Echiochilon borrauine.e. 211 



riore obsolete bilobo iiiferiore trilobo. Aiithene 5 intra tubuiii sub- 

 sessiles. Stylus inclusus. slignia bilobuiii. Xucube 4 uvatae tubercu- 

 latie area basilari plaiia fuudo calycis alli.Kje. — SulTrute.K. 



1. E. fruticosum (Desf. loc. cit. tab. 47) fruticulosuin a basi 

 rainosissiiuuni, totuin setulis albis adpressis obsitum, rainis tortuosis 

 divaricatis intricalis cortice alba vestitis, foliis minutis obiongis vel 

 linearibus obtusiusculis. axiflis saepe geniniiferis. lloribus paucis ad 

 axillas supremas solitariis subsessilibus breviter et laxiuscule spica- 

 tis, calycis laciniis lanceolatis, corolla cwrulea o- Litho^permum diva- 

 riratiini Sieb. iri Spr. Syst. J, p. 548. 



Hab. in arenosis maritimis et desertorum, yEgy))tus ad Alexandriam fCadetl 

 Sam! Gaill!), deserta inter Cahiram et Suez, Arabia Petrea (Boiss!), Syria lit- 

 toralis ad Joppen (Bovel), ad Berythum (Pestall). Coelesyria prope Zachle 

 (Ehrenb !). 



Ar. Geogr. Africa borealis, Nubia littoralis. 



M.\CROTOMI.\ (D.C. Prodr. X, p. 26. — Munhya Boiss. Diagn. 

 Ser. 1, 11, p. 114 ~ Arnehice species perennes d.c. 

 Prodr. 



Calyx quinquepartitus laciniis fructiferis valde elongatis. Corolla 

 iiiruiiiljbuliformis tubo longissimo, fauee nuda, limbo patenti. Stylus 

 bilidus vel stigtna dicephalum. Anthcrie oblongie inclusa; subsessiles. 

 Nuculse ovatce vel triquetrfe rectre aculie tuberculato-rugos<e areola 

 basilari subconcavc\. — llerbse perennes floribus magnis capitato- 

 congestis. — Genus ab Arnebid facie. statione alpina, inflorescentia, 

 corolla basi annulo nectariformi destituta dislinctum. 



1. M. echioides (Litin. Sp. p. 109 sub Lycopsidej e rhizomate 

 squamoso pluricaulis, pilis brevibus putentibus molliter hirta pallide 

 virens, caulibus elatis extrarosularibus a basi ascendente erectis 

 foliosis, foliis radicalibus oblongo-lanceolatis obtusis utrinque atte- 

 nuatis, caulinis et bracteis calyces superantibus a basi latiore semiam- 

 plexicauli oblongis acutis. racemis 2-8 lloriferis in capitulum C(tngestis 

 fructiferis valde elongatis hixiusculis, calycis fructiferi valde dilatati 

 laciniis tandem ianceolatis elongatis cbtnsis, corollcE flavac pubescentis 

 tubo calyce 2-2 '/a^plo longiore limbo aniplo lobis rotundatis, slylo 

 bilido vel stigmatibus 2 sessilibus glubosis, nuculis ovatis acutis obso- 

 lete ruguloso-scrobiculatis ^. lc. Buxb. Cent. I. tab. 1. — Anvhasa 

 echioides M.B. l, p. 123, — Lijcopsis setosa Lehni, Asp. p. 269. — 

 Lithosperminn setosum,V\sQ.\\. et Mey. Ind. L — Arnehia cchioides 

 Alpli. D.c. Proilr. X. p. 96. — Arnehia longijlorn C. Koch Linn. 

 XXIII. p. 640. — Aipijantlius echloides Stev. Bull. .Mostj. 1851, 

 p. 6U0. 



Hal). in reglone alpimi Punli Lazi<.-i supra Djiiiiil 7.")0<t' (F-fal!), Armpoiie ad 



