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zquilongz v. eo breviores intus albida vel dilute roses, stamina 
paulo superantes. Operculum vel melius capsule pars superior 
2-23" longa striata, apice suo tubuloso styli basin ineludens, 
inferne sensim ampliata et semina 1-2 retinens. Semina vix 1^ 
longa nigra papuloso-scabriuscula, 2-3 in basi capsulse sita. 
Calandrinia spergularina. 
Annua, adscendens, glabra, foliis radicalibus caulinisque tere- 
tiusculis, racemis pluri-multifloris, pedicellis calyci subequilongis 
bracteolas triangulari-lanceolatas acuminatas superantibus, corolla 
hexapetala 12-16-andra, sepalis ovatis acuminatis liberis per- 
sistentibus, petalis oblongo-lanceolatis stamina calycemque fere 
triente superantibus, stigmatibus 3-4 filiformibus recurvis barbatis, 
capsula polysperma calycem zquante basi cireumscissa conico- 
ovata tri- v. quadrivalvi, valvis corolla emarcescente calyptratis 
coherentibus submembraneis, seminibus minutis reniformi-pyri- 
formibus splendenti-spadiceis subtilissime seriato-punctulatis. . 
In alveo arenoso fluvii Nicholson, sinus Carpentaris. 
Radix tenuis simplex vel parum divisa. Folia 1-1" longa, circiter 
1" erassa, plus minusve curvata basi et apice attenuata, radicalia 
conferta, caulina alterna. Racemi terminales. Sepala 12" longa 
integerrima. Petala zqualia semper 6 rosea 2-21" longa.  Fila- 
menta basi connata rosea inzquilonga. .Antherz dorso affixce 
rubrz ovatw basi et apice, locis discretis, emarginate. Pollen 
flavum. Stigmata alba 1" longa supra pubescentia, sessilia. 
Capsula quidem valvata, sed valvis solum juxta basin solutis 
conica. Semina 2" tantum longa. 
Herba Calandrinix polypetale facie, eui sane affinis. .A Calan- 
drinia ealyptrata distat pedicellis brevioribus, numero partium 
floralium, capsula minus pergamena, nec calycem conspicue supe- 
rante, nec longitudinaliter dissiliente, seminibus tandem minoribus, 
ab omnibus ut videtur valvarum perpetua cohwsione. —— 
Calandrinia pygmea. —— : 
Ferd. Muell First Gen. Report, p. 11; Talinum nanum, Nees in Lehm. 
Plant. Preiss. L, p. 2346. — — poe 
Annua, perminuta, glabra, foliis carnosis oblongis ovatisve 
sessilibus sepalisque subtus convexis, racemis terminalibus pauci- 
floris, sepalis subovatis carnosis demum deciduis obtusis pedicello 
longioribus, petalis 4-7 lanceolatis acuminatis semiexsertis stamina 
4-10 conspieue superantibus, antheris luteolis, stylo nullo, stigma- 
tibus tribus filiformibus, capsula nigrescente lucida trigono-ovata 
v. subgloboso-ovata trivalvi apice tantum dehiscente polysperma, 
columella tristicha longitudinaliter funieulosa, seminibus minutis 
reniformi-ovatis turgidis splendenti-fuscis subtilissime clathratis. 
In locis humidiuseulis montium rupestrium et pratorum areno- 
