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elongatis, Nlorigeris, ut tota planta pilis gracillimis erispulo- 
tomentosis albidis vestiti, 15—25 em. alti. Folia elongata, 
lineari-oblonga vel lanceolata velsubspathulata, obtusiuscula, 
ad basin vix attenuata, tomentosa, 20—%5 mm. lg., 3—5 
am. It., superiora decrescentia. Flores ad caulis ac ramo- 
rum Superiorum aApices dichasia composita formantes, eorum 
ramifhicationibus ultimis congesti subumbellati, calyce aequi- 
‘lounge pedicellati; pedicelli crassi dense pubescentes, post 
anthesin refracti, dein iterum erecti; bracieae herbaceae 
ovato-lanceolatae ad apicem versus pilosae. Calyeis lobi 
oblongo-lanceolati ‚obtusiuseuli, virides, ınargine anguste sca- 
riosi, pubescentes, 5—6 mm. lg. Petala alba calycem sub- 
superantia, ad terlıam partem bifida, lobis angustis, ungues 
glabri. Stamina 10 glabra, petalis duplo breviora. Capsula 
oblongo -eylindrica subineurva, dentibus margine revolutis, 
calyce sesquilongior. Scemina exigua fusca rugnlosa. 
— Cerastium ramigerum Bartl.! rel. Haenk. 11, 16. 
Habitat in republica Mexicana (Haenke!). 
Species, ut videtur, adhuc nisi a beat. Haenkeo nondum in- 
venta, ab affınibus magis indumento ac habitu qnam cer- 
tis, characteribus differt; conferas Grenieri monographiam 
35. 
4. Cerastium vulgatum L. 
— Cerastium vulgatum 1. spec. plant. ed. 11, 627, (non 
(L. herb.). 
C. viscosum L. herb., Sm. fl. brit. IL, 497, Bartl.! in 
rel. Haenk. II, 16 et auct. plurim. 
C. triviale Link enum. 1, 433. 
