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sed venis paucis usque subnumerosis parum con- 

 spicuis, in una tantum specie Indiae orientalis nu- 

 merosissimis subhorizontalibus inter se anastomo- 



santibus Sect. IV. Eubupleura Briq. 



\. Herbae annuae. 



* Involucelli phylla — et minus manifeste etiam 

 ea involucri — glumacea, excavata, dz longe 

 aristata vel tantum breviter mucronata vel 

 sensim in acumen acutissimum subpungens 

 producta, 3 — 9-nervia, herbacea, subimpel- 

 lucida vel dz scariosa, colorata, rt pellucida 



Subsect. \ . Glumacea Boiss. 

 f Phylla apice acuminata, acuta, ± longe 



aristata Ser. \ . Aristata Godr. 



ff Phylla apice =fc obtusa, breviter mucronata. Ser. 2. Mucronata Wolff. 

 ff-fc Phylla sensim in acumen longum, acutissi- 

 mum, subpungens producta, in sicco rb 



manifeste vitreo-fenestrata Ser. 3. Fenestrata Wolff. 



** Involucelli phylla numquam glumacea, sed 

 semper plana, herbacea, plane impellucida, 

 linearia usque lanceolata, margine angustis- 

 sime scariosa. 



f Mericarpia ad valleculas et ad juga semper 

 dz manifesta et ad commissuram laevia, 

 in sicco haud raro ad vittas striis longi- 



tudinalibus singulis usque ternis instructa . Subsect. 2. Juncea Briq. 

 Q Petala laevia, margine integra .... Ser. \ . Leiopctala Wolff. 

 OO Petala dorso toto minute papillulosa, 

 margine integra vel zh papilluloso-denti- 



culata Ser. 2. Exasperata Wolff. 



ff Mericarpia ad valleculas, (rarius etiam ad 

 juga saepe rb vel plane inconspicua) et 

 ad commissuram tuberculato-granulata vel 

 cristato-rugulosa vel farinoso-granulata vel 

 aculeolato-glochidiata vel grosse papulosa 



Subsect. 3. Trachycarpa Lange. 

 Q Fructus granulatus usque cristato-rugu- 



losus Ser. \. Tuberculata Wolff. 



QO Fructus densissime papillis serialibus 



albicantibus obsitus Ser. 2. Papulosa Wolff. 



OOO Fructus ( et petala) papillulis granulo- 

 sis minutis griseo-glaucescentibus ob- 



tectus Ser. 3. Farinosa Wolff. 



QQQQ Fructus dense seriatimque aculeolis glo- 



chidiatis obsitus Ser. 4. Echinata Wolff. 



2. Herbae perennes (rarissime biennes) vel suf- 

 frutices. 



* Herbae perennes (biennes); una tantum species, 

 Indiae orientalis incola, suffruticosa, cujus folia, 

 ut supra dictum, nervis dense horizontaliter 

 venosis instructa sunt. 



■}■ Folia undique exacte homoeoneura, nempe 

 lamina eorum aequaliter nervis =b pa- 

 rallelis inferne (et in petiolo) jam sejunctis 



