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loba, lobis obtusis glahra. Stamina 10 petalis sesquihreviora, 
glabra. Capsula magna ovoideo-ohlonga dentibus margine 
revolutis, calycem vix superans, Semina magna fusca, tu- 
berculata, epispermio amplo inflato nuecleis multo maiore non 
adhaerente, 
— Cerastium floccosum Benth.!, pl. Hartweg. 162; non 
Zucear. 
C. pelligerum Fenzl! msc. 
Habitat in Andibus Ecuadorensibus (Fraser!); Hacienda de 
Antisana (Hartweg 906!), prope Quito (Hall!, Jameson!), 
super Arenas vulcanicas montis Pichincha et Cotopaxi 
4737 m. (Jameson pl. aeqnat. 1391); in Andium Novo- 
granatensium monte Tolima (Gondot). 
15. Cerastium mucronatum Wedd. 
Caules e radiee perenni numerosi, adscendenti-ereetius- 
euli, basi rhizomatoidei repentes ac foliis marcescentibus tecti, 
superne subramosi, floriferi pauei, plerique tantum fotiosi fasci- 
eulatim congesti, omnes undique molliter pubescentes ac plus 
minusve &lutinosi, 5—15 cm. alti. Folia spathulato-lanceolata 
vei linearia, ad basin angustata, apice brevissime mucronato- 
apieulata, dense seahrida, 30—50 mm. Ig., 3-—8 min. It. Flo- 
res pauei bratteis magnis herbaceis oblongo-lanceolatis mn- 
cronato-atuminatis eincti, pedicelli ealycem Aequantes, frweti- 
feri paullum elongati. Calycis truncäto-campanulati lobi eb- 
long: obtusi, virides, interibres margine scariosi, dense lan- 
äuloso-pnbescentes, 7—8 mm. Ig., 27: —3 mm. lt. Petala 
alba valyte longiora, ovato-oblönga, emarginato-bifda tobis 
obtusis, ungues glabri. Stamina 10 calycem dimidium 'sub- 
superantia, glabra. Capsula ovato-ohlonga, calyce vix lon- 
gior (%). Semina .. .: +. 
