Verbascum. BCROPHULARiACEiE 311 



dense albo-tomentoso (4 lin. longo) ad medium in lacinias lanceolalas 

 fisso, corolla intense lutea calyce 2 Va-pio latiore, filamentis usque- 

 ad apicem aurantiaco barbatis, capsul4. . . "^ . 



Hab in collibus siccis Carife circa Yenidje et Gheyra (Boissn inter Karu- 

 gatsch et Koniah Lycaonife (Heldrl). 



Caudex induratus ramosus vestigiis petiolorum cicatricosus, caules cum 

 racemo 6-10-pollicari pedales et sesquij)edales, folia inferiora cum peliolo 

 3-5-pollicaria 8-12 lineas lata. Facies V. simplicis a quo eximie differt foliis 

 caulinis decurrentibus, calyce majori, etc. Species corollis intense aureis 

 elegantissima. 



27. V. simplex (Labill. Dec. IV, p. 10, tab. 5) basi suffru- 

 tescens mullicaule dense niveo vel flavescenti-pannosum, caulibus 

 inferne folialis dein in racemum simplicem longum valde inlerruptuin 

 rarius rumulosum abeuntibus, foliis radicalibus crenulalis parvis 

 ovato vel oblongo-spalbulatis obtusissimis longe peliolatis, cauiinis 

 subsessilibus et sessilibus 2-5 in glomerulos dissilos dispositis, calyce 

 (2 Va Hii. longo) albo-lomentoso ad '/$ in lacinias oblongas mucro- 

 natas partito, corolla flava, filamenlis albo-barbalis, capsula tomen- 

 tella globosa mucronata calycem non excedente ^. 



Hab. ad radices orientales Libani ad Ainhata (Bll), circa Balbeck in Cyele- 

 syrii inter Antilibanum et Libanum (Ehrl Boissl Gailll), prope Dimar 

 (Gailll), in planitie circa Aleppo (Boissl), indesertoSyriaco ad Palmyram (Bl!) 



Planta subbipedalis racemo Vi-1-pedali, foliorum inferiorum lamina 1-2 

 pollicaris. Capsula Gannabeos semine vix duplo major. 



28. V. Syriacum (Schrad. Mon. II, p. 6. tab. I, fig. I) 

 percnne pluricaule tomento tenui adpresso cinereo obsitum, caulibus 

 superne paniculato-ramosis, foliis subcrenatis vel integris obovatis 

 et oblongis inferioribus petiolalis superioribiis sessilibus basi rolun- 

 dalis acutis vel acuminatis. floribus brevissime pedicellatis 3-6 fasci- 

 culatis fasciculis remotiusculis racemos laxos formantibus, calyco 

 toinentello (3 lin- longo) ad -/3 in lacinias lanceolatas acutas fisso, 

 corolla lutea, filamentis albo-barbatis, capsula globosa tuberculato- 

 punctata calycem non excedente ^ . V. Kotschyi Boiss. Diagn. Ser. 

 I, 4, p. 56. 



Hab. in sterilibus, inter culta, circa Aleppum(Ky. 1711 Boiss!), circaMarasch 

 Aintab, Nisib, Surug et Orfa. Pianta planitiei et desertorum (Hausskl). 



Valdeaffine V.simplici sed basi non suflFruticosum videtur,caules plus minus 

 paniciilati, indumentum multo tenuius, folia majora, inferlora limbo interduin 

 4-pollicari, flores majores, calycis dentes non mucronati, capsula paulo major. 

 An tamen cum V. simplici {ovmis intermediis conQuat ulterius investigandum. 



29. V. leptocladum (Boiss. et Heldr. Diagn. Scr. I, 12. p. 10) 

 pereniie mullicaule totum tenuiler et adpresse araneoso-caiium, 

 caulibus inlerne foliosis supcrne paniculato-corymbosis ramis longe 

 et tenuiter viriratis, foliis radicalibus numerosis el inferioribus 

 tenuiter crenulatis oblongo-lanceolatis acutiusculis in petiolum longe 



