28 CARYOPHYLLEJZ. 
tectà, ad apicem dentibus decem hians (in C. aquatico dentes gemini 
cohzeerentes permanent, inde capsula superne 5-valvis apparet), poly- 
sperma. Srwma subrotundo-reniformia, tuberculata. ExposprnwiUM fari- 
nosum. Ewrnyo periphericus, annularis. 
Herb» diffuse, ramose, sepissime pilosee, tomentose aut lanate. 
Folia opposita, sessilia, rarius quadrifariam imbricata, integerrima. 
Stipulae nulle. Flores terminales, axillares, alares et laterales, albi. 
1.. CERASTIUM iwsnicarUM. T 
C. ramosissimum; repens; foliis quadrifariam imbricatis , subspathulato-oblongis , obtusis , 
utrinque molliter villosis; calyce piloso; capsulis oblongo-cylindraceis, calyce longioribus, 
sub3o-spermis. 
Crescit in summis montibus Cotopaxi et Antisana , alt. 1900- 2200 hex. rl; Floret Martio. 
Hznna cespitosa; caules ramosissimi, repentes, basibus foliorum marcidis squamulosi ; ramis brevibus, 
confertis, densissime foliosis. For14 opposita, sessilia, quadrifariam imbricata, subspathulato-oblonga, obtusa, 
integerrima, obsolete venosa, membranacea, utrinque molliter villosa, presertim marginem versus, 
4-4 lineas longa, 1 5 lineas lata inferiora gradatim minora ; infima $5 lineas longa, spathulata. Fronzs in 
apice ramulorum gemini, altero parvo nondum explicato, breviter pedunculati, magnitudine floris Cerastii 
;vulgati; pedunculo piloso, vix lineam longo; fructifero longiore. Caryx profunde quinquepartitus, viridis, 
externe pilosus, membranaceus, persistens; foliolis oblongis, obtusiusculis, concavis, nervosis, subequa- 
libus; duobus aut tribus interioribus margine diaphanis. PzrazA quinque, urceolo stamineo inserta, oblonga, 
apice rotundataetemarginato- biloba, basi cuneato- subunguiculata, flabellato- nervosa, glabra, alba, equalia, 
calyce duplo longiora. SrAwmwA: decem; hypogyna; inequalia, calyce breviora. FrrawxNrA lineari-capillacea, 
glabra, ima basi in urceolum membranaceum connata. AxrHERAE subrotundz, basi emarginatz, biloculares, 
flavz, glabrae, longitudinaliter dehiscentes. Ovaniux superum, sessile, subrotundo-ovatum, glabrum, unilo- 
culare; in ipso flore per dentes decem hians; ovula crebra (circiter 50), columellz centrali affixa, subro- 
tunda, fusca. Sryrx. quinque, terminales, capillacei, obtusi, :quales, papilloso-puberuli. Carsura oblonga, 
cylindracea, calyce persistente, corolla. marcida et staminibus obtecta, membranacea, 10-nervia, glabra, 
calycem parum superans, unilocularis, polysperma, ad apicem dentibus decem dehiscens. SmwrwA subro- 
tunda, basi emarginata, lateribus compressiuscula , punctulato-tuberculata, fusea, glabra, magnitudine 
grani papaveris. IxrecuwzrUx duplex ; exterius suberustaceum ; interius tenuissime membranaceum. Expo- 
sPERMIUM farinosum, album. Emmnvo periphericus, annularis, teretiusculus, albidus. Rapicura acutiuscula, 
hilum spectans. Coryrzpowzs foliacem, oblongo-lineares, obtuse. 
Cerastio lanato Lapeyr. affine. 
