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multiflori , clemum laxi elongati et sœpius caule longiores, pube tomentosa 

 villosi vel subhirsuti. Flores speciosi, pro ratione plantœ uiajusculi, 

 erecto-patentes, sessiles. Galyces clausi, cylindracei, basi sepalis latcra- 

 libus saccatis subventricosi , sepalis cleciduis, membranaceis, subherbaceis 

 1 vel superne violaceo-purpurascentibus, pube stellata dense tomentosis. 

 Petala purpureo-violacea venis saturatioribus, ungue lineari subcanali- 

 culato sepala subsequante, limbo obovato interdum ad médium subcon- 

 stricto et margine undulato apice rotundato vel subretuso. Glandulae 

 bypogynœ 2, vix praeminentes staminum lateralium insertionem circum- 

 vallantes. Stamina tetradynama, filamentis complanatis submembranaceis, 

 breviorum auguste linearibus, longiorum inferne dilataiis, antheris li- 

 neari-oblongis basi sagittatis. Siliquœ erecto-patentes, 1-2 centim. longae, 

 tomentoso-villosœ vel -subhirsutae, pedicello brevissimo tereti crassiusculo, 

 teretiusculœ commissuris complanatis subtetragonœ, subindehiscentes 

 nempe integrae a ramis deciduse et valvis cohœrentibus in terra tantum 

 solutis, sagittaeformes; valvis coriaceis, inferne divergentibus , basi in 

 cornu subulatum patens sursum incurvatum vel subinvolutum productis; 

 septo crasso, subcbartaceo, alveolato-subflexuoso; stylo conico-compresso, 

 utrinque in cornu longiusculum vel elongatum patens vel reflexum rarius 

 abbreviatum vel ad gibbum redactum excrescente, cornibus seepius paulo 

 breviore, lineis stigmaticis ad tertiam vel subdimidiam partem styli tan- 

 tum productis. Semina inquoque loculo 3-5, uniseriata, pendula, ovato- 

 suborbiculata , compressa, ad hilum obsolète marginata, testa lœvi stra- 

 mineo-fuscescente; funiculis brevibus, capillaribus, liberis. Cotyledones 

 plano-convexœ , integrœ, accumbentes. Radicula cotyledonibus paulo lon- 

 gior, commissuralis. ®. Mart.-Jun. 



In depressis liieme Immidis inundatisve, in alluviis et alveis, solo argilloso- 

 calcareo vel gypsaceo rarius arenaceo, nonnunquam salsuginoso. — Plan. G 4 : 

 Tebessa, Oued Djedida (Lx), Chebîa (Reb.); Barika (Lx), Medjez (Reb.). - A 5 : 

 Aïn-Sba, prope Bohhari in alluviis Oued CAelifï, Bou-Ghezoul! , m ditione Ouled 

 Sahari frequens, ditione Zahres, Bocher-dc-Sel ! , Sidi-Makhelouf! , etc.- O 5 : in 

 deserto Angad (Alfred Fée [i845]); El-Maï, frequens in ambitu toto lacus salsu- 

 ginosi Chotl El-Gherguil, Khaneg-Azir ; Ferchich, Oued Boddad!, Bou-Aleml, El- 

 Maclaly Sidi-Tifour-el-Hammouida , etc. — San. In margine septentrionali regionis : 

 G 3 : Mdoukal (Lx); Aïn-el-Hamia (Reb.); T ebok-ou- Ahmed , Khanga-Sidi-Nadji , 

 Zeribei-el-Oued (Reb.); El-Kantara!, El-Outaïa (Guy.), Biskra! (Jam., Rai., etc.); 

 Negrin (Bimler). - A 5 : Bou-Saada, El-Hamel; Messad, inter Tadjemout et La- 

 ghouail, Dj. Miloghl, Lagkouall, Nilil, Tilremtï, Bas-el-Chaab ! , etc. — TUN. 

 Aïn-Cherichira ! (Miss. i883); Oued Zitouna (Lx miss. i884); Feriana (Rob.), 

 Eî-Aïeïcha (Doûm., Gran. ); in valle Oued Leben, Dj. Berd, Dj. Gheguieïga, Gour- 

 bata, Gouijla (Doûm. et Ronn. miss. 188A), in valle Oued Berradah , Dj. Kebirita 

 (André), Sedada (Lx miss. 188^). 



