Lieutenant Olufsen's second Pamir-Expedition. 



Plants collected in Asia-Media and Persia. IV. 



By 



Ove Paulsen. 



Scrophulariaceae. 



1. Verbascum Blattaria L.; Ldb. fl. ros. III p. 196; Bois. fl. or. IV 

 p. 308. 



Ferghana: N. 306, at Andidshan. May 27. 1898. 



2. Verbascum pyramidatum M. Bieb. ; Ldb. fl. ros. III p. 199; 

 Bois. fl. or. IV p. 340. 



Persia: N. 2149. prov. Gilan, at Resht. Sept. 13. 1899. 



3. Verbascum sp. (V. specioso äff.). 



Pamir: N. 1461, prov. Garan, at Anderab. Alt. 2600 m . Oct. 10. 1898. 

 This plant is like a hybrid. The capsules are empty. 



4. Linaria hepatica Bunge, Ldb. fl. alt. II p. 445., Ldb. ic. fl. ros. 

 alt. tab. 91 ; L. macroura M. Bieb. var. hepatica Benth., D. G. Prodr. X 

 p. 273; Ldb. fl. ros. III p. 207 ; ? L. odora (M. Bieb.) Ghav., 0. Fedtschenko, 

 fl. du Pamir p. 158. 



Pamir: N. 723, on dry ground at Shatshan, alt 3800 m . July 11. 

 1898; N. 957, on dry slopes near the lake Jashil Kul, alt. 4000 m . July 

 27. 1898. 



It seems to me that this species is quite another than L. macroura 

 M. Bieb., diff erring by less gracile flowers and shorter spurs (shorter than 

 the flowers, the rate is about 9: 14), and the more confert leaves. 



My specimens are rather ramified, the shoots issue from horizontal 

 roots. The leaves are very narrow and slightly trinerved. While living 

 the flowers are yellow and orange, when dead, they have a tint of 

 violet. — On the whole my plants agree well with Bunge's description 

 and Ledebours figure. 



The flowers (23 — 25 mm long) are much larger than those of L. 

 odora (M. B.) Ghav. 



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