184 ^ ICOTYL.— TALAMIFLORAE 



ad Prodr. pag. 141. — Arcang. Gomp. della Fl. Ital. pa- 

 gina 97. 



Cerastium tauricum. Spr. Syst. Veg. 2. pag. 419. 



3. C. tomentosum, — Flores parvuli, terminales, paniculato- 

 dichotomi, pedicellati; pedicelli breves, bracteati uni-bi-tri- 

 flori, alaris calyce long-ior ac pollicaris, albo-tomentosus; se- 

 pala oblong-o-lanceolata, obtusa et saepe apice eroso-denti- 

 culata, albo-tomentosa, margine late albo-membranacea; co~ 

 rolla alba, calyce duplo et ultra longior , petalis obcor- 

 datis, bifidis, obtusis, sulcatis; siamina decem et reliqua ge- 

 nitalia ut in genere; capsula crassiuscula, calycem aequans 

 aut paulo superans, clausa oblonga, dehiscens cylindracea, 

 obsolete decem-ang-ulata, recta vel incnrvata, decem-dentata, 

 dentibus lanceoloto-linearibus, margine revolutis, obtusis, re- 

 ctis; semina crassiuscula, reniformi-obovata, granulata, fer- 

 ruginea; caides caespitosi, lignosi, steriles, procumbentes et 

 inferne ad nodos radicantes; floriferi surrecti, teretes, sim- 

 plices vel alterne ramosi aut subdicliotomi, a pollice ad pe- 

 dem et ultra longi; omnes tomentosi, nuuc dense incani, nunc 

 laxi, inferne nodis brevissimis et subglabris; folia inferiora 

 breviora, oblongo-spatliulata, obtusa; caulina varia, ovato- 

 lanceolato-linearia vel linearia, plus minus longa, superne an- 

 gustata, apice acuto vel obtusiusculo, margine plana aut sub- 

 revoluta, eubinde ferentia in axillis fasciculum foliorum an- 

 gustorum ex ramo abortivo; omnia albo-tomentosa, deinde 

 sordescunt et fere cinerescunt ; hracteae parvae, ovatae aut 

 lanceolatae, acutae, margine superiore membranaccae, praeser- 

 timsupremae, albo-pubescentes; radix repens, alba, fibrillosa. 



Floret Junio, Julio. \. 



Aetnae, in elatis: Valle del Trifogliefto, di Calanna, Pia- 

 no del Lago. 



Icon. Sibth. Fl. Gr. tab. 455. — Bonan. Panpli. tah. 141. 

 sub nomine: Alsine pnrpmrascente, candido florc, ihymifoUo 

 squalido duro. 



Cerastium tomentosum. Lin. Sp. Pl.pag. 629. ra.r. h. Guss. 

 Prodr. 1. piag. 529. et St/n. Fl. Sic. 1. jJag. 511. — Torn. 

 Fl. Sic. pag. 155. — Bracchi Oss. in Bihl. It. i. 2S. 2)agiua 

 223.— Ten. Fl. Nap. 4. pag. 236.—PresI Fl. Sic. 1. ]mgi- 

 7ia 167.— DC. Prodr. 1. xjag. 418. 



Cerastium arvense var. aetneum. Jan. El. pag. 7. v. 4. 



