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Becker, Violae Asiaticae et Australenses. 
DI. Gruppe Cinereae (Boiss. mutat. charact. 
et p. p.) W. Bckr. ined. 
S y n. : Cinereae Boiss. Fl. or. I. (1867) p. 451, p. p. 
Plantae annuae v.el perennes, tot ae brevis- 
sime pubescentes vel glabrescentes, ca ulescent es, 
n a n a c ; caules erecti, simpliccs vel breviter ramosi, 
interdum e basi subcaespitosi, aequaliter foliati; folia 
late-usque obovato-lanceolatae, in petiolum sub- 
aequilongum sensim angustata; stipulae minutae, subulato- 
lanceolatae, + remote longifimbriatae vel 
dcnticulatae, rarius subintegrae; flores in pedunculis 
erectis, minuti, petalis ebarbatis breviter calcaratis; Stylus apice 
vix incrassatus, in rostellum deorsum curvatum 
transiens, infra flexuram utrimque longe 
erecto-lobatus. 
Verbreitung: Arabien, Persien, Vorderindien; in, sehr 
niederschlagsarmem Gebiet. 
V. cinerea Boiss. Diagn. pl. nov. or. I., 1. (1842) p. 7. 
Perennis, suffruticulosa, usque ad 10 cm alta, 
tota pilis albis densis brevissimis cinerea. 
Caules tenue's, firmi, fragiles, ramis abbreviatis 
muniti, aequaliter foliati. 
Stipulae minutae, 2 — 3 mm longae, subulatae, 
paucidentatae. 
Folia oblongo-obovata, spathulata, in pe- 
tiolum subaequilongum sensim longe atte- 
nuata, breviter cartilagineo- acuminata, integra 
vel interdum undulato-subrepanda, cum petiolo circiter 6 — 12 mm 
longa, superiora conferta. 
Flores minuti, 3—5 mm longi ; pedunculi t e n u e s , 
folia multum superantes, sparse hispidi, in parte 
suprema longe subulato-bracteolati ; sepala late- vel ovato-lanceo- 
lata, corolla breviora, margine albido-marginato, trinervia, 
nervo mediano prominente, nervis lateralibus in- 
distinctissimis, appendicibus latis abbreviatis; petala di lute 
v i o 1 a c e a , lateralia acutiuscula ebarbata, infimum 
breviter calcaratum; calcar appendices calycis paullum 
superans, obtusum; ovarium oblongo-globulosum, pubescens; 
Stylus tenuis, in parte suprema vix incras- 
satus, apicc utrimque singulis lobulis elon- 
gatis munitus, antice distincte deorsum 
angustato-rostellatus, orificio circumcirca ciliato ; 
capsula tomentella, aperta valvis angustatis, sepala multum 
superans. III. 
Syn. : V. cinerea Boiss. Fl. or. I. (1867) p. 454. 
’Exs.: Kotschy Pl. Pers. austr. (ed. Hohenack. 1845) nr. 96; 
— Aucher 4199, 
