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170. CERASTIUM TETRANDRUM 



C. pilosum viscosumquej foliis ovato-ellipticis oblongisve, acutis, 

 infimis basi attenuatis; floribus 4-5-fidis, 4- IO - an dris, laxe dichotomo- 



paniculalis; pedunculis calice multo longioribus, demum refractis; 

 bracteis non membranaceis ; calice petalis emarginato-bifidis vix lon- 

 giore, capsulis demum multo brcviore. 

 Cerastiuru tetrandrum Curt. Lond. fasc. 6. Sm. Fl. Lrit. p. /jt)S. ct Engl. II- 



( cd. 2. ) 2. p. 332. 

 C. viscosum Moris Stirp. sard. Elench. 1. p. 7. non Linn. 

 C. viscosum y. tetrandrum Benth. Catal. pl. pyren. p. Gq. 

 Sagina cerastoidcs Sm. Ttans. of. Linn. soc. 2. p. 3^3. Willd. Sp. 1. p. 7 18. 



R. Sch. Syst. 3. p. 497- Sering. in DC. Protl. r. p. 38g. 

 Mocnchia cerastoides Srn. Syst. 1. p. 49;- 

 Ic. — Engl. bot. 3. tab. 1G6. 



j3. majus , caulibus elatioribus , dichotomo-ramosissimis. 



Radix exilis, infcrne fibrillosa ramosave. Caules plures, erecti dif- 

 fusive, teretes, ramoso-dichotomi, biunciales, pedales. Folia radi- 

 calia et infima spathulata , caulina media ovata aut elliptica , acuta, 

 superiora ovato- aut oblongo-lanceolata, angustiora acutioraque. 

 Flores laxe dichotomo-paniculati, pedunculis calice duplo, quadru- 

 plo, in (3 quadruplo, sextuplo, longioribus, erectis, fructiferis dc- 

 mum refractis. Sepala quatuor subindeque in ejusdem plantae flo- 

 ribus nonnullis, quinque, lanceolata, acuta, margine utroque aut 

 altero dumtaxat, interiora potissimum, leviter mcmbranacea. Petala 

 tot quot calicis divisiones, oblonga, profunde cmarginata , calice vix 

 breviora, basi virescentia. Stamina quatuor vel, in quinquefidis flo- 

 ribus, quinquc, interdum septcm-octo, antherifera; vidi et novem- 

 decem, sed numerum octonum excedentia antheris carentia. Anthcrae 

 flavae. Styli prout florcs quadrifidi vel quinquefidi, quatuor, quinque. 

 Capsula cylindracea, calice demum dimidio et paullo ullra longior, 

 leniterque incurva, apice in dcntes octo-decem dchisccns. Semina 

 fusca, vix compressa, angulata, tuberculata , dorso leviter suhata. 



Planta pilosa, pilis brcvibus patcntibus, apice glanduliferis , in (3 



