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stamirie.T, qiiinquepartitje laciniis ovato-triangnlaribiis facie exteni;'i 

 sulcatis gynostegio subbrevioribus. folliculis glabris inferne subintla- 

 tis longe attenuato-acuniinatis if . 



Hab. gregarie in vallibus alpinis Tmoli occidentali.s ad Bozdagh (Bois.s., 

 Bal. 291!), in inonte Gheidagh Tauri Paniphylici (Ileldr!), in narte .snperiori 

 montium Cilicia) littoralis prope Kechlick (Bal. e.x.s. sub V. contiguuJ), et 

 Tauro in valle Gusguta (5000' Ky. 3!, Bal!), in collibus Gappadocice circa Cx- 

 sareani 4300' (Ball), Armenia australi ad Gosckhar et prope Mukus56ii0-(i000' 

 (Ky. 372!) et boreali ad Kopri Chan prope Baibut (Ky. 2«4!). 



Sesquipedale, facies V. officinalis sed folia crassiora non membranacea basi 

 non coraata; a V. canesaenti glabritie, corollfe laciniis acutis, etc, discedens. 



4. V. Rehmanni, secus caules pedunculos et foliorum nervos 

 minute pubescens, caulibus elongatis superne subvolubilibus, foliis 

 subsessilibus a basi cordata oblongis et oblongo-lanceolatis acumina- 

 lis, umbellis axillaribus pedunculatis laxe paucifloris, pedicellis tenui- 

 bus flore parvo duplo longioribus, calycis hirti laciniis triangularibus, 

 corollffi flavidas laciniis oblongis obtusis calyce triplo longioribus facie 

 mterna hirtis, coromi staminea ultra mediuni in lobos crassos urbi- 

 culatos patentes gynostegio fequilongos tlssa, folliculis glabriusculis 

 apice valde attenualis ^ . 



Hab. in fruticetis Gaucasi circa Vladikaukas (Rehm. exs. sub V. medw!). 



Bipedale et ehitius, ilores eis V. officinalis et Tmolei triplo minoros, eis V. 

 paru2/?or2' duplo majores. Facies V. Huteri Anchevs. tloribus fere duplo niajo- 

 ribus, corona slaminea decemloba distincti. 



5. V. speciosum (Boiss. et Sprun. Diagn. Ser. I. 4, p. 39) totum 

 crispule velulinum. caulibus elatis simplicibus, foliis amplis membra- 

 naceis brevissime petiolatis et sessilibus a basi cordata late ovatis 

 superioribus oblongis acuminatis, umbellis axillaribus subsessilibus, 

 pedicellis flori {equilongis crispo-lanatis, calycis lanati laciniis lan- 

 ceolatis, coroUa atropurpurea majuscula laciniis lanceoiatis intus 

 hirsutis, coronee stamineje ad medium quincjuefidae lobis latis olitusis 

 apice incrassatis , folliculis tomentellis apice longe attenuatis :^. 

 V. triste Griseb. Spicil. II, p. 68. — V. Thirkeiwum C. Kocli 

 Linn. XXIII, p. 59. 



Hab. in regione montana et alpin^ montis Velugo (Tyinphresti) (Etolia 

 (Sprun!), Delphi Eubese ad Xerovouni (Heldr !), in sylvaticis Macedonia' in 

 Peninsula Athoa (Griseb.J, Bithynia prope Brussam i.Friv!). 



Caulis bipedalis et k)ngior, folia scepe 4 pbllices longa 2 ', i lata, corolln f.i 

 F. officinalis duplo, V. nigri cui colore accedit quadruplo major. Species i)ul- 

 chra distinclissima. 



6. V. nigrum (L. Sp. 315 sub Asclepiude) caulibus erectis 

 superne pubescentibus et sjepe volubilibus, foliis subtus secus ner- 

 vum et margine puberulis breviter petiolatis vel sessilibus ovatis et 

 ovato-lanceolatis inferioribus basi interduni cordatis superioribus 



