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alti, suleato-striati, omnibus partibus viscidule-pubescentes, 
pilis patulis subtomentosis.  Folia Tanceolata vel oblongo- 
lanceolata aut: lanceolato-linearia, inferiora saepe spathulata 
et ad basin versus valde attenuata, acutiuscula, 20—40 mm. 
lg., 3-6 mm. It. Flores in diehasio multifloro sub anthesi 
saepe subumbellulato-contracto, dein laxiore ramis divarica- 
is; pedicelli plus minusve glanduloso-puberuli recti, fructi- 
feri patuli neque raro deflexi, filiformes ealyce triplo-quin- 
tuplo longiores, raro eum subaegnantes; braeteae herbaceae 
parvae, ovato-lanceolatae acmminatae. Calyeis Jobi lanceo- 
lati obtusiusculi, virides, margine scariosi, puberuli, 4—5 
mm, lg. Petala alha calyce sesquilongiora vel eum acquan- 
tia, spathulato - lanceolata, semibifida, lobis ehtusis, ungues 
glabri. Stamina 10 glahra calyce breviora. Capsula elon- 
gata eylindrica incurva, dentibus margine revolutis, calyee 
triplo longior. Semina rotundata fusca leviter obtuse gra- 
nulata. 
a. genuinum Rohrb.: Pedicelli graciles; calyx 5 mm. Ig.; 
petala e calyce exserta. 
Lusus 1: Pedicelli valde elongati, fruetiferi calycem multo- 
ties superantes. 
— Gerastium longepedunculatum Mühlenb. cat. 47 (sine 
deseriptione). 
C. nutans Rafın. prec. decouv. 36. 
C. glutinosum Nut. gen. i, 291; uon Fr. negue H, 
B.K. 
Habitat in media parte totins fere Americae horealis usque 
Ad fines Mexicanos. 
Lusus 2: Pedicelli abbreviati minus graciles, fructiferi ca- 
eycem aequantes vel eo suhbhreviores.. 
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