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Malabaila suayeolens Goss. lierb. — Tordylium suaueolens Uelile 
FL Eg. t. 63, f. 13. — Leiotulus Alexandrinus Ehrenb. e loc. nul. 
Ægvpi. — Malabaila Sekakul Heldr. in pl. Samaril. Æg. n. 3156 non 
Boiss. 
Planta biennis, undique pnbe brevi patente subcinereo lomenlosa, radice 
fusiformi crassa. Caulis sæpius 3-20 centiin. longus, erectus, medulla farctus, 
sfriato-subangulosus , superne ramosus, interdtun a basi ramos nonnullos 
caulem subæquantes vei eliam superantes einittens. Folia inferiora breviter 
peliolaia petiolo basi in .vaginam amplexieanleni late dilatato, bipinnatisccta , 
3-7-juga, anibitu ovato-Lriangularia, segmcntis inferioribus subsessi 1 ibus sessi- 
libusve, lobis ovato- vel obovato-cuneatis inciso-p innat i fi d is , lobulis lenuiter 
vel grosse dentalis ; superiora multo minora bipinnatisccta vel pinnati- 
secta, petiolo toto in vaginam dilatato , lobis cuneiformibus basi sæpc con- 
fluentibus grosse inæqualiterque inciso-dentatis. Umbellæ A-7-radiatæ, radiis 
plus minus inæqualibus demum patentibus pubescenti-hirtis. Involucrum 
nullum. Involucella nulla vel 1-5-phylla, foliolis lineari-subsetaceis pcdicellis 
brevioribus cito contortis et deciduis vel marcescenti-persisteulibus. Petala 
lutea, nervo rneclio latissimo undique dorso dense longeque lanato. F?'uctus 
pedicello gracili longior, suborbiculatus vel obovato-suborbiculatus, glaber, 
nitidus, subconcolor, apice emarginatus; ala incrassata opaca, mericarpio- 
rum parte inter vittam lateralem et nervuin marginalcm sita subpellucida 
ala sublatiore, valleculis uni vilLalis, vit lis subœquilongis vel inæquilongis ad 
tertiain j>artem inferiorem mericarpii productis filiformibus exterioribus 
sæpius latioribus; commissura glabra, bivittata. Stvlopodia breviter conica, 
infra basim stylorum in cupulam expansa, emarginatura breviora, stylis stylo - 
podio longioribus lenuibus deflexis. 
In planilie Gyrenaica littoraii inter Bengasi et Schadabia (G. Rohlfs 9 Mart. 
1869, ilorifera et fructifera). In Ægypto prope Alexandriam (Delile, Martins 
palcr), in collibus siccis ad castrum Maxi prope Alexandriam (Samaritani 
19 Mart. 1857, Ilorifera et jam fructifera). 
M. suaueolens juxta M. Sekakul Boiss. ( Diagn . Or. ser. 1. x, U'2. — 
A/, platyptera Boiss. in Ami. sc. nat. sér. 3, I, 336) collocanda a qua dif- 
fert caule evidentius striato-subangulato, petalis dorso longius et densius 
lanatis, et inprimis fruclibus subtriplo vel subquadruplo amplioribus. — 
M. Numidica (^oss. (in Bull. Soc. bot. IX, 297), planta hucusque tantum Al- 
geriensis in Planitiebus excelsis pro\inciæ Girlensis visa, a M. suaveolente tan¬ 
tum differt caule elatiore et umbellis multiradiatis et forsan ejus varietas. 
Antiiemis Cyrenaica Goss. 
Planta annua, pusilla, pube crispatula pubescenti-villosula, caulibus solitariis 
vel paucis, 7-12 centim. longis, erectis, simplicibus vel superne ramosis ramis 
erecto-patentibus. Folia pectinato-pinnatisecta vel bipinnatisecta, segmentis 
