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Dott. EZIO TONGIORGI

FONTINALACEAE DELL’ AFRICA ORIENTALE lTALIANA D A L L E COLLEZIONI

D E L I?. ERBARIO COLONIALE DI FIRENZE SCHEDULAE B~YOLOQICAE AFRICAE ORIENTALIS ITALICAE : 11-111

(CON 3 FIGO. NEL TESTO) (”)

Oltre ~ I I C poc~ie specie del gcncre goizt iiznlis ?lie raggiungoiio nel- 1’Africa 3tlantico-iiiediterr3iic~ dallc Azzorrc alla ’I’unisia il liinite iiicridionale dclla lor0 distribuzione, l’uiiica indicazioiie di uni piii aiii-

pia diffusioiie del gciierc iri questo coiititieiitc era fino ad ora offcrta dalia iiota clie lo ScmJIPEK, (Syi., Ed. 11, pag. 556) pone in calcc alla I;. Diiriaci : a l’laiituiiz similciiz, scd sprcifice disliirclaiiz, F. abys- sinicmn r i z i l z i ill schcd., ad. Debra-Eski i i i stiiiiiizo rl byssiiriac. jzigo Sc- m i a 11‘. Scsrarrm lcgit D. Di cssa CARDOT (;\Ionogrqh., pas. 11 j) osservn : a La description dc cette plantc 11’3 pns CtC publice, ii ilia con- naissance du iiioiiis, c t il ni’a t?t& iiiipossiblc dc in’en procurer uii 4chaii- tillon ; d’aprPs uiic lettrc dc I€. C.H. Wright, cllc ii’existe mtmc’pas daiis I’hcrbier de Schimpcr, coiiscrrt? au Jnrdiii botaniquc de Kew .P.

L’esistenm oggi sicura sull’Altipiano Etiopico del gciierc Foiztiiznlis, ampiaincntc diffuso nclle rcgioni tcmperatc c frcdde circumborcdi, ac- ceniia ad un suo collegainento geogrnfico col geiierc nioriospecifico 71h rdin endeniico dcl Capo, analogo a quello clie si deliiiea lungo la catena nn- dina coil i gciieri I-lydropo.qoit e Hgdvojwgoirelln dell’Xmcrim mcri- dioiinlc. Appare quindi di grandissinio iutercsse l’aver ritrovato tra i ma- tcriali dell’Erbario Coloiiialc di Firenze (H. F. Col.), gentilrneritc co- munimtimi dal Prof. GIO\~AXSI NEGRI per la dctcrini~iazione, cliversi cscriiplari nppartciieiiti a1 gciiere Foit!iiraliq.

F o n t i ~ r a l i s n n t i p y v e f i c a I,. vnr. c r - y t I z v a . c a xi. var.

Cacskitcs robtist i , coiiipact i , fir0 tyfio iriirllo brcviorcs,. 14 c w . vis acqtraiifcs, scd robiisfiorcs, pIiiiizbeo-virciitcs, ad bnsiiz noi i m d u f i sCd foliis niinoribzrs pracditi, sacpc plrrrics irrcgitlnritcr pcwzoto-ra- mosi, foliis subercctis iirtcr sc fii-osiiiic disfiositis,. iiiibricff is, rniiiir-

lis siibcrcctis (form3 robusto) ; aut l a s i , zo ciiz. ct pltis i i i loitgif udirzciiz, irrcgtrlurifer pciiizcilo-ruiizosi, . miiiirlis laxis loizgioribtis, foliis iiitcr sc stibrciizotis, erccto pntzilis, Zaxc iiizbricatis, ijzollibits (foriiia ZUSQ) .

SCHI:.DULAE BKTOLOGIC.IE AFKICAE ORIEKTALIS ITAIJCAE : 11.

foriiia r o b ti s t a 11. f., fornia I a x n n. f .

