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rima, in caulescente alterna. Pedunculi uniflori, axillares vel oppositi- 
folii, ebracteati; in acauli bibracteati. 
1. CALANDRINIA caunsscews. Tab. DXXVI. 
C. caulescen: 
ribus et oppositifoliis , unifloris, ebracteatis. 
Cosmia JDomb. herb. Juss. gen. p. 312. 
Crescit in Regno Quitensi, prope Chillo, villam contiguam planitie Cachapambensi , 
alt. 1340 hex. ; item prope urbem Mexici, alt. 1168 hex. o Floret Aprili. 
ramosa; foliis alternis, subspathulato- lanceolatis , acutis; pedunculis axilla- 
Ranrx perpendicularis, tenuis, fibriscreberrimis obsita. CAvris procumbens, ramosus; ramis alternis,elongatis, 
adscendentibus et erectis, glabris, 8-9-pollicaribus. Fori alterna, petiolata, remota, subspathulato-lanceolata, 
acuta, inferne valde angustata, integerrima, obsolete uninervia, subcarnosa, plana, glabra, adjecto petiolo 
15-20 lineaslonga, 2-22 lineas lata. Fronzs axillares aut oppositifolii, solitarii, pedunculati, erecti, magnitudine 
floris Portulace oleracez; pedunculis 5 lineas longis, ebracteatis, glabris, floriferis et fructiferis erectis. 
Carxx (( frg. 1-3.) diphyllus, glaber, persistens, viridis ; foliolis subrotundo- ovatis, acutis, coneavis, apicem 
versus dorso carinatis, subzqualibus. Prrara ( fig. A- 9. ) 5-5, hypogyna, oblonga, obtusa, wqualia, calyce 
breviora, glabra. SrAwINA ( /fg. 10- 18.) 4-6, ibidem inserta, corolla breviora. FrrwENTA linearia, uninervia, 
diaphana, superne subulato-angustata. Awrurn biloculares, in alabastro posticz; loculis appositis, longi- 
tudinaliter dehiscentibus, ad medium connexivo parvo connatis. Ovantux (,//g. 24 ) liberum, sessile, ovato- 
ellipticum, glabrum, uniloculare; ovula (frg. 16.) erebra ( circiter 20-27 ), placent: centrali liber: subconica: 
per podospermia linearia affixa ( fig. 15. ), subreniformia. Srvros terminalis, brevis, cum ovario articulatus. 
Sri clavato-capitatum, tripartitum, undique papillosum. CapsuLA (ig. 18. 19. ) oblonga, attenuato- acuta, 
trigona, calyce persistente obtecta ( fig. 17] eumque zquans, lzvis, glabra, albida, 27 lineas longa, unilo- 
cularis, trivalvis; valvis membranaceis, concavis, equalibus. SrwixA (Jig. 20. 21.) crebra, ovata, turgide 
lenticularia, ad hilum emarginata, obsoletissime tuberculata, nigra, nitida, magnitudine grani Papaveris 
somniferi. IxrEGUMENTUM exterius crustaceum 5 interius tenuissimum, fuscescens. Eunnxo teres, endospermio 
farinoso albo circumpositus ( fig. 22. ). 
2. CALANDRINIA acauns. T 
C. acaulis ; foliis elongatis , linearibus , obtusis ; pedunculis radicalibus , unifloris, medio bibrac- 
teatis, folio dimidio brevioribus. 
Crescit in humidis montis Rucu- Pichinche , alt. 1800 hex. (Regno Quitensi.) rl; Floret 
Februario. 
HznsA acaulis. Rapzx crassa, subfusiformis, rugulosa. Form crebra, omnia radicalia, linearia, obtusa, 
integerrima, plana, carnosa, enervia, glabra, basim versus margine membranacea et vaginantia, apicem 
versus parum dilatata, subquadripollicaria, 12-2 lineas lata. PEpuxcuri complures, radicales, unillori, foliis 
dimidio breviores, supra medium Dibracteati, glabri. Bractec opposite, anguste lineares, sesqui- 
pollicares. Caryx diphyllus, glaber, persistens ; foliolis ovato- oblongis, subacuminatis, concavis, membra- 
naceis, subequalibus. Pzrara quatuor (ex Bonpl. ), hypogyna, obovato- oblonga, sessilia, subzqualia, ima 
basi connata (2). Sraxxa 6, basi petalorum inserta iisque dimidio breviora. FrLAwENTA tenuiter membranacea, 
