lyg BORRAGiNEjE. Onosma. 



sissimis e tuberculo tninirao glabro ortis densissimis sericeo-cinereum, 

 rhizomatis suffruticosi ramis procumbentibus ramos l>reves steriles 

 rosuliferos caulesque floriferos in racemum bifidum vel in paniculam 

 brevem abeuntes edentibus, foliis rosularum et inferioribus ovato-et 

 oblongo-spathulatis obtusis in petiolum attenuatis. superioribus sessi- 

 libus lanceolatis, racemis denjum laxiusculis. bracteis lineari-setaceis, 

 calyce pedicellato laciniis laiiuscule linearibus acutis vel ad basin 

 iisque distinctis quinquepartito vel inter se plus minusve coalitis 

 quadri-vel tripartito, fructifero valde aucto basi indurata carinatim 

 quinquegibbo laciniis accretis late lanceolatis basi subangustatis, 

 corolld ochroleuca adpresse velutina clavata calyce tertia vel quarta 

 parte longiore lobis brevissimis latis obtusis, nectario glabro, antheris 

 inclusis filamento longioribus, nucuiis ovatis acutis subbicarinatis 

 lasvissimis nitidis albis "^ . Ic. Lehm. tab. 16. — 0. elegans G. Koch 

 Linn. XVII, p. 306. — 0. tripartitinn Hochst. in Lorent Reise, 

 p. 334. 



Hab. in siccis collinis, montanis et subalpinis Anatolise borealis ad Araasia, 

 'iokat, Mersiwan (Wiedl). Armeniae Turcicai ad Baibut (Bourg!), Erzerum 

 (Calvl Huet!), Musch (Ky!), Armenia Rossica (Buhse !), Transcaucasia occid. 

 ad Borschom (Radde!), Iberia Caucasica (M.B., Hohen !), Persi» prov. Ader- 

 bidjan (Szovl, Auch. 4988!). 



Calyces 5 vel 4-3-partiti in eodem specimine variant. Variant quoque corollae 

 longitudo, filamenta parte libera plus minus elongata. 



15. O. flavuxn (Lehm. Mag. Ges. Nat. Berl. S, p. 92. tab. 4 sub 

 Colsmannid) totnm setulis adpressissimis e tuberculo minimo glabro 

 ortis densissime sericeum seepius flavidum, rhizomatis suffruticosi 

 ramis procumbentibus ramos breves steriles rosuliferos caulesque 

 floriferos in racemum bifidum vel in paniculam brevem abeuntes 

 edentibus, foliis rosnlarum et inferioribus ovato-et oblongo-spathu- 

 latis obtusis in peliolum attenuatis, superioribus sessilibus oblongo- 

 lanceoiatis, racemis demum subelongatis, bracteis linearibus. calyce 5 

 vel laciniarum coalitione 4-3 partito fructifero valde aucto basi indu- 

 rata acute 5-carinato-gibbo laciniis late oblongo-lanceolatis basi atte- 

 nuatis, corolla ochroleuca aoice velutina clavata calyce tertia vel 

 quarta parte longiore lobis brevibus reflexis. nectario glabro, filamento 

 anthera multo breviore, nuculis ovatis acutis siibbicarinatis scrobicu- 

 lato-subtuberculatis nitidis "if . Onosma flavnm Vatke Dissert. Ined. 

 Jan. 1855. — O.flaridum Boiss. Diagn. Ser. I. II, p. 100. — 0. bra- 

 ehysolen Boiss. loc. cit. p. 104. — 0. trachytrichum Boiss. ioc. cit. 

 p. 103. 



Hab. in siccis collinis et montanis ditionis Ka.ssan Oglu Ciliciai orientalis 

 (Ky. 130! sub 0. sericeo), Libani (Labilll Bll), Antilibani circa Rascheya, Zeb- 

 dani etc. (Boiss I, Gaill!, Ky. 139!), Svria bor. ad Aleppo, Aintab etc. (Auch. 

 2301!, Hausskl), Mesopotamia (lCyl), monte Sindjar (Haussk!), monte Avro- 

 man Kurdistania? Per.sic* (Haussk !). Persia in montibus Teheran (Ky. 399 !) et 

 prov. Aderbidjan (Auch. 49>i7!). 



Forsan 0. sericei varietas, ab eo nuculis obsolete scrobiculatis nec Inevibus 



