970 SALSOLAGE^. Auabasis. 



5. A. phyllophora (Kar. et Kir. Enurn. Altaica 1840, N° 735) 

 fruticulosa glabra pallide virens mullicaulis caulibus iiornotinis erectis 

 superne pyramidatim ramosis, foliis triangulari-subulalis erectis, 

 floribus in axillis oppositis solilariis dense spicatis, staminodiis ciliij- 

 latis, perigonio fructifero trialato alis infequalibus conniventibus pos- 

 tica majore 5. Anabasis intermedia Moq. in d.c Prodr. p. 214. — 

 Anab. suhuUfolia Schrenck. — Brachylepis intermedia Kar. et Kir. 

 — Brach. elatior G.A. Mey. 



Hab. in margaceis ad fluvium Kanawat inter El Raboue et Merre prope 

 Daniascum Syriaj (Gaill. 2201 specimina tantum florifera et ideo subdubia). 



Specimina florifera quse ex amic. Bunge ad A. jihyUophoram sed non 

 absque dubitatione spectare videntur, fructifera investiganda. Planta Syriaca 

 Songarica major l-lVi-pedalis. Patriae diversissimae. 



Ar. Geogr. Songaria; 



6. A. articulata (Forsk. Eg. Arab. p. 55, Icon. 8, fig. A sub 

 Salsold) fruticosa vel arborescens ramosissima ramis ereclis vel 

 tortuosis, foliis ad cupulam brevissime bilobam intus villosam reduclis, 

 floribus oppositis solitariis superioribus in ramulorum apice appro- 

 ximatis, staminodiis orbiculari-obovalis breviter ciliolatis, pcrigonio 

 fructifero quinquealato alis striatis obovato'-orbiculalis sinuatis 5 

 A. articidata Moq. in d.g. Prodr. XIII, p. 212. — A. crassaUoq. 

 Chenop. 



Hab. in desertis arenosis, Egyptus (Forsk., Del.), ad Pyramides (Wiest!), 

 ad Alexandriam (Samarl), circa Damiatam (Ehrl) ct Suez (Bovel), in deserto 

 Arabico (Husson !), Arabiil petrea (Bove !), prope Damascum inter El Raboue 

 et Merre si specim. florifera (Gaill. exs. 2201 liuc recte refero). 



Variat ramis tortuosissimis internodiis abbreviatis vel ramis et ramulis 

 elongatis rectiusculis. 

 Ar. Geogr. Africa borealis, Hispania ? 



7. A. setifera (Moq. in d.g. Prodr. XIII, 2, p. 214) fruticosa 

 caulibus numerosis erectis vel ascendentibus brachiato-ramosis ramis 

 elongatis, foliis oppositis carnosis crassis cylindricis subclavatis obtu- 

 sissirais seta subiilata cito decidua terminatis, floribus in ramulorum 

 axillis superioribus 3-7-nis glomeratis glomerulis inferioribus distan- 

 tibus superioribus approximalis, slaminodiis truncato-subrotundis 

 fimbriatulis, perigonio fructifero pentaptero alis orbiculatis subinte- 

 gris sulDinoequalibus 5. K. lutea Moq. loc. cit. p. 215. 



Hab. in desertis Egypti inter Kahiram et Suez (Ehrl), ad Ouadi Dugla et 

 in planitic Galala deserti Arabici (Schwelnf !), in salsis Persiai media' (Oliv., 

 Ege), ad Damgam (Buhsel), inter Hawuz i Sultan et Kenaragird (Haussk!). 



Gaules pedales ; species foliis carnosis crassis horizontaliter patentibus 3-4 

 lineas longis 2-3 latis distinctissima. 



Obs. A. Ehrenbergii Schweinf. Mss. = Salsola arabica Ehrenb. foliis parvis 

 ovato-globosis obtiisis ad ramulos steriles imbricatis, antheris appendiculatis 

 insignis sed cujus fractus adhucdum ignotus in Arabia tropica et Nubia nec 

 in nostra ditione crescit. 



