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Saponaria(Actiiioceplialis N.) bellidifolia Smih. 

 Rhizoma multieeps. Folia radiealia arrecta, spatlmlata, 

 subeoriacea, trinervia, margine verrueuloso-aspera, 3 — 4- 

 poUicaria. Petiolus longissimus, vakle-angustatus, 2 — 2 ^L- 

 pollicaris, infima basi longe sparseque ciliatus, ceterum 

 glaberrimus, lamina elliptica glaberrima , basi sensim 

 sensimque in petiolum angustata, exteriorum foliorum 

 multo breviorum margine explanata, apice rotundata, 

 interiorum (turionis) multo longiorum margine undulata, 

 apice brevissime acutata. Caulina 1 — 2 — o-paria 

 erecta, inferiora spathulato-cuneiformia in longum petio- 

 lum basi sparse-ciliatum angustata, apiee rotundata; 

 superiora spathulato-linearia 1. lanceolato-linearia, apice 

 aeutata ; summa sub inflorescentia patentissima, laneeo- 

 lato-linearla, basi dilatata, apice sensim acuminata, om- 

 nia trinervia, exceptis supremis inferne fimbriato-ciliatis 

 et siipra ad medium usqiu^ 1. paullo ultra longe spar- 

 seque pilosis, glabra. Cauhsglaber, 9-poUicaris sesqui- 

 pedahs et uhra, interdum internodio supremo pilosus, 

 crassitie pennae corvinae. Inflorescentia coarctato-cy- 

 mosa 1. cymoso-capitata ; bracteae lanceolato - lineares, 

 acuminatae, apice virentes, margine albido latiusculo 

 cinetae, fimbriato-cihatae, utrinque apicem versus sparse- 

 pilosae, 3 — 5-nerves. Fkires subsessiles. Bracteolae 

 spathulato-lanceolatae acuminatae, albido-meiubranaceae, 

 disco apicali in acumen usque virentes , margine su- 

 premo dense fimbriato-ciliatae, supra in parte viridi et 

 subtus in costae apiee pilosae. Calyx subclavatus 1. 

 cylindrico-conoideus , subinflatus , pallidus, 5 — 7-fidus, 

 laeiniis elongato-triangularibus erectis, aeutis, brevissime- 

 ciliolatis, 15 — 20-costatus, costis tribus apiee eonfluen- 



