— 130 — 



lorum limbo obovato in ungucin indistinctum paulatiiu (lesiiienle. Siliqua^ crcclo- 

 appress.T, subteretes, subfalcala;, petlicelluin :P(|uarites, pedicelli diictuin profeienlfs, 

 lostio gracili conico, stigmate capilato, \alvi.s uiiiiiei\is, dissepitneiito c cdliilis \aiiifor- 

 raibus et e fibris aliijuot iiioidiiiate currentibus constante, stoinata aliquot oITeieiite. 

 Semina uniordinala. 



Crescitin Peruvia iGI. Gay exskc. ia hcrb. Mus. paris, ii. 2256). 



lit. S. sputiinla-roiiuni Asa Gfay United States exjd. exped,, 60. 



Planta peiennis, liumilis, radiée crasso, fere lignoso. Scapi pluies ascendeiUes, pilis 

 bi-lrifitrcatis piihescentes. Folia cuncla obovato-spat/iiild/n , carnosula, inlegerrima, 

 nuuc parce subdentata, subpetiolata, sumnia ad flores iiifimos hracteiformia, parce pilis 

 ramosis pubesccnlia v. glabriuscula, intégra v. siiperiora obscure 2-3 dentaia, inferiora 

 in peliolum linibo œquilongum altcniiata, G-8 lin. longa; cauliiia diiiiidio minora, sub- 

 sessilia. Racemi brèves, floril'eii corymbusi, fruclil'eri plus minus elongati. Pedicelli brac- 

 leis longiores, erectiusculi. Flores parvi. Galyx sepalis viridibus; coroUa alba v. purpu- 

 rascens. Silitpiœ lineares fere terctcs, subulalae, 6-8 lin. longœ, pedicello longiores, 

 ascendenlcs, glabrœ, roslro brcvi, valvis uninervis, subcarinatis, dissepimento uni- 

 nervo. Semina uniordinata, in quoque loculo 8-10. 



Crescil in Andibus peruvianis^ ad (IbrajiHo aut ad Banos. (Descr. ex Asa Gravi 



142. S. primuijfoiiuin Tlionis. in llook. Keiu Journ. of bot. v,' 18, lab. x. AYaip. 



Ann. IV, 210. — L'ntremu /irinadifoliwn Hook f. et Tlioms. in Jouni. Linn. Soc. 



V, 16'i. 



Ce^pcs rliizDmale crasso, indiviso, rudi. Scapi exteriores graciles, nitidi, U uncias 

 longi, apicc corymbiferi. Folia glabra, inferiora ampla, lanceolata, in petiolura attenuata, 

 subserrata ; caulina bracteifonnia orbiculata aniplexicoitliu. Pedicelli frnctibus maturis 



fdiformes, 3-/i°"" longi. Genim».... Flores médiocres. Calyx sepalis elongatis; corolia 



roseo-alba, calycem duplum wcpiaus, peialis in unguem tenuaiim desinentibus. Siliqua; 

 crassiusculae, torulosae, paulo arcuatœ, erecto-appressae, laliores, 12"'"" longœ, pedicellum 

 supcranles, glabrii", basi induviis (loris circumdatae, rostre nulle, stigmate fisso, valvis 

 vix basi uninervis, dissepimento opaco, celkilis polymorphis in raedio fasciculaiim elou- 

 galis, parielibus tenuibus, ner\is aliquot procurrentibus. Semina 1-2-ordiiiata, iiigrcs- 

 centia, longitrorsus striata. 



Crescit in Himalaya boreali-occidentali temperala, 6-12000 ped. .lîta, ad AV.'iAwnV 

 et ad Simla (T. Thomson), ad h'wnaon (Stracliey et ^Vinlcrbottom), vere florens. — 

 V. sp. in herb. Mus. Paris. 



