40 Au. Bunge, 
Hab. in alpinis prope Cabul in Afshanistano: Unu-Pass. 11,300’ s. m. et Yonutt 
Ravine 10,800’ s. m. (Griffith Journ. 1012!) v. s. sp. in herb. am. Boiss. 
Dense caespitosum, ramis confertis intricatis in globum, inferne nudatis. Folia 7—9 
lineas longa, undique ciliato-scabra, superficie vero glabra. Bractea exterior vix 2” exce- 
dens anguste albo-marginata acutata et breviter mucronata; intima mediam paulo superans 
4"" Jonga, obovata. ) 
39. A. alatavicum m. A. Hohenackeri ß. subsessile Trautv.! Enum. song. in Bull. mosq. 
1866. 2. p. 460. n. 929. Herder! Enumer. Semenow. Bull. mosq. 1868. 1. 
p- 3595. n. 879. y. virens Ruprecht! sert. tiansch. p. 69. non Boiss. ! 
A. viride vel vix glaucescens, impresso-punctatum minutissime calcareo-lepidotum, 
dense erinaceum; ramis subelongatis foliis persistentibus patentissimis vel reversis 
horridis, foliis rigide acerosis trigonis, scapis plerumque brevissimis pubescentibus 
monostachyis, spieis oblongis dense distichis compressis 5—8-spiculatis, rachi 
puberula, bracteis glabris exteriore crassiuscule euspidata interioribus calyeis 
tubum superantibus obtusis bifidisve costis vix prominulis breviore, calyeis (4'/,” 
longi) tubo basi glaberrimo extus ad faucem inter nervos patulo-hispidulo limbum 
albo-hyalinum obsolete 5-lobum superante, nervis atropurpureis ad apices loborum 
productis glabris. 
Hab. in cacuminibus alpium Alatau (Schrenck!), in alpibus Alatau transiliensibus in 
jugo Dürenyn-Assy et in alpibus Tian-schan in valle Sauku, 6000’ s. m. (Semenow!), in 
alveo lapidoso ostii torrentis exsiccati in rivulum Dshaman-daban influentis, in alpibus Tian- 
schan australioribus (Osten Sacken!) v. s. sp. 
Fruticulosum, rami crassiusculi, folia vetusta fusco-rufescentia, hornotina e basi dila- 
tata castaneo-fusca lucida dense ciliata subtrigona, supra plana, margine tenuissime serru- 
lato-scabra 7—8” longa, supra basin %," lata. Scapi plerumque intra bases foliorum oceulti, 
bracteis tecti. Bractea exterior ovata, coriaceo-herbacea fuscescenti-viridis, margine sur- 
sum hyalino membranacea, purpureo cuspidata, 2” parum excedens, dorso modice carinata; 
interiores a basi acutissime purpureo carinatae, superne praeter carinam albo-hyalinae, 
intima 3” longa, intermedia paulo brevior. Calyeis tubus 2Y/,”, limbus 2” longus. Corolla 
rosea parte exserta limbum calyeis superans. Planta Schrenckiana a descripta Semenowiana 
parum diserepat: densius foliata, folia longiora saepe pollicaria et usque 15” longa, praeter 
basin margine fere omnino laevia, minus rigida, vetusta minus reflexa, impresso-punctata 
quidem, attamen ne vetustiora quidem calcareo -lepidota (forsan ob locum borealiorem 
coelumque minus aridum); scapi longiores, saepius pollicares, compressi fere ancipites; 
spica vero et flos idem, sed interstitia inter nervos tubi fere ad basin usque pilis paucis 
adspersi. 
Insigniorem varietatem collegit L. B. Osten-Sacken, in regionibus australioribus, in 
statione demissiore exortam e seminibus verosimiliter ex editioribus locis allutis. Haec 
