134 CRUCIFERtE. — MALCOLMIA. 



Illustr. n. 09 5 non Desf. — H. diffusa Dcne F/. Sin. in ^4?m. se. maê. sér. 2 , III, 371 

 [1 835]. — Eremobium lineare Boiss. Or. I, 157. 



Planta anima a basi ramosa, vel quando in arena sepulta aut ab anima- 

 libus contrita indurato-suffruticosa per plurimos annos persistens ramos 

 cauliformes herbaceos nuinerosos emittens; caulibus erectis, ascendenlibus 

 vel diffusis, plus minus ciim foliis pube stellata molli tomentosis, inter- 

 dum glabrescéntibus viscidulis, quando induratis epidermicle albida do- 

 natis; foliis sessilibus, linearibus vel lineari-oblongis obtusis, integris; 

 racemis plurifloris demum Iaxis, interdum basi folialis; pedicellis calyce 

 brevîoribus, demum modice incrassatis; floribus parvulis; sepalis lateralibus 

 saccatis; petalis violaceis, calyce sesquilongioribus, anguste oblongis, apice 

 integris; siliquis pedicello plus minus latioribus, linearibus, rarius lineari- 

 oblongis vel siliculiformibus valde compressis, seminibus in quoque loculo 

 pluribus vel plurimis rarius paucis, vaïvis valde toridosis inter semina in- 

 crassato-subseptuliferis, pube adpressa stellata plus minus tomentosis, 

 rarius glabrescéntibus, rectis, cito dehiscentibus , stylo brevi vel subnullo la- 

 mellis stigmatiferis in conum conniventibus, septo membranaceo subpel- 

 lucido in lateribus tenuissime alveolatim reticulato medio fascia subopaca 

 lata donato; seminibus oblongis, ovatis vel suborbiculatis, late inembra- 

 naceo-marginatis, anguste marginatis vel rarius immarginatis. © vel indura- 

 tione l 2L. 



Var. a. linearis Coss. Illuslr. Ail. I, 22 , t. i5 , f. 1-1 5. — Malthiola linearis Delile Fragm. 

 Arab. petr. 16, n. 56, f. 3. — Exs. Auch. Arab.pelr. 12/i, Schimp. 239. 



Planta saepe pusilia, parce pubescenti-tomentosa vel glabrescens, saepe 

 viscidula; calyce subpersistente vel sero tantum deciduo; siliqais pedicello multo 

 vel subtriplo latioribus, subsiliculiformibus, oblongo-linearibus vel linea- 

 ribus, interdum glabrescéntibus; seminibus majusculis, suborbiculatis vel 

 ovatis, sœpius late membranaceo-marginatis ; radicula commissurali vel vix 

 obliqua. ©. 



In ditione florœ nostrœ non visa. 



In jEgypto média?; in Arabiœ deserto Sinaico et provincia Haouara. 



Var. jS. .ffigyptiaca Coss. Illuslr. Ail. 1 , 23 , t. 1 5 , f. 1 6-2 5. — M. Mgypliaca Spreng. , I. c. ; 

 Vis., 1. c. — Hesperis ramosissima Delile!, 1. c. — Hesperis diffusa Dcne !, 1. c. — 

 Exs. Sieb. Mg. sub Cheiranthus lividus, Wiest 54i, Ky [i855] Ao3, Schweinf. i333, 

 Lx 7 ; Bové Palœst. 5 1 ; Bové Arab. petr. 1 3 A. 



Planta plus minus pubescenti-tomentosa, haud viscidula, interdum 

 induratione perennans; calyce cito deciduo, rarius subpersistente; siliquis 

 sœpius pedicello subduplo latioribus, linearibus, sœpius i5-s5 millim. longis, 

 plus minus tomentosis; seminibus mediocribus vel parvis , ovatis vel oblongis, 

 anguste membranaceo-marginatis vel vix marginatis ; radicida obliqua subdorsali. 

 ® vel induratione 2£. 



