988 
UN 
SYMPHYTUM NOUVEAU 
PAR 
G. V. AZNAVOUR 
Symphytum pseudobulbosum Azn. (sp. nov. 
Herba perennis, procera, præter pubem brevem, ad ramos pedicellos 
et calyces sepeque et ad basin foliorum uncinatam, setis albis, longis, 
sæpius e tuberculo ortis patentim hirsuta. Radix fusiformis, crassa, car- 
nosa, ramosa. Caules erecli, valde ramosi, fistulosi, angulati, inferne 
propter folia longe decurrentia anguste alati. Folia viridia, subtus palli- 
diora sæpeque minus pubescentia : inferiora parva, ovato-oblonga, 
interdum basi subcordata; media majora, oblongo-lanceolata — utraque 
in petiolum alatum attenuata aut contracta — superiora decrescentia, 
ovalo-oblonga, sessilia, non vel breviter decurrentia; summa basi rotun- 
data vel breviter cuneata, sæpe subopposita; omnia acuta, minute denti- 
culata aut subintegra. Racemi geminati, rarius solitarii, multiflori, demum 
laxiusculi. Pedicelli breves, dein elongati calycem subæquantes. Calyx 
fere ultra medium in dentes triangulari-lanceolatos acutiusculos quinque- 
fidus, parum accrescens; fructifer campanulatus, deflexus. Corolla ochro- 
leuca, calyce fere 2'/2-plo longior, tubuloso-infundibuliformis, limbo tubo 
vix breviore ad tertiam partem longitudinis quinquelobo, lobis breviter 
triangularibus erectis. Fornices lineares, acutiusculi, margine minute 
denticulati, breviter vel vix exserti, corolla subtriente breviores. Anther& 
filamentum subæquantes. Nuculæ parvæ, atræ, ovoideo-trigonæ, obtusæ, 
obliquæ, longitudinaliter areolato-rugosæ minuteque tuberculatæ, supra 
annulum basi denticulatum constrictæ. Stylus fornices longe superans. 
