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SAUVAGESIA. 38^ 



SAUVAGESLY erecta. 





j. caulibus ramosissimis, procumbentibus erectisque; foliis lanccolatis, serrulatis; floribns 

 sohtariis, geminis et ternis, erectis. 



Sauvagesia erecta Linn. Jaca. Am. p. 77. t. 5i.f 3. Ruiz et Pav. Flor. Peruv. 3. p. 11. 

 Sp. pl ed. •>.. p. 11 85. 



Sauvagesia Adima Auhl. Guyan. 1. p. a5l. t. 100. f. a. 



Crescit in pratis , prope Caripe et Cumanacoa ( Nova Andalusia) ; item inter Mari- 

 quita et Beal de S. Ana Novo-Granatensium ; alt. 4oo hex. % Floret Aug. et Sept. 



Caules ramosi, filiformes, procumbentes, quinquangulati, purpurascenti-fusci, 16- 18-pollicares; ramis 

 alternis, angulatis, viridibus, glabris. Folia altcrna, breviter petiolata, oblongo-lanceolata, utrinque acuta, 

 margine crassiuscula ctscrrulata, venosa, nervo mcdio prominulo, venis lateralibus approximatis, utrinque 

 glabra, subtus pallidiora, 8-9 lineas longa, vix duas lineas lata. Petioli dimidiam lincam longi, glabri. 

 bnPUL* petiolares gcmimc, lanceolata;, pinnatifido-ciliata;, ciliis longissimis, glabr.-n, erecta^, persislcntes, 

 2-3 lineas longaj. Pedunculi in ramulis axillarcs, solitarii aut saspius gemini, uniflori, capillacci, glabri, 

 suprabasim articuiati, ebracteati, 4-5 lineas longi, apice parum incrassati, floriferi erecti, fructiferi reflexi. 

 Flores magnitudinc floris Cerastii vulgati. Calyx pentaphyllus, glaber, viridis, pcrsistcns, patentissimus, in 

 fructu clausus; foliolis oblongis, acuto-mucronatis, concavis, nervoso-striatis; duobus interioribus parum 

 angustioribus. Petala quinquc, hypogyna, cum foliolis calycinis alternantia, obovata, ajquilatcra, basicuncata. 

 apice acuta et reflcxa, flabeilato-nervosa, tenuissime membranacea, ccqualia, glabra , rubescenti-alba, 

 marginc obsolete crenulata, pateutissima, calyce parum breviora, dccidua. Squam* quinque, hypogyna;, 

 cum petalis altcrnantes iisque brcviores, lineari-oblonga;, apice rotundatic, concava 1 ., fuscescentcs, mcm- 

 branaceas, albida;, basi purpurea:, scariosa;, xquales, erectaj, in tubum conniventes, marginibus incumbentes, 

 persistentes, externe cincta?. filis crebris (circiter 5o), hypogynis, uniseriatis (?), capillaceis, summo apice 

 dilatatis, squama dimidio brcvioribus, rubris. Stamina quinque, hypogyna, cum squamis alternantia iisque 

 breviora, connivcntia, a;quaha. Filamenta brcvia, infcrne squamarum basibus aduata, glabra, persistentia. 

 Antuer^; basi aflixa;, crecta;, lincarcs, obtusa;, biloculares, posticaj , flava;, glabra; , apice dchiscentes. 

 Ovarium superum, sessile, ovato-oblongum, triangulare, glabrum, apice in stylum dcsinens, uniloculare, 

 polyspermum. Siylus terminalis, capillaccus, glaber, erectus, cum ovario haud articulatus, stamina supe- 

 rans. Stigma obtusum. Cafsula scssilis, calyce squamis staminibusque inclusa, oblonga, trigona, apicc 

 attenuata, trisulcata, la;vis, glabra, membranacea, fusca, unilocularis, ab apice usque infra medium pcr 

 valvas tres dehiscens, poly-(sub25-)sperma, 2^ Hneas longa. Valva; membranacca;, oblonga;, apice angus- 

 tato-acuta;, concava;, asquales, infcrne connata;. Placcnla; tres, in parte infcriore capsula;, sulcis respon- 

 dcntes, ergo cum valvis alternautes, tardius bipartibiles. Podospcrmia brcvia, capillacca, ad marginem 

 valvarum pcrsistentia. Semina biseriata, subgloboso-elliptica, apiee, ubi affixa, acuta, faveoso-scrobiculata, 

 fusca, glabra, magnitudine grani Papaveris dubii. Integumentum duplex; exterius crustaceum ; interius 

 tenuissimum, cndospermio arcte adhatrens, albidum, ad extremiiatem radicula? oppositam per areolam fus- 

 cam notatum. Endospermium carnosum, albidum , semini conformc, apice (extremitate hilum spectante) 

 aeutuni, basi obtusum. Embryo in axi endospermii rectus, teretiusculus, cndospermio parum brevior. 

 Hadicula hilum spcctans, supera. Cotyledones obtusa;, plana;, radicula vix latiores. 



Differt a Sauvagesia crecta (iu herb. Juss.) foliis minoribus ct augustioribus. 