(*) Lnvoro cceguito ncll’Istituto Uotanico dclln R. Universit: .di Pisn, dirctto dal Prof. ALIIERTO CNI.~RL!GI, su xuatcriale comunicato dnl K. Erbario Colonialc di Fircntc, dirctto dal Prof. GIOVASSI SEGRI. Nuovo Clornalo Botrnlco Itatlano, n. s., Vol. XLV, n. 3, 19381 [400

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\ Fig. 1. .* \

Fig. 2.

Fig. 1. - Foiifiiio!ia atilipyrrlicn L. mr. erylhrnen 11. Tar. formn lnrn n. f.

Fig. 2. . Foiifiiznlis criilipyrcllcn L. car. crylhrnrcr 11. mr . forinn rotii8lli n. f.

HAD. : II: r y t 11 r a e a, Aninsen, Aniba Dcrb, m. 2400, leg. A. TEK- KACCI;\XO et A. PAITI, IS-11-1893; 15. F. Col., n. 4663! (f. robusfa, fig. 2). E r y t h r 3 e a , Alensa, Gheleb-Curd, in. 1900, leg. A. TER- RICCIASO et A. P A m , g-II-18g3; H. F. Col., 11. 1og7! ( f . robusta). E r y t h r a e n , Anlasen, Sciuiiima-Negus, ni. z ~ o o , leg. A. TER- RACCI.ISO et A. PMw, 11-11-1893, H. F. Col., 11. 37j! ( f . Insa, fig. I). 0.5s. : Qucsta specie n lnrghissinia distribuzionc gcogrnfica si rieolvc nelle zone

cstrcrnc della sua distribuzionc in vnrict: cl!c si niodcllano frcqucntcniente sul tipo morfologico dclln vnr. gigmlea.

S C H E I l U L A E UBTOLOGICAE A F R I C A E O R I E K T A L I S ITALICAE : 111. F o i z t i i ~ a ~ i s ' ~ i o r i i 11. sp.

fcs, i-aiizzllis irrcgzrlariter dispositis,. wirijicro ct lorzgitztdiizc m d i c i s . Cacspitcs gracilcs JIt.sirosi, i i r Zungitzrdiizcrii plcrriiizqtrc 35 c w . acqztajt-

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Fig. 3. - I’otitiiioli8 I’iorii II. sp.

Foliorzriii ccllrrloc, rizciirbroi~is srrbfifibirs, cloitgatae, ad csfrciiiifatcs siiiirnto-roltiizdofac, . ncliciis ct filirs ctiairi latitrrtliizc loiigiorcs; ad bn- sin, ulares, i i i mi-iculuiiz iiistrrrctac, tzriiiriitcs cuiitdciii jigtrruiiz lafis- siriiniiz o b t i i ~ c r ~ t . Aaiii i i l i f cr t i fcs S m i i i . a f f i i i gc i i f c s ; foliis ficricliactia- libtis od iiifiiiiis graduf i i i z aiiiplioribirs, iiizbricatis, odprcssis, Ziti idc viridibrrs, upicc obttrsissiiiic atigirfnto-roftriidofis, iittcgris. CnpstiIn in fiericliacfio rrsqzrc ad orificiziiiz iiizim?rsn. Pcris~oiiiiiriti CN t ~ i p o F . aiit i-

HAB. : E r y t 11 r n c a , Hamnsen, Valle Mergat-Pcrcs prcsso

0%. : Kon credo clic si possa trattarc delln F. alyssi~rica dcllo SCHIAIPER, in quanta il rnwicinamcnto stabilito dall’X. con la F. Dziriari fa pcnsarc n foglie denticolntc alla sommiti.

RI.-\SSUX TO.

pyrct icac.

Uoclii, ni. 2500, Icg. ADR. FIORI, 2-IV-1gog, in H. F. Col. ! (fig. 3).

L’arca dcl gcncrc FoiJfitJalis b cstcsa all’Eritrc3, con la dejcrizionc di una specie (F. Fiorii) e di m a varieti cndemichc ( F . m i f i ~ y r r f i c a v.erytlzmen).

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