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hypogyna nulla; seminib. globoso-lenticularib. laevissimis lucidis alris. — Mol- 

 lugo linearis Ser. in DC. Prodr. 1. 392. — In Promonlorio bonae spei. 



7. PH. DICHOTOMLM Linn. fil. 1. c. 186. — Wllld. 1. c. 1511. — Fzl. 1. c. 2.54. f - 

 DC. Mem. Porlul. t. 17. — Caudice distlnclo slmplicissimo sive apice in ramos 

 abbrevialos diviso, brevissimo v. a basi polycephalo toruloso; cauliculis simpllcib. 

 sive ramosis erectls v. squarroso-patentib.; foll. lineari-QIIformlb. aristatis v. 

 mucronulatis; stlpulls setaceo - fimbriatis, modo obsoletiorib. fugacib. , modo 

 distinctlsslmis persistentib. ; squama hypogyna carnosa tripartlta ; antheris llnea- 

 rib.; stigmatib. cristacformib. albis v. dllute flavis; scminib. globoso-lenticularib. 

 subtilissime granulatls nltldulls atro-fuscls. — 3Jollugo dichotoma Ser. I. c. 392. 



«. lineare: Caudice polycephalo toroso; foll. infimls in comam 1-2-unciaIem 

 congestis cuneato— llneari-filiformib., superne plurimum '/i'" cl ullra latls, 

 infcrius longe attenuatls, canllnls patentib. numquam reHexis; stlpulis ad no- 

 dos paucis obsoletls mox fugaclbus. — Pharnaceum (luiiale Eckl. et Zeyh. 

 1. c. 286. 



fi. filifolia: Caudlce slmplici, apice plurimum abbrevlalo-ramoso; foll. omnib. 

 tenue fillformib., '/3'" vix latiorib. , caulinis patentlb. numquam rcllexis; sti- 

 pulis capillaceo-fimbriatls distlnctis, ad nodos aggregatls ncc glomeralo- 

 congestis. — Ginginsia brevicaulis DC. Prodr. III. 363. — Pliarnac. patens 

 Eckl. et Zeyh. I. c. 285. — Ph. dicholomum Thbg. Hb. — Ph. brecicaule Barll. 

 Linnaea VII. 625. — ilollugo dichotoma Ser. mss. 



y. barbala: Caudlce brevissimo polycephalo incrassato oligophyllo, stlpulis tu- 

 nicato; cauliculis squarroso-ramosis, ad nodos stipulis copiosisslmls rlgidulis 

 glomeralo-congestis longe fimbrialo-laceris barbatis; foll. Ilneari-filiformib., 

 caullnis omnlb. dcmum rcHcxis. — Crescit in Promontorio bonae spei. 



8. PII. CROCELM E. Mey. mss. ex Fzl. I. c. 2-55. t — Blenne v. annuum: caudice 

 nuUo V. obsoletissimo, apice indlvlso; caullculls e coma foliorum dcnsa emer- 

 gentib. plurib. scapiformlb. (internodio scilicet unlco absolutis) strictls; foll. 

 terelib. tenuius crassiusve filiformib. v. cuneato -filiformib. esulcatis longe aris- 

 tatls; cymis 2-3-chotome racemiformib. simpliclssimls v. obsoletissime abbre- 

 viato-prolificantib.; antherls linearib.; stigmatlb. crassis croceis; squama hypo- 

 gyna carnosula tripartlta; seminib. globoso-Ienticularlb. laevissimis. — a. crassi- 

 folium: Caudice nullo; foll. radicalib. plurlmis '/i-l'" versus apicem latis et 

 8-12'" longls. — p. tenuifolium: Caudice distincto 2-4"' longo; foll. radicalib. 

 plurimis '//" latls, 2-6'" longls. — Cresclt in Promontorio bonae spei. 



9. PH. GRACILE Fzl. I. c. 250. 7 — Blenne v. annuum : caudice distincto nullo ; 

 cauliculls scapiformib. plurib.; foll. teretiusculls filiformib. esulcatis aristatls in 

 comam radicalem congestis; cymls terminalib. trichotome racemiformlb. simpli- 

 clb.; squama hypogyna membranacea alba obsoletlssima, ad lobulum solitarium 

 plurimum restricla; antheris elllplicis; semlnlb. subglobosls, slria dorsali obso- 

 lelissima cinctis nec marglnatls fuscis. — In Promontorio bonae spei. 



10. PU. CORDIFOLIUM Linn. Amoenit. acad. VI. 85. — Willd. I. c. 1511. — Fzl. 

 I. c. 257. t — Mullicaule diffusum: foll. carnosis lale obovatis retusis v. obsolele 

 obcordalis, basi valde altenuatis remote verlicillalis; cymls axillarib. pedunculatis 

 dichotome racemiformib. squarrosis multifloris; squama hypogyna tripartila car— 

 nosula distinctissima; antheris oblongis; capsula chartacea, calyce diraidio lon- 

 giore polysperraa; seminib. globoso-lenticularib. laevissimis lucidis. — Crescil 

 in Promontorio bonae spei. 



11. PH. SERPVLLIFOLIUM Linn. fil. Suppl. 186. - Thbg. Fl. Cap. 270. — Fzl. 1. c. 

 257. t — Perenne: caudlce ecomato polycephalo; cauliculis plurlmis caespltanllb. 

 tenuissirae fillformib., ad nodos stipulis serlceis crispatis dense barbalis; foll. 

 remote verticlllalls membranaceis elllpticis v. obovalls arislatis, basi attenuatis; 

 cymis depauperalls 1-2-llnris axlllarib. et termlnallb.; squama hypogyna 5-loba; 

 capsulae globosae membranaceae nlveae loculls 2-5-spermls; semlnlb. subglo— 

 bosis retlculalis. — Mollugo serpijllifolia Ser. in DC. Prodr. I. 391. — a. Folia 

 plurima 2-4'/V" longa, slipularum limbrias duplo superantibus. — /?. Folia plu- 



