122 S. O. Lindberg. 



lato-pilosus, pi-fcsertim in marginibiis laeiiiiarum et in nervis. Petahi quinque, 

 ubique libéra et glaberrima, 1,25 cm. longa, calyoe paullo longiora, obliqua, 

 dense imbricata, nt rotara tnrbineam fere simulent, ungne cucullato et necta- 

 rifero, ad basim arcuato-patenti, inferne elongato obovato, superne contracto, 

 apice suramo denuo dilatato et canaliculato, lamina abrupte horizontali, 2 mm. 

 longa et ?> mm. lata, obverse reniformi-rotunda, dilute lurido-pui-purea, ante 

 florescentiam pnrpurea. Stamina quinque, crecta, ovario adpressa, ad l)asim 

 infimara indistincte connata, filmneiilo 4 mm. longo et I mm. lato, glaberrimo, 

 compresso, membranaceo, hyalino, uninervi, auguste lanceolato, apice acuto 

 hamato aifixo ad medium pagina; interioris anilierœ, qupe est verticalis, ver- 

 satilis, 1 ,5 mm. longa et 0,75 mm. lata, ovato-oblonga, reniote pilosa, extus 

 longitudinaliter deliiscens. Pisüllum mm. altum, ovario 2,5 mm. alto et 2 

 mm. crasso, ad basim stipite 1 mm. alto sntfulto, obovato, acute quinquaiigu- 

 lari, pra3sertim in angulis stellato-piloso, intus quinqueloculari, loculo quovis 

 ovula copiosa in angulo ccntrali gereute, stylo 2,25 mm. alto, glaberrimo, 

 erecto, stricto, a quinque connatis sat distincte formato, stigmate vix perspi- 

 cuo, viscoso. Capsula G, 5 — 7 mm. alta et 4.5 — 5 mm. crassa, longitudine 

 calycis vel liunc paullo superans, a (;alyce nitido, valde elevato- et anasto- 

 moso-nervato, corolla et filaraentis cmarcidis, scariosis, brunneolis obvelata, 

 brevissinie stipitata, pr.'csertim in carinis dense stellato-hirta, tuberculosa (e 

 pressione scminum), ovalis, ad basim rotundata, apice profnndissime impressa, 

 ideoque quinqiiecornuta, ibidemque stylo brevi exsiccato coronata, quinquan- 

 gularis et -carinata, quinquelocularis, ex apice ad medium in carinis locu- 

 licida. Scmina in quoque loculo biseriata et 4 — 8, nigra, opaca, tuberculata, 

 1,25 mm. longa et I mm. crassa, reniformia, alljumine corneo, embryone pcri- 

 pherico, curvato, liippopodiiformi, cotyledonibus integris, planis. 



Vere floret, fructus maturat mcnse Julii. 



Abunde differt ex Ilcrmamûa disticha Schraü. et Wendl. Sert. Hann. 

 I, fasc. 2, t. lu (1796) foliis diiformibus, augustis, liaud rugosis, paullo pi- 

 losis, calyce ovali, petalis purpureis, brevibus etc. 



Tab. I: Itermannia hifaria. 



1. Ramus, mngn. exténuai. (>. Floa ox ,apicc visus, miujn. nul. 



2. Ramulus, magn. nal. 7. Petalum, magn. nal. 



3. Fülinin inl'iTum, magn. nat. 8. PistilIniTi et staincn, mngn. val. 

 A. Foliiiin supenim, magn. nal. 9. Stamcii, magn. nul. 



5. Flos. mngn. nal. 



