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linearia vel inferiora plus minusve conferta lanceolato - spa- 
thulata, acutiuseula vel sensim acuminata obtusa, plana, 235 
mm: lg., 4—6 mm. lt. Flores in dichasinm pauciforum 
subeontractum dispositi; pedicelli crassi, dense puhescentes, 
sub anthesi cernui ac calycem subaequantes, dein elongati 
ac refracti; bracteae herbaceae ovato-lanceolatae obtusius- 
eulae. Galycis lobi ovato-lanceolati obtusi, viriles, tres 
interiores margine scariosi, dense glanduloso-pilosi, 6 mm. 
lg. Petala alba calyce sesquilongiora, oblongo - spathulata, 
semibifida, lobis acutiuseulis, ungues glabri. Stamina 10 
glahra, petala dimidia aequantia. Capsula ceylindrica recta 
dentibus margine revolntis, calyce sesquilongior. Semina 
fusca minuta punctulata. 
— Üerastium caespitosum Triana et Planch.! in Annal. 
seienc. nat. 4 ser. XVIL, 15%. u 
C. Commersonianum ß. hirsutum Fenzl! mse, 
Habitat in Andibns Novo-granatensibus: prope Bogota 3000 
m. (Triana!), in monte Tolima (Goudot!); in Andibus 
Quitensibus (Hall!): in summo monte Pichincha, in mon- | 
tibus Cerro del Alto et Condaranto 3480— 4580 m. (M. 
Wagner!). 
Differt a specie priori, cni valde affıne est, habitu, caulium 
debilitate ac indumento, foliis planis nec margine revolu- 
tis, lobis ealycinis obtusis, petalis, capsulae cum calyce 
proportione. 
12. Cerastiam erassipes Bartl. 
Radix perennis. Caules sive rami florigeri e foliorum 
rosula densa I#eraliter edentes, plurimi, humiles, caespitem 
laxum formantes, adscendentes, suhsimplices, erassi, 38 
cm. longi, pilis albidis erispnlis hirsutiusculi. Folia rosu- 
