DEFLERS. — PLANTES NOUVELLES DE L’ARABIE. 290 
Folia 8-10 cent, long., 3-4 cent. lat.; petiol. 1 cent.; racemi 
fructif. 20-30 cent. ; petal. 4 mill. ; capsul. matur. 9-10 mi 11. long, 
(cum stipite), 2 1/2-3 mill. diam. lat. ; semin. 1/2 mill. long. 
Species speciosa habitu Ibliorumque figura Sphenocleam refe- 
rens. Affinis/G microccirpa MQ11., aquafoliis latioribus, petalorum 
laciniis valde inæqualibus, capsula brevius stipitata præsertim 
{ex descript.) diflerre videtur. 
Frequens in vallibus petræis regionis montanæ mediæ, primo 
vere florens ac fructifer. Legi prope pagum el-Gelil, in agro Bilad 
Àmir dicto, per altitudinem 1500 metr. ; It. ann. 1889-90, Exs. 
n° 290. — In wadi Eybad, prope Schoukra et ad fauces australes 
montium el-Nakhaï et el-’Areys (Bilad Fodhli); It. ann. 1889-90 
et 1893, Exss. n s 433, 484, 838 et 892. — In wadi Dliabab, prope 
Haïfan (Bilad Hodjerya); It. ann. 1889-90, Exs. n n 530. — In 
wadi Bana, prope Massana (Bilad Yafa); It. ann. 1894, n° 1131. 
— In wadi Moaden(Bil. Soubaihi); It. ann. 1894, Exs. n° ». 
3. Fugosia areysiana sp. nov. — Gossypium areysianum Dell., 
Esq. de Gèogr. Bot., p. 49. 
Fruticulus ramis erectis, foliosis, ad summas partes breviter 
pubescentibus ; folia ambitu orbiculata cordata, 3-loba, subtus 
pallidiora, glaucescentia, utraque facie nigro-punctata, minute 
papilloso-puberula, palmatim 7-nervia, lobis deltoideis obtusis, 
petiolo erecto, laminam patulam subdeflexam vix æquante vel 
sæpius ea fere dimidio breviore ; flores médiocres, breviter pedi- 
cellati, in cymas axillares, scorpioideas, 1-4-floras ordinati ; 
bracteæ stipuliformes, pedicellos basi per paria stipantes ; 
involucelli laxi bracteolæ inæquales, erecto-patulæ, angustæ, 
oblongo-cuneatæ, 2 majores apice inciso-3-dentatæ, calyce 
sesquilongiores, tertia integra, vel dentibus lateralibus plus 
minus obsoletis calyce circiter æquilonga; calyx herbaceus, trun- 
catus, remote 5-dentatus, ut involucellum punctatus ; petala 
oblique cuneata, sulfurea, basi purpureo-variegata, extus pubes- 
centia, calyce 3-4-plo longiora; columna staminea rubella, glabra, 
supra ovarium sensim attenuata, usque ad medium indivisa, nuda ; 
ovarium 3-loculare; Stylus indivisus, apice clavatus; capsula glo- 
bosa, breviter apiculata, in calyce cupuliformi semi-inclusa, valvis 
lævibus, nigro-punctatis, glabrescentibus ; semina (imperfecte 
