vulgaris siroiles, snbsessiles, Iiraclea scariosa lanceolata 

 fiilll, parvi, albi, vexillo rubescente ; legnmiDa majiiscala 

 (siibpolliuaria vel sesquipollicaria), dura, tur^ida, iude- 

 hiscpulia, obovata vel (longiora) oblonga, basi altennata, 

 npicc acuta, setis rigidis elongatis basi incrassatis echiuala; 

 semiua planitiscnla, reiuformia, cotjledouibus plauis, radi- 

 ciil.i brevi. — Hab. in lilore orieutali maris Caspii (Karel.) 

 et in desPrtis songoro-kirgisicis (Schronk). "21 M. 



3493. Spiraea (^^nbgenns Spiraeanthus. Carpella plu' 

 rima, linearia, basi coalita^ uni — disperma , seminibus 

 udscendentibus. Frutejc foliis pinnatis stipulatis) Schren- 

 Jciana, S. foliis pinnatis circnniscriptione linearibns, foliolis 

 ( numerosissimis uiinntis) subovatis oblusinsciilis integerri- 

 mis; floribus raceinoso-paniculatis; calycis lobis erectis ob- 

 tusissimis; petalis suborbicnlatis ; — Species amoena folio- 



rum indole excellit. — Frntex bi tripedalis, raraosissi- 



mns, cortice griseo, ramnlorDm joniorom flavescentc. Folia 

 stipulata, stipulis paryis sobulatis, pinnata, cirenmscriptione 

 linearia, l^/a — 2 poli. longa, 2 lin. circitor lata, glan- 

 cescentia, snbtus eonvexa et saepe glandulis adspersa; fo- 

 liola nuinerosissima (80 — 100) opposita vel altcrna, rachi 

 snperne iuscrta, subsessilia, rainnta vix lineam longa semi- 

 liueam lata, subovata vel oblonga, obtusa, crassinscuja, in- 

 tegerrima, Racemi panicnlati in apice ramorum. Flores in- 

 feriores pedicello brevi fiilti, superiores snbsessiles. Calyx 

 pnberulns, campaniilatus, dentibus subovatis obinsissimis in 

 frnctu erectis. Petala (alba?) dentibus caljcinis dnplo cir- 

 citer longiora. Carpella 4 vel 5, pilis erectis sericea, recla, 

 subliuearia, calyce paulo longiora, basi inter se coalila. 

 Semina carpellorura longitudine, lateraliter, paulo sopra ba- 

 sin, affixa, adsceudentia, sublinearia, vertice obtusa, ad 

 raphem membranaceo - marginata, exalbnminosa. Embryo 



