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Ikher I. e, eas bilociilures obsL-rviiyil. IIiijus specioi vauctas memonibiiis 
occunit: 
^ eloiijSfata noh* cauliLus eloii^atis viri''atis, pcUiccHis g^ra- 
ciliurlbus g^IabciTimis , pctalis purpiirco-roseis, antlierisqiie cum tii- 
biilo apice pallitio multo brevioribus. 
In subarcnosis sjUac ad lluvium Cannings (^I'ertb) uiensc Sc^it. 1H4I. Ilcib. 
Proiss No. 1322. 
FrutH'ulas radice liirnosa, multicauli. Caules *jx\\n\f^s. clonsjatL vir';a(i, 
imic mile ramos subsiniplices apice abortivos agentes, ^-ii'/^ pedales, minns 
strigosi quam in specie priniaria. Pedicelli basi bracteolis pieriimipie binis 
suffuiti, gracilliiui, glabenimi, setulis piuie destituli, 5-S iin. lon^^l. Pctala 
5 obovata, patfiitia, purpureo-rosea, basi concoloiia. Stamina iO, glabei- 
riHia, Filumvnta brovissima vix nlla; anther ae cyXnxAnoiQ^ (piatbilocubires, 
afropurpureae, ca»i.tub»lo ipsU paiilJo loii^iore, lurido, apice flavescciitc, 
obiiipie tninrato et poro tennlnali instnicto, levissfme rngulosa**, vix I'/iliii. 
longae. (In specie priniaria 2 lineares.) Ovarium sessile, ovatiim, roscnni, 
cum stjio recto, filifoniii, basi roseo, apice flavesrente, stamina panllo sii- 
peraute, glaberrimum; ovufuni in locnlis solitarinm. Fofin ct .sepnfa a ^^^^:^e 
primaria non differunt. Specimina fnictifcra non snp]>rtnnt. — Forma qnideiri 
iasi|;nis, tpioniam transitns nullos detexi, attameii verisimiliter nil nisi inera 
varietas, orta in loco na(ali diverso. 
Ods. Ovarium unicum (rigonuni, loculis (ribus instrncUim observavi; ce- 
tera compressa, bilocularia inveni. 
6. Tetratheca g^racilis Steet:^. caulc gracili erecto ra- 
moso hinc hide setis raiis coiispevso ceterum i^Iabro, folus 
teiiiatim verticillatis subsessilibus Imeari-lanccolatis margiuo 
revolutis utrinquc glabris internodiis multoties brevioribus. 
pedicellis axillaribus folia longe superantibus filiformibus 
S 
jlaberrimis ebracteolatis, floribus pentameris, nlanientis brc- 
vibus pallidis, aiUheris cum tubulo atropurpiireis scabris, 
ovario obovato apice subemarginato glaberrinio, stylo 
In siibarenosis sylvac ad fluvium Serpentine- River, (Murray) d. 5. Dec. 1839. 
ITt:ib. Preiss. No. 1335. 
Snffrntlculosa. Caules plnres graciles, erecti, ramnsi, fere pedales, e( 
com Tamis arrectis teretes, rugnlosi, glabri, vel setis patentibns, nifescenti- 
«»s, basi bnlbosis bine inde, praesertim sub foliornm verticillis, vestiti; rami 
simplices, utplurimu'm ternatim verticillali, FoHn pari modo ternatim ver- 
"X"^^ "n-iiissaii, giauerrniH, fiuiuaru, uppusiii vci icinunui »..ti.».ii»iit, - ■ 
"• '**"SU basi bracteolis destituti. Sepula ovafa, arntinscula, lineam longn, 
glabra, ciliolata, introrsnm paberula, colorata. Pi-fala 5 pnrpiireo- rosea, 
0'»si concoloria. obovata. senalis dnulo vel triplo lon^iora. Stamina 10; // 
tani 
cylind 
'"^pi^e subemarginattiin, viride. Stiflus .... Capsula obovata, subinflata, 
»'*rice emarginata, ntrinqne lon^itudinalitcr sulcata, '2y^ tin. longa, 2 Iin. lata. 
06s. llnjns pnlchrae speciei exe;npIarTa ploraque floribus carent; in al- 
tero capsnia, in altero flos nnicus adest, el Inc insnper incomplttns. Se- 
palornm enim duo medio tenus connata, antberarum tnbuli apice corrosi snnl, 
*'* stylus paullo supra basin dcfrattus est. Ex iilterioribu^ igitiir observa- 
