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2 1 4 CARYOPHYLLE.E. 



mina 10, brevia, inaequalia. Styli 2, recti, teretes, stami- 

 nibus longiores. Stigmata obtusa, pruinosa. Cop^uZa sub- 

 rotunda, calyce brevior, l-locularis, 5-valvis, polysperma. 

 Semina majuscula, plana^ subreniformia, fusca, placentae 

 ceutrali liberae funiculo umbilicali adnatae, 



CHERLERIA. Linn. 



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Calyx alte 5-partUus, Petala 5, indivisa, nunc calyce pluri- 

 miim minora. Styli 3, Capsula 3-locularis, 3-valvis: 

 Zocm/i^ dispermis. • - , ; .^ .. ' ^ 



Herhx per ennes J ceespitostt^muscoidece- Tolisi subulata^ dense 

 cofigesta. Floras solitarii^ subsessiles^ albi v. roseu 



Obs. Capsula ver6 trilocularis ; ind6 genus ab Arcnari^ 



valde diversum. 

 ^1, C, grandijloray foliis lanceolatis rigidis mucronatis pun- 



gentibus subt^s carinatis margine scabris basi dilatatis 



ciliatisque suprk concavis, segmentis calycinis cuneato- 



rotundatjs latissimis^ pelalis obovatis retusis calycem ex- 



cedentibus. 

 Hah. in Gosaingsthan* Wallich. %. 

 Planta compacta, caespitosa^ depressa, rigida, aspera. Radix 



longissima, lignosa, fusca. Caules Jloriferi distinct!, erecti, 

 ^uniflori, semiunciales, undique pilosl. Folia SMrculina 



conferta^ quadrifariam opposita, lanceolata, inucronata, 



rigida, pungentia, patula, 2-3 line¥s "1oi%a, margine sea- 

 bra, basi dilatata, ciiiata atquc breve vaginata, subtiis con- 



vexa atquecarinata, glabra, iiitida, suprk concava ; caulina 

 subsimilia, sed multo latiora atque breviora. Flos solila- 

 rius, terminalis, g>randiusculus, magnitudine Arenari(B 

 grandiflor€By roseus. Segmenta calycis latissime cuneato^ 

 rotundata, margine superiore membranacea et erose ere- 

 nnlata. Petala late obovata, calyce longiora, apice retosa. 

 Stamina 10, aequalia, petalis breviora: Jilamenta subulata, 

 purpurea, glabraT antherm flavas. Ovarium sphaericum, 

 3-loculare, 3-valve: ovulis pluribusin quoquc loculo. Styh 

 3, breves, teretes, glabri. Stigmata parva, capitata. Cap^ 

 ' sula 3-locularis, 3-valvis : loculis 2-spermis. 



2. C.junipm?ia, foliis confertis 6-fariis lanceolatis mucrona- 

 tis rigidis deflexis margine laevibus, floribus axillaribus 

 solitariis folio brevioribus, segmentis ovalibus obtusis, pe- 

 talis ovali-oblongis calyce dupio longioribus, ^^ 



Arenaria densissima. Wallich in Litt. 



//a6. in Gosaingsthan. Wallich. %. ■ 



Planta caespitem magnum vald^ compactum formans, K^ 

 di^ longa, lignescens. Cfltt/€*confertissimi, 3-4-pollicares, 

 densfe foliosi, teretes, rigidiusculi, fragiles, apice v*"^f *' 

 Folia persistentia, mucronata, dcflexa, supri plana, subtuft 



