. 23i! Boiss!), Assyria ad Ninivam 

 (Noo!) et in montibus Avroman et Sctiahu (Haussk!), ArmeniA ad Baibut 

 (Boiirg!), et Rossica (herb. Petrop!),Georgia et ditione Talysch (Hoh!), Persi4 

 bor. (Bge! Ky ! Buhse!), Afghania (Griflf!), Belutschia (Stocks!). 



Ar. Geogr Hispania austro-orientalis, Africa borealis. 



2, C. aperta (Boiss. et Bubse Aufz. p. 1 10), annua collo ramosa' 

 ramis erectis stricte ramulosis, foliis obovato-oblongis inferioribus 

 quaternis creteris oppositis, pedicellis crassiusculis hirtulis fructiferis 

 recurvis, coroILio laciniis ovatis muticis ovario triplo brevioribus, 

 bracteis planis obovatis subretusis vel obtusis glabris vel hirtulis, 

 fructu gfabro vel apice parce scabrido O 



Hab in rupeslribus, ^gyptus superior ad Ouadi Sannour etOuadi Arabah 

 (Husson !), Persia australis (Auch. 4GC7 !) et prope Gere (Ky. lOo a I), in deserto 

 prope Djendack et Jezd Persioe orientalis (Buhsel). 



Valde affinis pra^cedenti a qua sp<^cifice differre videtur bracteis planis nec 

 cucullato-complicatis, obovatis obtusissimis vel retusis. 



3. G. microstegia, annua sub lente scabridula a collo ramosa 

 ramis ascendentibus nanis dichotome ramosis, foliis infimis obovato- 

 spathulatis quaternis cseteris oblongo-spathulatis, pedicellis crassius- 

 culis fructiferis recurvis, coroUae laciniis oblongis muticis ovario 

 sublongioribns, bracteis subplicatis rhombeis acutiusculis uninerviis 

 margine scabridis, fructu scabridulo O- 



Hab. in rupostribus prope Gere intcr Abuchir et Schiraz cum C. apcrtd mixta 

 (Ky. exs. I(i5 sub C. apertdl). 



A dualms prioribus ovarii et corollae proportione diversa, bracteae minores 

 ormtT diversa! planiuscuhe vel vix plicalae. 



ORD LIX VALERIANE^ 



(D.C. Fl. Fr. IV, p. 237.) 



Flores regulares vel irregulares, hermaphroditi rariusdioici.Calycis 

 tnbus ovario adtiatus, limbus nunc obsoletus, nunc dentatus nimc 

 involutus et denique in pappum expansus. Corolla ovario imposita 



