148 BORRAGiisE^. Cerinthe. 



Hab. ad oras Persioe aastralis (Auch. 5002!), in arenosis insularum Karrak 

 etKorgo(Ky. 221). 



Fruticuli ramosissimi Vi-1-pedales, folia 3-4 lineas longa 1 lata, racemi bre- 

 vissimi usque ad flores foliati. 



Tr. in. BORRAGE^ d.c. Prodr. — Ovarium constana carpellis 

 binis bipartitis rarius bilocularibus. Stylns a basi in cen- 

 tro gynobaseos ortus. Nuculse quatuor uniloculares rarius 

 duo biloculares. Semina exalbuminosa. 



SuBTR. I. CERINTHEiE d.c. — Nuculfe duo biloculares areola plana 

 toro insidentes a gynobasi et stylo liberse. 



CERIMHE (Tourn. lost. 79, tab. 56). 



Galyx profunde quinquepartitus laciniis foliaceis inaequalibus. 

 Gorolla tubulosa fauce nuda. Antberai hastatfe lobis basilaribus diver- 

 gentibus apice appendice acuta auctcP. Stylus filiformis capitatus. 

 Nuces 2 ovalce subossese biloculares e nuculis duabus geminatim 

 connatis constantes basi areola plana toro affixfe. — Herbae. 



I. G. minor (L. Sp. 772) glaucescens glabra, caulibus erectis 

 ramosis, foliis lievibus vel verruculis nonnullis obsitis fasciculorum 

 sterilium et inferioribus oblongo-spathulatis in petiolum attenuatis, 

 superioribus cordato-oblongis auriculis rotundatis, racemis fructiferis 

 valde elongatis bracteis cordatis calyces superantibus obsitis. calycis 

 laciniis lanceolatis insequalibus plus minus manlfeste ciliatis fructi- 

 feris auctis basi rotundatis vel subcordato-auriculatis, corollS calyce 

 scsquilongiore ultra tertiam partem in lacinias lanceolatasacuminatas 

 erecto conniventes fissa, antheris filamento brevissimo suffultis appen- 

 dice lancea corollam sequante vel breviore terminatis, carpellis Iffivi- 

 bus vel ^ . Ic. Jacq Austr. t. 224. -- Rchb. t. 94. — C. maculata 

 M B. Taur. Cauc. N» 336. — C. nuriculata Ten. — C. cleiostoma 

 Boiss. et Spr. Diagn. Ser. I. 4, p. 44. — C. macrophylla Boiss. et 

 Heldr. pl. exs. — C. Cilicica Ky.^exs. 



Hab. in fruticetis, rupestribus umbrosis interdum in cultis regionis inferioris 

 et saepius montana^, in subalpinam et alpinam ascendens, Grpecia in regione 

 alpinA Taygeti (Heldr! forma macrophylla). Arcadia (Heldr!), in faucibus 

 Hymetli (8pr! Boiss!), Olympo ThessaloVHeldr!), Macedonia (Orph!), Thracia 

 (Griseb!), BithyniEifThirke!), Paphlagoniil et Galatia (Wied!), montibus Lydia^ 

 (Bal!), Pamphylife (Heldr!), Lyciai (Bourg!), Ciliciai iii Tauro usque ad 7500' 

 (Ky!), CappadbciiB (Bal!). Libano ad Cedros (Boiss! ;, Antilibano (Ky. 11-5!), 

 Syriii boreali et Kurdistania Persica (Haussk!), Armeiiia (Huet! Bourg!), Tau- 

 ria et Caucaso oinni us.jue ad 7200' (M.B.. Rupr!) Persia boreali (Szov! 

 Buhse!). 



Multum variat foliis majoribus et minoribus interdum albo-uiaculatis, supe- 



