14 Au. Bunse, 
Acantholimon  Boiss. 
diagn. pl. or. 7, p. 69. 
Statices subgenus Armeriastrum Jaub. et Spach ann. sc. nat. XX. p. 248. et 
Illustr. pl. orient. 1, p. 161. 
Statices species L. Willd. al. 
Limonii spec. Tournef. Coroll. inst. rei herb. p. 25. 
Calyx infundibularis vel tubulosus, limbo scarioso quinquenervi, truncato, quinque- 
vel decemlobo. Petala quinque ima basi connata, longe unguieulata, tenera peracta anthesi 
confluenti-involuta. Filamenta 5-glabra libera. Ovarium lineari-oblongum. Styli 5-liberi ' 
glabri. Stigmata capitata. Utriculus membranaceus semen arcte ceingens, pentagonus vel 
oblongus laevis indehiscens. Embryo rectus utroque latere albumine cotyledonibus vix 
erassiore obteetus. Suffrutices erinacei in aprieis rupestribus editioribus vel alpinis a Grae- 
cia usque ad Tibetum oceidentalem vigentes, foliis acerosis vel spinosis, foribus in,rachi 
plerumque fragillima simplici vel ramosa, in spicula vel solitariis tribracteatis vel 2—5 
4-pluri-bracteatis. Calycis basis truncata, minute foveolata, limbus expansus vel arcte 
plicatus, hyalinus, albidus, roseus, vel atropurpureus. Corolla rosea vel albida, aestivatione 
contorta. 
Conspectus sectionum. 
1. Nervi limbi calycini intus villosi incrassati. 2. 
» » » » glabri D5 
2. Spieulae numerosae in cymam dichotomam confertae .............- Oymaria. 
» in capitula subtria in apice scapi dense confertae, bracteae ex- 
terioresimembranageo-alatapen er cn Pterostegia. 
3. Folia homomorpha, omnia acerosa, margine scabra, plerumque omnia 
diu persistentia. 4. 
»  heteromorpha, vernalia carnosula saepius margine scabra jam sub 
anthesi saepe diffracta, aestivalia spinescentia margine laevissima. Tragacanthina. 
4. Spieulae bi-pluriflorae, rarius abortu uniflorae, 4-pluribracteatae. 5. 
» omnes-unifloraertribraetedtapeeene 0. Seren Staticopsis. 
5. Capitula e spiculis numerosis in apice scapi subterna, bracteae exteriores 
late hyalino-marginatae interior coriaceo-herbacea convoluta 
TECHTVO-MUCTONATA N... A Re Acmostegia. 
Spiculae in capitulum vel spicam simplicem vel compositam dispositae. 6. 
6. Capitulum simplex, rachis brevissima, bracteae exteriores latissimae ex 
totermembranateaeı.. en. 2. meer Ne Armeriopsits. 
Spica uni-pauciflora vel plerumque composita elongata vel interrupta, 
bracteae exteriores herbaceo-coriaceae hyalino-marginatae...... G@lumaria. 
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