cibus breviora, sicut bracteolae calycesque breviter denseque glanduloso- 

 tomentosa. Bracteolae anguste lanceolatae, calycis tubum dimidium supe- 

 rantes. Calyces infundibuliformi-tubulosi, a basi ad apicem sensiin la- 

 tiores, circiter 2 Cm. loDgi; limbi dentes lati, truncati, brevissimi, subito 

 in acumen spinosum vix 1 Mm. longum excurrentes. Corolla calyce sub- 

 duplo longior; labio superiore galeato incurvo extus dense pubescenti, 

 intus dense barbato; labio inferiore latissimo, trilobo. — In collibus prope 

 urbem Schiras in Persia nustrali. (Aucher Eloy, Kotschy). 



E. adenantha Boiss. fl. or. III. p. 793, a specimine nostro «collo 

 dense Ianato, caule tomentoso-lanato* differt. 



13. Eremostachys acanthocalyx Boiss. (diagu. ser. II, fasc. 4, 

 pag. 49. — Ejusd. fl. or. IV. pag. 795. — Bnge. Lab. pers. 

 pag. 80. — Rgl. 1. c. p. 377). 



Tabula nostra IV sistit fig. 15 calycem bracteolas corollainque, 

 fig. 16 calycem et fig. 17 bracteolas basi connatas. 



Radicis collum lanatum. Caulis elatus, simplex, glaberriinus, lit 

 videtur aphyllus, in spicam basi interruptam elongatam usque 35 Cm. 

 longam abiens. Folia radicalia petiolata, circuitu oblongo-lanceolata, 

 pinnatisecta, supra initio laxe araneoso-pilosa deinde glabresceutia, infra 

 ad nervos plus minus hispidula; segmenta lanceolata v. elliptico-lan- 

 ceolata, irregulariter pinnatifido-laciniata v. grosse runcinato-dentata. 

 inferiora basi angustata sessilia v. breviter petiolulata, superiora basi in 

 rhachin laxe hirsutnm decurrentia; petiolus basi ima albo-lanatus, ce- 

 terum plus minus hirsutus v. tandem subglabrescens. Folia floralia sessilia, 

 triangularia v. e basi lata lanceolata; infima verticillastruni superantia, 

 saepe pinnatifido-incisa; superiora calycem subaequantia v. paullo supe- 

 rantia, in apicem dentatum v. rarius integrum excurrentia. Verticillastn 

 6— 8-flori, numerosi, inferiores valde distantes. Rhachis glabra. Bracteo- 

 lae numerosae, lanceolatae v. lineari-lanceolatae v. nonnullae linear®, 

 basi saepissime per tres connatae, apice in spinam rigidam excorren es, 

 hispidulo-puberulae, margine ciliato-hirtae, v. verticillastrorum superio- 

 rum indumento ut in calyce vestitae, omnes calycis tubum subaeqaantes. 

 Calyx tubulosus, a basi ad apicem paulo ampliatus, 15—16 Mm- loD ^ fl » 



