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rosa, fdamcntis ad basin fere usque solutisj anthcrae al- 

 bae (Sellow). Ovarium subglobosum, brevitcr 5 rostra- 

 lumj stylis 5 discrelis divergent bus, stamina superantibus. 

 Capsula ovoidea, 5 costata, calyce paulo brcvior. 



Species magnitudme fioram variabilis, diamctro in 

 al»s 5 lineari, in aliis 7 lineari. Gapsula calycem baud 

 aequante, .stylis discrelis divcrgentibus , laciniis calycinis 

 longius acuminalis a superiori diversa. 



4. Hypericum m^Ttanthum. Nob. 



fit. caule fruticoso strict o corymbose ramoso, foliis Ii- 

 ncatibus obtusis glaucis pcllucide punctatis,. cymis termi- 

 nalibus parvi- et multifloris cglandulosis, laciniis calycinis 

 We lanccolalis acutis , corolla dimidio brevioribus, capsu- 

 lam aequanlibus, slamimbus 12 subKberis longiiudinc pe- 

 tnloram, stylis libcrls discrelis. . ... 



In campis pratisque provinciarum meridionalium Bra- 

 sHiae, Montevideo etc., ad fluvium Rio Negro alibiquc frc- 

 qucntcm haiic legit plant am Sellow. fr. 



FnUcx glabcr, circiter 2—3 pcdalis. Caulis striclus, 



toes, crassitie pennae anscrinac cygneacquc, epidcrmide 



obscure cinnamomea seccdentej basi denudatus, ramis sur- 



sum instructus ipso brcvioribus, angulo semircclo rainori 



. palentibus, ultevius romulosis, ramulis tetragonis ; corymbo 



, amplo terminaius. Folia patula, linearia, obtusa, basi pau- 



tohnn attennata , uninervia , nervo sublus prominente; 



ghaca, pellucidc punctata, cglandulosa ; ramis abbreviaiis 



m axill/s erumpentibus quasi lasciculala; maxima 5 lin. 



Ion §a> Kneam lata ; ramea minora, in bracteas imnutas acu- 



^s abeantia. Cymae terminates in ramis rarmdisquc fere 



I ^nibus, decies ct ultra dichotomae, florc alari pdtecl- • 



«te, Flores inter congeneres minimi, cxpansi diamelvo 



Wineari. Calycis Iaciniae inlegcmmac, lanccolalac, acu- 



j ae ' Aetata iis pins duplo longiora, lineam longa, lanceo- 



ata > obhisa, lulca ex Sellow. Stamina eircilcr 12, pc- 



