Ruiiloui'iim. 
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subcarnosa, late linearia iisque oblongo-obovala, oblusiuscula vel breviter acuminata, apice 
aciito vel acut.iusculo breviter siibcucullata, 3- vel sub-5-nervia, ul ea involucri scabrius- 
rula vel rarius laeviuscula, umbellulas perparvas compactas 8- )2-floras 3 — 4 mm latas 
KU[)eranlia, 4 — 5 mm longa, I — 1,5 mm lala; pedicelli inaequales, floribus subdimidio 
breviores. Petala glaucesccnli-flavida, ovalo-orbicularia, breviter ungiiiculata, exlrinsecus, 
ut etiam ovarium, oculo nudo farinosa, sub lenle puberulento-granulata vel -papillulosa, 
margine siiperiore denticulato-papillulosa, nervo pinnatim venoso percursa, ca. I mm 
longa, lobulo inflexo late rectangulari vel anli^'e dilatalo usque ad basin petali descen- 
dente eximie cucullata. Fructus malurus non visus; ovarium sub anthesi ca. 1,5 mm 
longus; Juga subinconspicua. — Fig. 13/, K. 
Auf Steppen und grasigen Kalkbergen des armenisch-iranischen Mediterran- 
gehietes, bis in die subalpine Region aufsteigend: Assyrien, Kurdistan; blüht im Juli 
und August. 
Var. Cf. typicum Wolff. — Gaulis albicans, dr nitidus, subteres, ramis (in sicco 
salteml nitido-albicantibus teretibus instructus. Involucelli phylla subcarnoso-incras- 
sala, oblongo-obovata vel late linearia, apice subobtusa vel breviter abrupte acuminata, 
subquinquenervia, margine laliuscule scarioso sublaevia. 
Bisher nur aus der assyrischen Wüste bei Seytun bekannt (Aucher-Eloy, Herb. 
d’Or. n. 3630; Haussknecht, It. Orient. (1865) s. n.). 
Var. (■/. Haussknechtii (Boiss.) Wolff. — B. Hmisskncchtii Boiss. Fl. Orient. 
1. c. — Glaucescens; caulis superne angulosus; rami glaucescenti-virides, quadranguli. 
Involucelli phylla vix incrassala, lanceolata, dr acuminata, acumine acuto vel acutiusculo, 
3-nervia, ad marginem anguste scariosum et subtus ad nervös scabriuscula. 
Kurdistan: Auf kurzgrasigen Triften des Pir Omar Gudrun, ca. 1200 m hoch 
(Haussknecht!); Riwandous (Bornmüller, It. pers.-turc. (1892,3) n. 1 234). 
Ser. 4. Echinata WollT. 
Fructus ad juga et valleculas glochidibus in series longitudinales dispositis obteclus. 
45. B. Sintenisii Aschers, et Urb. in litt, ad Sintenis (1888)! ex Hüter in Österr. 
bot. Zeitschr. LV. (1 905) 360. — B. liigoi Hüter in sched. — Planta nana, eximie 
glauca ; radix caulem longitudine 
superans; caulis acute angulosus, 
ad angulos scabridus, ramosus, 
ramis remotis, expansis, subpro- 
cumbentibus vel patulis, subsim- 
plicibus, apice tantum breviter 
ramulosis, 2 — 5 cm longis. Folia 
basalia lineari-lanceolata, inferne 
ul in petiolum angustata, juxla 
apicem du cartilaginea, apice ipso 
acuta, ad marginem (in sicco) 
dl involulum scabrida, nervis 
3( — 5) supra subinconspicuis, sub- 
lus rnanifestis ibi([ue scabridis per- 
cursa, usque 20 mm longa, I — 
1,5 mm lata, caulina rarneaque pjg Buplciirtim Sintenisii Aschers, et Urb. 
similia, sensim minora. Umbellae nabitu.s. B Flos. C l’etalum. I) Involucelli pliyllum. 
terminales usque 6 mm longe pe- (Icon origin.) 
dunculatae, laterales subsessiles, 
omnes 3 — 5-radiatae, radiis inaequalibus, usque 8 mm longis; involucri phylla foliis 
summis suhconformia umhellas subsuperantia. Involucelli phylla linearia, acuta, ad 
marginem et subtus ad nervös scabrida, umbellulas 6 — 1 0-floras dz superanlia; [pedi- 
celli vix 1 mm longi, flores ae([uantes , fructibus breviores. Petala obovalo-rolundata. 
