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CERASTIUM RACEMOSUM, BARTL. 
C, pubescenti-viscosum, canlibus apice dichotome ramosis, foliis superioribus lanceolatis vel ova- 
to - lanceolatis , caule latioribus, pedunculis alternis ramosis, centralibusque basi incrassatis, 
petalis calyce paulo longioribus , capsula calyce breviore. 
Habitat in Cordilleris chilensibus, 4 ? . 
Hujus speciei singularis caulium florigerorum apices tantum adsunt , pubescenti- viscosi pilis patentibus , itera- 
to-dichotomi, incurvi, Folia lanceolata, erecla, summa ovato - lanceolata , acuminata, acutiuscula , basi bre- 
vissime connata, nervo valido subcarinata, pubescentia, internodiis longiora, 1”% unc. longa, 3 lin. lata. 
Flores numerosi, centrales ex dichotomiis inferioribus, et axillares alterni, terminalesque subfasciculati , re- 
motiusculi, racemosi, Pedunculi solitarii , uniflori, erecti , fructigeri subrecurvi, calycem aequantes, filifor- 
mes, basi incrassati, pilis patentibus pubescentes, exceptis ultimis ebracteati. Folia floralia ovata acuta pe- 
dunculis paulo breviora. Calyx 2 ^4 lin. longus, pubescens; segmentis oblongis, acutiusculis , margine mem- 
branaceis. Petala calyce paulo longiora. ^ Capsula calyce brevior, apice curvata, dentibus 10 convoluto - 
subulatis dehiscens. 
CERASTIUM CRASSIPES, sarte. 
C. perenne, pubescens, cauliculis supra incrassatis , fistulosis , foliis radicalibus lineáribus longis, 
caulinis ovato-lanceolatis, pedunculis conico-subulatis, congestis, capsula calyce paulo longiore, 
Habitat in Peruviae montanis huanoccensibus. Y 
Species valde singularis et paradoxa. Radix fibrosa, perennis. Rami basilares plurimi, subcaepitosi, breves, 
foliis densis erectiusculis , linearibus 1, oblanceolatis, obtusiusculis, pubescentibus , uninervibus, basi submem- 
branaceis, connato - vaginantibus, unciam longis, 1 - 1*7 lin. latis vestiti, cauliculi digitales 1, ultra, adscen- 
dentes, simplices 1, ramo uno alterove elongato florigero supra basim instructi, teretes, nodoso - articulati, 
inferne filiformes, superne multo crassiores, quasi inflati, fistulosi, Ramuli novelli sive foliorum fasci- 
culi in axillis nulli, Folia caulina inferiora internodiis longiora, linearia , superiora iis breviora, ovato - lan- 
ceolata , acuminata, patentia, plana, tenuiter pubescentia, uninervia, Ô- 10 lin, longa, basi brevissime 
connata, Flores plurimi in apice cauliculorum, dichotomo - coryinbosi , congesti , quasi fasciculati, Pedun- 
culi ultra medium a basi conico - cylindracei, valde incrassati, fistulosi, superne filiformes, erecti, fructigeri 
apice incurvi, uniflori , nudi, calyce triplo longiores et ultra. Bracteae ad basim pedunculorum lanceolatae, 
acuminatae, foliis simillimae, nec margine membranaceae, Calyx vix 2 lin. longus, segmentis oblongis obtu- 
siusculis, obsolete uninervibus , margine membranaceis, Petala et stamina in nostris speciminibus desunt 
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Capsula calyce paulo longior, oblongo - cylindracea, apice incurva, dentibus 10 convoluto- subulatis dehiscens. 
