ANABASIS T O URN EFORTI ij Nob.
A N A B A S I S , L in n . — C . A. Mey. in Led eb . Flor. A lt. r, p. 3^'L — Moqu in -T an do n , Chenop. Enurn.
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ANABASIS TOUBNEFORTII, Nob.
Kali fruticosum armenum, flore magno purpdreo, Herb. Tourn. !
Kali orientale fruticosum, flore magno porpureo, Tourn., Cor., p. 18.
Halogeton Tournefortii, Spach, in Kotschy, Plant, exsicc. Alepp. Kurdistan, (curante Hohenacker}, u° 345.
Suffrutex i 1/2-pedalis, irregularitèr ramosus, exarticulatus, inermis, partibus herbaceis setulis plùs minùsve copiosis
oculo nudo incónspicuis scabriusculus. Caudek diffusus v. suberectus, brevis, lignosus, tortuosus, vetulus crassitie pollicis ;
cortice tenui, rimoso, cinereo. Rami novelli i/a-i-pedales,foliati, florigeni, graciles, virgati, plerumque simplicissimi, de-
mùm ad axillas inferiores ramillulos steriles edentes, glaucescentes, v. purpurascentes, in parte floriferâ angulati et magis
minùsve flexuosi,-in parte inferiori subteretes, obsoletè striati. Folia glauca v. demùm purpurascentia, erecta, v. patenti-
erecta, carnosa, sessilia, mucronata, enervia: in lima opposita, approximata; caetera sparsa; inferiora 1-2 pollices longa,
semi-teretia, v. subtrigona, e dilatatâ et cartilagineo-marginatâ basi filiformi-subulata; snperiora gradatim breviora ; floraliu
pleraque bracteis conformia v. subconformia ; ramillulorum sterilium folia minima, confertissima. Flores axillares, solitarii,
sessiles, hermaphroditi, pentandri, 2-bracteati, in spicam laxam terminalem flexuosam virgatam demùm 4-8 pollices Ion-
gam dispositi. Bracteæ flore paulô longiores (inferiorum florum folio breviores, cæterorum folio æquilongæ v. longiores),
oppositæ, persistentes, flore adpressæ, ovato-v. oblongo-lanceolatæ, subùlato-acùminatæ, mucronatæ (mucrone nùnc recto,
nùnc uncinülato), naviculares, dorso carinatæ et ultrà basin in callum obtusum productæ, glabriusculæ, v. papilloso-pube-
rulæ, margine et carinâ albidæ, cæterô virides, sub anthesi herbaeeæ, dein carlilagineæ, crassæ, fructùs alis longé superatæ.
Perianthium pentascpalum, persistens, glabrum, v. papillulis oculo nudo inconspicùis conspersum, sub anthesi circitèr ses-
quilineam longum, submembranaceum, albidum, v. albido et carneo v. viridi variegatum; fructifcrum subcartilagineum,
accrctum (adjectis alis 4 lineas longum). Sepala subæqualia, concava, cuspidato-acuminulata, imâ basi concreta, sub anthesi
oblongo-larlceolata, enervia, medio dorso juxtà basin foveolâ sqnamulâ minima (dein in alam excrescente) clausâ instructa,
post anthesin connivenlia, imbricata, demùm dorso alato-appendiculata, parte infrà alam sitâ accreta, obovata, 4-v. 5-nervia
(nervis tenerrimis, basi confluentibus), supernè immutata ; alæ membranaceæ, scariosæ, pallidù fuscæ, pellucidæ, obsoletè
striatulæ, magis minùsve plicatæ, obtusissimæ, erectæ, bracteas et ipsa sepala subduplc/superantes (circitèr 3 lineas longæ), in
quovis perianthio inæquales et subdissimiles : 2 nempè latiores (e sepalis exterioribus ortæ), lato-ovatæ, 3 angustipres ( e se-
palis internis ortæ), oblongæ, v.ovato-oblongæ. Nectarium perianthii fundo inscrtum, glandulare , Iutescens, tenue, cupulæ-
forme, 5-crenatum, ovarii basin cingens ; crenæ staminibus alternæ. Stamina sub nectario inserta, sepalis anteposita et sub
anthesi paulô breviora. Filamenta libera, linearia, compressa, truncata, persistentia, sub anthesi antheris subæquilonga,
sepalis breviora, delapsis antheris accrescentia , demùm sepalis æquilonga. Antheræ infrà mediùm affixæ, versatiles (æstiva-
tione introrsæ), dcciduæ, luteæ, dithecæ, oblongæ, connexivo in appendiculum triangulärem acutum producto rostellatæ ;
thecæ a basi,ad Glamenti insertionem disjoncta;. Pistillum sub anthesi stamina subæquans. Ovarium minutum, ovale, tere-
tiusculum, 1-stylum, i-loculare, 1-ovulation; ovulum campylotropum, suspensum, funiculo e loculi basi adscendente aflixura :
micropyle superâ. Stylus conico-filiformis, elongatus, rectus, marcescens, bifidus : cruribus subulatis, semiteretibus, facie
papillulosis, sub anthesi rectis, postcâ circinnatis (modo revolutis, modo involutis), nùnc isometris, nùnc anisometris.
Fructus utricularis, membranaceus, subrotundus, lenticulari-compressus, sepalis obtectus. Semen generis. [Exam. s. sp.)
C resc it in A rm eniâ ( Tournefortl ) , e t in Assyriâ (Kolschy! ).