264 ED. FENZL MONOGRAPHIE DER MOLLUGINEEN. 



06». Genus habitu specierum j4denojraffi»jaft' proximum, stylo 3 5fido et Capsula pluriloculari di- 



versum; a Mollugine staminibns in cupulam hypogynam coalitis, stylo distincto et capsulae loculis mo- 

 nospermis ; a Pharnaceo iisdem notis ncc non squamae hypogynae defectu floribusque verticillatis ; ab 

 Uypertelide insuper staminibus isomeriis deßnitis recedens. 



1, PSAMMOTROPHA QUADRANGULARIS. 



P. fruticulosa, flexuoso-raniosissima ; foliis subulatis ('/j — 3"' Ig.) acutis inucronulatis v. 

 attenuatis aristatis , rigidis, incrassalo-marginatis , ramorum arctissime quadrifariam imbri- 

 cafis exstipulatis , cauliculorum florigerorum alarium et terminalium verticillalis , utnbellulas 

 laterales sessiies aequantibus. V. s. sp. plur. 



Var. a mucronata; foliis '/j — 2'" longis , arctissime adpresso-inibricatis, albomarginatis, acutis, mucro- 

 flulatis, ramulorum infimis subinde muticis, emortuis cito lalientibus v. adpressissime persi- 

 stentihus. 



Var. ß subulifolia; foliis I — 3'" longis , attenuatis, aristatis, concoloribus ; ramorum cardinalium laxius 

 Imbricatis, erecto-patulis, emortuis diu persistentibus patulis. 



Synon. Pharnaceum quadrangulare L. fil. suppl. 185. — Thnnb. _^. cap. 875. — Willd. sp. pl, 1. 1510. — U. et Scholt. 

 syst. 6. 688. — Spr. syst. 1. 949. 

 Mollugo quadrangularis Ser. in DC. prod. 1. 393. 

 Collect. Var. a. Drege pi. cap. no. 1893 a.b. et 7064 (pro parte)! 



„ ß. Pham. quadrangulare Eckl. et Zeyher Enum. pl. afr. et pl. cap. no. 1832! — Drege pl. cap. no. 



7064. ! Herb. Delessert. ! 



Patria. Cap. b. spei. Hab. {var. ii) in montibus prope Ferkeerde l'allcy aljbiqae, territorii Koude Bockevcld, partis 

 occidentalUseptentrionalis pruv. ZwelUndam {Thunb.l); in lapiclti^is prope Ezelsfontein, terrae Inferinris 

 uncidcntalia monlosae, Camiesbergen et Etleboogfonteinsberg excipientis, alt. 35O0_4000' et in Onder- 

 bokkeveld f ejasdeia territorii, alt. 2500' (Drege l); (var. ß) in collibus aridis iapidosi^ prope Mordkuil, 

 in üaschjesveld , terrae inferioris australis , flumino ßreederimer trajectae, proT. Zwellendam , alt. 800' 

 (Drege'.); in sabulosis (alt. I.) prope Heeretogement, pro». Clanwilliam (Ecklonl). Fl. Oot.— Dec. 



Fruticulus UMtu ericoideo, Andromedae hypnoidi In speciminibus junioribus ac minoribus band ab- 

 similis, palmaris et spithameiis ercctiis v. diffusns, r:iraosissinius, ramls varielatis a plurlmiira abbreriatis, 

 tortuosis , varielatis f, raagis elongatis flexiiusis, speciminiim jiivenlllum filiformibiis , vetustiorum saepe 



crassitie calami scriptorii, cortiri: rimnsa, testacea, incrassata tectis, ramiilis postliiimis, 3 12'" longis, 



inferius auclis, superius in tenuiores, Vi 2uncialfs simpljclsslraos sire ramulis prismaticis coliimellaribiis 



lateralibus stipatos, apice cauliciilo florlgero solitario v. pluribus In ala innovati'inum 2 5 enasccntibus 



terminatos, soltitis, foliis tota longitiidine arctissime quadrit'ariam imbricatis vestitis, hinc facie qiiadrlalatis 

 V. saltera acutissime tetragonis; varielatis a inferius demum denudatis v. foliolis emortuis adpressissimis 

 tunicatis, varielatis ^ diutius his persistentibus, laxius Imbricatis, patulis, rigidis, dense obsessis. Cau- 



liculi florigcri terminales, simplices v. ab internodio primo in ramulos 2 7, iimbellatim dispositos, sim- 



pliclssimos V. obsolete dichotomos, plus minusve inaequilongos , remotius confertiusve nndoso-articulatos, 



rigidos, patulos divisi, solltarii v., quod rarius, 2 5 (abortu internodii primI) In ala congesti, 1 2unciales. 



Fottarigida, exstipulata, varielatis a triangulari-stibulata, aruta, inermla r. roucronulata, '/a — 'A'" lata 



et Vj 2'" longa, incrassato-albo-marginata, integerrima; ramulorum infima , brevissima, confertissime 



quadrifariam imbricata, semet invicem faciebus dorsalibus cuncaviusculls tota lungitudine cxactissime ex- 

 cipientia , superiora quidquam longiora minusque arcte imbricata, hInc illinc gcmmulam v. ramulu.-n bre- 

 vissinium axillarem foventia, emorlua demum omnino labcntia v. immutata directione persistentia; t'oWe/a- 

 (i.« ß subulato-setacea in aristam rertam attrnuala, 1 3'" longa, marginibus pluriraum concoloribus in- 

 crassata, basi subinde denticulo ubsolctissimo liorizontali v. recurro Cstipularum Indice) utrinque v. in 

 UDO latere tantum munita, scmper (praccipue ramnruin cardinalium) laxius imbricata, circa medium v. 

 apicem erecto-patula, ncc ut praecedentis invicem adpressa , emortua diutissime persistentia ; utrarumque 



