377 
Ammannia verlicillata Zxe. bot. 1. p. 131, 
Ammannia indica Lam. Eine. bot. 9. p. 328., Lam. 
illustr. n. 1555. 2. 77. - 
'Ammannia viridis 7Pilld. Hb.. n. 3079., Hornem. 
hors. 1. p. 146. . . 
Cornelia verticillata „Irdein spec. up 9. & 1. ex 
Linnaeo et auct., a nobis non visa icon. . \ 
. In arenosis humidis eirca Cayite et 'Tierra alta Lugo. 
niae insulae ipsi reperinws. ©. 
‘Herba annua, Caulis erectus, infima basi teretiuscu- 
lus, 'sursum obtuse leiragonus, digitalis simplicissimus, 
spithamaeusve basi ramosus;. rami brachiali, decussati, ad- 
stendentes, simplieissimi vel ulterius, sie ut caulis, ra- 
imosi, eoque breviores. Folia psendo-oppositä, apices ver- 
sug' saepius alterna, lanceolata, in petiolum attenuata, 
‚ nunguam basi dilatata amplectentia. Flores pseudoverti- 
ellati, sie ut Labiatarum in- corymbos axillares, abbre- 
viatos, multifloros, densius Taxiusve congesti, mimuti, nu- 
mero parlium quaternario; dentes calycini sub anthesi 
acuti; sub: grossificatione dilatali, breves, reflexi; petala 
vel fugacia inconspicna, vel plane defieientia, quod in hoe 
genere nullius momenti diserimen. Stamina 4 demum 
exserta. Capsula globosa, .membranacen, rabescens, ni 
tens, semine Brassicae campestris paulo minor, stylo bre- 
Yissimo apiculata, ealyce ‘eineta, media parte exserta, me- 
diaque zana quasi circumseissa disrumpens, unilocularis, 
Polysperma, spermophoro basilari subcapitato longitadine 
ealycis. Seminä angulata, brunnea, minulissima. 
Vulgaris indica planta, et vulgaris hortoram nostrorum 
‚ Üversis sub nominibus hospes. 
Nostrae plantae simillima slirps ex India orientali, @ 
Thunbergio communicata, süb nomine Ain. debilis in 75. 
PMilld, n. 3083. hospilans, capsulis multo minexibus, ta- 
Iyce' inclusis (an maturis?) differre videlur; eapsulae au- 
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