50 TH. 0. B. N. KROK, 
glabre - facie postica plana costa unica recta tenwi, lateraliter prominula, facie antica 1o- 
culis sterilibus superne sejunctis basi subceontiguis, fertili oppositis, plus duplo minoribus, 
basi in cristas binas rotundatas dilatatis. Calycs limbus capsula brevior, apice ejusdem 
paululum latior, subobliquus, interdum 7-partitus laciniis parce reticulato-venosis. Ceterum 
prioris. MLS ; 
Icones nostre ad exempl. sicca 'Boissieriana im Palestina collecta. 
Obs.  Priori maxime affinis et pro ejus varietate forsitan est habenda. Eximius nobis 
non videtur cardo differentize: caulis sepe humilior minusque pubescens, foliorum lacinia 
integre (nec denticulatee), capsule et calyces plus duplo minores earundemque loculi ste- 
riles majores (vix filif.), gibbi semilunares (non recti), sulcus longe alius etc. — Quoad cap- 
sulam itaque ad sequentes magis recedit; an prioris status juvenilis? i 
longe vix ultra +" late), ovato-oblonge, pilis brevibus clavatis puberule v. demum sub- 
6 Calycis limbus 1- vulgo 3-partitus, campanulatus. 
10. Valerianella triplaris. — Te. nostr. Tab. I, fig. 10. 
Buvusr, Aufzehlung Transkauk. u. Pers. P4. 
V. capsula rectiuscula antice basin versus gibberibus 2 prominentibus interjecto 
sulco inferne profundo subtriangulari superne rimiformi notata; calycis limbo capsula paulo 
longiore, venoso, ad basin usque in lacinias 3 (rarius 2) patentes, oblongo-lineares, planas 
et subzequales, apice et sub apicem denticulatas 'partito. 
Syn. Valerianella triplaris . . . fructu pubescenti cum cyme fragmentis tandem deciduo tubo brevissimo recto hir- 
tulo extus sulcato bigibboso ceternm striato loculo fertili totum tubum occupanti duobus sterilibus gib- 
biformibus, corona ad basin usque in tres rarius duas lacimias oblongo-lineares planas obtusas denticu- 
latas tubo sesquilongiores partita F.”BuvtsE! Avufzehlung -der auf einer Reise durch Transkaukasien 
und Persien gesammelten Pflanzen (1860). p. 111 sec. spec. ab auctore communic. 
Habit. in Persia! [bor. in montibus pr. Rischm et austr. in monte prerupto ad pag. Mäs- 
wor pr. Jesd (BuvuszE)]. — Floret vere. 
Herba pusilla. Caulis pilis sparsis et brevissimis inferne puberulus, superne gla- 
briusculus, supra mediam altitudinem -dichotome divisus ramis fragillimis, divarica- 
tis. Folia glaucescentia, parce et breviter ciliata, inferiora' oblonga integerrima, reliqua 
oblongo-lineåria, sepe basin versus denticulata. Cymme capitate, laxiuscule. Bractew ob- 
longo-lineares, acute, herbacex, margine paululum scariose brevissimeque ciliate. Cap- 
sule fere V. pubescentis at minores (13 long - aut paulo amplius, $” late), cum cyme 
fragmentis tandem decidue, pilis sparsis clavatis pubescentes facie postica convexiuscula 
in medio (nonnumquam canaliculata) 1-costata, lateribus utrinque costa oblique flexa, 
facie antica basin versus fungoso-cristata sulco inferne ovali-subtriangulari apicem versus 
lineari et minus profundo notata. Calycis limbus veluti capsula pubescens extus intusque, 
apice capsule patvlulum latior; laciniarum lateralium altera hac in specie super interstitio 
loculorum sterilium brevior nonnumquam evanescit. Corolla pallide purpurea, extus puberula. 
Icones nostre ad exemplaria, que misit cl auctor. 
11. Valerianella sclerocarpa. — Ic. nostr. Tab. I, fig. 11. 
i FiscHER & MEYER, Ind. 2 sem. h. petrop. 
V. capsula curvula, postice plana, antice basin versus fungoso-cristata sulco inferne 
triangulari superne rimiformi notata; calycis limbo in lacinias 3 inéequales: intermediam 
