282 BORRAGINE.E. Trichodesma. 



ad Ispahan (Auch. 502'tl), in monte Kuh Daena Persife iiustralis (Ky. OIRI), 

 ed Kermanchah, Sihna. in montibus Aviheng et Pir Omar Gudrun Kur- 

 distaniai Persic» 7000'(Hausslc!), Affghania (Griff!). 



Caules crassi 2-3-pedales an procumbentes? foli.a majores l-r/i-poll. longa, 

 calyx fructifer diam. \.b lineas latus, nucul» fere 3 lineas longa^. 



o. T. incanum (Bge pl. Lehm. p. 417) peronrie? tutuiu (iense 

 patinosum iiieaniim. caulibus elongatis ramosissimis demuni iridu- 

 ratis, foliis infei*ior"ibus oppositis superioribus sparsis oblongis sessi- 

 libus utrinque atlenuatis acntis sensim versus ramorum apicem 

 diminutis. racemis terminalibus brevibus paucifloris, bracteis -qua- 

 nriiformibus, pedicellis calyci fructifera subfequilongis demum cerimis, 

 calycis laciniis a basi rotundala ovato-lanceolatis acuminalis. fructi- 

 fero valde aucto patenti, coi'ollfB caeruleje lobis subcordalo trianiruia- 

 ribus longe acuminatis deinum retlexis, antlieris extus et inferne 

 longe lanatis apice contorlis, nuculis cuin columna subcoiicrctis 

 oblorigis aculis dorso scabridis linea elevala longitudinali perxursis ^ . 



Hab. in Persia^ prov. Khorassan prope Meschhed (Bgel), in rnpesrribus 

 Turkestaniae prope bamarkand et in valle fluvii Sarafschan (Lehml). 



Facie et characteribus T. molli atline differt foliis omnibus acutis basique 

 attenuatis, nuculis non scrobiculatorugosis secj tenuiter tuljerculato-scabridis. 



6. T. Aucherii (d.c. Prodr. X, p. 174) pci-eune pilis brevibus 

 retrorsis basi tuber-culatis asperuliiiii viride, riiizomate indur-alo 

 pluricauli, caulibus erectis simplicibus piimilis folii»sis iii r'ai^miini 

 corymbose 3-o-fIorum laxum abeuntibus. foliis angiiste lanceolatis 

 aciiminatis sessilibus basi subatteiiuatis infimis sensiDi abbrevialis 

 squamiformibus, br-acteis br-evissimis liuearibiis, pedicellis calyce 

 subloiigioribus demuin cernuis, calycis laciiiiis oblongis lanceohilis, 

 friictifero parurn accreto nou expanso. cor"olla3 campaiuilattB puiiice[e 

 lobis brevibus ovalis abrupte acuminatis rioii rene.xis. antlieris l.ttere 

 exterior'i ianalis apice contorlis, nuculis urceolatis j-disco briiv 

 carinato mar-giuecrasso radiatim rugulosoin membranam iiilroflexo'?^. 



Hab. in lapidosis calcareis alpinis Persiae australis (Auch. 23i0!), alpes Kuh 

 Daena (Ky. 700!), montes calcarei ditionis Ivuh Kilouyeh iO 00" (Haiissk!). 



Caules rigiduli inferne denudali cum racemo 0-8-polIicares, folia majora 

 1-1 Vi-pollices longa 3 lineas lata, corolla 7 lineas longa 



7. T. Stocksii (Boiss. Diagn. Ser-. H, 8, p. 140) ('creiine? tofuni 

 setis brevissimis basi grosse tuberculatis aliis tennissimis iiitermixtis 

 onmibus adpi-essis caiiescons asperum, cauliims eloiigatis decum- 

 benlibus ex axillis breviter ramosis, foliis obloiigo-ellipticis dbtusis 

 basi j.ffenuatis inferioribiis breviter pctiohilis caMeris scssilibus, 

 racemis subcorymbose r^ofloris, bracteis miniilis lineari-tanceohitis! 

 pedicellis fructu longioribus ceruuis, calycis Inciniis a basi rotundafa' 

 lanceolatis aculis fructiferis aci'retis a basi cordala triangular'ibus 



