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centes, bracteati. BaAcrEE oppositz, lanceolato, acuminatze, carinatz, glabro, 1 z- 2 lineas longo, persis- 
tentes, interjectis utrinque stipulis geminis subulato-capillaceis. Fromrs terminales et alares, solitarii, 
pedunculati, magrfftudine floris precedentis; pedicellis 1-5 lineas longis, viscidulo-pubescentibus, floriferis 
erectis, fructiferis divergéntibus aut reflexis. Caryx profunde quinquepartitus, glaber, viridis, membrana- 
ceus, persistens; foliolis oblongis, acutis, submucronatis, concavis, subtrinerviis, subequalibus, duobus aut 
tribus interioribus margine diaphanis. Prata quinque, basi exteriori urceoli staminei inserta, unguiculata, 
profunde bifida, zqualia, alba, glabra, calyce breviora; laciniis equalibus, spathulato- oblongis, obtusis. 
SriuiNA quinque, hypogyna, cum petalis alternantia iisque dimidio breviora. FirAwzNTA lineari- capillacea, 
diaphana, glabra, basi in urceolum disciformem crassiusculum connata. Arm subrotundo- ellipticz, 
apice emarginate, basi bifida, dorso affixo, biloculares, flavidw, glabrae, longitudinaliter dehiscentes. 
Ovanrux superum, sessile, subrotundo-ellipticum, glabrum, uniloculare ; ovula 7- 10, columnz centrali 
affixa, subreniformia. Sryrvs brevis, profunde trifidus ; lobis puberulis, qualibus, patulis. CapsurA elliptica, 
calyce.corolla et staminibus persistentibus obtecta, calyce parum brevior, membranacea, glabra, virescens, 
unilocularis, (usque ad basim) trivalvis, 5- 10-sperma. Szarwa suppetentia immatara, lenticulari- reniformia, 
rugulosa, fusca, podospermiis longis capillaceis fundo capsule affixa. 
Suppetit specimen alterum (Stellaria rotundifolia H^illd. herb.— Stellaria cordata Schlechtend. in Mag. der 
Gesellsch. naturf. Fr. zu Berlin. 7 Jahrg. p. 197.) prope Cumanacoam in umbrosis lectum, cui sunt caules 
repentes et folia obtusa, subglaucescenti- viridia, flores triandri (?). 
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5. DRYMARIA privanicATA. T 
D. caule foliisque glabris, petiolatis, late subrotundo-ovatis, acutis, basi rotundatis ; 
pedunculis irregulariter ramosis, divaricatis, multifloris; calyce glabro, petalis parum bre- 
viore; ovariis suboctospermis. 
Crescit ad. litora Oceani Pacifici, prope Lima Perugianorum. o . Floret Octobri. 
Cavrzs debiles, filiformes, ramosi, glabri, 8- 9- pollicares et longiores (?) ; rami oppositi. For1a opposita, 
petiolata, late subrotundo-ovata, acuta; basi rotundata et in petiolum decurrentia, integerrima, reticulato- 
trinervia, membranacea, glabra, late viridia, subtus vix pallidiora, 7-9lineas longa, 8 lineas lata. PrrIOLI 
5-/ lineas longi, puberuli. Ciliz interpetiolares, capillaces. Pzpuxcurr axillares et alares, subquadripolli- 
cares, irregulariter ramosi, multiflori, filiformes, bracteati, glabriusculi; ramis divaricatis ; bracteis oppositis, 
lanceolatis, persistentibus. Fronzs terminales, alares etlaterales, pedicellati, magnitudine floris Holostei umbel- 
lati; pedicellis filiformibus, viscidulo-pubescentibus; fructiferis 8-9 lineas longis, divergentibus et subreflexis. 
Caryx profunde quinquepartitus, viridis, glaber, persistens; foliolis oblongis, acutis, trinerviis, concavis, 
subzqualibus; duobus interioribus margine diaphanis. Prrara 5, unguiculata, profunde bifida, alba, glabra, 
calycem paulo superantia, aqualia ; laciniis lineari- spathulatis, obtusis, equalibus. SraxixA quinque, petalis 
previora. FrrawENTA lineari- capillacea, glabra, diaphana, equalia. AxruERE oblonge, emarginate, basi 
bifidz, dorso affixze, biloculares, glabra, flavis, longitudinaliter dehiscentes. Ovanrux superum, sessile, 
ellipticum, glabrum, uniloculare; ovula circiter 8 , sublenticularia, columnze centrali affixa. Srrus termi- 
nalis, trifidus, stamina superans, glaber ; laciniis capillaceis, puberulis, qualibus, patulis. Casura ovata, 
obtusa, calyce corolla staminibusque persistentibus obtecta, calyce parum brevior, tenuiter membranacea, 
glabra, virescens, unilocularis, usque ad basim trivalvis, sub5-sperma. SzwNA per podospermia capillacea 
columna centrali brevi affixa, turgide lenticularia, ad hilum emarginata, tuberculata, fusca, glabra, magni- 
tudine grani Papaveris somniferi. IxrEGUMENTUM subcrustaceum, tenue. ExposPeRwiUx farinosum. EwbnYo 
periphericus, subannularis, teres, albidus. Coryrepouzs plano-convexc , radicula haud latiores. 
