Halogeton. salsolage^. 0S5 



IIVLOGETON (C.\. Mey. Fl. Alt. I, p. 378 ex parle. 



— Aijathophora Bge). 



Flores aborlu polygnmi in axillis glomerali lana deiisa stipali, 

 inedius ebracteolatus exteriores 2-3-t)racleolati. Ferigonii pliylla 

 quin(}ue sublibera vel exleriora bina lanlum vel Iria aut omnia dorso 

 alata vel gibba. Slaminodia 4-5 cum filamentis connala. Slamina 5 

 rarius 3 vel !2, antbene breviler vel non apiculatae. Ovarium ovatum, 

 stylus brevis, stigmata duo filiformia. Radicula supera. — Frulicuii 

 vel herbie annuie foliis carnosis. 



1. H. alopecuroides (Del. Descr. Eg. p. 222, tab. 21, sub 

 Sahold) fi'ulicosus bumilis ramosissimus ramis elongatis virgatis 

 patentibus vel curvatis albis glabris, toliis sparsis in ramulis vegetis 

 distantibus semilereli-subclavalis supra planis subtus convexis cras- 

 sis brevibus pungenti-mucronatis vel fex cl. Scbweinf.) muticis, axillis 

 lanalulis, floribus in axillis glomerulos globosos bracteolis orbiculari- 

 ovatis inlermixtos formantibus. perigonii pbyllis sub antbcsi byalinis 

 apice eroso-denticulatis, fructiferis antico et poslico vel ternis vel 

 onmibkjs supra medium ala ovato-flabellata auctis alis sacpius ina^qua- 

 libus, staminibus et sfaminodiis quinis ^. Anabasis alopecuroides Moq. 

 in D.c. — Halogeton alopecuroides Moq. Cbenop. — Agathophora 

 alnpeciiroides Fenzl,Bge. — Traganum nw6/ff^«mSchimp.exs. non Del. 



Hab. in desertis E^^^ypti •ad Pyramides CDel., Scliimpl), ad Ouadi Dugla 

 prope Kahiram et planilie Ualala deserti Arabici (Schweinf !J, Arabia petrea 

 (Scliimp! Boiss!). Arabice El Hamd. 



Fructus penta[)torus ut Scliweinfurth observavit et ogo in speciminibus ab 

 eo douatis observavi, genjeris AfjathophorL^ character essentialis igitur eva- 

 no.-^cil. 



2. H. glomeratus (M.B. Mem. Mosq. I, p. HO sub Anabasi) 

 annuus glaber glaucus bumilis a basi ramosissimus, ramis procum- 

 bentibus ascendentibus et erectis in hemispbaeram densam excresccn- 

 tibus, foliis brevibus carnosis seta subulata mox evanida terminalis, 

 glomenilis axillaribus approximatis spicatis, floribus glon-eruli cxter- 

 nis femineis coeteris hermaphroditis diandris, bracteolis oblongis 

 concavis, staminodiis 4, perigonii fructiferi phyllis s;epius omnibis 

 ala reniformi auctis, alis iniequalibus O- H. glonieratns GA. Mev. 

 Fl. Alt. I, p. 378. — Ledeb. Ic. tab. 40. 



Hab. in Turconiani:"i ad Caspium fKarell), Turkestania prope Samarca d 

 (Lehm!), rogno Cabulico in valle Bamian (Critf. Jonrn. 11211). 

 Planta ad sumraum semipedalis, folia majora 4 lineas ;Onga, 

 Ax. Ceogr. Sibiria Uraleusi.s et Altaica. 



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