So PLANT* RARIORES ETC. 



gine atro-purpurea ; petala integra flava apicc alrala. Media inter 

 O. virgosam Moms, el megalovliizam Iacq. cui ir.agis acccdit ha-' 

 bitu, et radiois forma: dill'ert autcm a prima foliolis iiUegerrimis , 

 nee emarginatis , floribus umbollifevis non verticillatis ; ttb altera 

 foliolis lincari-lanceolatis obtusis uiucoloribus nee obcordalis subtus 

 violaceis , scapo foliis lotigiore non breviore ; color floruin etiam 

 diversus. Crescit in fraticetis herbidis petrosis maritimis Valparaiso. 



XI. 



« $. O. micrimtHa ( Berter. Merc. Chil. 1. c. ) ; caule ascen- 

 dcnle inferne ramoso, foliis ternatis , foliolis obcordatis maigine 

 - et subtus iuxta ncrvos pilosiusculis , peduneulis apicc bifidis di- 

 » chotomis calycibusquc villosis folia subacquantibus petalis, minimis 

 » obovato-ouneatrs denliculatis sepala hirsuta basi nlrinquc glandu- 

 rt losa vix superanlibus, slylis stamina longiora subacquantibus ». 

 Nob. 



Obs. Planla pusilla 3-4-pollicaris diffusa enata tarn in II. Ripul., 

 qua m in II. R. Taurin. e seminibus missis a Bertero i83o, separa- 

 tim examini subiecla a cl. collcga mco Professore Morisio et a mc, 

 scquentes characteres observavimus. Ipse autem maxima qua pollel 

 tiberalitate et modestia priorem in ilia edendamevoluit. Radix fibrosa 

 nee bulbosa; caulis lierbaceus rubens superne valdc foliosus; pelioli 

 filiforma longissimi; foliola sessilia obcoi'dala viridia sublus tandem 

 purpurea; pedunculi lincares planiusculi ad dichotomiam villosiusculi ;■ 

 saepius simpiiciter diebotomi, quandoque iterum supcrius per aliam 

 dichotomiam divisi; pedicelli patentissimi unguiculares et ultra ; se- 

 pala lineari-lanceolala vis i-lin. longa pilis palulis apicc ghuidulosis 

 hispida , glandula minima rubesccnle apice inslrucla ; petala scpalis 

 paium longiora apice inacqualitcr denticulata flava ; genitalia gla- 

 bra pctalis dujilo brcviora ; stjli longitndinc stamiuum longiorum ; 

 stigma capitatum; capsule prismatica ; sendna minulissima glabra. 



