Paracaryum. BORRAOiNE.t;. -^ 



Echinosfiermi speciebus aculeis bnsi connatis sane allinis. se<l facie et mciu- 

 braniV niarginanti rugoso-buUata Paracaryo adnunieranduni. 



±. P. microcarpum {Boi.ss. Diagn. 8er. II, 8. p. \;l\)) aiiiiiiuin 

 vel bienne, molliusciile el breviter hirsiitinii einer;isceiis, caiilibiis 

 paniculatis, foliis radicalibus oblongis petiolatis caulinis lanceuialis, 

 racemis liilidis frucliferis eJongatis la.xis, pedicellis fructiferis calyci 

 aequilongis tenuibus patenti-recurvis, corolhc CcXTule^ limbu tubo 

 longiore. nuculis miuimis ovatis planis disco parce ecliinulato niargine 

 introfle.KO bvvi tumido,cyIindrico Q. 



Hal). in Aflghania circa Ghoky, ad Otipore et in sylvf.ticis Bharowul (( irilfl 

 Journ. 5iJ et 972!). 



Pedale vel huniilius. flores niagn. P. myosotoidis, racemi fructiferi 3-4-iKilli- 

 cares. Insigne nucuUs minimis planis lineam vix longis niargine convextj >ed 

 laevissimo non rugoso nec pHcato. Facies oninino Cynoylossi micrantla Desf. 

 sed pedicelli longiores et fructus diversissimus 



3. P. micranthum (Boiss. Diagu. Ser. [, 11. p. i-29) annuum, 

 pilis brevibus basi tuberculatis velutino-asperulum cinereum.caiilibiis 

 e collo sjepius pluribus pumilis tenuibiis erectis et ascendentibiis parce 

 ramosis fere a basi racemiferis, foliis radicalibus oblongis obtnsis, 

 caeteris oblongo-linearibus. racemis fructiferis elongatis tenuibns la.xis 

 unilateralibus, pedicellis fructiferis recurvis calyci a^quilongis vcl 

 brevioribus. corollsp cceruleai minimre limbo tubum subaeqiiante, 

 nuculis calatliiformibus disco echinulatis rarius lcevibus margine 

 membrana vel lata valde introtle.xa bullato-rugosa vel breviore vi.x: 

 introflexa denticulata (disitis O. 0. micrantha et 0. intennedin w.c. 

 Prodr. X. p. 159. — Cijnoglossiim interniediuni Fresen. Beitr. 169.— 

 0. glochidiata et 0. physodes Bge Lelim. p. 413. 



Hab. in arenosis et desertis, Ouadi Sanour et Oundi .\rabah yEgypti supe- 

 rioris (Husson!), valles Sinaiticfe (Riipp., Schimp. 123!, Boiss! <, Persia adlspa- 

 han (Derderian!) et Persia orientaHs tota (Buhse! Bge!), Helutschia (Stoclcs !), 

 Turkestania (Lehm!). 



Floriferum r2-3-pollicare, fructiferum semipedale, nuculae diametro sesquili- 

 neam latae marginis forma et aculeolis mire variantes, sajpius membrana mar- 

 ginali valde inflat^ sphseric» rarius ea angusta concavaj. 



4. P. salsum. nnnuum, viride pumilum a basi dicliotonie ramo- 

 sum tuberculis crassis sparsis ad foliorum margines copiosioribus 

 breviter setiferis asperum. foliis carnosulis oblongis el oblongo-laii- 

 ceoiatis basi attenuatis inferioribus subsessilibus. racemis fructiferis 

 elongatis laxis unilateralibus, corollis minimis cjeruleis calycem bis- 

 pidum vix excedentibus. pedicellis fructiferis brevissimis vel nullis, 

 nij.Milis globoso-calathiformibus disco ecbinulatis membrana inflata 

 V' idc introflexa margine rugulosa integra ore angusto. stylo brevi O. 



Hah. ad margines magni deserti salsi Persia- in districlu Veronine ad nieri- 

 dii!m Teheran (Bode !). 

 Tandem semipedale, folia inferiora pollicaria tres lineas lata, racemi frucli- 



