1103 EUPHORBiACEiE Ewphorbitt. 



sulis infirais obovatis oblusiusculis in peliolum brevem attenualis, 

 superioribus et umbellaribus subsessilibus oblongo-eiliplicis acutis 

 argute denliculatis , floralibus triangularibus diminutis, involucri 

 turbinali intus birsutissimi lobis lalis truncatis ciliatis, capsula glo- 

 bosa depressa profunde trisulca pilis patulis hispida sub lente aspe- 

 rula, seniine globoso tuberculis serialis subcontluentibus alvcolato- 

 reticulato, caruncula minima globoso-conica ©. Boiss. Eupb. Ic. 

 tab. 86. 



Hab. in rupestribus calcareis Syrise littoralis ad Berythum et Sidonem (Bll 

 Gaill). 



Ab E. heUoscopid umbellis mmutis magis compactis, captiul^ pilosa, semine 

 non acuto, reticulis seminis non continuis, caruncula, distincta. 



61. E. oxyodonta (Boiss. et Haussk. in Haussk. exs. 1867) 

 annua pilis longis patulis sparsis hispidula, caulibus e collo pluribus 

 nanis erectis et decumbenlibus simplicibus, foliis profunde et acute 

 pectinato-denlatis iiifimis minoribus ovalo-spathulatis in petiolum 

 brevem attenuatis Cfeteris sessilibus ellipticis, floralibus ovatis, invo- 

 lucri turbinati glabri lobis latis ciliatulis, capsuM glabra globosa 

 depressa profunde trisulcata, semine ovalo obtuso elevatim favoso- 

 reticulato, caruncula hemispherica latere interiori retusa O. 



Hab. in petrosis et fissuris calcareis ad Turmanin, Ain el Beitha, Gebel 

 Muhassan prope Aleppo et in Mesopotamia prope Orfa ad Nimruddagh et 

 Gebel Taktak (Haussk!). Fl. Mart. 



Caules 3-4-pollicares, folia majora 6-8 lineas longa. Ab affini E. Berythed 

 foliis acute pectinatis, capsula glabrA, seminis cristis magis prominentLbu.s 

 distincta. 



' ' * * Semina transverse foveolato vel sulcato-exarata. 

 1. Perennes. 



62. E. Gassia (Boiss. Diagn. Ser. I, 12, p. 108) glabra basi 

 suffrutescens multicaulis, caulibus tenuiter virgatis erectis rigidulis 

 crebre foliosis subsimplicibus vel superne dichotome ramulosis, um- 

 bellis parvis breviler et inaequaliter 2-3-radialis interdum ad invo- 

 lucrum solitarium reductis, radiis brevissime bifidis inlerdum mono- 

 cephalis, foliis parvis sessilibus strictis vernes apicera minute et 

 remote serrulatis inferioribus oblongo-spathulalis obtusis superiori- 

 bus lineari-lanceolatis acutis, umbellaribus radios subfequanlibus, 

 floralibus a basi valde atlenuata ovato-rhombeis acuminatis, involucri 

 turbinato-campanulati lobis late et breviler ovatis ciliatis, glandulis 

 transverse oblongis, capsulse depressse Isevis profunde trisulcatoe 

 coccis dorso subcarinatis, semine flavido foveolis vel lineis Irans- 

 versis brevibus nigris superficialiter exarato, caruneula minima vel 

 nulJa 5. Boiss. Euph. Ic. tab, 88. 



Hab. in umbrosis regionis montanae Syrioe, mons Cassius inter Latakieh 

 et Suadieh (Boissl), Libanus ad Beckfaya (Bl!) et Ikitkhaschbo (Gailll), 

 supra Berythum (Ehr!), Cyprus (Ky. 9231). 



