76. Girgensohnia Bunge

Girgensohnia Bunge, Beitr. Kenntn. Fl. Russ1.: 298, 302 (1852) Bunge ex Fenzl in Ledebour, Fl. Ross. 3: 835 (1851).

Annuals. Leaves opposite, stiff. Flowers bisexual, subtended by 2 carinate bracteoles; perianth lobes 5, 2 or 3, with a wing-like protuberance in fruit; stamens 5; hypogynous disk fleshy; anthers with sublinear appendages; stigmas 2. Seeds vertical. Three spp., W and C Asia.