62 TH. 0: B- NYKROK, 
Styria (KocE); Tirol (Marr); Italia rarior [Venetia (Marr), circa Pisas! (Cosson 
in herb. BEURLING) Toscane, circa Albano FI. Roman&e (SANGUINETTI), in prov. 
Neapolit. (TENORE, BERTOLONI), in montanis Årizzo et Oliena Sardini&e (Moris) at- 
que Sicilia! (TIsEo, TopaAro, ali)l|; Hungaria! (herb. WILLDENOW, alii) cum Bannatu! 
(Rocker in herb. Sonp.), Croatia circa Kreutz (D:r SCHLOSSER) et Transsilvania 
(Marr, ScEuE); Grecia in Peloponneso (CHauBaARD & Borr); Turcia [in Bosnia! 
(SENDTNER in herb. DE C.), Serbia in regione Jagodina (PAncIC), in herbosis M. 
Athäös pr. Panajia alt. 4500 Macedonie (GRISEBACH), in Thracia (GRISEB., STEVEN)]; 
Rossia australi [ut circa Nikolajef gub. Chersonensis (STEV.), in Podolia (ÅNDRZEI- 
OWsEI ap. Bess.) et Tauria! passim (BIEBERSTEIN, STEV., PAREYSS) inque Caucaso 
[cisalpino ad fluv. Terek circa Kislar! (StEv.) et transalpino pr. Helenendorf prov. 
Talysch (HOHENACKEE)]. — In Asia Minori (C. KocH) [v. c. ad pag. Aladagh Cilicize 
borealis (BALANSA sec. TCHIHATCHEFF)] et Syria [pr. Zebdaine Antilibani alt. 6000'! 
(KortscHr). — In Africa boreali [in montibus Algerie! passim (Cosson, REBoup)|]. — 
In America australi [Venezuela prope coloniam Tovar! (ÅA. FENDLER in herb. DE 
C.) sine dubio advenal. — Forma dasycarpa rarissima videtur: circa Tofschanbasar 
Taurie (STEv.), Gallia hinc inde (GoDprRon, Sov.-WILL.), Anglia (Woops) et forsitan 
alibi. — Floret primo vere, etiam estate. 
Herba magnitudine variabilis: alie enim vix pollicis altitudine (V. carinaia P minima 
CHEvaLL, F1 gen. des env. de Paris, ed. 2, Tome II, p. 603), alie ad decem pollices sunt 
alte (PF. carinata «& gigantea Exusp. 1. c.). Caulis inferne subangulatus, ad angulos pilis 
brevissimis deflexis hirtus, superne teres et glabriusculus, a basi pluries vel superne tan- 
tum dichotome divisus ramis sepissime divaricatis. Folia omnia lete viridia; inferiora 
spathulata, integerrima, nervo dorsali et margine basin versus ciliate; media lanceo- 
lato-oblonga, sessilia, integra v. interdum denticulata hirsutie inferiorum; superiora linea- 
ri-oblonga, subacuta, denticulata, glabra. Cyme&e dense; fores solitarii 0 vel nonnumquam 
in dichotomia subsumma. Bractee patule, herbacerx, glabre eciliateque, lineari-oblong2e 
sepe sursum latiores et subacute denticulo uno alterove in unoquoque latere apicem ver- 
sus ciliolatum, ut interdum est, nonnumquam instructe. Capsule +—1Y" longe, deciduze, 
plerumque glabre at sub lente sepissime apicem versus puberule, raro tote pubescentes 
(Fedia carinata Woops in Engl. Bot. Suppl. III, 2810. — V. carinaia 8 lasiocarpa GODR. 
1. c.), pro &tate virides, pallide vero fusce, subincurve facie antica canaliculata pariete 
sulci plus minus lati subpellucido, lateribus 1-costatis sulculo inter parietes loculorum 
sterilium et loc. fertilis longitudinali, recto vel curvato preditis; facie postica convexa, 
nonnumquam subrugosa costa in medio obsoleta sepe evanida, utringue in carinam acu- 
tam excurrente, apice in denticulum brevem, obtusum curvulumque, quem auctores caly- 
cem dicunt, producta; loculi steriles variant diametro subequales (V-. carinata var. ortho- 
carpa GEISEB. l. c., p. 171) aut compresso-lineares, sepe curvati (V. carinata Auct. plur.), 
fere toti vel introrsum tantum contigui, fertili majores, equilati vel paululum minores. 
Corolla exigua, cerulea raro lactea limbo subregulari; staminum filamenta alba antheris 
albis; stigma album, trifidum. i 
Icones nostre ad exempl. viva; 7 ad exempl sicca orig. s. n. V. preceocis a cl. 
WILLKOMM communicata. 
