Ephedra. gnetace.e 717 



10. E. peduncularis, ffuticosa elata scandens, ramis elonga- 

 tissimis flexuosis striatis et asperulis griseis verlicillatim ramulosis- 

 simis, junioribus folialis, foliis quaternis et hinis subulatis, ramulis 

 filiformibus patentibus, amentis masculis ad ramulos elongatos ter- 

 minalibus solitariis vel 2-3 sessilibus minimis.antheris 2-3 sessilibus 

 columna brevi suffultis, amentis femineis bifloris rarius unifloris 

 pedunculis eis longioribus recurvis suflultis, involucri vaginis ternis 

 ciliatulis inferioribus brevibus Iruncalis interna subduplo longiore 

 obtusebiloba nuculls subbreviore, tubillo recto 5. 



Hab. ia Belutschia inferiore (Stocks 4491 sub E. campylopodd). 



Ab E. campylopodd inflorescentia et vaginis ciliatis aliena sed E. Alte 

 magis affinis, ab ea differt amentis masculis minimis pedunculo (ramulo) 

 tenuissimo 1-1 V»-pollicari sutfultis nec confertis sessilibus, femineis non 

 erectis subsessilibus sed ut in E. campylopodd pedunculo longo recurvo suf- 

 fultis. 



11. E. alata (Decaisne Flor. Sin. Ann. Sc. Nat. 1834) fruticosa 

 elata ramosissima ramis ramulisque oppositis rigidis pallidis striatis 

 tenniler scabris vel puberulis, amentis sessilibus ad articulationes 

 ramulorum terminalibusque confertis masculis ovatis, antheris 3-5 

 in columna subexserta longe stipitatis, amentis femineis bifloris fruc- 

 tiferis iutesceutibus, involucri phyllis 4-5 laxe imbricatis et subaequi- 

 longis nuculas ovatas acuminalas trigonas apquantibus 5. E. strobila- 

 cea Bge Pl. Lehm.p. 499. 



Hab. in desertis, Eyypto in deserto Libyco rarius et in Arabico frequenter 

 (Kraiik !),ad Megheta et Gebel Genef (Schweinf !), prope Suez (Bove), in Tho- 

 laaide (Husson !) inter Ismailia et Katiyeh (Barbeyl), Arabia petred in valli- 

 bus Sinaiticis (Bove ! Auch. 2876 !), in deserto Tih (Boiss!), in Persia ad 

 PersepoHn et Tcheran (Ky.), inter Kerman et Jezd (Bge!), in deserto Kisilkum 

 Turkestaniae (Lehm !). 



M- Qeogr . A£i'ica borealis interior. 



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