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Al. Bunge, 
Acantholimon Boiss. 
diagn. pl. or. 7, p. 69. 
Statices subgenus Armeriastrum Jaub. et Spach ann. se. nat. XX. p. 248. et 
lUustr. pl. orient. 1, p. 161. 
Statices species L. Will d. al. 
lÂmonii spec. Tournef. CoroU. inst. rei herb. p. 25. 
Calyx infundibularis vel tubulosus, limbo scarioso quinquenervi, truncato, quinque- 
vel decemlobo. Petala quinque ima basi connata, longe unguiculata, tenera peracta anthesi 
confluenti-involuta. Filamenta 5-glabra libéra. Ovarium lineari-oblongum. Styli 5-liberi 
glabri. Stigmata capitata. Utriculus membranaceus semen arcte cingens, pentagonus vel 
oblongus laevis indehiscens. Embryo rectus utroque latere albumine cotyledonibus vix 
crassiore obtectus. Suffrutices erinacei in apricis rupestribus editioribus vel alpinis a Grae- 
cia usque ad Tibetum occidentalem vigentes, foliis acerosis vel spinosis, floribus in rachi 
plerumqiie fragillima simplici vel ramosa, in spicula vel solitariis tribracteatis vel 2 — 5 
4-pluri-bracteatis. Calycis basis truncata, minute foveolata, limbus expansus vel arcte 
plicatus, hyalinus, albidus, roseus, vel atropurpureus. CoroUa rosea vel albida, aestivatione 
contorta. 
Gonspectus sectionum. 
1. Nervi limbi calycini intus villosi incrassati. 2. 
» » » » glabri 3. 
2. Spiculae numerosae in cymam dichotomam confertae Cymaria. 
» in capitula subtria in apice scapi dense confertae, bracteae ex- 
teriores membranaceo-alatae Pterostefjia. 
3. Folia homomorpha, omnia acerosa, margine scabra, plerumque omnia 
diu persistentia. 4. 
» heteromorpha, vernalia carnosula saepius margine scabra jam sub 
anthesi saepe diffracta, aestivalia spinescentia margine laevissima . TragacantJ/ina. 
4. Spiculae bi-pluriflorae, rarius abortu uniflorae, 4-pluribracteatae. 5. 
» omnes uniflorae tribracteatae Staticopsis. 
5. Capitula e spiculis numerosis in apice scapi subterna, bracteae exteriores 
iate hyalino-marginatae interior coriaceo-herbacea convoluta 
recurvo-mucronata Acmostegia. 
Spiculae in capitulum vel spicam simplicem vel compositam dispositae. 6. 
6. Capitulum simplex, rachis brevissima, bracteae exteriores latissimae ex 
toto membranaceae . Armeriopsis. 
Spica uni-pauciflora vel plerumque composita elongata vel interrupta, 
bracteae exteriores herbaceo-coriaceae hyalino-marginatae Glumaria. 
