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riore omuibus corymbiferis foliis stipantibus superiori- 

 bus corymbo brevioribus summis abortivis; corymbis 

 thyrsum interruptum elongatum cylindricum forman- 

 tibus liemisphaericis densissimis ; flore ex albido car- 

 neo, petaHs patulis oblongis obtusiusculis sepala lan- 

 ceolata 4-lo superantibus, staminibus paulo exsertis 

 epipetalis Yg inferiore insertis, antheris orbiculatis 

 ochraceis, squamis hypogynis crassis 4-angulis 2-lo 

 longioribus quam latis, ovariis parallelis oblongis stylo 

 5-lo breviore apiculatis, stigmate punctiformi. 



Ghim occidentalis : Kansu, regio sylvatica montium 

 secus fl. Tetung (Przewalski, 1872, 1880). 



A sequente habitu praesertim diff^ert. 



Folia maxima 2,5 : 0,75 poll. magna. Corymbi 

 0,75 poU. diam. Petala 4 mm. longa. 



13. S. verticiUatumh. Cod. 3344. Bipedale v. minus 

 viride, caule erecto simplici gracili, foliis internodia 

 superantibus patentibus nigropunctatis , inferioribus 

 oppositis V. ternis, reliquis ternis usque quinis, di- 

 stincte petiolatis oblongoellipticis v. obl. lanceolatis v. 

 ovatooblongis utrinque attenuatis obtusiusculis inae- 

 qualiter obtuse dentatis ; corymbis terminalibus amplis 

 densissimis, floribus virenti-albidis, alabastro acute 

 ovoideo, petalis patulis sepala deltoidea pl. 3-lo supe- 

 rantibus oblongolanceolatis acutis, staminibus vix ex- 

 sertis epipetalis Yg inferiore adnatis, antheris ovatis 

 obscuris, squamis hypogynis linearibus; folliculis pa- 

 rallelis corolla vix longioribus oblongis in stylum bre- 

 vem attenuatis, stigmate punctiformi. Halenius in 

 Linnaei Amoen. acad. ed. 2, II, 323, t. 4, fig. 14 

 (spec. sterile in herb. ex axillis paucis proliferum). 

 Bongard in Mem. Acad. Petersb. 6 ser. III, 85, t. 



