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Al. Bunge , 
praeter nervös rufescentes crassos lere in niedio limbo abrupte desinentes intus hispidos 
sordide albidus, obsolete quinquelobus, omnino muticus. Petala basi connata, apice denique 
involuta persistentia utriculum liueari-obloogum acuminatum tegunt. 
Sectio III. Acmostegia. 
Armeriopsis sp. Boiss. 1. infra cit. 
Spiculae inferiores saepius bi-, caeterae uniflorae, confertae in capitula disticha 3 — 4- 
sessilia in apice scapi. ßracteae exteriores late hyalino-marginatae, interior coriaceo-her- 
bacea convoluta recurvo-mucronata calycem arcte cingens et occultans, intima (in spiculis 
biäoris) minuta hyalina. Calycis nervi intus glabri, Folia margine scabra. 
3. A- acmostcgium. Boiss. et Buhse. Aufz. transcauc. pers. Pfl. p. 182. 
Species sectionis unica; habitat in lapidosis apricis ad pedem moutiuni in Persiae 
provincia Chorassan occidentali, prope Rischm (Buhse), Damgan (Göbel!), Schahrud (Bge 
et Bienert!) v. v. sp. 
Suffruticulus humilis dense pulvinato-erinaceus, glaber, cretaceo-glaucus. Rami brèves 
dense foliis horridi. Folia crassa rigida margine denticulato- scabra lineari-subtriquetra, 
infima breviora, caetera longiora, — 1-polIicem longa, linea latiora, punctis calcareis 
dense obsita. Scapi ebracteati saepius brevissimi vel subnulli, in planta vegetiori interdum 
pollicares vel longiores, ebracteati, glabri. Spicae 2 — 4 in apice scapi sessiles capitatae 
brèves confertae distiche compressae, magnitudine avellanae, e spiculis 5 — 8, inferioribus 
saepius bi-, caeteris unifloris. Bracteae inferiores amplae ovatae dorso coriaceo-scariosae 
rufescentes, carinatae, attenuato-acuminatae, margine late albo-membranaceae; intermedia 
paulo longior angustior subrecurva dorso complicato-carinata, in acumen recurvum pro- 
ducta late membranaceo-marginata; tertia longior, 5'" aequans oblongo-spathulata 'coriaceo- 
herbacea amoene purpurascens, subpungenti recurvo-acuminata, convoluta calycem arcte 
vaginans; interna in spiculis bifloris multo minor membranacea. Calycis tubulosi glabri vel 
parcissime hispiduli tubus rubellus, limbus minutus scariosus profunde quinquelobus nervis 
excurrentibus aristulatus bracteae inclusus vel vix apicibus exsertus. CoroUa ampla amoene 
rosea, 8'" longa. Variât vegetior scapis poUicaribus et longioribus, spiculis tunc semper, 
saltem inferioribus bifloris, bracteis latioribus (prope Damgan), et humilior capitulis sub- 
sessilibus, spiculis tunc fere semper unifloris. 
Sectio IV. Armeriopsis Boiss. 
Boiss. diagn. ser. 1. w. 7. p. 70. DC. prodr. 12. p. 622. 
Spiculae 2 — 5-florae in capitulmn simplex in rachi brevissima confertae, bracteae 
exteriores latissimae splendentes ex toto scarioso-membranaceae. Limbi calycini nervi intus 
glabri. Folia acerosa margine scabra. 
Habitant in Persia boreali-occidentali et in Cabulistano. 
