354 scROPHULARiAGE^. Celsia. 



pluricauli, caulibus rigidis crassiusculis in racemum longum laxum 

 simplicem abeuiitibus. foliis radicalibus petiolatis rosulatis oblongo- 

 lanceolalis brevibus lobato-dentatis vel pinnatifidis lobis brevibus 

 acule inciso-dentatis, caulinis alternis sessilibus paucis anguste lan- 

 ceolatis inferioribus pinnatifidis superioribus acute dentatis, pedicel- 

 ]is solitariis calyce 3-4-plo longioribus erecto-patulis fructiferis sub- 

 incrassalis, bracleis miuimis integris lineari-ianceolatis acuminalis, 

 calyce parce glanduloso (2 lin. circ. longo) in lacinias lanceolatas 

 acutas partilo, corolla flava glabra, filamentis violaceo-barbatis longio- 

 ribus apice denudatis antheris adnatis, capsula glabra ovata acntius- 

 cula mucronata calyce duplo longiore '^ . C. Dcenzeri var. lyrata 

 Boiss. et Heldr. Diagn. Ser. II, 3, p. 151. 



Hab. in regione media montis Parnes Atticae (Boiss! Heldr! Sart! Orphl 

 Fl. Mai. 



Affinis C. D(mzeri pro cu.jus varietate olim habui sed differre videtur radice 

 perenni, caulibus simplicibus rigidioribus, foliis brevioribus minus divisis, 

 priesertim bractearum calycisque characteribus et capsula acutiuscula. 



Segt II. Nkfflea. 



10. G. parviflora (Decaisn. Fl. Sinaic. p. 16) perennis, suffru- 

 ticosa pumila basi opposite ramosa dumulosa, foliis parvis oppositis 

 infimis canescenli-tomentosis oblongo-lanceolatis subrepando-denta- 

 tis in petiolum brevem attenuatis cajteris sessilibus linearibus stric- 

 tis ut et rami glabris fusco-purpurascentibus. racemis oppositis vel 

 alternis brevibus laxe paucifloris, pedicellis solitariis patentibus 

 calyce 2-3-plo longioribus filiformibus, bracleis linearibus brevissimis, 

 calyce (lineam longoj in lacinias ellipticas acutas margine glandulosas 

 partito, corolla minima fusco-lutea hirsuta, filamentis lutescenti- 

 barbatis longioribus apice nudis, antheris reniformibus, capsula 

 globosa 5- 



Hab. in deserto Sinaitico (Bove!). ad latus septentrionale montis St*. Gatha- 

 riuie (Schimp. 283!). — Arabice Ne/jie. 



Suth'utex semipedalis aut paulo elatior ramulis strictis rigidis persistentibus, 

 folia inferiora 6-7 lineas longa 2 lata, racemi tripoUicares, corolla diam. 3Vj 

 lin. lata. 



11. C. acaulis (Bory et Chaub. Fl. Pelop., p. 40, tab. 18, fig. 2) 

 perennis, minuta, radice crassiuscula fibrosa seepe 2-3-cipiti, foliis 

 parvis omnibus radicalibus et rosulatis oblongis et ellipticis obtusis 

 obtuse dentatis utrinque sed subtus copiosius glandulis sessilibus 

 aspersis in petiolum limbo ffiquilongum vel longiorem attenuatis, 

 racemi radicalis sessllis rachide brevissima, pedicellis longe filifor- 

 mibns basi bractea lineari-lanceolata suft"ullis, floribus minimis, 

 calyce glanduloso (2 lineas longoj in lacinias lineares acutas basi 

 subangustatas partito, corolla glandulosa lutea, filamentis sordide 



