Brachyanthae. 147 



gum ciliatum attenuata, pubescentia, vel caulina superiora lanceolata, 

 bracteae parvae lineari-setaceae; flores solitarii vel bini longe pedi- 

 cellati; calyx oblongus, fructifer infra capsulam leviter constrictus, 

 densissime glanduloso-pubescens , evenius , striis nigricantibus, 



dentibus ovatis obtusis albo-marginatis ; petala , bipartita lobis 



obovatis, appendicibus binis parvis obtusis; Capsula ovata carpo- 

 phoruin bis supcrans; semina coinpressiuscula dorso canaliculata, 

 faciebus plana. 



— S. flammulaefolia Steud. ! in Scliimp. it Abyss. II, no. 676 et Rieh. tent. 



fl. abyss. 43. 

 Hab. in rupestribus reg. mecliae montis Silke alt. 6000' in Abyssiniae districtu 

 Semen (Schimp. 1. c. !) 



Series 6. Brachyanthae. 



Species niontanae inflorescentia dichasiiformi valde composita; 

 calyx vel obconicus vel breviter clavatus et tum hyalinus. Stigmata 

 tria. 



a. Calyx obconicus, Capsula carpophorum ter-quinquies 

 superans. 



■'' 130. 8. riipestris L. 



Gaules e basi ramosi, erecti, glaberrimi, raro simplices; folia 

 lanceolata acuta, inferiora ad basin attenuata; bracteae parvae 

 lineares ; flores longissime pedicellati ; calyx obconicus leviter um- 

 bilicatus, glaber, evenius, dentibus ovatis obtvisis; petala alba vel 

 pallide carnea, obovata profunde emarginata,.appendicibus bipartitis 

 acutis; Capsula ovoideo-oblonga carpophorum quinquies superans; 

 semina dorso plana, faciebus concaviuscula granulata. 



— S. rupestris L. .sp. pl. II, 602, non Jacq. nee Geners. nee Sibth. et Sm. 

 Cueubalus saxatilis var. ß. Lmk. fl. fr. III, 30. 



S. Kaulfussii Sprgl. ! pl. min. eogn. II, 64 et Sprgl. herb. 36 ! 



S, rupestris ß. micrantha Rchb. ic. germ. VI, 52: forma floribus minoribus. 

 Ic. Fl. dan. I, 4 !, Sturm flora 6, 22 !, Rchb. ic. germ. 288 ! 

 Hab. in Hispania australo-orientali : Sierra Nevada (Boiss. !), in Pyrenaeis Ara- 

 goniae (Willk. !); in Galliae montibus Cevennis, in Delphinatu et in monte 

 Vosego!; in partibus australibus Germaniae montis Schwarzwald!, in Hel- 

 vetia oecid. ! et merid. !, in alpibus Tyrolis!, Carinthiae ! et Stiriae!; in 

 montibus Italiae superioris ! et mediae ! ; in Hungaria et in Transsilvaniae 

 alpibus pr. Kronstadt!; — in Norwegial, Suecia!, Lapponia!, Fennia 

 australi ! »et in Sibiria uralensi septentrionali pr. Werchoturie.« 



131. 8. Meiiziesii Hook. 



Caulis adscendenti-erecti, dichotome ramosi, hirtello-puberuli ; 

 folia ovato-lanceolata lanceolalave acuminata pubescentia; bracteae 

 et propli. foliis conformia pauUatim minora; flores in dichasio com- 



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