108 CONVOLVULACE.E. COYlVOlvuluS. 



sequilongis vel brevioribus , bracteis setaceis minimis , sepalis 

 hirtis oblongo-spathulatis obtusissimis muticis, corolia ex sicco 

 lutea calyce quadruplo longiorc ad anguios extus liirta , ovario gla- 

 berrimo ^. 

 Hab. in Palesliria loco non notato (Boiss!). 



Caulesi 2-4-pe(lales. folia majora pollicem longa basi 9 lineas lata; formis 

 minoribus C. fiirsfti affinis ab eo differt foliis crenato-lobatis infimis petiolo 

 ssepe bipollicari sulTultis et pr:>3sertim ovario glaberrimo et sepalis obtusis 

 muticis. A C. Scammonid ovario glabro et .sepali.=; truncatis quoque gaudenti 

 distingnitiu- tomento totius planta?, foliis parvis obtusis et sepalis non mucro- 

 natis. 



59. C. Scammonia (L. Sp. 218) glaberrimus, radice longa 

 fusitbrmi, caulibus longissimis scandentibns simplicibus, foliis petiolo 

 limbo breviore suffullis sagittatis acuminatis basi cordatis auriculis 

 divergentibiis acutis integris vel remote angulato-dentatis, superiori- 

 bus angustatis interdum linearibus peduiiculis longissimis erecto- 

 patentibus 3-1-floris, pedicellis calyce subbrevioribus basi bracteis 

 minutis subscariosis ovatis obsitis, sepalis laxiusculis ovatis margine 

 scariosls obtusissimis vel truncatis mucrone brevi interdum extus 

 flexo.corolla glabrd patenti calyce 4-o-plo longiore ochroleuca extus 

 ad plicas rubella, capsula glabra, seminibus obscure tuberculalis "if . 

 Ic. Fl. Grcec. tab. 192. — G. pneiidoscammonia C. Koch Linn. XXIIL 

 p. 598. 



Hab. inter segete.s et pnesertim ad sepes et dumeta scandens in regione 

 calidiori, Lydia circa Smyrnam (Boiss! Ball), insula Gos (Urv.), Rhodus 

 (Sibth., Bourg!), Caria iPinard!), Cilicia littoralis (Bal!) et usque ad Gulek- 

 3800' (I^y!), Syria borealis (Haussk!) et in regione inferiore Amani (Ky. 10!), 

 Syria littoralis in regoine infer Cassii (Boiss!), prope Torto.se (Gaill!). et in 

 Libano prope Eden (Reyg!), Galilea ad Banias (Boiss!), Armenia prope I^pir 

 (Huet!), Tauria meridionalis in valle Laspi (Stev.). Fl. Mai. .Jun. 



Radix longissima succum concretem officinalem Scammonii noniine notum 

 prtjebens, caules stepe 10-15 pedes longi, flores magni, capsula pisum fequans. 



60. C. arvensis (L Sp. 218) glaber vel pubescens, caulibus 

 elongatis prostratis vel volubilibus. foliis petiolatis obtuse vel acute 

 sagittato-auriculatis acutis triangulari-ovatis vel oblongis vel plus 

 minus anguste linearibus, pedunculis axillaribus solitariis petiolo 

 longioribus unifloris rarius 2-3-floris, bracteis ad pedicelli elongati 

 basin linearibus vel lineari-oblongis angustis, sepalis ovato-rotundis 

 obtusis margine scariosis, corolla alba vel rosea glabracalyce pluries 

 longiore, capsula glabra ^. 



Hab. ad vias, in cultis totius regionis ad ..Egyptum (Gaill!\ Babyloniam 

 (Noe!). Arabiam petream (Schimp. ^■/.S^l.Per.siam australem (Haussk!),'Atfgha- 

 niam et Belutschiam (Stocks!) usque. Crescit a regione inferiori ad alpinam, 

 mons Makmel Libani (Ekrenlj!), Kuh Delu Persife australis (Ky!) et Kuh Nur 

 alt. 12000' (Haussk!). Arabice Alek. 



Ar. Geogr. Orbis fere totus. 



