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nervia nervis saepe 3 — 5 e caule in folii basin intrantibus, interd. in sicco 

 quasi uninervia. Stipulae utrinq. I — 2 parvae subulalae. — Flo res soli- 

 tarii, rarius gemini maximum caulis partem ramosq. totos occupantes, raro 

 5- v. 7meri, rariss. (aceessorii) imeri; pedicellus subnullus v. 1mm. lg.; 

 prophylla linear i-subulata scar iosa , tubi 1 / 2 circ. aeq. glabra v. ciliolata , e 

 basi pedicelli orta. — Calyx (2 — 4 mm., rariss. 5 mm.) subhemisphaerico- 

 v. subtubuloso-campanulatus, 12- (8 — 14-) nervis, glaber v. minutim hir- 

 tellus : lobi tubi % — i / z aeq., subacuminati , erecti v. snbconniventes ; 

 appendices iisdem ! / 3 breviores — i/ 8 longiores, oblongae v. fere subulatae, 

 divaricatae saepeq. subrecurvae. — Petal a — 6[ — 7) obovato-orbicu- 

 laria, calycis circ. '/ 3 aeq., purpurea v. rosea, fugacia. — Stamina (7 — ) 

 6 — 1, ad tubi i / i — i /- i ins., tubi % v - tubum aeq. — Ovarium ellipsoi- 

 deum ; stylus sliymate crasso viridi adjecto ovarii l / A — '/ 2 aea -i inclusus. 

 Columna placentaris cylindrica. — Capsula ellipsoidea v. subglobosa, a 

 dorso subcompressa, leviter bisulca, tubum v. lobos aeq. Semina circ. obo- 

 voidea, hinc plana obscuriora, hinc convexa pallidiora, madefacta horrida. 



Var. a. australe (Gay., sp.). Caulis (3 — 15cm.) simplex v. prae- 

 sert. inferne parce ramosus, interd. minutim hispidulus. — Folia opposita 

 v. suprema pauca subopposita , basi latiuscula sessilia , media elliptico-obo- 

 vata, superiora saepe orbicular i-obov. (6 — 11mm. : 2 Y2 — B^mm.), obtusis- 

 sitna, praesert. subtus verruculis sparsis obsita. Flores solilarii. Calyx 

 2i/ 2 — 3 mm. lg. Tubus longior quam latior ; nervi asperuli. Petala — 6. 

 Stam. in fl. 6mero plerumq. 4, saepe. 3 v. 5, rarius 6. 



Var. p. erectum (Req., sp.). Caulis (2y 2 — 13, rarius — 32cm.) 

 plerumq. satis ramosus. Folia infima (ramea et caulina) opposita cetera 

 suboppos., suprema in spirali dispos., inferiora latiuscule sessilia, superiora 

 tanq. petiolata, spathulata v. late obovata (5 — 21mm. :2y 2 — 10mm.), 

 acuta v. obtusissima, utrinq. saepe verruculis sparsis obsita. Tubi longi- 

 tudo diam. 4 l / s — 2plum aeq.; calyx glaber v. minutim hirtellus. Stam. 

 in fl. 6mero plerumq. 5, saepe 4, interd. 3 — 1. 



Forma a. hamulosum (Trautv., sp.). Flores solitarii. Cal. 3 — 

 3V2! — *) mm - lg-; saepe latius campanulatus. Petala 0, raro 1 —2. 



Forma b. biflorum (Salzm., sp.). Flores omnes fere gemini. Cal. 

 3 — 4( — 5) mm. lg., glaber v. subglaber; longitudo plerumq. diam. 2 plum 

 aeq. Petala saepius adsunt. 



Var. y. borysthen i cum (MR., sp.). Caulis (4 — 13cm.) simplex 

 v. ramosiss., hirtello-puberulus. Folia in spirali dispos. plura quam in [3, 

 raro omnia oppos., tanq. petiolata, obl.-lanceol. v. oblonga, (6 — 11 mm. : 2 

 — 3Y2, rar0 5 mm.), acuta v. obtusa, densius hirtello -puberula quam in a 

 et p. Calycis longit. sub anthesi diam. circ. aeq. v. paullo superans. Petala 

 0, rarius pauca. Stam. 6. 



Forma a. Boraei (Guep., sp.). Folia infima tantum opposita. 



