ILLUSTRATIONES FLORjE ATLANTIC^E (a U cto RE G. BARRATTK). 31 



TABULA 116. 



GENISTA CAPITELLATA Coss. 



G. capitellata Goss. ap. Kral. in Bourg. Pl. Alg. exs. [1 856 ] , et in Bull. Soc. bot. III, 672; Batl. et Trab. Fl. Alg. 200. — 

 Exs. Kral. in Bourg. Alg. 223, Beb. in Cboul. 222 sub G. microcepbala el in Bill. 2060. 



« Fruticulus habilu Erinacece, 3-6 decim. altus, erectus vel subdilTusus, ramosissimus , dumo- 

 sus, ramis slriatis suberectis, ramis vetidis strictis vel tortuosis cortice fuscescente vel castaneo, 

 ramulis novellis cortice virescente sericeo-pubescentibus demum glabrescentibus, confertis alter- 

 nis vel fasciculatis, strictis, rigidis, apice subspinescentibus vel Hongevis, foJiormn puJvinis demum 

 modice incrassalis. Folia sessiiia, i-foliolata, alterna vel basi ramulorum novellorum opposita, 

 foJioJis 3-5 miHim. longis, sericeo-pubescentibus, obovato-oblongis oblongisve, arefactione 

 saepius phis minus iuvolutis, per anlhesim scepius nondum deciduis. Stipulce minutce dentiformes spi- 

 nescentes. Flores parvi, apice ramuiorum 3-6 capilati subsessiles, bibracteolati, bracleolis calyei 

 contiguis tubum calycis subaequantibus Jinearibus. Capitidi bracteis lanceolalis vel lanceolato-Unearibus 

 calyces subaequantibus vel brevioribus stipati. Cahjx persistens, cum bracteis bracteolisque sericeo- 

 pubescens, obconico-campanulatus, bilabiatus, labio superiore inferius subsequante bipartito lobis 

 ovato- vel lanceolato-triangularibus acutis, labio infcriore fere ad basim in clentes 3 lineares fisso. Corolla 

 marcescens, flava , vexillum amplum ovatum superne parce pubescenti-sericeum carinam subcequans , 

 alae carinae subaequilongae isti subsequilatae cultriformi-oblongae obtusaa glabrae, carina cultriformi- 

 oblonga obtusa sericeo-pubescens. Ovarium oblique ovatum acuminatum, calyce brevius, sericeo- 

 viilosum, ovulis subquinque 3-/i abortivis; sligma minutum, introrsus obliquum.n (Coss. in 

 Buii. Soc. bot.) — - Legumen minutum cahjci subtcquilongum, sericeo-pubescens, oblique ovatum, com- 

 pressum, apice in rostrum acuminatum. Semina laevia, nitida. t>. Apr.-Oct. 



Var. a. capitellata. 



Bracteis bracleoJisque cahjcis tubo cequilongis vel paulo Jongiorihis. 



In petrosis et rupestribus Planitierum excelsarum et regionis Montanag inferioris et australioris, necnon in margine septen- 

 trionali regionis Sabarensis pneserlim ditionis Hodna. — Med. 1 : ? Pont-du-Chelif!. — Mont. C 1 : Dj. Bou-Thaleb, Ain 

 Adoula, Dj. Maadid (Beb. et Oliv.). - A 2 : Dj. Baten-Zerom, Seba-Mokhan, Dj. Djellal, Khaneg Demed, Dj. Aouas (Beb.). — 

 Plan. C 2 : Dj. Bou-Khadra , Oum Souaba (Beb.); in faucibus Medjez inter Bordj-bou-Areridj et Msila (Beb.). - A 2 : Guelt- 

 el-Settel (Mar.), in valle Oued Medjcdel ad Ain Kahala, in ditione Ouled Dhia ad pedem Dj. Sahari, Neguib, Djelfa, Ksar 

 Moudjebar (Beb.). - l : Guelta Abdesson inter Khadra et Ain-Madhi!. — Sah. A 2 : In ditione Hodna : Kef Bizanes , El- 

 Hamel, invallibus Oued Oitltem et Oued Dcrmel, Ain-Melah; Messad et in valle Oued Demed (Beb.). - 0' : Moghar-Tahlani 

 (Bonn. et Maury). 



In Algeria hucusque lantum nota. 

 Var. (3. TUNETANA. 



Bracteis bracteoJisque calycis tubum subdimidium aquanlibus. 



In collibus montosis Tunetise. — TUN. Kessera (Miss. 1 883) ; El-Kiss, Feriana (Bob. ubi uscpie 2 m. 5o alta); Dj. Mezem- 

 zem (Lx miss. 188A). 



In Tunelia hucusque tanlum nota. 



IMPr.IMEHIE NATIONALE 



