Die Gattung Acantholimon Boiss. 
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inferiore rigida ovata longe aristata, media duplo longiore arctissime convoluta 
coriacea margine membranacea patentim cuspidata calycem omnino includente, 
intimis dimidio brevioribus lanceolatis acnminatis, calycis glabri limbo brevissimo 
arcte plicato quinquelobo aristato purpiirascente. 
Hab. in Persia maxime orientali inter Meschhed et Turbet Scheich-i-Dshami, prope 
Abdulabad (Bge. et Bienert!) v. v. sp. 
Quatuor caespites tantum coUegimus speciei singularis, fere omnino tunc raucedine 
corruptos. Spicae forma quodammodo ad sequentem speciem appropinquat, floribus vero, 
praesertim bracteae intermediae structura A. acmostegium. Rami brèves crassi omnino 
obsessi foliis reversis elongatis — 2-pollicaribus rigidissimis pungentibus omnino squa- 
mis calcareis tectis. Folia juniora in rosula pauca, breviora, basi linea parum latiora, supra 
praeter apicem plana, subtus convexa, vix ad medium usque margine scabra superne laevia, 
patentissima. Scapi sine spica 2% — 3-pollicares sat validi, teretes, glabri, Spicae articuli 
semipoUicares vel paulo longiores recti glabri. Spiculae 8'" longae. Bractea inferior cum 
arista 4'" longa; intermedia 8'" longa fusca obovato-oblonga, sed arctissime convoluta, mo- 
dice compressa, dorso praeter basin carinata; intimae margine membrauaceae medio fuscae. 
Flores in spicula heterochroni. Calyx semipollicaris purpurascenti-fuscus, limbi lobi lan- 
ceolati. Corolla e bractea intermedia prominens. 
16. A. bromifolmm. Boiss. in litt.! 
A. dense caespitosum, brevirameum; foliis confertis planis margine albo-cartilagineo 
scabris lineari-lanceolatis, scapis folia pluries superantibus firmis teretibus pluri- 
bracteatis, spiculis 1 — 2-floris 12 — 20 in spica elongata recta distantibus, bractea 
exteriore coriaceo-herbacea hyalino-marginata pungente, interioribus subaequilon- 
gis subplicatis brevissime mucronulatis calycis tubum pubescentem superantibus, 
limbo calycino purpureo exserto infimdibulari quinquefido mutico. 
Habitat in Kurdistania persica et in Persia australi-occidentali, in scliistosis montis 
Dala-chani, in monte Geminan inter Sinah et Kermanschah, et in monte Otesch-ga inter 
Awiheng et Sihna 7—9000' s. m. (Hausknecht! pl. exs. n. 832" et 832''!) v. s. sp. com- 
municatum ab amicissimo Boissier et in bb. Acad. petrop. 
Suffruticulus brevirameus, ramis crassiusculis reliquiis foliorum diffractorum fusces- 
centibus patentissimis dense tectus. Folia juniora glauca, ad summum sesquipollicaria 
lata, subcoriacea, minus rigida, enervia, calcareo- punctata, apice brunneo - acerosa. 
Scapi cum inflorescentia V2 — 1 pédales vel longiores, firmi teretes, a basi bracteis amplexi- 
caulibus superne late membranaceo-marginatis longe abrupte vel sensim aristato-acumina- 
tis vestiti. Spiculae sessiles alternae in raclii glabra, in mediis articulis intus parcissime 
puberula, firma nec dilabente, uni- biflorae interdum cum rudimento tertii floris, inter se 
longitudine bractearum, vel totius spiculae vel logius distantes 5 — 7-bracteatae. Bractea 
exterior basi ecarinata apice recta, 4 — 4^3" longa, interiores oblongae rigidae rufescentes, 
