2^6 BORRAaiNEiE. Paracaryum. 



feri 4-5-pollicares, flores eis P. micranthi non majores sed nuculae triplo majo- 

 res 2 Vj lineas diam. lat». 



* * Biennia vel perennia. 



5. P. rugulosum (d.c. Prodr. X, p. 161) pet-emie, e radice ver- 

 ticali simplici cespitoso-pliiricaule totum iiidiimento brevi deiiso albo 

 ssepius retrorso velutinum canescens vel canum, foliis inferioribus 

 oblongo-lauceolatis basi longje attenuatis, caulinis lanceolatis et linea- 

 ribus strictis, caulibus see.pius pumilis parce et stricte paiiiculatis, 

 racemis frucliferis brevibus laxis, pedicellis fructiferis palulis non 

 incrassatis calyces sequaiitibus vel inferioribus sublongioribus, corollse 

 parvae violacese vel purpureae liml)o tubum calyci subaequiiongum non 

 seqnante. fornicibus iiiclusis ovatis obtusissimis, nuculis sphaerico- 

 calathitbrmibus disco echinulatis vel Iseviinjs, membrana buUato- 

 rugosa margine breviter denticulato-introflexa ^ . P. rugnlosum 

 Boiss. loc. cit. p. 131. — Omphalodes Persica Boiss. Diagn Ser. I. 7, 

 p. 30 et Pnracari/um Persicum Boiss. Diagn. 1. — P. rubriflorum 

 Stocks in Hook. Journ. Bot. IV, 1852, p. 175. — Omphalodes myoso- 

 toides Fresen. Beitr. 170 non Labill. 



Hab. in desertis arenosis lapidosis deserti Sinaitici et injugo Sinai (Schimp. 

 403! Auch. 2286! Boiss!), Persia australi ad Persepolin (^Ky. 240!), Ispahan 

 (Auch. 4969!), orientali ad Rischm, Djendack, Jezd (Buhse!), ad Chal)bise et 

 Kerman et prope Ssertschah (Bgel), boreali orientaU ad Schahrud (Bge!), 

 Atlghania (Gritll). Belutschia (StocksH. 



j5. cyclhymenium — Margo nucularum magis rugosus extus 1-2 

 membranis circularibus crispulis eo brevioribus auctus. 



Hab. in Persia prope Schahrud (Bgel), in monte Sofi prope Ispahan (Bode!), 

 in monte Kohrud prope Kaschan (Derdl), Persia australi (Aucli. 4971!). 



Semipedale, rarius longius, flores et nuculse eis P. micranthi saltem duplo 

 majores. Notae quibus plantam Persicam ab Arabica distinxeram speciminihus 

 plurimis confertis variabiles sunt. 



6. P. undulatum (Boiss. Diagn. Ser. 1, 11, p. 129) perenne, 

 virens pilis e tuberculo ortis crebris patulis asperulum, caulibus elatis 

 gracilibuspaniculatis, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis acutis uridulato-crispis 

 radicalibus in petiolum attenuatis, racemis friictiferis elongatis den- 

 siusculis secundis, pedicellis fructiferis calyce subbrevioribus. coroll* 

 ceerulece limbo tubum calyci subaequilongum non sequanle, nuculis 

 sphserico calathiformibus disco tuberculalo, membrana valde bullato- 

 rugosa ante marginem introflexum denticulatum tuberculata ^. 



Hab. in Persiae borealis monte Elbrus prope Derbend (Ky. 130!), prope 

 Rudbar (Buhsell, in prov. Aderbidjan (Auch. 4972!). ad Seidabad prope Tabris 

 (Bge!). 



Pedale, affine P. ruguloso a quo distinctum videtur foliis margine undulato- 

 crispis, indumento patenti aspero Stylus inter nuculas brevior. 



7. P. strictum (C. Koch Linn. 1843, p. 302 sub Omphulode) 



