Stocksia, Erythrophysa. 1335 



elevato, cotyledonibus circinatim convolutis, radicula praelonga induplicatura vagini- 

 formi testae inclusa a summo apice decurrente, testa durissima, structura zona pellucida 

 strati externi testam Koelreuteriae aemulante, strato interno saponinigero. 



Frutex rigidus, glaber, glaucescens, habitu Lycii, ramosissimus, ramis divaricatis 

 spinescentibus horridus. Folia pauca subfasciculata, simplicia, linearia, subobtusa, in 

 petiolum brevissimum contracta, nervo mediane vix conspicuo, glaucescentia, glaber- 

 rima, chartacea. Inflorescentiae racemi axillares brevissimi, 1 — 3-flori, ad ramorum 

 nodos fasciculati, minute bracteolati, pedunculis brevibus. Flores globosi, parvi. 



Species unica Belutschistaniae, Afghaniae nee non Persiae orientalis incola. 



St. brahuica Benth. 1. c. 305; Walp. 1. c; Gat. Kewens. Hb. Griffith etc. (1865) 

 8, n. 967/1; Boiss. 1. c; Baill. 1. c. 421, annot. 2; Hook. Ic. XVIII. (1887) t. 1724; 

 Aitchis. 1. c.; Lace et Hemsl. Veg. Brit. Baluchistan in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXVIII. 

 (1891) 315; Radlk. 1. c. (1895); Brandis, Indian Trees (1906) 187. - Vulgo: Koh-tor 

 incolis, i. e. Mountain-peach angl. t. Aitchis. 1. c. — Gharacter ut supra. 



Frutex parva vel mediocris, 6 — 12-pedalis (ex Brandis in Boiss. 1. c.) vel arbores- 

 cens, ad 18 pedes alta (ex Aitchison I.e.). Ramuli novelli rubescentes. Folia 8 — 

 20 mm longa, 2 mm lata. Pedicelli vix 12 mm longi. Flores lutei. Sepala diametro 

 3 mm. Gapsula diametro 2,5 — 3 cm. Semina 4 — 6 mm longa, 4 — 5 X 3 — 4 mm crassa. 



In Belutschistania: Stocks (in planitiebus ad Galangon; sp. florif.); ad fines 

 Afghaniae et Persiae et inAfghania ad flumen Adraskan: Bunge (sp.fructif.)!; Afgha- 

 nistan as far north as Sangbar: Aitchison I.e. 



117. Erythrophysa e. Meyer. 



Erythrophysa E. Meyer ms. in PI. Drege (generis descriptio manu propria peracta, 

 nunquam edita, specimini originario adjecta est in Herb. Berolinensi) ; (sphalm. Erythro- 

 phila) Walk.-Arnott in W. Hook. Journ. Bot. III. (1841) 258; (pariter) Walp. Rep. I. 

 (1842) 411; (par.) Meissner, Gen. PL (1836-1843), Gommentar. 346 n.10/3; (par.) Endl. 

 Gen. PI. Suppl. II. (1842) 85 n. 5598/1 et Suppl. IV, Pars III. (1850) 78; Drege, Zwei 

 pflanzengeogr. Docum. in Flora XXVI. 2. (1843) Beigabe 183; Harv. et Sond. Fl. 

 capens. (1859-1860) 237; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. I. 1. (1862) 397 n.l8; Baill. Hist. 

 PI. V. (1874) 364 f. 391-392, p. 421 n.62; Radlk. in Sitzungsber. bayer. Akad. XX. 

 (1890) 271, 294 et in Engl. u. Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. III. 5. (1895) 353 f. 178; Engl. 

 Pflanzenwelt Afr. III. 2. (1921) 267, 285. 



Flores polygami, symmetrici, mediocres vel spectabiles. Galyx subcampanulatus, 

 i profunde 5-fidus, lobis subobtusis subaequalibus, tegentibus, pilosis, marginibus 

 glanduloso-ciliolatis. Petala 4 (quintum medium vel deficiens vel minimum rudimen- 

 tarium), infra disci marginem inserta, longe unguiculata, ungue lineari, lamina ipsa 

 obtuse oblonga vel suborbicularis, margine crenato-crispata, basi (supra unguem) 

 squamata, squama bipartita crispata, crista conformi quasi conduplicata. Discus 

 unilateralis posticus, oblique et late cupularis, carnosus,inter petala et stamina posteriora 

 glandulis binis confluentibus processum rostriformem efformans. Stamina 8, unilateralia, 

 loco petali quinti vacuo approximata, circa disci rostrum glandiforme carnosum inserta, 

 filamentis elongatis ascendentibus longe exsertis laxe pilosis, antheris introrsis, supra 

 basin bifidam insertis versatilibus ellipticis. Germen breviter stipitatum, leviter 

 triangulatum, triloculare; Stylus elongatus, inter stamina ascendens subaequilongus, 

 basi trigonus, stigmate obtusiusculo ; gemmulae in loculo vulgo binae superpositae, 

 altera ascendente, descendente altera. Gapsula inflata utriculosa, denique irregu- 

 lariter dehiscens, ambitu longitudinali elliptico-lanceolato, carpellorum linea mediana 

 acute prominente triangulari-subcarinata , secundum carpellorum suturam leviter 

 sulcata, membranacea, reticulata, matura rubra (unde nomen!), junior subcarnosa 

 Semina in quoque loculo 1 — 2 (vel 3 teste Meyer), majora globosa, ossea, testa 

 purpurea denique nigrescente laevissima. Embryo oleo et aleuro amylo parco 



