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SOCIÉTÉ BOTANIQUE DE FRANCE. 
Delphinium Mauritanicum Coss. sp. nov. — Exs. Alg. : Bourg. [1856], 
Clioul. n. 501 sub. />. pubescens, War. n. 2 et in Soc. Dauph. n. 670. 
Planta annua. Gaulis sæpius 3-5 decim. longus, a basi vel superne ra- 
mosus, ramis robustis rigidis divergentibus, pube brevi crispula obsitus 
in parte superiore immixtis pilislongioribus patentibus flavis basi bulboso- 
incrassatis apiceque glanduligeris. Folia palmatim trisecta segmentis bis 
vel ter palinatisectis, lobis linearibus vel auguste linearibus, radicalia et 
inferiora sæpius sub anthesi evanida, caulina subsessilia. Flores pallide 
rosei vel violacei, laxe racemosi, pedunculati pedunculo flore breviore 
carpellum demum subœquante supra medium bibracteolato. Calcar sub- 
racuatum, flore subduplo longius. Petala 2 superiora in unicum unicalca- 
ratum coalita, inferiora nulla, petali unici (e duobus superioribus coalitis 
elformati) lobo medio lato truncato subemarginatô lobis lateralibus 
ovato-subrotundis breviore. Carpellum unicum, oblongum, a latere com- 
pressiusculum, pubescens immixtis pilis longioribus glanduligeris, in 
stylum longum abrupte productum. Semina obpyramidato-subtetragona, 
circumcirca lamellato-rugosa lamellis amplis in squamulas plicato - 
divisis sursum imbricatis interioribus cupulam circumvallantibus. — 
Maio-Julio. * 
Inter segetes, in arvis et vervaclis, in regione Mediterranea montosa et 
Planitiebus excelsis contiguis provinciæ Orancnsis : Sidi-bel-Abbés (Le- 
franc, Warion), Hamcirna (Lefranc), Tendra , Tlemcen (Warion), Man- 
sourah ubi primum inventum (Lenepveu [1854] ), Lalla-Maghnia (Bour- 
geau, Warion) ; El-Mai (Warion) ; Magenta, Terni , Sebdou, Beticha 
(Warion). — Algeriæ peculiare ut videtur. 
D. Mauritanicum habitu, indumento, seminum fabrica D. glandulo- 
sum Boiss. et Huet (in Boiss. Diagn. Or., ser. 2, V, 11, et Fl. Or. I, 80) 
et D. Cappadocicum Boiss. (in Ann. sc. nat. [1844] 367, et Fl. Or. 81), 
refert sed petali forma plane distinctum. 
Matthiola Maroccana Coss. sp. nov. — M. stenopetala Coss. in lierb. 
olim non Pomel. 
Planta anima, interne pube slellata subadpressa tomentosa, superne 
glabrescens et parcissime glandulifera, a basi ramosa. Caules 2-7 decim. 
longi, simplices vel plus minus ramosi ramis divergentibus, demum indu- 
rati. Folia ambitu oblonga in petiolum attenuata, sinuata vel sinuato- 
pinnatifida lobis obtusis vel acutis integris rarius unidentatis, radicalia 
plura in rosulam laxain disposita sæpe sub anthesi evanida, caulina sub- 
conformia brevius in petiolum attenuata. Racemi 6-8-flori veJ pluriflori, 
taxi, rachi demum sæpe flexuosa, siliquis superioribus flores et alabastra 
haud attingentibus. Flores circiter 15 mill. longi, brevissime pedicellati 
