Lappula. 147 



latum Regel in Act. Hort, Petropol. VI. 2. 1880 3if et 342. — E. Redowskii var. 

 occidentule Wats. Bot. King Exped. (187 1, 246, t. 23; A. Gray, Svn. Fl. II. I. (1878) 

 18 9; Suppl. ( 1 8 8 (3 ) 422. ■ — Cynoglossospermum affine et Jiedoicskii et strictum et 

 tenue 0. Ktze. Rev. Gen. (1801) 43G. - Lappula Redoivskii var. pilosum Mac Mill. 

 Metasp. Minn. Valley (1892) 441. — L. strirta et tenuis et uffinis Gurke (1893) I. c. — 

 L. pilosa Hitchc. Spring Fl. Manhattan I 89 4 30. — L. Kedoivskü var. oc-idcntalis Rydb. 

 in Contr. U. St. Nat. Herb. 111. (1895 170; Nelson et Macbr. in Bot. Gaz. LXI. (1916 38: 

 Johnston in Contr. Gray Herb. n. ser. I.W. (1924) 48. — L. oceidentalis Greene in 

 Pittonia IV. (1899 87: Kydberg in Mein. New York Bot. Card. I. 1900) 3^9; Piper, 

 Fl. Washington 1906) 47.'». — L. Frcmontü Greene 1. c. 96; Nelson et Macbr. in Hot. 

 Gaz. LXI. 19 16 37; .lohnston in Contr. Gray Herb. n. ser. C.W. (1924 48. — L. caly- 

 cosa Rydb. in Bull. Torr. liot. Club XXVIII. (190 1 30. -•— Echinospermum occidentale. 

 K. Schum. in Just, Bot. Jahresber. XXVII. 1. (1903) 322. — E. polymorphum ct. acu- 

 leatum et? y. minimum I.ipsky in Act. Hort. Petropol. XXVI. 2. 19 10) 547 et 551. - 

 E. patagonicum Speg. in Anal. Soc. Cient. Argentina Uli. (1902 79. — Lappula 

 polymorpha Fedtsch. Hol. Expl. Sibiria et Turkestan 1911 (19 12)8 8. — L. JRedowskü 

 var, Karrlini Macbr. in Proc. Anier. Acad. LI. 1916) 543. - L. [ia!<igonica Bruce, 

 Rcp. Bot. Exch. Cl. Brit. Isl. IV. (1917) 630. — Cryptantha lappula Brand in Fedde, 

 Bep. XXIV. -1928) 56. — Dense incano-hirsuta. Caulis erectus simplex vel a basi 

 ramosus 2 — 6 cm altus. Folia basalia et caulina inferiora linearia vel spatbulata vel 

 oblonga acutiuscula vel obtusa in petiolum attenuata 2 — ö( — 10 cm longa, 1 — 5( — 8 mm 

 lata, superiora sessilia linearia strieta. Cincinni terminales vel subterminales laxi sed 

 inultiflori bracteati, floribus sessilibus vel subsessilibus vel breviter pedicellatis; sepala 

 lineari-oblonga 2 — 4 mm longa; corolla infundibuliformis 3 — 3 1 / 2 mm longa; for- 

 niecs subtrapezil'ormes distineti vel inconspicui ; cal t yx l'ructifer auetus lobis patentibus 

 rarius recurvis [L. calycosa). Nuculae oblongo-ovoideae 2 — 2, x j> l um\ longae nunc zr 

 tuberculatae nunc l'ere laeves. — Species mirum in modum variabilis, unde cl. Lipsky 

 eam Echinospermum polymorphum nominavit, aptissime quidem, sed ab legibus nomen- 

 claturae aberrans. 



Von der politischen Provinz ab östlich durch das Mediterrangebiet und 

 Zentralasien bis Sibirien. Ferner in Algier und Nord-Amerika. 



Systema speciei. 



A. Aculei nucularurn omnes usque ad basin liberi. 



a. Aculei nucularurn ca. I mm longi Var. a. eu-Redowskii. 



b. Aculei nucularurn ca. 2 mm longi. 



ct. Bracteae omnes longiores quam calyces fructit'eri. 



I. Caules elati erecti Var. b. patula. 



IL Caules humillimi procumbentes Forma Engleri. 



ß. Bracteae inferiores longiores, superiores breviores 



vel haud longiores quam calyces fruetiferi . . Subvar. ß. caspia. 

 y. Bracteae omnes breviores quam calyces fruetiferi Subvar. y. semiglabra. 



B. Aculei nucularurn omnes vel partim ad basin rarius 

 fere usque ad apicem concreü alamque circa nueulas 

 formantes (formae monstrosae). 



a. Aculei nucularurn partim usque ad basin liberi par- 

 tim concreü. 



a. Libera pars aculeorum longior quam margo pateri- 



formis nuculae Var. c. marginata. 



ß. Libera pars aculeorum plerumque brevior quam 



margo cupuliformis nuculae vel ei aequilonga. Var. d. texana. 



b. Aculei omnes in marginem nitentem cupuliformem 



concreü Var. e. diploloma. 



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