HALOTHAMNUS BOTTÆ, Nob.
(CH EN O P O D E Æ , T R IB U S S A L S O L E A R U M .)
HALOTHAMIVUS, Nob.
F iores nectario hypogyno glandulari cupulæformi 5 — v . to — crimato a filamentoruft basi dis-
■ tincto instracti. Caetera omnino S alsolæ.
HALOTHAMNUS BOTTÆ, Nob.
F’rutex (uti sudetur erectus ; altitudo autem ex speciminibus lectisnon patel) inermis, exardculatus, ramosissimus, foliatus
(at propter fohorum exiguitatem quasi squamulosus), partibus herbaceis glaucescens et papillulis minimis (oculo undo
inconspicuis) scabro-pnberulus. R „ i vetuii (v. forsan caules) liguosi, subtortuosi, aphylli (,. bine inde fo lk induratis
tubercula minuta menttentibus eonsperst), crassitie pennæ anserinæ; cortex junior tenuis, testacens, sublævigatus- vetustus
crassiuscidus, snberosus, rimosns, cinerascens. R.vmuovEni 3- , pollices longi, patentes, v. erecto-patentes, virgati, sub-
jlexuosi,.toiiati, ngidi, pinnatim v. bipmnattm ramulosi, altemi (sicut et ranmli), snbintricati, teretes, estriati, in planta
fruchferâ inferne glabernmi et jam lignosi : epidermide tenni, testaceo, secedente. R»»uu (yerosimiliter annui) divaricati
subdistichi, copiosissimi (nee tarnen axillis omnibus enati),rigidi, stricti (raro recurvi v. incurvi), teretes, graciles, virgati’
estriati, fere junciformes, foliati, omnes florigeni (floribus simul et fructibus ornati) : primarii 3-5 pollices longi, secundarii
breviores. Foil* minima (pleraque vix dimidiam lineam longa), sparsa, sessilia, .subpersistentia, camosa (vetula-indnrata
tubercula minuta snbcomca acuta sistentia), concava, integerrima, enervia, acuta, v. acnminulata, plernmque mucronulata
dorso band raro cannata; floralia subrotunda, adpressa, margine hyalino-membranacea ; cætera ovata, subpatentia, immar-
gmata. Flours e ramnlorum axilhs plerisque née non e ramorum novellorum axillis superioribus haud ramuligenis orti soli-
tarn, sparsi, sessiles, copiosissimi, hermaphroditi, pentandri, bibracteati, in spicas laxas quasi aphyllas digest!. BeI ctea,
per sis ten tes, oppositæ, folio florali majores ejusque respectu latérales, perianthio sub anthesi duplo breviores et adnress*
carnosæ, concavm, subrotundai, acuminulatæ, dorso carinatæ, margine lato-hyalinæ. Peeiauthiu* pentasepalum, persistens’
enervium, sub anthesi submembranaceum, albo et viridi variegatum, circiter . lineam longum, extus papilloso-puberulum,’
in us glabrum ; fruchferum pentapterum, accretum, infrà alas cartilaginenm. S u m subæqualia, biserialia, oblonga acutius-
cula, ecannata, post anthesm conniventia, iinbricaïh, dorso infra medium in alam transversam excrescentia. A in rrniAXTnii
FRucTiFEiu patentes, membranaceæ, scariosæ, sordide lutescentes, conspicue striatæ, integerrimæ, obtusissimæ, planiuscul*
inaequales, sepalis longiores, margine,imhricatæ i 3 exteriores, majores, flabelliformes, inter se subtequales, circiter sesquili-
neam lat*; a intenores, cuueato-obdvatæ, v. subrotundæ, extends paulo breviores at subduplo-angustiores. Nectaeiuh
mmutum, 5-crenatum : coenis rotundatis, cum fflamentis alternantibus. Stamiha sub nectario inserta, sepalis anteposita
Fiiaxeuta libéra, persistent!,, isometra, membranajea, lineari-flliformia, apice truncata, demum perianfhium snbæquantia
Autheejî deciduae, supra medium affixæ, versatiles, æquales, latere debiscentes, cordato-oblongæ : connexivo ultra thecas
breve producto m appendiculum sublinearem acutiuscnlum. Pistiuum minutum, sub anthesi stamina subæquans. Ovaeiu»
ovoideum, sensim in stylum attennatum. Sttlds brevis, crassus, columnaris, marcescens, desinens in stighata a, subnlato-
Shformia, subdivergentia, elongate, facie papillosa, dorso lævigata. Uteicuiüs et seueu SaUolarum. (Exam. s. sp.)
In Arab ia petræa le g it cl. Botta! (Herb. Mus. P a r i|,
Il faut en outre rapporter à ce nouveau genre le Salsola gemstoides, Voir. (Webb! Olict hispamca, tab. 5), et
probablement plusieurs autres espèces classées jusqu’aujourd'hui parmi les Salsol*.