CARYOPHYLLEAE 145 



Saponaria depressa var. minor. 'Toni. Fl. Sic. pag. 145. 

 nuni. 1. 



Bert. Fl. It. 4. pag. 536. Exemplaria similia a Schouwio 

 fuerunt missa ad Cl. Bertoloni. 



Sectio II. Flores corymhoso-fasciculaii terminales. 



2. S. officinalis. — Flores grandes, speciosi, corymboso-fa- 

 sciculati, foliati, suaveolentes; corymbuli laterales cum pedi- 

 cellis lougiusculis, et medius cum pedicellis brevioribus; ca- 

 lyx tubulosus, basi constrictus, teres, longus, scabridus, sae- 

 pe e viridi rubens, breviter quinquedentatus, dentibus acu- 

 minatis, puberulis, praesertim in margine; corolla calyce lon- 

 gior, hypocraterimorpha, quinquepetala, carnea aut alba, un- 

 guiculata, unguibus calyce longioribus, intus in fauce squa- 

 mis subulatis, bifidis instructis, lamina obovata, integra aut 

 retusa; stamina decem corolla breviora, filamentis demum re- 

 curvis, antheris oblongis , pallide flavis; ovarinm , stylus et 

 stigma uti in genere; capsula oblonga, calyce brevior, a the- 

 caphoro brevissimo, crasso suflfulta; semina compressa, reni- 

 formi-subrotunda, granulata; pedunculus viridis, angulatus, 

 glaber; pedicelli breviusculi et saepe rubeoli, omnes bibra-' 

 cteati, glabri, bracteolis ovatis, sessilibus, oppositis, foliosis, 

 ciliatis , in pedunculo majoribus et in pedicello minoribus ; 

 caules a radice vel a nodis stolonum radicalium orti, obtuse 

 quadrangulati, fistulosi , erecti vel adscendentes , articulato- 

 nodosi, aut ramoso-corymbosi, ramis oppositis aut axillaribus, 

 rarius simplex, subinde rubescens, scaber vel glaber, a pede 

 ad sesquipedem longus; folia ad nodos cauliuos opposita, sim- 

 pliciter aut oblongo-lanceolata, crassiuscula, tri-quinquener- 

 via, margine scabra, reliqua parte glabra, minutissime gra- 

 nulata, inferiora obtusiuscula, in petiolum latum brevi-an- 

 gustata, superiora acuta, suprema uti bracteae sessilia ; pe- 

 tioli basi subconnati; radix ramosa, rubida, lignosa, sursum 

 ferens surculos et longos stolones, articulatos, repentes, apice 

 cauliferos. Planta saepe caespitulosa, erecta, adscendens. 



Floret Aestate et Autumno. 1^.. 



Aetnae, in saxosis cultis et arenosis: Nicolosi, Monte Maz- 

 zo, Ragala, Maletto, Randazzo, Mascalucia. 



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