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Dia o n. Suflruticulosa , ramosissima , petalis integris ovato-lanceolalis, capsulis 

 ovoideo-oblongis, superne sensiin attenuatis. 



Descriptio: 



Radix lignosa, tortuosa, crassiuscula, superne plus minusve niulticeps. — Cau- 

 les basi lignosi, humiles, rigidiusculi, erecti v. e basi procumbente subarcuato-ad- 

 scendentes, saepius ramulis numerosis sterilibus valde foliosis subsecundis obsiti, su- 

 perne ramis longioribus niinusque numerosis praediti, teretes, leviter striato-angulosi. 

 glabri, peunain corvinam diametro subaequantes v. paulo crassiores, 12 — 25"' longi. 

 — Folia omnia integra, glauca, in sicco rugosa, linearia v. anguste lineari-spathu- 

 lata, acuta, glabra, 1 — l 1 /«™ 1 longa, basi minute bidenticulata, in axillis ramuluin 

 valde abbreviatum sterilem v. superiora magis elongatum vulgo florigerum dense fo- 

 liosum gerentia; folia ramulorum saepius 1°"' tantum aequantia, caeterum caulinis 

 similia, ad apicem ramulorum sterilium comoso-approximata. — Flores albi, parvi, 

 subsessiles, inier bracteas snbocculti, spicato-racemosi. — Bracteae persistentes, 

 lineari-subulatae, acuminatae, glabrae, praesertim basin versus hyalino-marginatae, 

 sepala subduplo superantes, basi utrinque denticulo tenui elongalulo instructae. — 

 Pedicelli brevissimi, parum conspicui. — Calyx 5-sepalus, sepala persistentia, 

 superum cum petalis duobus alternans, caeteris paulo minus, omnia subincrassata, 

 dorso convexa, intus late concaviuscula , lanceolato-oblonga , 2i/ 2 — 3""" longa et pe- 

 tala superantia, byalino-marginata. — Petala alba, circ. I'/ü" 1 "' longa, simplicia, 

 integra, ovato-lanceolata, subacuminata, nervo unico pennato-ramuloso percursa. — 

 Stamina ut in 0. dispersa sed filamenta paulo breviora. — Ovarium ovoideum, 

 obtuse letragonum, secus suturas carpidiorum obiter 4-sulcatum, apice in dentes 4 

 erectos obtusos ipso duplo breviores sensim desinens. — Ovula biserialia in quavis 

 placenta circ. 10—15 (in ovario 40 — 60). — Capsula ovoideo-oblonga, ovario om- 

 nino similis, secus placentas leviter 4-sulcata, levis, apice sensim in dentes 4 sub- 

 pyramidato-acutos demum apice divergentes ipsa circ. triplo breviores producta, 

 saepius circ. 6—7""" longa. — Semina ut in antecedente sed duplo majora. 



Habita t ad Caput Bonae Spei, I. ad Zwartkey in planitie alt. 4000 ped. s. m.: 

 Decemb. (Drege, Documente in Flora 1S43 p. 48, et specim. sicc. sub R. dipetala 

 in hb. DC. ! et Boiss. !) 



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