832 PLUMBAGiNE^. AcanthoUmon. 



unilaterali vel disticha erecta vel subcurvata rachide vix flexuosa. 

 bractea exteriore dimidio breviore lale triangnlari acuminata carinata 

 angnste membranaceo-marginata, interioribns oblongis mucronalis 

 prtEler dorsnm interdum obsolete puberulum scariosis, calycis tubo 

 sparsim piloso limbo lubo subbreviori lato truncato plicato mutico 

 fuscescenti-rubello 5- Ic- Tchih. Voy. tab. 72. — Statice venusta 

 Fenzl Mss. in Ky. exs. — S. (ilanthifolia J. et Sp. III. I, p. 162 excl. 

 syn. — Limoniim Orientale humilins CaryophylH folio angastiore 

 Hore spicato snave rubente Tourn. Gor. p. 25. 



Hab. in alpinis Tauri Gilicici prope Gulek Boghas 7000' TKy. 4141 Bal!), 

 montis Argaei Gappadociae (Ball), Ssoffdagh Cataonia^ 3500' (Hausskl), Arme- 

 nia(Tchich!), Anatolite bor. monte Yldizdagh (Wiedl). 



/3. Otivieri. — Folia longiora angustiora, spiculae magis dissitse. — 

 A. Olivieri J. et Sp. loc. cit. tab. 93. — A. laxiflorum Boiss. in Bourg. 

 exs. 295! 



Hab. in I.ycia prope Elmalu (Bourg. 2951), Tauri regione subalpinA ad Kar 

 Boghas (Bal !), moiite Berytdagh Gntaonias (Hausskl), PersiA occid. inter Ker- 

 manchah et Hamadan (Olivl). 



y. Assyriacum. — Spica laxa varietatis preecedentis sed scapus 

 superne cum rachide et bracteis velutino-pubescens. — A. Assyria- 

 cum Boiss. Diagn. Ser. I, 7 p. 81. 



Hab. in Assyria ititer Diarbekir et Mardin (ICy. 3131). 



Ex speciminum comparatorum copia species in synonymia enumerata; iii 

 A. venustum manifeste transierunt. Bractearum indumentum valde variabile, 

 in speciminibus e Tauro Gilicico specimina alia bracteis velutinis aliis bracteis 

 glaberrimis in eodem loco lectis simillima observavi. Species coroUis amplis 

 intense purpureis elegans, spica in typo 2 pollices, in formis laxilloris tres 

 pollices longa, calyx 7-8 lineas longus. 



18. A. laxiflorum (Boiss. in Ky. pl. Syr. bor. 1862) glaucum 

 fruticulosufn,ramis elongatis squamosis nigricanlibus denudatis rosula 

 paucitblia terminatis, foliis carnosulis brevibus triquetris enerviis in 

 spinulam tenerrimam fuscam subito contractis, scapo foliis longiore 

 in spicam longam laxnm rectam nnilateralem abeunti cum rachido 

 Isevi glabro vel velutino, bracleis herbaceis glabris vel velutinis 

 latiuscule albo-marginalis nervo ionge excurrente rubro acuminato- 

 cuspidatis ex'eriore tertia parte breviore, calycis lubo pilosulo, limbo 

 pallissidime rubente tubo duplo breviore mutico obsolete quinque- 

 lobo 5. 



Hab. in glareo.sis fluvii Nahr Syad infra pagum Ursusa montis Amavd 

 Syriffi bor. 2C0'(K:y. 128!\ 



Ramis parle denudata 2-3-pollices longis insigne, fniticulosum. Ab omnibus 

 ^. wnMs^normis rosulis oligophyllis, foliis carnosis fi-agiiilius tii(iu( tris 0-8 

 lineas rarius pollicem longis, spica longa rectu semipedali, spiculis ob brac- 

 teas internas arcte convolutas angustioribus et pra^sertim calycis (5 '/2 lineas 

 longi) limbo tubi proportione multo breviore distinctum. 



19. A. petraeum (Boiss. et ITaussk S':iied. pl. 1867. — Bge loc. 

 cit. p. 28j dense cespitosum glaucum, ramis brevissimis confertis» 



