48 3 TH. 0. B. N. KROK, 
sed capsulas ”dichotomiarum inferiorum crassiores ovatas, steriles subuniloculares”, ut ha- 
bet Borss., non vidimus. Loculi steriles superne obliterati, inferne minimi; loculus fertilis 
totam fere capsulam occupans. Calycis limbus lineam et amplius: diametro latus, parce 
reticulato-venosus, capsula brevior, apice ejusdem nonnihil latior, in lacinias varia longitu- 
dine partitus; laciniee bine antice validiores, reliquis duplo longiores. 
Icones nostr& ad exempl. Syriaca Kotschyana. 
Obs. Planta mirabilis, speciosa, ab omnibus cognitis preclare distincta, ob: calycem 
juxta V. pubescentem collocanda et in hanc tribum certe est referenda. 
8. VWValerianella pubescens. — Ice. nostr. Tab. I, fig. 8. 
Valeriana pubescens GERMANN in Regensb. Bot. Zeit. 4. 
V. capsula antice basin versus gibberibus 2 prominentibus basi non convergentibus 
interjecto sulco inferne profundo subtriangulari notata; calycis limbo sub-hypocraterifor- 
mi, radiatim 6-partito laciniis subequalibus, reflexis, apice uncinatis. 
Syn. Valeriana pubescens caule dichotomo, floribus triandris, foliis radicalibus spathulatis dentatis,'caulinis pinnati- 
fido-denticulatis, fructu dentato, dentibus recurvatis GErmM.! Beschreib. einer neuen Art der Gattung 
Valeriana 1. ce. (1805), p. 360 (bene). 
Valeriana uncinata M. A BIEBERST. 1. c. 1 (1808), p. 26 sec. spec. auctoris in herb. WiLLD. — Fedia WILLD.! 
Enum. pl hort. berol. (1809), p. 51 (fide spec. ejusd. herb.); Strev.! Obs. Pl. Ross. 1. ce. 5 (1817), 
p. 352 (fide spec. orig. in herb. Sonp. et Mus. Holm.); M. A BIEB.! 1. c. III (1819), p. 33 sec. 
spec. orig. in herb. Mus. Vindob. — Valerianella DuFr. 1. ce. (1811), p. 60; BEtcKE 1. c., p. 20 
(excl. syn. Fediax hamate); DE C., Prodr. 1c., p. 626; SrtEv.! Amot. bot. 1 c., p. 283 ex ejus herb. 
Icon. ” RcHB. Pl. crit. cent. 1, tab. LXIX (fig. 138: capsulze exhibentur glabrae et 9-dentate; in D loculi steriles 
demti sunt — icon haud bona sequentem magis representat); ” BETcKE 1. c., fig. 4 (capsulse glabrae; — icon 
haud bona copia e Rchb 1. c. esse videtur); +DE C., Mém. Val. 1 c., fig. 4 (capsule pubescentes; minus 
fauste pictor capsulam exhibuit, quum loculorum sterilium gibberes omiserit); ” Woops 1. c., fig. 2 (caps. gla- 
bre; d: mala). 
Exsice.. HOHENACKER, exs. Un. itin. 1834! 
Habit. in locis siccis vel pinguibus graminosis Rossiw merid. [in collibus apricis Taurize 
ad Bosphorum! (BIEBERSTEIN, al.) frequens] et planitierum aut demissarum Caucasi 
cisalpini orientalis [ad fluv. Terek circa oppid. Mossdok! (STEVEN) et circa Derben- 
tum! (STEv.)] aut excelsarum transalpini in Georgia! (STEv., FISCHER, HOHENACK., 
WILMSEN) [v. c. in Kachetia, Somchetia et Mingrelia (EICHWALD), territ. Elisabeth- 
polensi! (HoHENACK.) et prov. Karabagh et Schirwan (HOoHENACK.), prov. Talysch 
alt. 400—670 hexaped. vulgatissime in diluvio (C. A. MEyrER, HoHENACK., C. KocH)]; 
Asia Minori [in valle f. Madaratchai alt. 400 metr. Mysie (TCHIHATCHEFF)]; ingque 
montibus Rudbar pr. pagum Filadeh prov. Ghilan etiamque montibus Ssamam pr. 
Schahdschan (ButsE) Persie borealis. 
Herba plerisque altior, robustior et pubescentior (unde nomen). Caulis erectus, 1—11- 
pedalis et major, rubellus pilis albidis inferne valde pubescens, basi teretiusculus, superne 
angulatus sulcatusque, pilis sparsis brevioribus unde fere scabriusculus, ad medium spe 
simplex. dein pluries dichotome divisus. Folia inferiora permagna, oblongo-spathulata 
apicem versus grosse dentata; media puinatifida lobis latis denticulatisque, superiora bipin- 
natifida lobis linearibus et denticulatis, omnia pilis quam in reliquis longioribus varie 
curvatis mollia, ciliata, supra pilis albidis distinctis, infra pilis tantum ad nervos obsessa. 
Cyme capitate, laxiuscul&; in dichotomiis caulis fere omnibus flores solitarii sunt. 
