ERODIUM ABSINTHIOIDES, Willd.
E R O D IÜM , L ’hérit.
ERODIUM ABSINTHIOIDES, Willd., Spec., I ll, p. 627. D. C., Prodr. 1, p. 6/,5.
Geranium armenium moschatum, A bsinthii foliis, radice crassa, Tourn. ! Herb. ,
Geranium orientale moschatum, Absinthii folio, Tourn,, Cor. p. 20.
Suffruticulus cæspitosus. R adix descendens, vetula lignosa, pleiocephala, digitum minorera crassa. Caudices simplices v.
ramulosi, erecti, petiolorum emarcidorum basibus et stipulis imbricatis squamaceis obtecti, demura lignosi, 2-3 pollices
longi, nonnunquam pollicem crassi. Caules-florigeni inter caudicis summa folia orti, adscendentes v. diffusi, herbacei, an-
nui, simplices, subfiliformes, flexuosi, angulati, sulcati, subcanescentes (setulis brevissimis, oculo nudo vix conspicuis, eglan-
dulosis, sæpissime retrorsis, intermixta pube minima glandulifera); demum 2-5 pollices longi. F olia herbacea, tenuia, eglan-
dulosa, undique sericeo-incana, ad caudicis summitutes conferte rosulata, caulina opposita, remota, inlernodiis multo
breviora. Folia caudicis longe pedolata (adjecto petiolo 2-4 pollices longa), pinnatisecta, circumscriptione lanceolata; segmenta
pinnatipartita v. subbipinnatipartita, alterna, v. siibopposita, decurrentia, plerumque approximata; lobuli subli-
neares v.lanceolato-lineares, acuti, y. acuminulati,integerrimi, v. dentati, plerique breves; rachis filiformis, dentata; petiolus
e dilatata basi filiform is. Stipula; glabræ v. ciliolatæ, eglandulosæ, fuscæ, membranaceæ, scariosæ, semi-pellucidæ, persistentes,
ovatæ, v. ovato-lanceolatæ, acutæ, v. acnminatæ, petiolo multo breviores. Folia caulina 4- i 5 lineas longa, breve petio-
lata, v. sæpius subsessilia, modo foliis caudicis conformia, modo simpliciter pinnatipartita ; segment is sublincaribus, mine
integerrimis, nunc parce dentatis; stipulis ovalibus v. ovatis, brevibus, villosiusculis. Pedunculi axillares et terminales (in
caulibus macris axillares nulli), solitarii, subfiliformes, erecti, 5-g-flori, subteretes, striati, minutissime glanduloso-puberuli
(simulac pedicelli), ineunte floratione sesquipollicem longi, fructiferi 2-3-pollicares. P edicelli 1/2-1 pollicem longi; floriferi
suberecti ; fructiferi refracti, apice resupinato. Involucelli bracteæ ovales v. ovatæ, obtusæ, villosulæ, eglandulosæ, membranaceæ,
fuscæ, semi-pellucidæ, inæquales, pedicellis multo breviores. Flores polygami (alii hermaphrodili, alii abortu
masculi v. foeminei). Calyx sub anthesi expansus, 6-6 1-/2 lineas latus; fructifer clausus, parum accretus (circiter 4 lineas
longus). Sepala inæqualia, cos ta ta (costis viridibus, carinatis, approximatis, apice confluentibiis), facie eglandulosa at costis
pilosa, dorso minute glanduloso-puberula simulque villis albidis eglandulosis subadpressis plus minusve copiosis sericea,
albido-hyalina (exceptis costis), concava, apice subcucullata, paulo sub apice in corniculum breve obtusiusculum producta;
3 exteriora, ovalia, 5-costata, inter se subæqualia; 2 interna, obovato-oblonga, 3-5-costata, exterioribus paulo breviora at
circiter triente angustiora. P etala calyce plus dimidio longiora (4 r/2-5 lineas longa), obovata, obtusissima, integerrima, v. subre-
tusa, breve unguiculata,tripli-v. quintupli-nervia, purpurea, inæqualia (2 superiora, 3 inferioribus paulo minora); unguis latus,
cuneiformis, antice barbatus. Glandulæ hypogynæ 5, minutæ, integerrimæ, subrotundæ, concavæ. Staminodia 5, membrana-
cea, ananthera, innervia, in flore masculo ovato-lanceolata, staminibus plus triplo breviora, juxta apieem ciliata, in flore
foemineo ovata, acuminata, staminibus sterilibus paulo breviora, a medio ad apieem ciliata. Stamina 5, in flore foemineo
sterilia, càlyce breviora, in flore masculo v. hermaphrodite calyce subæquilonga. Filamenta complanata, i-nervia, dorso
juxta basin barbata; in flore masculo v. hermaphrodito ex ovato-lanceolata basi filiformi-subulata, facie dorsoque carinata,
a medio ad apieem partis dilatatæ ciliata; in flore foemineo ovato-lanceolata, subulato-a'cuminata, medio ciliata. Anthères (in
floribus foeminei s minimæ, effoetæ) ellipticæ, basi ac apice emarginatæ. P istillum florum masculorum minimum, abortivum ;
floribus foemineis sub anthesi staminibus duplo longius ; floribus hermaphroditis stamina æquans. O varium pentagastrum,
setulis albidis adpressis quasi tomentosum. Stylus conicus, elongatus, setulis eglandulosis subpatentibus dense hirtellus.
Stigmata elongata, filiformia, obtusa, stellatim reflexa, papillulosa. F ructus adjecto rostro maturitate circiter i 5 lineas longus.
Carpidia tomentoso-hirsuta, subclavata, calyce paulo breviora. Rostrum conico-cylindraceum, hirtellum, eglandulosum,
carpidiis 4° longius. (Exam. s. sp.)
Grescit Armenia: Tournefort! (absque locupletiori notifia)j Aucher-Éloyl ( «Olympus Armeniæ »
ex Herb. Mus. Par. )