52 AscLEPiADE^. Vincetoxicum . 



* Corolla intus hirsuta 



1. V. canescens (Willd. Nov. Acl. Nat. Cur. III, p 418 sab 



Asde.piade) l)reviter tomentello-canescens, caulibus erectis flexuosis 

 simplicibus vel inferne ramosis. foliis late ovatis acutis basi subses- 

 sili breviter attennalis, umbellis subsessiiibus axillaribus et termi- 

 nalibus mullitloris, floribus lirevissime pedicellatis, corolla flava laci- 

 niis oblongo-triangularibus intus hirsutis, coronse lobis 5 obtusis 

 concaviusculis gynostegio sublongioribus , folliculis canescentibus 

 inferne inflatis 5. V. canescens Decaisne d.c. Prodr. VIII, p. 5i23. — 

 V. lutmm Sieb. exs. — Asckpias Cretica Clus. App. I, tom. I, cclv. 

 — A Orientalls Buxb. Cent. III, t. 30. — V. Anatolicum Boiss. Mss. 



Hal). in petrosis regionis inferioris montium, insula Chios 3800' (Orphl), 

 Creta in montibus Lassiti (Sieb!\ Anatolia in montibus circa Smyrnam, Tmoio, 

 Mesogi (Boissl), Caria (Pinard!), LyciS, prope Ehiialu (Bourg!), Pisidia ad 

 Bouldour et in monte Davrosdagh (Heldrl), Armenia Turcica ad Gumusch 

 (Bourg! Tchih!j et australi (Noel), Cappadocia (Buxb., Auch. 14961 Ball), 

 Tauro Cilicico ad Gulek Boghaz (Ky. 71), monte Kechichdagh supra Tokat 

 (Wied!), Syria bor. circa Antiochiam (Boissl), Mesopotamia ad Orfa (Hausskl), 

 prov. Khorassan Per.siae (Bgel), Aflghani^, in collibus Cabul (Gi'itTI). 



Plantalndica (Ci/nanchum glaucum Wall. Cat.) huc citata specifice differre 

 videtur foliis angustioribus bblongo-Ianceolatis, umbellis paucifloris, coroUa 

 duplo minore laciniis ovatis. 



"2 V. Arnottianum ( Wigh. Contrib. Bot. lud. p. 58 etlconestab. 

 1614) breviter canescenti-pubescens vel glabrescens, caulibus eroc- 

 tis elatis stricte ramulosis, foliis inferiorlbus ovato-oblongis ceeteris 

 oblongo-lanceolatis apice longe basi breviter attenuatis breviter petio- 

 iatis, umbellis axiUaribus paucifloris sessilibus, floribus minutis pedi- 

 cellis sequilongis suffultis, caiycis puberuli laciniis triangularibus, 

 corollte luride purpurascentis laciniis ovato-oblongis obtusis, coronoe 

 slamiiieae profunde partitfe laciniis oblongis obtusis inler se subdis- 

 taritibus gynostegium sequantibus, iblliculis junioribus parce pubes- 

 centibus aduUis glabris basi subinflatis acuminati.s ^. V. luridim 

 Stocks pl. exs. 

 Hab. in montibus-Belutschite 3500'-5500' (Stocksl). 



Sesquipedale et bipedale, folia intermedia blpollicaria 5-7 lin. lata, flores eis 

 V cay^escentis duplo minores. 

 Ar. Geogr. India in regione Himalaicil occidentali. 



3. V. Tmoleum (Boiss. Diagti. Ser. I, 4, p. 38) glabriusculum, 

 caulibus erectis elatis simplicibus vel stricte ramulosis, foliis brevis- 

 sinie petiolatis a basi rotundata vel breviter cuneata ovatis oblou- 

 gisve breviter attenuato-acuniinatis, umbellis axillaribus Ujultifloris 

 peduuculis petiolo saepius longioribus suftultis, pedicellis flore lon- 

 gioribus, calycis laciniis triangulari-lanceolatis. corollffi virenti-flavidne 

 laciniis triangulari-lanceolatis acutis superne albo-hirsutis, coronae 



