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flowers with a large, loose, cup-shaped calyx and acuminate 
lacinie ; fruit unknown.—Southern Persia, Kotschy! 749, I 
refer here a specimen from the Havhabivel of the St. Peters 
burg botanic garden, collected in Armenia Szovits, though 
the flowers are a little smaller and the calyx is more 
pet ps divided, 
12. C. PULCHELLA, n. sp.: umbellis laxis paucifloris bre 
tea ovata acuminata suffultis; calycis carnosi lobis ovatis act- 
tis corolle tubum subequantibus; laciniis tubo fere 24 
longis Sete acutis papillosis crenulatis erectis seu patulis 
ib viorib 
antibus 
tis incurvis; stigmatibus ovarium globoso-ovatum apice sub- 
conicum squantibus ; capsula corolla connivente tota involu- | 
ta apertura parva basilari demum dehiscente. | 
Var. 8. Auratca, calyce — fisso; laciniis aeution» 
bus; squamis minoribus s sepe bifidis 
as Afighanistan, Griffith! 688-691, in Hb. Hooker, on 7 
agi, Peganum, Artemisia, etc. 8. Sarepta! 0 
the Hb. of Pallas, and Altai, Sievers! both in the 4 
plant, which may be distin = nd as a. Affgh 
tifull y bright. det: stems midee ; the very fleshy ais 
eapecially is bright colored ; aiebiale ls 4-6-flowered, ing; 
- sr as calyx or as the whole flower; flower ye ~ 
le opening late and with a very sm circ Tia 
—tromC. Kotschyana it is distinguished by the mie) 
er flowers with longer pedicels, the deeply divided caly® ay 
ovate and not acuminate lacinie.—The “ye the pei 
: ane ; 
13. 0 sidauseiel, marty !FL oe iL 208. Toa 
284. DC. Prod. IX. 453, excl. syn—The smallest ©, 
a ; ery large opening, 7 other 
larly torn; more closely allied to the next i a by 
cooammcine ‘this is section; } ed from 1 | . 
