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saepe curvatus, satis tenuis, glaber vel parce pilis brevioribus inspersus, 2 — 5cmlongus; 

 spica parva, pauciflora, capituliformis usque brevissime cylindracea, plerumque 1 cm haud 

 aequans. Bractea perbrevis, vix % calycis aequans, latissime triquetra. Sepala 2 mm 

 longa, rotundato-elliptica usque rotundata, carina prominula. Corollae lobi ovato-elliptici, 

 obtusi, 1,25 — 1,5 mm longi. Ovula 4 saepe i abortiva. 



Süd-Persien: Am Kellal, an Schneefeldern (Haussknecht — 1868, Herb. Hauss- 

 knecht). 



e. var. Griffithii (Decne.) Pilger I.e. 101. — P.Griffithsii Decne. in DC. Prodr. XIII. 

 1. (1852) 700 n. 26; Boiss. Fl. Orient. IV. (1879) 880 {P. Griffithii). — Rhizoma validum, 

 perpendiculare, ad 2 cm longum. Folia crassiuscula, subcoriacea vel coriacea, 

 ovalia vel ovato-ovalia vel late elliptica, inferne triquetro-angustata, glabra, margine 

 integra vel minute denticulata vel et hie illic denticulis obtusiusculis irregularibus instrueta, 

 lamina 2,5 — 6 cm longa, petiolus plerumque brevis latus. Inflorescentiae paucae, pedun- 

 culus erectus folia superans, ad 8 cm longus, teres, pilis ± adpressis brevioribus 

 albidis inspersus. Spica fruetifera elongata, usque ad apicem valde 

 laxa, ad 15 cm longa. Bractea 1 / 2 vel 2 / 3 calycis aequans. Medianus in sepalorum carina 

 parum distinetus vel indistinetus. Corollae lobi late ovati, breviter acutati vel rotundati et 

 vix brevissime apiculati. Antherae apiculus breviter triqueter. Semina ad 4 evoluta, ambitu 

 irregulariter ovalia, 2 — 2,5 mm longa, distinete punetulata, facie hili fere plana. 



Afghanistan (Griffith n. 4153). Persien: Provinz Kerman, zwischen Ker- 

 man und Schiras, auf salzhaltigem Standort bei Mahunek, 2000m ü.M. (Bornmüller, 

 It. Pers.-turc. 1892—93 n. 4600 — September 1892). 



f. var. laxa Pilger in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Mus. Berlin-Dahlem IX. n. 90. (1927) 1100. — 

 Glaberrima; rhizoma breve. Folia 12 rosulata, ovali-ovata usque lanceolato-ovata, superne 

 triquetro-euneatim angustata, inferne sensim in petiolum longiorem angustata, lamina 

 2,5 — 4 cm longa, petiolus circ. 2 — 3 cm longus, basi satis longe et anguste vaginatim 

 dilatatus. Inflorescentiae in speeim. 8; pedunculus rectus vel parte inferiore curvatus 

 et superne rectus, 5 — 6 cm longus ; spica junior 2 cm longa, demum 5 cm longa, valde 

 laxa, floribus singulis usque 5 — 7 mm distantibus, vel 2 — 3 approximatis. Bractea 

 dimidium calycem circ. aequans, rotundato-ovata, 1,5 mm longa, in carina nervi singuli 

 haud conspieui. Sepala elliptico-rotundata usque rotundata, 2 mm longa. Corollae lobi 

 late triquetro-ovati, obtusiusculi vel latius ovati et breviter angustati. Capsula breviter 

 rotundata. 



Baluchistan: Ziarat, 8—9000' (Herb. Lace n. 4019). 



Von der var. Griffithii (Decne.) Pilger verschieden durch Kahlheit, Form der Blätter, zahlreiche 

 Blütenstände und Blätter. 



g. var. tatarica (Decne.) Pilger 1. c. 101. — P. tatarica Decne. in DC. Prodr. XIII. 1. 

 (1852) 696 n. 6. — P. brachyphylla Edgew. sec. Hooker f. Fl. Indic. IV. (1885) 706 p. p., 

 non Decne. — P. Griffithsii Decne. var. pamirica Fedtsch. Consp. Fl. Turkest. V. 

 (1913) 195. — Rhizoma breve. Folia ± numerosa rosulata, papyracea vel subcoriacea, 

 lanceolato-ovata vel anguste ovata, superne ± longe angustata, inferne satis breviter 

 angustata vel longius in petiolum transeuntia, glabra vel subtus villis brevibus parce 

 inspersa, subintegra, dentibus minutis instrueta, vel obtuse breviter repando-dentata, 

 lamina 2 — 5 cm longa, 1 — 2 cm lata, petiolus perbrevis vel ad 3 cm longus. Pedunculus 

 spicae folia superans, erectus vel et arcuatus et ± adscendens, superne parce pilis brevibus 

 inspersus, demum glabratus; spica brevis densa vel raro basi laxiuscula, 1 — 2,5 cm longa. 

 Bractea calycem fere aequans vel % calycis aequans. Lobi corollae ovati usque rotundato- 

 ovati, obtusi vel breviter apiculati. Antherae apiculus brevis, rotundatus vel truncatus vel 

 triqueter. Ovula 7 — 8. Capsula late ellipsoidea, apice truncata; semina ad 7 evoluta 

 (saepius et pauciora) parva, nigro-brunnea, irregulariter polygonali-ova- 

 lia, utraque facie subplana, vix punetulata. 



Afghanistan: (Herb. Griffith n. 4154). Pamir: Am Flußufer beim See Bulung 

 Kul, 3800m ü.M. (Olufsens anden danske Exped. i Centralasien, 1898—99, Paulsen 



