Ve)'bascum. scrophulariace^. 317 



lana nivea floccosa fandem ad foliorum paginam superiorem et caulem 

 decidua obsitum, foliis crenulatis vel integris ovalo-ellipticis oblon- 

 gisve iiiferioribus in petiolum brevcm attenuatis, superioribus dimi- 

 nutis sessilihus cordato-amplexicaulibus sjepe^ acuminatis , caule 

 simplici vel parce ramoso, florum fasciculis densls 5-7-floris demum 

 remoliusculis spicas longas laxas formantibus, pedicellis jequalibus 

 longioribus calyci tequilongis, calyce (2 V2 lin. circ. longo) prieler 

 dentes apice glabratos albo-lanato fere ad basin in lacinias lanceolatas 

 acutissimas partito. corolla parva, filamentis sordide albo-lanalis, 

 antheris reniformibus, capsula glabrata ovata calyce vix longiore 0. 



Hab. inTauria meridionali (Stevl), Ponto Lazico in abietinis supra Kha- 

 backhar (Bal !) et in regione inferiori (G, Ivoch !), Mingrelia et Gurift (Ledeb!), 

 Imeretia (Rupr!). Specimina Aucheriana Syriaca et Graca in d.c. Prodr. citata 

 ad alias species spectant. 



Facies V. li/chnitidis, indumentam V. lafjiin et V. malacotrichi inter 

 Thapsus. 



43. V. eriorrhabdon(Boiss. inTcbih. As. Min. 2, p. 4) bienne, 

 lana nivea floccosa landem ad folia et caulem decidua obsiluin, caule 

 rarius in racemum simplicem Scepius in pauiculam abeunt , foliis 

 crenulatis vel integris inferioribus ovatis vel oblongis in petiolum 

 breviter attenuatis. superioribus sessilibus rotundatis vel semi- 

 amplexicaulibus, florum fasciculis bractea lineari suirullis in racemos 

 longos laxiusculos dispositis, ^jedicellis calyci ^(juilongis, calyce 

 bombycino tandem glabrato (2 lineas longoj ad basin in lacinias 

 anguste lineares partito, corolla parva flava, filamentis flavido- 

 lanatis, capsula obloni-a mucronulala calyce sesquilongiore 0. 

 V. Schneideri et V.alpestre Boiss. et Haussk. Mss. -^V. macrosepalum 

 Boiss. et Ky. (forma autumnalis elongata ). - V. oxycarpum C. Koch 

 Linn. XXIII, p. .581. 



Hab. in Bithynia (G. Kochl), in Paphlagonia ad Cerasontem (Tchih!), 

 Cataonia in monte Beryldagh (Haussk 'j, circa Bitlis (Ky. 720 !), ad Arablar 

 prope Marasch (Haussk !). 



,S. insulnre. — Omnibus partibus majus, tripedale, fasciculi mul- 

 tiflori — V. insulare Boiss. et Ileldr. Diagn. Ser. I, 12, p. 14. 



Hab. in insulu lacus Beychehr Pisidiae (Heldr!). 



Species indumento et characteribus affinis V. gnaphalvde a quo differt 

 calycis laciniis anguste linearibus, capsulaque oblongo-cylindrica3 lin. longA. 



44. V. pycnostachyum(Boiss.etHel(lr. Diagn.Ser. I, l!2,p. 11) 

 bienne. totuin tomento albo non detersili dense pannosum, panicuUe 

 raims cotigestis lateralibus brevibus terminali elongato, foliis sub- 

 integris oblongis inferioribus in peliolinn brevem attenuatis, caulinis 

 crebris imbricatis versus basin paniculce sensim diminutis acuminatis 

 basi auriculatis interdum breviler decurrenlibus, fasciculis 2-3-floris 

 dense raceuiosis, pedicellis calyce brevioribus. calyce dense tomenloso 

 (3 lineas longoj paulo infra medium in lacinias triaugulares fisso 



