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vexata, hinc ad R. obtusifolium, inde (et propius quidem ex nostrá sententiá)ad R. 
conglomeratum accedens, forsan eorumdem hybrida progenies ; a priore, cui staturá 
alfiore, robustiore, paniculà composità, racemis crectis nec divaricatis, verticillis 
magis approximatis pedicellisque longioribus similis, constanter differt précipue 
calyce fructifero dimidio minore, valvis angustioribus integris vel obsolete den- 
tatis et unius (rarius plurium) callo multo majore crasso ovato; a R. conglomerato 
vero, cui edlyoe fructfero multo similior, recedit racemis haud divaricatis, basi 
tantum foliosis, superne continuis densifloris, pedicellis longioribus, valvis fere 
duplo majoribus passim denticulo munitis, callis crassioribus scspius inzequalibus. 
Multis formis intermediis in R. obtnsifolium transire dicitur apud Koch 1. c., quod 
vero nostrá observatione non comprobatur. (v. s.) : 
40. R. DAanESTANIGUS (C. Koch! in Linneeá 92, p.209), stricte erectus, glaberrimus, 
foliis infimis cordato-oblongis, summis lanceolatis, panieule longs» ramis folio 
fultis simplicibus semipatylis aphyllis, verticillis approximatis densisstmis, pedi- 
cellis calyce medioeri paulo longioribus basi articulatis, valvis ovato-oblongis 
dentg uno alterovà brevissimo instruetis integrisve reticulatis, callis parvis, uno 
majore. 24 Iu salo caleareo et limoso Daghestanise (C. Koch !). A. simillimo R. syl- 
vestri differt racemis aphylis et valvarum callis minoribus vel obsoletis. (v. sp. 
jun. in h. reg. Berolin.) i 
Át.R. BnastLIENSIS (Link ! enum. h.Berol. p. 849), foliis petiolatis utrinque gttenua- 
tis acutis, radicalibus oblongis, caulinis lanceolatis, summis subsessilibus lineari- 
hus, paniculá simplici, racemis solitariis, verticillis omnibus folio fultis inferioribus 
distantibus superioribus contiguis, pedicellis calyce fructifero parvo paulo lon- 
gioribus, valvis ovato-oblongis aeuminatis acutis obsolete reticulatis integerrimis 
vel passim dente subulato patenti munitis omnihus subequaliter calliferis; 27 In 
Brasiliá, in fossis circa Rio-Janeiro fréquens (Lund, n. $89 !)J.—Schult.! fil. syst. T, 
p. 44415, Steinheil in- Ann. sc! nat. 2*sér. 9, p. 194, Meisn. in Mart. fl. bras. 
fasc. 14, Polyg. p.'9. R. incomptus Weinm. in Florá 1824, p. 28. Folia radicalia 
semipedalia, fere 9 poll. lata, subacuta, plana vel basi leviter undulata, supériora 
&eut& plana. Racemi ad apicem usque foliis linearibus circ. pollicaribus prediti, 
calyoe fructifero demum fere E lin. longo, valvis in ácumen acutiusculum atte- 
nuatis uná vel duabus passim infra medium dente solitario 7 lin. longo patenti 
munitis, callis oblongis erassiuseulis subsqualibus. (v. sp. e. in herb. reg. 
Berolin. ' : : 
42. R. PATIENTIA (Linn. sp. 1, p. 416), foliis planis vel subundulatis acuminatis 
infimis magnis caulinisque ovato-ablongis hasi rotundatis. vel breve attenuatis, 
summis lanceolatis, petiolis eanaliculatis, paniculà superne aphyllá, racemis soli- 
tariis sessilibus densis, verticillis approximatis, valvis majusculis late ovatis 
obtusis subeopdatis tepuiter reticulatis subintegerrimis, unius callo parvo reli- 
quarum gervo hasi subinerassato. 24 Ad fossas Europe» medie et australis, Taurie, 
Sihirigg Altaice, Chili (Cl, Gay), ins. Maclov. (d'Urville), S.-Helense, et colitur ad 
usum enlinarium in hartis oleraceis, unde verisimiliter aufuga passim spontanea 
invenitur — Ganpd. Rum. p. 102, Mert. et Koch Deutschl. fl. 2, p. 60'1*, Schult. fil. 
Syst. "1, p. 1432, Ledeh. fl. ross. 3, p. 507. Lapathum hortense Lam. fl. fr. 3, p. 3, 
Blackw. herb. t. 489, Schkuhr Handb. t. 100. Radix amara adstringens, olim inter 
stomachiea et antiherpetica offieinalis. Valve circ. 2 lin. longee, haud acuminatze, 
leviter cardatze, unius callo parvo ovato-oblongo, reliquis subnudis, nervo basi vix 
tumidulo. (v. v. e): 
43. R. Or Yupicus (Boiss. diagn. pl. orient. 5, p. 45 *), caule elato angiloso, foliis in- 
fimis longe petiolatis ovato-ohlongis aecutiuseulis subunduletis rigidiusculis basi 
breve attenuatis, superioribus oblongo-lanceolatis abbreviatis, panicu]á subaphyllà 
strietigsimà, ramis abbreviatis adpressis, verticilis approximatis, valyis cordato- 
ovatis reticulatis obtuse denticulatis, unieá calliferà. 24? [n pratis et ad rivulos 
Olympi Bithyniéi (Boiss.). Folia infima 1-4 ped. longa, media 4 poll. latà, petiolo 
basí eanaliculato. Panicula 1-9 pedalis. Valve 2 lin. longie7 An a. R. Patientiá satis 
distineta ? uu i 
4^. R. On1ENTALA1S (Bernhardi in Scphult. fi]. syst. 7, p. 14£33*), foliis undulatis acutis, 
infimis elongato-oblongis hasi vix angustatá subcordatis, superioribus oblongis 
lanecolatisque basi rotundatis vel summis attenuatis, panieulà aphylá, racemis 
subsolitariis sessilibus densis, verticillis subindistinctis, valvis majuseulis late 
ovatis vel suborbieularibus obtusis profunde cordatis tenuiter reticulatis mi- 
