303 
Habitat in Andibus Ecuadorensihus: in pascuis frigidis An- 
dium @Quitensium 4100 m. (Jameson pl. aequat. 267! et 
4971), in monte Antisana (Jameson!). 
17. Cerastium racemosum Bartl. 
Caules e radice perenni (?) erecti hirsuti ..... Folia 
superiora lanceolata acutiuscula, ad basin membranaceam_ di- 
latata, dense hirsuta, internodiis longiora, 20 —40 mm. Ig,, 
3—6 mm. lt. Flores in dichasium laxum dispositi, ramis 
‚ strietis divarieatis, pedicelli filiformes ;hirsuti, sub anthesi 
erecli ae calycem vix aequantes, fructigeri subreeurvi vix 
longiores; hracteae herhaceae, parvae, ovato-lanceolatae acu- 
minatae. Calycis lobi ohlongi acntiusculi, virides, margine 
scariosi, dense hirsuti, 5 mm. lg. Petala alba calyce paul- 
ium longiora, obcordata, bifida lobis obtusis, ungues glabri. 
Stamina 10 calycem dimidium vix superantia, glahra. Capsula 
ovato-cblonga apice curvata, dentibus margine revolutis, ca- 
Iyce brevior. Semina ...... 
-— Cerastium racemosum Bartl.! in rel. Haenk. II, 18. 
Habitat in Andibus chilenis (Haenke!). 
Species, quum exemplaria manca, nempe caulium florigern- 
rum apices tantum, adsint, adhue incerta. Nomen specifi- 
cum, quum inflorescentia minime sit racemosa, ineptum. 
18. Cerastium arvense L. 
- Cerastium arvense L. spec. plant, ed. II, 628. 
C. mutabile urvense Gren. monogr. de Cerastio 68 — 71 
cum varr. 
€. Colsmanni Lehm. in Sprgl., syst. veg. II, 418? 
:C. mendoeinense Gillies! mse. in Hook., bot. miscell. 
111, 148. 
