918 sALSOLACEiE. Eurotiu. 



spicis supertie masculis inferne femineis axillaribus breviter pedun- 

 culatis paniculam longam angustam stricte spicseformem formantibus, 

 perigonio femineo fructifero urceolato apice dentato pilis longis demuni 

 rufis hirsutissimo 5- E. ceratoides C.A. M. in Led. Fl. Alt. IV, p. 239. 



— Diotis ceratoides Willd. Sp. IV, p. 308. — Nees Gen. Germ. Ic. 



— Achyrantlies papposa Forsk. Eg. Ar. p. 48 Jacq. lc. Rar. tab. 189. 



— Ceratospermum papposum Pers. 



Hab. in collinis ssepius gypsaceis, Cappadocia ad Gsfcsaream (Bal !), Armenia 

 ad Erzerum (Tchihl), Caucasus et Transcaucasia (G.A. M! Hohl), Persia 

 borealis (Szov! Buhse I) et australis in montibus Kuh Delu et Sabst Buschom 

 (Ky. 316!), Belutschia (Stocks!). 



(3. ferriiginea. — Indumentum intensius ferrugineum, folia latiora 

 basi rotundata vel truncata. — Diotis ferrugtnea Nees Gen. Germ. 

 Ic. fig. 14-19. — Eurotia ferruginea Boiss. in Ky. exs. 



Hab. in Persia australi prope Schiraz (Ky. 5561), Turkestania prope Samar- 

 cand (Lehm!), regno Gabulico (Grill!). 



Species foliis anguste linearibus vel dilatalis valde vai'ians, varietas ad 

 typum intermediis manifeste transit. 



Ar. Geogr. Hispania orientalis et australis, Austria et Moravia, Rossia 

 media et australis, Songaria, Sibiria, Mongolia Chinensis, regio Himalaica. 



CERATOCARPUS (Buxb. Coram. Petr. I, p. 244, lab. 9. 



— Ceratoides Tourn.) 



Flores monoici ebracteali. Masc. Perigonium hyalinum cuneatuni 

 bilobum lobis obtusis carinatis. Stamen unicum imo perigonio inser- 

 tum, filamentum filiforme. Fem. Perigonium tubulosum cuneatum 

 demum vaide accrescens fructiferum in thecam obcuneiformem plano- 

 compressam apice truncatam bicarinatam angulis binis apice in spinam 

 longam subuiatam divergentem abeuntibus mutatum. Ovarium ovato- 

 globosum, stigmata bina setacea basi coalita. Utriculus theca perigo- 

 niali inclusus, pericarpium membranaceum hirsutum. Semen clava- 

 tum verticale, testa tenui cum pericarpio coalita. Embryo hippocre- 

 picus periphericus. — Herba annua valde dicholoma floribus sessi- 

 libus femineis in axillis et dichotomiis solitariis, masculis in axillis 

 superioribus 2-3 aggregatis. 



1. G. arenarius (L. Sp. p. 1375) annuus hirtulus vel tomentoso- 

 canescens fere a basi dichotome ramosissimus, foliis sessilibus subu- 

 latis rigidis coriaceis pungentibus margine revolutis inferioribus 

 oppositis infimis cito evanidis latioribus oblongo-lanceolalis obtusis 

 caeteris alternis, thecarum cornubus divergentibus thecfe sequilongis 

 vel brevioribus Q. Lam. III. tab. 741. 



Hab. in arenosis et argillosis desertorum, Armenia Turcica ad Sbir 

 (Tchih!), Tauria(Stev!), Transcaucasia tota (M.B., C.A. M! Hoh!), Persia 

 boreaUs et media (Auch! Ky! Haussk!), Turkestania (Lehm!), regnum Cabu- 

 licum (Griff!). 



