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P. VENULOSA, Sibth. et Sm. 
Caules adscendentes; folia elliptica vel lanceolato-linearia, integerrima ; racemi 
laxiflori ; flores leviter colorati ; alæ obtusæ vel subobtusæ ; tubus corollæ longus 
adscendens alas sæpe superans; stylus longus; capsula sessilis obovato-elliptica 
subretusa ; arillus semini superpositus. 
Sibth. F1. græc. prodr. 2, p. 52. tab. 669; DC. Prod. I, 324 ; Boiss. F1. Or. I, 
p. 473; Bennet in Journ. of bot. 1878, p. 272, non Dietr. Ott. 
P. adscendens Clarke in Sprengl. Entd. IT, p. 165; DC. Prodr. I, 324. 
Tab. nostra XXXIL, fig. 4-5. 
Radix perennis subsimplex, lignosa 4-2 dem. longa. Caules plures adscendentes, 
demum basi suffrutescentes, juniores tenues flexuosi sæpe elongati 5-15-30 cm. 
longi, simplices vel basi ramosi, pilis crispulis pubescentes. Folia inferiora obovato- 
oblonga vel spathulata; cetera elliptica vel lanceolata-linearia acuta, pilis crispulis 
puberula margine integerrima, ad 20 mm. longa. Racemi terminales laxiflori sæpe 
unilaterales apice densiores 2-7 mm. longi, Bracteæ parvæ, margine late albæ, 
intermedia aliis duplo major, caducæ, pedicellum in anthesi æquans. Pedicelli bre- 
ves ad 1-2 mm. longi. Sepala exteriora elliptica, trinervia margine decolorata. Alæ 
fere triplo longiores unguiculatæ, limbo elliptico vel elliptico-sublanceolato sub- 
obtuso vel obtuso, corolla fere duplo breviores, nervis anastomosantibus, virides- 
centes. Corolla valde exserta i. e. tubus alas sæpe superans et leviter curvatus, 
adscendens. Crista maxima parte lamellosa margine incisa in parte media laciniata 
quan limbus carinæ amplior. Petala superiora spathulata, obtusa ungui longo tenui 
cum tubo staminali longe adnato, cristam conspicue superantia. Unguis carinæ 
quam limbus cucullatus ad 5plo longior. Antheræ in tubo staminalis sessiles, glabræ, 
æquales. Ovarium obovatum. Stylus ovario ad 4plo vel etiam 1 ‘}, longior. Stig- 
mata stylo multo breviora ut in P. vulgari. Capsula sessilis obovato-elliptica 
subretusa vix emarginata sed pl. haud conspicue obcordata, anguste marginata, 
alis latior vel sublatior et brevior. Semen cylindricum hirsutum griseum. Arillus 
superpositus dorso et apice hirsutus, marginibus lateralibus membranaceis haud 
descendentibus. 
In saxosis regionis calidæ inter suffrutices spinescentes sæpius intricata (Boiss.). 
TOME XXXI, 2° PART. 55 
