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tus, laeiuiis triangularibus acutiusculis brevibus, intus te- 

 nuissiuie pubestentibus, apice brcviter barbatis. Stamina 

 4, lacimas aequ.miia, fanci infer iMas inserts; fihmenta 

 brevissima glabra; antberae majusculae, ovales, albidae, 

 versatiles. Stylus iiliformis glaber, stigmatibus duobus fili- 

 formibus nut corolla in nun superanlibus, aul cum slyli 

 parte longe exsertis. 



Ad Milraearpum genus perlinepb inter notas 

 Spormacoeeas , ex autopsia : 



•Spermacoce virgata Willd., lib. Willd. n. 2634, R. 

 Sch. vSvsl. 3 p. 2K1 ct 531, Ejusd, Mantissa 3 p. 205. 



Spermacoce vllhsa Sw.i, lib, Willd. n. 2632. 



Spermacoce diffusa H. B. K.!, Hb. Willd. n. 2630. 



Spermacoce jstylnm Link En. all. 1. p. 132 (sub no- 

 mine Sperm, crassifolia Kornem. in horto botanico Bero- 

 liuensi culta.) 



Calyx glaber j bidentatus, interjeclis dentibus accesso- 

 ry's solitariis," membranaceis , hyalims, anguslis, parvis; 

 dentes primarii lati, elongali, apice subulati, dorso virides, 

 mavgine membranaceo, ciliis ereclis plus minusve cilialo. 

 Capsula membrnnacea , glabra, suborMeularis , a lateribus 

 compressa, parva, magnitudine eireiicr seminis Brassicae 

 campeslris, dentibus calycinis ipsa pluries longionbus co- 

 ronata, bil ocularis, eircumscisse panlo infra medium dehi- 

 scens, parte basilari dissepiment! post dehiscenliam arcua- 

 tim prominulo, planis scissurae a dlssepimento paululnrn 

 declivibus. Semina suborbieularia , facie in figuvam liUc- 

 rae X profmidc exarala, subquadriloba, sordide pallida, 

 minutissime granulaia. 



Spermacoce Fisekeri Link En. alt. 1 p. 132 (Cole- 

 batur sub ialso Sperm, asperae nomine in iiorlo bo I. Be- 

 rol.) Affinis est M. Torresiano. 



Spermacoce? squarrosa Poeppig En. pt. Cubens. 



Mscpt! 



