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flexis ; acheniis apice truncatis, basi attenuatis, hirsutissimis ; pappo 



uniseriali, rigido. 

 Hab. Aden (Hook.fil. et T.!). 

 Distr. In Arabia Petrsea ! Scinde ! 

 Herba annua ? gossypino-tomentosa vel subglabra. Caulis striatus. Folia 



5-1 unc. longa, 2-5 lin. lata ; foliorum margo punctis asperis scabra. 



Involucri squamse sub-3-costatse. Flores aurantiaco-flavi. 



Subordo Liguliflor^e. 



5. Brachyramphtjs, DC. 



1. B. lactucoides (T. Anders.). Glaber; caule adscendente, tereti, 

 gracili ; foliis radicalibus obovatis, runcinatis, obtusis, margine dentato- 

 ciliatis ; caulinibus amplexicaulibus, sagittatis, subtus glaucis ; floribus 

 paniculatis ; paniculis laxis, multifloris, pedunculis gracilibus, filiformi- 

 bus; bracteis minutis, scariosis; involucris imbricatis; squamis ex- 

 terioribus parvis ovatis, margine scariosis, interioribus longe lineari- 

 acuminatis ; acheniis utrinque attenuatis, angulatis, tuberculatis, 

 paulo adpressis ; pappo pluriseriali, molliter piloso. — Lactuca Mas- 

 savensis, C. H. Schultz in Schimp. PI. Abyss, n. 1462. 

 Hab. Aden {Hook.fil et T. !). 

 Distr. In Arabia Petraea 1 Beloochistan ! Abyssinia ! 

 The shape of the achenia and the sessile white and downy pappus re- 

 move this plant from Lactuca, with which Schultes associates it. Though 

 it much resembles some of the other species of Brachyramphus, it can at 

 once be distinguished from them by its slender-pedunculated flowers and 

 loose panicles. 



Subclassis III. Corolliflorae. 



Ordo XX. APOCYKELE. 

 I. Adenttjm, Boem. et Sck. 



]. A. obesum (Ram. et Sch. Systema, ii. p. 411). Fruticosum, caudice 

 ramisque crassis ; foliis ad apicem ramorum confertis, ellipticis, ovatis 

 vel spathulatis, subpetiolatis, obscure mucronatis, integris, crassius- 

 culis, eveniis, glabris, subtus glaucis ; pedicellis solitariis vel geminis, 

 subaxillaribus terminalibusve, villosis ; floribus folio longioribus ; ca- 

 lycis segmentis lanceolatis, villosis ; corolla extus puberula, intus pu- 

 bescente; limbi lobis rotundatis, obtusis. — Nerium obesum, Forsk. 

 Descr. p. 205 ; Pachypodium obesum, G. Don, Syst. Gard. iv. p. 80. 

 Cameraria obesa, Spreng. Syst. i. p. 641. Adenium Hongel, Bot. 

 Reg. xxxii. t. 54, non DC. Prod. viii. p. 412. 



Hab. Aden, in rupibus (Hook.fil. et T. ! T. Anders.). 



Distr. In Arabia Felici ! 



Frutex 1-3-pedalis, succo lacteo. Caudex globosus, crassus, carnosus, 



