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foliis brevissimis ianceolato-lineciribiis planis apicetriqudris [)iiii^cnli_ 

 acerosis. scapo tenni IViJiis [)ariini longiore in spicain tenuein laxissi 

 mam brevem abeiinte et cum ejiis racliide subtlcxuosa glabro la!vi* 

 spiculis 3 4 valde dissitis, bracieis glaberrimis externa obloritjo-lan- 

 ceolala aciila pallid^ albo-marginata qiiarta jiarte breviore. cicteris 

 proeter costam iii mucroiiem exciirrentem liyalinis, calycis tubo ad- 

 pr(>Sso puberulo limbo tubo subbreviore obsoletc quinquelobo inutico 

 pallide roseo 5- 



Hnb. in nionte Pir Oinar Gudrun Kurdistanise Persicae 3-6ti00' (Haussk!). 

 Planta Armena e jirov. Musch (Ky. exs. N" 3"/9 huc a cl. a Bunge citata in 

 horb. nieo deest et eam non vidi). 



Folia G-8 lineas tanluni loriga. scapi cum splcA 2-3-pollicares, rachiiiis arli- 

 culi bracteis sa^pius lonyiores, calyx 6 lineas longus. A forrnis laxifloris A. 

 vennsti prteter lolia brevissima spicis paucilloris laxissimis, rachide tenui 

 Isevi, bracteis minus inaiquaiibus distinctum. 



•20. A. Atropatanum (Bge loc. cit. p. 29) dense cespitosum 

 valde glaucum ramis brevissimis conferlis, foliis breviiuis lanceolafo- 

 llnearibus pla':o-triquetris rigide acerosis, scapo foliis pariim longii^re 

 in s[)icam brevem laxiusculam dislicham abeunti ciim racliide ilexuosa 

 laevi glaberrimo, bracteis subaequalibus glaberrimis late liyaliiio-iiiar- 

 ginatis exteriore oblon^o-lanceolata subcarinata cuspidalo-atteiiuata 

 iiilima oblusiuscula mucronulala prffiler nervum liyalina. corolIn3 

 tubo adpresse hirto, limbo tubo subbreviore roseo plicato truiicato- 

 sublobato mulico 5. 



Hab. in montosis aridis prov. Aderbidjan Persia? inter Turl<menchai ot Tik- 

 medesctit (Bgel). 



Folia 6-9 iineas tantum longa, scapi cum spica 7-S-spicuIata 2-3-pOllicares, 

 rachidis articuli bracteis subbreviores, calyx 6 '/1 lineas longus. Species a for- 

 mis laxidoris A. venusti ^riv.ter folia brevia valde glauca rigidiora intlores- 

 centiA. glaberrima laevi et prtesertim bracteis subiequalibus latius membrana- 

 ceis distincta sed forsan varietas A. petvfjei a quo differt tantum spica pauci- 

 flora laxissima, bracteis non sul);wqualibus, exteriore non longe ciispidata. 

 Observandum an formae intermediie occurrunt. 



21. A. Senganense (Bge loc. cit. p. 29) dense cespitosum 

 Valde glaucum, ramis brevissimis conferlis dense foliosis. foliis 

 anguste linearibus longe aceroso-pungentibus planiusculis apice sub- 

 trigouis, scapis gracilibus folia paulo superantibus iii spicam sinipli- 

 cem laxe 3-G-spiculatam abeuntibus cum racliide rectiuscula scabri- 

 dis, braclcis glabris exleriore qiiarta parte breviore late et subaiiricu- 

 latim hyalino-marginala acula , cffitcris pi\Tter nervum breviter 

 mucronaiilem hyaliiiis, calycis tubo hirlulo, limbo tubo breviorc roseo 

 truncalo mulico 3. 



Hab. in montosis Persia) borealis intcrChorrumderreli, Sultanieh et Sengan 

 (Bge I). 



Folia teuuia 8-9 lineas tantum longa, scapi cum spica 2-4-pollicarfs, calyx 

 6 lineas longns. Species valde affinis ^-l. petrcvo et Atropatano a qiiilms loliis 

 tenuioribuB, bractea inferiore late marginata et basi subauriculata etc. di(r<.rt. 



