16 Au. Bungee, 
praeter nervos rufescentes crassos fere in medio limbo abrupte desineutes intus hispidos 
sordide albidus, obsolete quinquelobus, omnino muticus. Petala basi connata, apice denique 
involuta persistentia utriculum lineari-oblopgum acuminatum tegunt. 
Secrıo III. Acmostegia. 
Armeriopsis sp. Boiss. ]. infra cit. 
Spiculae inferiores saepius bi-, caeterae uniflorae, confertae in capitula disticha 3— 4- 
sessilia in apice scapi. Bracteae exteriores late hyalino-marginatae, interior coriaceo-her- 
bacea convoluta recurvo-mucronata calycem arcte eingens et occultans, intima (in spieulis 
bifloris) minuta hyalina. Calycis nervi intus glabri, Folia margine scabra. 
3. A. acmostegium. Boiss. et Buhse. Aufz. transcaue. pers. Pfl. p. 182. 
Species sectionis unica; habitat in lapidosis aprieis ad pedem montium in Persiae 
provincia Chorassan oceidentali, prope Rischm (Buhse), Damgan (Göbel!), Schahrud (Bge 
et Bienert!) v. v. sp. 
Suffruticulus humilis dense pulvinato-erinaceus, glaber, cretaceo-glaucus. Rami breves 
dense foliis horridi. Folia crassa rigida margine denticulato-scabra lineari-subtriquetra, 
infima breviora, caetera longiora, /,—1-pollicem longa, linea latiora, punctis calcareis 
dense obsita. Scapi ebracteati saepius brevissimi vel subnulli, in planta vegetiori interdum 
pollicares vel longiores, ebracteati, glabri. Spicae 2—4 in apice scapi sessiles capitatae 
breves confertae distiche compressae, magnitudine avellanae, e spiculis 5—8, inferioribus 
saepius bi-, caeteris unifloris. Bracteae inferiores amplae ovatae dorso coriaceo-scariosae 
rufescentes, carinatae, attenuato-acuminatae, margine late albo-membranaceae; intermedia 
paulo longior angustior subrecurva dorso complicato-carinata, in acumen recurvum pro- 
ducta late membranaceo-marginata; tertia longior, 5” aequans oblongo-spathulata 'coriaceo- 
herbacea amoene purpurascens, subpungenti recurvo-acuminata, convoluta calycem arcte 
vaginans; interna in spiculis bifloris multo minor membranacea. Calycis tubulosi glabri vel 
parcissime hispiduli tubus rubellus, limbus minutus scariosus profunde quinquelobus nervis 
excurrentibus aristulatus bracteae inclusus vel vix apicibus exsertus. Corolla ampla amoene 
rosea, 8” longa. Variat vegetior scapis pollicaribus et longioribus, spieulis tunc semper, 
saltem inferioribus bifloris, bracteis latioribus (prope Damgan), et humilior capitulis sub- 
sessilibus, spieulis tune fere semper unifloris. 
Seorıo IV. Armeriopsis Boiss. 
Boiss. diagn. ser. 1. n. 7. p. 70. DC. prodr. 12. p. 622. 
Spieulae 2—5-florae in capitulum simplex in rachi brevissima confertae, bracteae 
exteriores latissimae splendentes ex toto scarioso-membranaceae. Limbi calycini nervi intus 
glabri. Folia acerosa margine scabra. 
- Habitant in Persia boreali-oceidentali et in Cabulistano. 
