ARENARIA. 51 
Crescit in monte 4ntisana, alt. 2100-2200 hex. (Andibus Quitensium.) "|; Floret 
AMartio. ' 
Cavrzs ramosissimi, caspitosi, repentes, filiformes, glabri; cortice solubili; ramis oppositis, confertis, 
foliosis. Forr4 opposita, sessilia, valde approximata , oblongo-lanceolata, acutiuscula, obsolete uninervia, 
parum carnosa, plana, lete viridia, glabra, basim versus parum angustata, membranacea, canaliculata, 
subciliata et amplexicaulia, patentia, 3-5 2 lineas longa, lineam lata. Fronzs (ig. 1.) in apice ramulorum 
axillares, solitarii, breviter pedunculati, magnitudine floris Arenario biflora ; pedunculis glabris, fructiferis 
vix lineam longis. Carvx (fg. 7.) profunde quinquepartitus, glaber, viridis, persistens; foliola (fig. 2.) 
oblonga, obtusa, concava, parum carnosa, margine diaphana, presertim interiora. PerAzA (fig. 5.) quinque, 
urceolo stamineo inserta, calyce parum longiora, ovato-elliptica, obtusa, basi subcuneata et brevissime 
un guiculata, flabellato-nervosa, alba , glabra. SrAwix4 (fig. 4.) decem, hypogyna, calycem subequantia ; 
5 alterna, petalis opposita, parum breviora. FirawEwA lineari- subulata, ima basi in urceolum orbiculatum 
laxum connata, glabra. Awruznz (fg. 5. 6.) elliptico-subrotunde, apice emarginate, basi bifide, dorso 
affix , biloculares, glabrz, longitudinaliter dehiscentes. PorreN roseum. Ovamiuw (fig. 8-10), superum, 
brevissimé stipitatum, ellipticum, glabrum, uniloculare ; ovula (,fíg. 12.) circiter 20, columna centrali per 
podospermia longa linearia affixa (ig. 11.), subreniformia. Srvrt quatuor rarissime tres, terminales, 
capillacei, obtusi, quales, glabri. CApsurm (ig. 15-15.) ovato- oblongz, obtusc, sessiles, membranacez, 
virides, glabrae, calyce persistente, corolla marcida et staminibus obtectz, calycem subzquantes, uniloculares, 
$-10-spermz, indehiscentes. Sra (£g. 17.) podospermiis longis linearibus fundo capsule fasciculatim 
affixa (fig. 16.), reniformi-lenticularia, obsolete punctulato- tuberculata, fusca, glabra, magnitudine 
grani Papaveris somniferi. IxrEcuwENTUM membranaceum, fuscum. ExpospznuruM farinosum, album. Eusnvo 
(/fg- 18. 19-) periphericus, annularis, teres, albidus. RAprcura hilum spectans. 
Arenarie peploidi et biflore similis. 
2. ARENARIA scoruLoRUM. f 
A. caulibus elongatis , ramosissimis , procumbentibus; foliis lanceolato-linearibus, acütis , 
uninerviis, membranaceis, margine dorsoque ciliatis; calyce glabro, petalis breviore; cap- 
sulis 2-3-spermis ; seminibus lzvibus, nitidissimis. 
Arenaria digyna J7illd. herb. Schlechtend. l. c. p. 201. 
Crescit in Andibus Peruvianorum, juxta Micuipampa, locis scopulosis, frigidis , 
alt. 1800 hex. rl; Floret Augusto. 
Hznna diffusa, facie Arenarie polygonoidis. Cavrzs elongati, ramosissimi, procumbentes, non repentes, 
teretiusculi , leves, glabri ; rami oppositi, altero sepe abortivo; ramuli teretiusculi , hirtelli, foliati. ForrA 
opposita, sessilia, ima basi connata, parum remota, lanceolato-linearia, acuta, integerrima, uninervia, 
membranacea, lete viridia, margine et subtus in nervo medio ciliata, presertim basim versus, vix tres 
lineas longa, vix dimidiam lineam lata. Fronzs ad apicem ramulorum axillares et terminales, solitarii, bre- 
viter pedunculati, erecti , dimidio minores quam in Arenaria polygonoidi ; pedunculo hirtello, lineam longo. 
Caryx profunde quinquepartitus, viridis, glaber, persistens; foliolis oblongis, obtusis, concavis, obsolete 
trinerviis, basim versus ciliatis, subequalibus; interioribus margine diaphanis. Pzrar quinque, lanceo- 
lata, integra, calyce parum longiora, flabellato- nervosa, glabra, equalia, alba. SrAwrwa decem, interdum 
octo, hypogyna, parum inzqualia, longitudine coroll. FirawENTA capillacea, diaphana, glabra, ima basi 
