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S. ROSULATA Soij.- Willm. cl Godr. 



S. floribus erectis, brevissimè pedunculalis, binis ternisve , 

 in apice caulis approximalis , racemum tricholomum basi 

 laxum formantibus; calyce fructifero ovalo-conico, longé cla- 

 vato, umbilicato, lenuiter nervoso, glabro, denlibus margine 

 scariosis ovalis obtusis ; pelalis bifidis , fauce nudis ; cap- 

 sula ovalâ , longé conicâ , acutâ , tridentatà , Ihecaphorum 

 aequanfe; seminibus dorso canaliculalis; caulibus infernè suf- 

 fruticosis, ad basim ramorum rosulas foliorum gerentlbus; 

 herbâ glaberrimâ. 



Icon. Exped. scient, en Algérie, part. bot. tab. 82. 



Hab. in locis rupestribus maritimis inter dumeta propè La 

 Calle. ^. 



Descript. Radix fibris carnosis fusiformibus crassis constans. Caulis 10- 

 13 decim. longus, inter virgulta ascendens, sub sole erubescens, ad nodos 

 tumidus, glaberrimus, ramosus ; rami elongati, slricli, ad basim foliis nu- 

 merosis, approximalis, quasi rosulalis munili, apice floriferi. Folia rosula- 

 rum ovato-lanceolala, acurainata, in pelioluin longum basi ciliatum de- 

 currenlia, cœterum glabra, margine undulata ; folia supci'iora remota, 

 lineari-lanceolala, acutissima. Flores in racemo trichotomo dispositi ; pani- 

 culae ramis patenlibus, duos vel 1res flores apice gerenlibus ; inferioribus 

 remotis, superioribus approximalis, undè flores in summà paniculâ congesti 

 videnlur. Pedicelli lalerales brevissimi, alares longiores Calyx 20-2'4 mill. 

 longus, glaber, sub anlhesi longé lubulosus, basi altenualus, fruclu matu- 

 rescente amplialus, ovato-conicus, longé clavatus, basi umbilicalus, nervis 

 i'uscescenlibus lenuibusque percursus ; dénies ovati, oblusi, margine sca- 

 riosi, ciliolali. Pelala alba, venosa, fauce subnuda ; llmbus bifidus, lobis - 

 obovalis; ungues exserti, exauriculali. Slaminum filamenla glabra. Capsula 

 coriacea, sublœvis, lutea, nilida, ex ovalâ basi sens'im longèque conica, 

 acuta, apice denlibus Iribus brevibus dehiscens, sed apertura exigua, se- 

 minibus haud pervia. Semina nigricanlia, compressiuscula, dorso latè ca- 

 naliculata, facie utrâque plana, tuberculata. 



S. BUPLEUROIDES L. 

 S. floribus subereclis, longé pedunculalis, in racemo sub- 



