CRUCIFERE.— ALYSSUM. KONIGA. 239 



in regione superiore Atlantis majoris : in convalle Ait Mesan ad 2 2oo-33oo m.» 

 (Hook. et Bail). 



In Hispania ut in Algeria sœpius montanum , in Galliae australioris collihus mon- 

 tibusque demissis. 



Subgen. V. Meniocus. 



Meniocus Desv. Journ. bot. III, 178; DC. Syst. II, 3a5, et Prodr. I, 1 65 ; EndI. Gen. 

 n. 4866. — Alyssum sect. Meniocus Ben th. et Hook. Gen. I, 7/1; Boiss. Or. I, 286. 



Petala ochroleuca vel lutea. Staminum filamenta appendiculata vel 

 dente aucta. Silicula ovata, ovato-oblonga vel oblonga, compressissima , 

 valvis planis, loculis â-6-ovulatis. Funiculi liberi. — Plantée annuœ. 



iO. A. linifolium Steph. in Willd. Sp. III, ^67; Boiss. Or. I, 286. — Meniocus lini- 



folius DC. Syst. II, 325, et Prodr. I, 1 65 ; Deless. le. II, t. k%\ Led. Ross. I, i3A. 



— Exs. Kral. in Bourg. Alg. [1 856]; Bourg. Hisp. 577 et ioA4, Losc. (Arag.) 9; 



Hohen. Cauc. un. it. [i83i et 1 838 ]; Auch.^ls. min. 280 et h 100, Bal. 990, i25i, 



et in Rel. Maill. 229, Bourg. [1860]; Bourg. Arm. 3g; Kar. et Kir. Song. 72. 



Annuum, pube stellata brevissima dense lepidoto-canescens; foliis 

 linearibus vel iineari-oblongis, inferne attenuatis; racemis primum sub- 

 corymbiformibus , demum laxiusculis longiusculis ; calyce deciduo; petalis 

 ochroleucis demum pallidioribus, calyce subtriente longioribus, oblongo-cuneatis 

 in unguem attenuatis, apice retusis; staminum filamentis appendicuîatis 

 appendice in dentem subuïatum producta; siliculis oblongis vel obovato-oblon- 

 gis, compressissimis, planis , glabris ; stylo brevissimo ; seminibus in quoque 

 loculo 4-6, anguste marginatis. ®. Mart.-Jun. 



In campis et pascuis , in dumetosis apricis , in alluviis et alveis , in terra mobili , 

 prœsertim in Planitiebus excelsis inter casspites Stipae tenacissimœ. — Med, x : 

 Sidi-bel-Abbès (Wap.). — Mont. 1 : Dj. Ksel!. — Plan. G 1 : Medjez (Lx). - A 2 : 

 inter Aïn-Oussera et Guelt-el-Setlel! (Lx), Djelfa (Reb.), in ditione Ouled Sahari 

 (Lx), Oued Sedeur ! , Aïn-el-Ibel! . - O 7 . — San. A 1 : Bou-Saada (Soll.), El-Halleg 

 (Reb.). - O 1 : Aïn-SefissifaJ. — MAR. Meharoug (War.). 



In Hispania, lllyria (sec. DG.), Moldavia, Rossia australi, Caucaso; Sibiria 

 Altaica, Asia minore, Paleestina, Persia, Turkestan, Beloutchistan , Afghanistan, 

 Songaria. 



30. KONIGA. 



Konig Adans. Fam. mit. II, /120. — Koniga R. Br. Obs. Oudn. 9; Endl. Gen. n. /1870; 

 Boiss. Or. I, 289. — Lobidaria Desv. Journ. bot. III, 162; Webb Can. I, 89. — 

 Alyssum sect. Lobularia DC. Syst. Il, 3i8 excl. sp. plur. , et Prodr. I, i64; Benth. et 

 Hook. Gen. I, 76. 



Sepala erecto-patula, lateralia basi haud saccata. Petala in unguem 

 contracta, limbo integro. Glandulœ hypogynœ 8, k placentariœ (in Alysso 

 déficientes) subulatae 2 infra par utrumque staminum longiorum, h val- 

 variae obovatae vel obeuneatae 2 ad latera utriusque staminis lateralis. Sta- 



