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Hah. iii Assyria prope Mossul in Alhagi parasitica (Ky. (iSl!), in Kiirdista- 

 nii (Grant), Aifghania ad Candahar (Griff. G><5! ex Engelm.). 

 Ar. Geogr. China, Asia tropica, Nova Hollandia. 



15. G. hyalina (Roth Nov. Sp. p. 100 non Wiglit) albido- 

 flavescens. caulibiis capillaceis valde intricalis, floribus in innbellas 

 aut racemulos sippe compositos dispositis bracteolatis, pedicellis inae- 

 qualibus calyce !2-4-plo-longioribus. calyce obconico corolla terti^ 

 parte breviore ad medium in lobos triangiilares acntos fisso. corolUe 

 ultra medium partitse laciniis lanceolalis acutissimis, squamulis nullis, 

 stylis iufequalibus ovario longioribus demum divaricatis, sligmatibus^ 

 globosis O. C Arahica Wight Icon. tab. 1371 non Fresen. — C. oxy- 

 petala Boiss. Diagn. Ser. II. 3, p. 130. — C. acutissima Buchinger. — 

 C. BoisHieri Stocks Hook. Journ. Bot. 1852. p. 173. 



Hab. in Belutschia inferiore Trianthematis. Tribuli. Amaranthi parasitica 

 (Stocks478!). 

 Ar. Geogr. India Orientalis, Abyssinia. 



§ 4. Clistogrammicae Engelm. p. 47. — Capsula baccata. 



16. G. obtusiflora (H.B.K. Nov. Gen III, p. 1-22) caulibus 

 capillaceis aurantiacis, capitulis paucifloris, pedicellis calyci aequilon- 

 gis vel longioribus, calycis ad medium fissi tubo breviter obconico iri 

 pedicelluni producto limbi lobis ovatis obtusis, corollai calyce sublon- 

 gioris tubo brevi scutellato lobis jequilongis ovatis obtusis mox 

 reflexis. squamulis ovatis vel spathulatis, stylis brevibus crassis, ovario 

 magno depresso, capsula depressa baccata nuda ad basin corolla 

 emarcida obsita ©. 



Var. hreviflora Eiigelm. — Flores eis typi submajores, s?epe tetra- 

 meri, squamukB minimai sfepe bifida}. — C. breviflora Vis. Dalm. 11, 

 p. 231. — C. Tinei Inseng. — C. aurantiaca Req. — C. c/rri/soconia 

 Wehv. — C. Rogoirilschiana Trautv. — C. Cesatiana Bertol. 



Hab in variis locis Ocymo Basilico parasitica, Graecia (Zucc. ex Eng.), Athe- 

 nis (Orph!). Byzantii (Boissl). 



Ar. (ieogr. Lusitania, Gallia australis. Italia, Dahivatia, Serbia. Hungaria, 

 Rossia australis; typus in Americii et alice hujus speciei polymorpha^ varieta- 

 tes in India, Nova HoIIandia. 



Skct. HI. Monogyna Eugelm. — Stylus unicus. Gapsula regula- 

 riter circumcissa. 



§ 5. Monogynellae Engelm. loc. cit. p. 74. — Stigmata capitata 

 vel ovata. Corolla eraarcida in capsukie summo vertice remanens. 



17. G. monogyna (Vahl Symb. II, p. 32. — Engelm. p. 76) 



