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Wil. (Kuth. 1. c. 74. 56.) Cat. 5^220 e speciiiiiiiibus hrb. berol et Viudob. 

 valde acoedit, praeprimis var. /S. 



n. rLi.itaias H s s k 1. 



Diagn. Pedunculis fructiferis uutantibus. 



Descript. Herbae e basi radicante procumbenti adscendentes, 

 teuerae glabriusculae, parce basiu versus tantum raraosae; internodia 

 teretia iO — 15'" longa, recta glabra, alternanti linea pilosa, e vagiuarum 

 liuea autica pilosa decurrenti, notata; vaginae breves iongitudinaliter 

 striatae, iuteruodiorum basin tautum obtegentes, 3 — 2'" lougae, vix 1','- 

 crnssae, liuea autica pilosa uotatae et ore obliquo ciliatae; summae iu 

 folia traiiseuutes. Folia e basi latiuscula araplexanti apicem versus 

 augustata, plerumque complicata iudeque adspectu liuearia, subfalcata, 

 rarius plaiia et margine basiu versus subundulata, jiatentia, 7 — 12'" longa, 

 1^/2" lata, vix latiora; summa nuuc nec seniper e basi latiuscula 

 aiuplecteuti subito atteuuata, iudeque ovata acuta aut acumiuata, 4V2'" 

 louga, supra glabra, subtus scabriuscula pallidiora. Pedunculi termi- 

 naics solitarii aut bini ternive subracemosi, nuuc axillares solitarii, 

 uuiflori, vix e vagina exserti erecti, 4'" lougi, apicem versus paulo in- 

 crassati: post anthesin et fructiferi a basi curvato-nutautes; bracteae 

 parvae lineari-subulatae \ — iVj'" longae ad basiu peduuculorura. F i res 

 maguitudine semiuis Sinapeos miuoris. Perigonium exteruuni 3-phyl- 

 luin persistens; foliola lanceolato-oblouga coucava, apicem versus in 

 nervo medio pilis albidis erectis deusis articulatis niuuita, nervis laterali- 

 bus 2, vix V3 partem foliolorum lougis, membranacea, in siccis fusco-flave- 

 scentia (iu vivo viridia?), irregulariter punctulis fuscis couspersa, 3'" louga, 

 V/2" lata , fructui deiu arcte adpressa eoque sublougiora; perigouium 

 iuteruum membranaceum, teuuissimuni, hyaliuo-aibidura, post authesiu 

 ab apice basiu versus marcesceuti-involutum, persisteus; foliola sessilia 

 obovato-subrotunda, uervis copiosis lutesceutibus, apicem versus furcatis, 

 ad raarginem percursa. Stamiua 3 fertiiia, persisteutia, a perigouio 

 interuo marcescenti inchisa eoque plus duplo rainora, albida^ alterna sterilia ; 

 filaraenta brevia, e basi latiuscula subito acuraiuata et supra medium 

 subulato-atteuuata, extrorsuiu pateutia, basi concava, margine pilis teuuis- 

 simis longissimis albidis flexuosis, sparsis, deciduis obsita; autherae 

 versatiles, medio aut paulo infra medium dorsum insertae, liueari-oblou- 

 gae, subcurvatae, utrinque obtusiusculae, altero termiiio paulo crassiores 

 quani filaraenta sublongiores; counectivum augustum flavesceus; loculi 

 lineares lougitudinaliter rima dehisceutes; polleu flavescens oblongum 

 subcurvatuiu glabrum; staraiua sterilia tenuissima minuta; filamenta 

 e basi latiore filiformia; antherae hyaliiiae membranaceae, triangulares 

 basi bilobae, apice insertae, lobis obtusis grauulosis, uec polliniferis. 

 Germen oblongum , basin versus paulo attenuatura , apice acutum, 



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