82 TH. 0. B. N. KROK, 
FEusice. BALANSA 1. c.! 
Habit. in Africa boreali [in locis incultis et terra mobili planitierum ex&celsarum Algerie! 
(BALANSA, COSSON, REBOUD) haud infrequens, in regione litorali rarior (Coss.)]. — 
Ad ”Port Juvenal” pr. Monspelium Gallie meridionalis est disseminata sec. GoDRON, 
Fl. Juvenal. — Floret vere. ; 
Herba rigida, 5-pollicaris et ultra. Caulis inferne puberulus, superne sepe glabri- 
usculus, subsimplex vel ad medium v. inde a basi dichotome divisus, striatus ramis sube- 
rectis. Folia glabra, breviter ciliata; inferiora spathulata; media oblonga, sinuato-dentata 
vel basi inciso-pinnatifida; superiora angusta, basi pinnatifida. Cyme densiflore, capitate. 
Bractee lanceolate, tote nervo dorsali et apice herbaceis exceptis membranacez2e, pilis 
longis ciliate. Capsule 3'—1” longe, facile deciduze, rarissime (adulte) subglabre facie 
postica ovata, paulo convexa, lateribus inter loculum fertilem et loculos steriles sulcatis, 
facie antica plano-excava sulco sepe profundo, capsula paulo breviore notata; loculi ste- 
riles fertili paulo minores, introrsum subcontigui aut sejuncti. Calycis limbus sec. COsson 
etiam 5-partitus occurrit (demta lacinia super interstitio loculorum sterilium); lacinise sub- 
2quales vel subinequales, ovato- vel lanceolato-triangulares, acute acuminateve, interdum 
bifide, patentes, apice haud uncinatee. 
Icones nostre ad exemplaria viva culta. 
36. Valerianella glomerata. — Ice. nostr. Tab. IV, fig. 36. 
BorsstreErR & BALANSA ap. Boiss., Diagn. Pl. nov., ser. sec., N:o 6. 
V. capsula globoso-tetragona, antice sulco profundo ovali, capsula 2equilongo notata; 
calycis limbo herbaceo, cyathiformi, capsula subbreviore et 2equilato, intus hirsuto, ad ba- 
sin usque 6-partito laciniis anguste ovatis, indivisis, longiuscule uncinulato-aristatis. 
Syn. Valerianella glomerata (Borss.! apud Balansa, Pl. d'Orient, 1857, n. 1261)... frucetu hirsuto campa- 
nulato latere ventrali late suleato coronato, corona fructu subbreviori eequali intus hirta in 5 lacinias 
oblongas longiuscule uncinato-aristatas trinerves ad basin usque partita, loculis sterilibus fertili sequi- 
latis basi non confluentibus Borss. & Bar. ap. Boiss. 1. c. (1859), p. 93. 
FEusice. BALANSA 1. c.! 
Habit. in Asia Minori [in demissis occidentalibus montis Boulgas-Dagh altit. circiter 1300 
metr.! (BALANSA) Phrygie et in valle fluvii Kamechly Tchai (BALANSA sec. BoIss.) 
Cappadociz]. — Medio Junio fructifera. 
Herba pusilla (2—3-pollicaris). Caulis inferne presertim papillosus, striatus, sub- 
simplex vel superne semel dichotome divisus ramis abbreviatis, patentibus. HFolia inferiora 
oblongo-attenuata; media lanceolata, remote denticulata; superiora anguste linearia, basi 
pinnatifida. Cyme dense capitate, facile decidue. Bractew late ovate, fere tote membra- 
nace&e&, ciliate. Capsule 1” longe, villose (adulte pilis hic illic evanescentibus); loculi 
steriles fertili, faciem totam dorsalem non occupante, majores, septo haud parvo introrsum 
contigui. Calycis limbus laciniis trinervibus, equalibus, erectis (calycem 5-partitum, ut habet 
BoissIER, non vidimus). 
Icones nostr& ad exemplaria orig. in exsicc. BALANS. 
Obs. Lacinis calycis integris priorem refert sed humilior et sulco antico majore, 
calyce herbaceo tantillum majore, laciniis ejusdem erectis (haud patentibus), loculo fertili 
minore etc. bene est diversa; capsula sequentis subsimilis. 
