64 
Al. Bunge, 
77. A. îwm'dum m. 
A. duraosum, dense liystricinum, subglaucescens, glabrum, fere impunctatum, visci- 
dulum; ramis subelongatis, foliis vernalibus breviter lanceolatis margine praeter 
basin breviter et anguste membranaceam parce ciliolatam glabris, caeteris rigide 
crasse spinosis patentissimis, scapis folio brevioribus monostachyis, spicis breviter 
1 — 4-spiculatis, spiculis in rachi viscidula confertis subbi-(l — 3) spiculatis, 4 — 6- 
bracteatirf, bractea exteriore suborbiculari coriaceo-herbacea breviter obtuse rau- 
cronata, interiorum extima late obovata medio coriacea margine late hyalina obtu- 
sissima sub apice breviter mucronulata, sequentibus sensim angustioribus praeter 
costam sub apice in mucronem brevissimum productam hyalinis, intima paleae- 
formi breviore, calycis (Sy/'' longi) glaberrimi limbo obsolete 5-lobo nervis excur- 
rentibus breviter aristulato. 
Hab. in aridis montosis prope Gerde-kuh inter Kerman et Jesd Persiae australis 
(Bge. et Bienert!) v. v. sp. 
Folia vernalia basi saepe 1 y/" lata, tune demum réfracta, serius decidua, spinae 
8 — 10"' longae rigidissimae diu persistentes, confertae, crassae, supra planiusculae subtus 
convexae. Scapi graciles 4 — 6"' longi glabri viscidi, rachisque fragillimi. Spiculae saepius 
3-quara uniflorae. Bractea exterior 1 — P/a'" longa, interdum omnino mutica, anguste 
hyalino - marginata , sequens 3'" vix excedens, caeterae vix breviores praeter intimam 
omnino enerviam. Calyces saltem inferiores brevissime stipitati, tubo sensim in limbum 
infundibularem albo-hyalinum ampliato, nervi limbi basi virentes, superne atropurpurei. 
Corolla pallida ut videtur brevis, vix calycis limbum excedens. Habitus fere A. schirasiani, 
sed rigidius, spinae validiores et spiculae plurifiorae. 
78. A. fascmilare Boiss. in DC. prodr. 1. c. p. 626. n, 15. A. tragacanthinum? Griff. 
collect, catal. Kevv. n. 4157? 
A. glabrum, viride vel subglaucescens, erinaceo-caespitosum confertifolium, tenuiter 
punctatura, esquamatum, brevirameum; foliis vernalibus margine scabris, spinis 
supra planis basi dilatato-auriculatis tenuiter subulatis, scapis folia aequantibus 
glabris di- pleiostachyis, spicis confertis, spiculis in apice scapi subfasciculatis 
bifloris, bracteis glabris exteriore breviore coriacea aceroso-mucronata, interiori- 
bus chartaceo-berbaceis late hyalino-marginatis obtusis ex apice mucronatis tubum 
calycis (4"' longi) parce hispidulum aequantibus, limbi calycini truncati mutici ner- 
vis vix puberulis usque ad marginem productis nigris. 
Habitat in regno Cabulico (Griffitli! n. 1583. a.) v. s. sp. in herb, amic. Boissier. 
Folia pleraque pollicaria, angusta. 
79. A. tomentellum Boiss. Diagn. ser. 1. n. 7. p. 72. DC. prodr. 1. c. p. 625. n. 12. 
Statice tomentella Boiss. in Kotscliy pl. Pers. austr. n. 670! 
