1034 poLYGONEiE. Polygonum^ 



ramis elongalis flexuosis subarjgnlatis vel ramulosis, internodiis iiife' 

 rioribus ochrea Iblioque longioribus, ochreis breviter ovalis hyalinis 

 enerviis deutatis vel laceris. foliis lineari-spalhulatis basi attenualis 

 carnosulis uninerviis eveniis, floribus axillaribus 4 6-nis pedicellis 

 tenuibus infra medium arliculalis eis triplo longioribus suffultis race- 

 mos te?iues inferne interruplos superne densiusculos formantibus, 

 perigonio albido-roseo fruclifero ovalo ullra medium lobato, achenio 

 minimo l^evi nitido ©. P. myrianthuin Boiss. Mss. 



Hab. in Babyloniae exsiccatis circa Bagdad (nec ut videlur in Persiu) (Oliv. 

 et Brug., Noe 10971 Haussk !). 



Icon citata plautam juniorem in qna folia florum proportione longiora sunt 

 exhibet. Species facie P. herniarioidem quodammodo referens sed floribus 

 minoribus albo-roseis tonge pedicellatis egregie distincta. 



21. P. Gappadocicum (Boiss. et Bal. Diagn. Ser. II, 4, p. 78) 

 annuum glaucum glahriusculum, caulibus e collo plurihus ereclis 

 rigidulis, internodiis folio longioribus, oclireis argenleis enerviis 

 elongatis fimhriatis eiongatis sed folio etinternodio breviiiribus, foliis 

 cito deciduis carnosulis uninerviis enerviis elliptico-Iinearihus hasi 

 attenualis margine revululis scabridulis, florihus solitariis vel him's 

 sessilibus racemos breves lalerales et terminales ochreis et foliis 

 flores subsuperantibus intermixtos formanlihus, perigonii albidi ovali 

 tubo lobis hreviore, achenio Uevissimo nitido O- 



Hab. inler segetes Cappadocife prope pagum Elcreli 4500' (Bal. exs. IIOUI). 



Aflflne P. polycnemoidi sed ab eo a cl. Balansa qni ambo viva observavit 

 .<;pecifice dislinctum, caules erecti nec pro'4rati 4-G-pollicares, ochreffi magis 

 evolutte. interiiodia longiora, folia laliora et margine revoluta, ochreye bifldae, 

 flores in racemos densos 4-5 lineas longos laterates et terminalem nec in 

 spicas longas laxas dispositi, achenia Isevia nec punctata. 



22. P. Bellardi (All. Ped. II, p. 205, tab. 90, fig. 2) annuum 

 glabrum, cauleerecto ramoso-paniculalo ramisciue gracilibusangulato- 

 slriatis, internodiis elongatis, ochreis brevibus semihyalinis-B-7 ner- 

 viis laceris, foliis planis elliplico-lanceolatis uninerviis acutis sub- 

 venosis, floralibus anguste linearihus flore brevioribus, floribus 

 2-3-nis pedicellis calyci fequilongis vel longioribus suffuUis spicas 

 terminales longes tenues interruplas nudas formantibus, perigonio 

 viridi rubro-marginato fruclifero clauso acheniimi majusculum minute 

 punclatum suhnitidum arcte includente ©. P. patidum .M.B. Taur. 

 Gauc. 1, p. 304. — P. strict ,m Ledeb, FI. Alt. et lc. tab. 444 (Ibrma 

 lenuior stricla K — P. chlorocolewn Steud. in Ky. Sched. — P. reti- 

 culatum G. Koch Linn. XXil, p. 200. 



Hab. in cultis prasertim regionis montanse, Graecia in montibus Kyllene 

 5000' (Heldr.) et Matevo 40u0' (Orph. Fl. exs. 38!), Tliessalia prope Voto 

 (Orph!), liliodus (Bourg!), Anatolia iii Bitiiynia (Pichl !), Pisidia (Boissl 

 Heldr !), Cilicia in regione inferiore Tauri (IBal !), Armenia (Huet! Ky!), 

 Syria ad Aleppo (Ky. 2-31!), in Libano usque ad Cedretum (Ky. 287! Bll), 

 Arabia petrea in jugo Sipai (Scliimp. 388 !), Egyptus iuferior (Kral !), Egypti 



