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Sperg. grandiflora Pöppig in litt. et Fenzl msc. 
Sperg. brevinodis Kunze! syn. pl. Amer. austr. mse. 
Habitat in reipublicae Chilenae parte australi, in rupium 
fissuris Pico de Pilque, Andes de Antuco (Pöppig II, 
1261, Bridges!) 
8. Spergularla grandis (Pers.) Camb. 
Caules e rhizomate crasso lignoso numerosi, erecti, 
strieti, simplices vel paullum ramosi, 5—40 cm. alti, inferne 
teretes et glabriusculi, superne complanati sulcati, glandu- 
loso-puberali. Folia anguste linearia acnta, glabra vel bre- 
vissime puberula, internodiis valde elongatis breviora, 35—. 
45 mm. lg., 1'%%—2 mm. It.; stipulae ovato-lanceolatae longe 
acnminatae, duplo vel vix triplo longiores quam latiores, ima 
basi vix connatae, 4—-5 mm, lg. Flores in dichasiis stri- 
etis superne semper scorpioideis, pedicelli graciles glandu- 
losi iam sub anthesi calyeibus multies longiores, fructifer: 
reflexi; bracteae parvae stipulas vix superautes. Calyeis 
lobi oblongi obtusi, virides, margine anguste scariosi, bre- 
viter glanduloso-pubescentes, 5—6 mm. 1g., 2—2", mm. It. 
Petala alba, apice purpnrea, ovato-oblonga obtusa, calyce 
vix breviora. Stamina ovarium superantia; filamenta anthe- 
ris quater quinquiesve longiora. Ovarium oblongum breviter 
stipitatum; stylı 3 vel 5 patuli. Capsula ovato-oblonga ca- 
lycem subaequans vel fere ad dimidinm superans, valvis 3 
vel 5 dehiscens. Semina homomorpha, rufo-fusca, 1,85—1,5 
mm, diametrum aequantia, rotundata complanata, late alata, 
ala subintegra tertiam fere latitudinis ‚partem ‚aequante, lae- 
via; sotyledones incumbentes. 
— Spergula grandis Pers. syn. I, 522 (orma pentagyna). 
