C 1231 ] 



Aristea Pusilla. Flat-Stemmed 

 Aristea. 



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Oafs and Order. 

 Triandria Monogynia. 



Generic Character. — Vid. Jupra No. 605. 



Specific Character and Synonyms, 



ARISTEA pufilla ; {planta cefpitofa ; radix fibrofa ,-) foliis in 

 quoque fafciculo pluribus, difticho-collateralibus, 

 equitantibus, gramineo-anguftatis, lineari-ligulatis, 

 obiter plano-convexis, ftriatis, acuminatis, rigid- 

 ulis ; caule comprefTo-ancipiti, plano-convexo, fub- 

 articulato, ftri&o, ftriato, foliolis 2 — 3 ftipato ; 

 fpatha terminali, folitaria (vet modo altera fimili 

 feffili axillari paulo infra co/iocata), uni-biflora, 

 plurivalvi ; valvis binis extimis herbaceis, grandi- 

 oribus, naviculari-conduplicatis, germen adaequan- 

 tibus, reliquis minoribus fcariofo-fphacelatis in- 

 clufis; pedicellis inclufis ; germine iftis continuo, 

 longiori, lineari-prifraatico ; corolla rotato-ex- 

 planata, deorfum breviter coar&ata ; laciniis inte- 

 rioribus ellipticis, fere dupio latioribus; extimis 

 oblongo-lanceolatis; ftaminibuspluries brevioribus, 

 breviter adnatis, antherasere&a.sparum divergentes 

 fubsequantibus, fafciculato-convergentibus ; ftylo 

 his 2 — 3plo altiori, fubclavato-triquetro, crcflo ; 

 /tigmatibus cucullatim larainatis, divergemibus, 

 ora rotundato-patula, erofulo-dentata. G. 



ARISTEA pufilla. Nobis in Ann. of Bot. v. 1. 236. 



MOR.EA pufilla. Vhunb. Diff. dcMor.n. 4. Prod. n. IVilld. 

 Sp. PL 1. 241. VabL Enum. 2. 154. 



Descr. Herb growing into a tuft; fern 3—7 inches high ; 

 leaves generally /horter than this, grafslikc, of a very deep 



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