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2. Forma multicaulis, strieta, internodiis ‚abbreviatis, inflo- 
rescentia multiflora, densa, conferta. 
— Spergularia confertiflora Stendel! in Flora 1856, 425. 
Sperg. villosa var. confertiflora Fenzl msc., non Camb. 
Habitat in Insula Juan Fernandez (Bertero 1431!). 
%. Spergularia floribunda (Naud.) Rohrh. 
Caules e radice vix longius quam duos vel tres annos 
perennante numerosi, aggregati, plus minusve, praesertim 
basi ramosi, erecti, humiles, c. 15 em. alti, nodis inerassa- 
tis, pilis brevissimis tenniter pubernli.  Feolia internodiis 
longiora, raro ea suhaequantia, anguste linearia, mucronato- 
aristata, glabrescentia vel pilis brevibus vestita, 15 —20 mm. 
lg., 1 mm. It.; stipulae ovato-lanceolatae, triplo-vel qna- 
druplo longiores quam latiores, ad tertiam partem coalitae, 
longe acuminatae et saepe laciniato-multifidae, 5—7 mm, ]e. 
"Flores in dichasiis multifleris in eapitulum contractis ter- 
minalibus brevissime pedicellati, pedicelli dense pubescentes ; 
bracteae minimae stipulis obtectae. Calycis lobi lanceolato- 
oblongi obtusiuscenli, virides, margine late scariosi, pube 
brevi densa hirsuti, 3';—4 mm. Ig., 1—1'% mm. It. Pe- 
tala alba, ovato-oblonga obtusiusenla, lobis calyeinis paul- 
lum breviora, late contigua. Stamina ealycem dimidium vix 
aequantia; filamenta antheris quater vel quinquies longiora. 
Orarium oblongum breviter stipitatum.  Capsula ovato-ob- 
longa calycem aequans ve] paullum excedens. Semina ho- 
“ momorpha atro-hrunnea, 0,25-—0,33 diametrum aequantia, 
rotundato-obovata, tubereulata, exalata; cotyledones, ni fal- 
lor, äccumbentes. 
