Astrantia. 
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n. 954; Woron. 1. c. 68. — ^1. hdlcborifolia var. qnadriloba (Flausskn. et Bornni.) 
Woron. 1. c. — A. »lajor Zcderh. in Ann. Naliirh. Hofinus. Wien XX. 905) 4 08. — Folia 
l)asalia 3 — 5-secta, segmento medio saepe Irilobo. Umbella terminalis ad 4 cm lala. 
Bracteae involucrales candidae, ad apicem verstis virenles. Caljcis dentes 3 — 3'/2 
longi. Fnictus 5 mm longus. 
l’ontus: Amasia (Bornmüller, PI. Analol. or. n. 954); Cappadocien: Argäiis, in 
einer Flöhe von 1500 m (Zederbauer — Herb. Univ. Wien). 
Var. Haradjianii Grintz. 1. c. 135, Sep. 71. — Planta sat humilis gracilisque. 
F^olia basalia 3 vcl 4-secta. Umbella terminalis 1 */ 2 — 3 cm lala; bracteac involucrales 
candidae, apicem versus virentes, ca. 12 — 14 mm longac, 3 — 5 mm lalae. Flores 
l'ertiles pauci; caljcis dentes 2 mm longi. Fruclus 5 mm longus., 
Nordsjrien: Amanus, in einer Flöhe von 4 — 5000' (Haradjian, F''l. Svr. bor. 
n. 2316 — Flerb. Delessert); Marasch, ca. 500 m hoch (Ina Meinckc n. 115, 12!8 — 
IFerb. Berlinb 
Nota. Speeles sec. cl. Sims'et Alton ln bortis anglicls jam anto 1 804 a cl. Loddlgcs 
el cl. Bell Introducta esl. Planta in cultura vix vel non nnitala cst (G rin tzesco}. 
2. A. trifida FFolTm. Gen. pl. umb. ed. I. (1814) pg. VFFI, in adnot; Grinlz. in 
Ann. du Gons, et Jard. bot. Geneve ann. XllF. et XFV. (1910) 135, Sep. 70. — A. major 
tridrntata Stev. in Cat. Flort. gorenk. (1 8 1 2) 47 ; Stur in Sitzungsb. Acad. Wien, malh.-natw. 
Classc XFj. (1860) 48 1 ex ple. — A. caueasim Spreng. Spec. Umb. min. cogn. (1818) 
1 7 el in Röm. cl Schult. Sjsl. veg. VI. (1 820) 3 42, excl. var. ß. hetcrophyUa\ IFcrb. 
Willd. n. 5622, fol. 4. pl. dextra. — A. intermedia Marsch. -Bieb. Fl. taur.-cauc. III. 
(1819) 194; DG. Ih-odr. IV. (1 830) 86, excl. ß.] Ledeb. Fl. ross. 11. (1844) 236. — 
A major var. intermedia (Marsch. -Bieb.) Boiss. Fl. Orient. II. (1 872) 830, quoad [d. 
caucas. — .1. tridentata Parr. Reise Krvm Kauk. FF. (1815) 130, noiiicn, sec. Ind. 
Kew. — A. orientalis var. intermedia W'oron. in Act. Hort. bot. jurjev. VF. (1905) 
68. — Planta usque 50 cm alta; rhizorna obliquum, superne residuis roliorum de- 
mortuorum comatum. Gaulis sat tenuis, simplex vel remolissime ramosus, apice um- 
bella unica lerminatus vel semel (bis) dichasialiter divisus. Folia inferiora longissime 
petiolata; lamina 3- vel sub-5-secta, segmento medio saepius quam cetera minore, lan- 
ceolalo vel obovato-lanceolato, basin versus late cuneato, breviter acuminato, apice ob- 
lusiusculo, indiviso vel trilobo, 3 — 4 cm longo, 1^2 — 2 cm lato, segm. lateralibus 
obliquis, ovalis vel obovatis, acuminatis, subindivisis vel trilobis vel ± profunde biparlitis, 
lobo interiore majore, 2— 3-lobuIato, exteriore subindiviso, segm. omnibus duplicalini 
setoso-serrato-crenatis; caulina perpauca, breviter petiolata, triloba vel -fida. Umbellae 
3 — 4 cm latae; bracteae involucrales 14 — 16, ovato-elliplicae vel oblanceolalae, bre- 
viter acuminatae, ca. 15 — 18 mm longae, supra medium 6 — 7 mm latae, llores fruc- 
tusque superantes, margine superiore utroque latere dentibus 2 — 5 setulosis in- 
structa, 5-nerviae, nervis minus eximie quam in spec. praeced. anastomosanlibus. 
I'lores numerosi; pcdicelli scabriusculi, 5 — 8 mm longi; caljcis dentes lineari-subulati, 
1 *;2 — 2 mm longi; petala non visa. Fruclus cjlindrico-oblongus, ad basin altenuatus, 
ca. 5 mm longus, ± 2 mm crassus; mericarpia Iransversini suborbicularia ; viltae per- 
rnagnae. 
ICaukasus, nacli Grintzesco vom Wes tkaukasus bis Daghestan (IFerb. Otio 
in Herb. Berlin, ohne Standort); wäclist auf subalpinen und al|)inen Matten. 
Nota Milli lanlum specimen incomplelum unicuni Ilerbarii Willdenowii a cl. Otto 
loco baud indicato collectum visum cst. Descriptio supra data sec. illam cl. Grintzesco 
completa cst. 
Nota 2. F. studiis diligenlissimis et accuratissimis cl. Grintzesco clare elucet, Ä. (rifidam 
specieiu esse bonam inter A. maximam et A. majorem var. Biehersteinii intermediam, ab 
auloribus saepissime comrnutatam; a speciebus ambabus praeter notas supra dalas differt strucluia 
pericarpii microscopica. Mirum est, plantam a recenlioribus non esse coib’ctam. 
3. A. pontica Alboff, Prodr. fl. colch. (1895) 99; Woron. in .\ct. Hort. bot. jurjev. 
VI. (1 905) 68; Grintz. in .Ann. du Gons, el .lard. bol. Geneve ann. XIII. et .XIV. (1910) 
