PASSERINA. 367 
Planta intermedia inter Daphnaceus, et Santalaceaus. 
It certainly belongs to Thymelez. 
An Passerina, Diarthron affinis, etiam. 
Itinerary Notes p. 295, no. 924. 
2. Passerina costata Gr. Pl. DXXXV. 
Planta annua erecta, statura varians sspe ramosissime 
corona lata. ^ Cortice tenaci-fibrosa ramis inferioribus sub- 
oppositis, plus minus nudatis, foliis alternis, subsessilibus as- 
cendentibus subsecundis, glaucis lineari-spathulatis, utrinque 
pubescente pube tenui longiuscula, simplice sepius concava 
univenia. 
Flores in racemis terminalibus filiformibus demum elonga- 
tis, nudis, articulata in apicibus dilatatis pedicellorum brev, 
subtetrasticha. 
Perianth. medio constrictum supra hoc subpetaloid, infra 
viridescens, tubo oblongo apice 4-lobo, lobis 2 majoribus, 
In æstivation exterioribus subcarnosis, extus pubescens, infra 
medium et in parte ovario respondente, costis 8 undulatis 
distinctis, 
Stam. 8, biseriata ut in precedente, filamento filiformia sub- 
qualia, anth. oblonge bilocul. longit. dehiscent. introrsz. 
p rotundum glabrum in aqua immulat. iterum exami- 
Ovarium in parte tubi oblongo recondit glabrum oblongum, 
uniloculare, 
| Ovulo unico pendulo e latere apicis loculi, conforme. 
Tegu ment, unicum? foramen superum hilum prope, stylus 
Sübclavatug gracilis decidius, stigma oblongum papillosum 
s ala, tubo calycis immulat. scarioso, albo facto, recondit. 
viridescens, cellulosis indehiscens. Semen pendulum, cap- 
Sulis co orme. 
Tegument exterius osseum atratum, Interius album 
de aranaceo-cellulosum. Embryo ex albuminosus, præce- 
tis, radicula supera. 
l« Portion of a large specimen nat, size. 
