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nacem, recurvz, 1-1j" longs. Pedicelli axillares, solitarii vel 
. gemini, inartieulati, 1" longi vel varie breviores rarius longiores, 
subeapillares, glanduloso-puberuli. Calyx ó-partitus, z:stivatione 
imbricatus, persistens, 13-2" longus; laciniz lanceolatz, acuminatz, 
tenui-carinatz, pilis rubris glanduligeris obsessze, rubro-marginatz ; 
dus earum margine rubro-membranacez, non ciliolatz, tres cilio- 
late. Petala persistentia, quinque, libera, ealycis laciniis alterna, 
ovato-lanceolata, acuta, rosea, glabra, 2" longa. Filamenta lineari- 
setacea, basi parum dilatata, albida, petalis breviora.  Antherz 
rubellz, biloculares, subrotundz, supra basin insertz, basi et apice 
emarginatz, loculis longitudinaliter dehiseentibus. Germen globo- 
sum, leniter 5-angulatum, album. Stigma 5 sessilia, clavata, mox 
patentissima et fere deltoidea, brevissima, rubra. Capsula sub- 
globosa, calyce vix brevior. Placentz 5 septis interjectz, inferne 
libere, apice bifide. Semina numerosissime placentis affixa, mi- 
nutissima. 
Quod longitudinem pedicellorum attinet species B. anagalloidi 
comparanda, duratione, stipularum forma et magnitudine aliisque. 
notis suam diversitatem vindicans. 
KElatine perennis. . 
Bergia perennis, F. M. loc. cit. 
Caule perenni procumbente, ramis glabris vel parce puberulis, 
stipulis conspicuis serrato-ciliatis, foliis ovato-lanceolatis oppositis 
minutissime crebreque serrulatis glandulosis, pedicellis axillaribus 
solitariis folia zequantibus vel iisdem brevioribus cum calyce glabris, 
petalis lanceolatis calycem magnum paulo superantibus, staminibus 
10 vel rarius paucioribus, capsula quinquevalvi vix sulcata, semi- 
nibus nigris clathratis curvato-ellipsoideis. 
Ad ripas lacunarum passim inundatas oryzam sponte alentes 
prope rivum Sturt's Creek Australize subceritralis. 
Suffruticulus . prostratus, ramosus, spithamzeus usque pedalis. 
Ramuli teretes. — Folia opposita, subglauca, 23—1" longa, acuta, in 
petiolum brevem sensim angustata, glabra, lateraliter subenervia. 
Stipule lanceolato-lineares, acutissimz, subenerves. Pedicelli 
calyce squilongi vel eo longiores, glabri. Bracteole lanceolato- 
lineares, ad pedicellorum basin sitze, membranes, fimbriolatz, 1/"- 
longe. Calyx 2" longus, laciniis ovato-lanceolatis, carinatis, 
acuminatis glabris, margine albo-membranaceis, eglandulosis, 
exterioribus denticulatis, interioribus integerrimis. Petala rosea, 
glabra, circiter 3" longa. Stamina 10 vel pauciora; filamenta 
sepalina e lanceolata basi subulata, petalina filiformia, omnia ger-. 
mine longiora.  Antherz dorsifixz, erectz?, cordatze. ^ Pollen 
ochroleueum. Stigmata 5, filiformia, demum recurva. Capsula 
globosa, calyce triente brevior, septifrage 5-locularis, raro 4-locu- 
laris, polysperma.  Placentz axillares, inferne liberz. Semina 
curvato-ellipsoidea, fere 1" longa, nitentia. 
