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dubio autem ad C. crassipes numeranda est, cum ©. 
Commersoniano nullan prachei affınitatem. 
13. Cerastium mollissimum Poir. 
Caules e radice pereuni iam e basi ramosi, ramis ere- 
etinseulis, raro subsimplices, adscendentes vel interdum sub- 
repentes et laxe diffusi, inferne saepe glabrescentes, superne 
aeque ac folia plus minus dense 'albido-lanati, pilis stellato- 
ramosis, 20—50 em. alti. Folia lanceolata, rarius -anguste 
ovato-lanceolata, longe acuminata, 30 —50 mm. lg., 5—10 
mm. It., internodiis fere semper hreviora. Flores magnitu- 
dine valde variantes, in dichasiis aut paucifloris et saepe umbel- 
Iulam fingentibus aut multifloris laxis calyce multo longius pedi- 
cellati, pedicelli filiformes pilis stellatis dense tomentosi, 30 
mm. longi atque etiam longiores, fructiferi divaricati; bra- 
cteae herbaceae parvae ovato-lanceolatae dense lanatae. Ca- 
Iyeis lobi lanceolati aeuti, interiores obtusiusculi, virides, 
margine anguste scariosi, plus minus dense pubescentes aut 
pilis raris tantum adspersi, 5—10 mm. Ig., 1'%—3 mm. It. 
Petala alba calyce sesqui-vel duplo longiora, obovato-cuneata, 
emarginato-biloha, lobis oblongo-ovatis, ungues glabri. Sta- 
mina glahra calyce breviora. Ovarinm ovoideo-oblongum cum 
stylis longis calycem aequans. Capsula oblongo - cylindrica 
subarcnata, dentihus rectis, calyce sesqui-vel duplo longior. 
Semina fusca compressivscula, dorso faciebusque plana, dense 
acute tuberculata. 
a. genuwinum Buohrb.: Canles adscendenti - erecti strieti emm. 
foliis dense albido-lanati, inflorescentia fere semper pau- 
ceiflora; calyeis lobi 7—10 mm. 1g., 2—3 mm. It.; capsula 
calyce sesqui-vel dnplo longior. 
Lusus 1: Calyeis lobi leviter, praesertim media parte pube- 
scentes. 
