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brevibus mox longioribus et ad caulis apicem versas glau- 
dulosis vestitus. Folia oblonga-vel lineari-lanceolata acumi- 
nata, inferiora in petiolum brevem attennata, superiora aeque 
ac bracteae herbaceae sessilia, pilosa-viscosa, 10—20 mm, 
lg., 3—5 mm. It. Flores in dichasio terminali post primam. 
alteramve -bifurcationem in umbellulam congesto dispositi, 
pedieelli viscoso-puberuli post anthesin refracti au subarrnati 
calyee duplo triplove longiores. Calyeis subampliati lobi 
ovato-lanceolati acutiuseuli, virides, margine anguste scariosi, 
pilis paneis adspersi, 3 mm. Ig. Petala alba calyce sesqui- 
vel duplo longiora, semibifida lobis ohtusis, ungues glabri. 
Stamina glahra calyce hreviora. Capsula ovato - oblonga 
recta calycem suhsuperans.  Semina magna fusca, grosse 
spinuloso-tuberenlata. 
— Gerastium longifolium Juss. herb. in Poir. diet. suppl: 
11, 164; non Tenore nec Willd. 
C. Commersonianum Ser.! in DC. prodr. 1, 417; non 
-Camb. | 
C. Cardiopetalum Naud.! in Cl. Gay Flora chil. }, 274. 
C. macropetalum Kunze! syn. pl. Amer. austr. msc. 
apud Poeppig coll. pl. chil. I, 134, diar. 169. 
Habitat in plagis prope urbem Montevideo (Commerson Y; 
in provinciis eentralibus reipuhlicae Chilenae (Cl. Gay!): 
in pascuis humidiuseulis loco dieto la Leona, Rancagna 
(Bertero 153! et 9001), prope Coneon (Poeppig 1, 134!). 
6. Cerastium nutans Rafın. (sens. lat.) 
Caules e radice anmna adscendenti-erecti, rarius deeum- 
bentes, subsimplices vel plus minusve, nee raro iam e basi, 
ramosi, gracilitate et altitudine valde variantes, 10-40 cm. 
