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R. ramosissima G. Don. Gen. Syst. I, p. 259 (ex descript.: petals variously jagged); 
Kunze Ind. sem. hort. Lipsiens. 1546 (ob pedicellos florig. cernuos) et in Linnaea 
1851 p. 163. * 
Diagn. Elatior, parce ramosa, papilloso-tomentella : foliis ternato- v. raro sub- 
biternato-incisis, laciniis lineari-lanceolatis subacuminatis non divaricatis, floribus hexa— 
meris (raro heptameris) cire. 18-andris, ochroleucis, arcuato-cernuis, anguste racemosis ; 
sepalis demum marcescendo deciduis inaequalibus ovato-lanceolatis petala aequantibus ; 
petalorum superiorum minutorum laminae tripartitae laciniis lateralibus profunde 4-par- 
litis, lacinulis laciniae intermediae similibus lineari-spathulatis eamque subaequantibus ; 
filamentis mox deciduis, breviter papilloso-asperulis; capsulis erectis cylindricis bre- 
vissime et obtuse 3-dentalis ore vix contractis glabris, seminibus parvis levissimis, 
radicula hilo valde approximata. 
Descriptio: 
Radix annua v. biennis, pauciramosa, superne non multiceps. — Caules soli- 
tarii, teretes, decursu foliorum leviter striato-angulosi plus minusve parce ramosi, 
rami stricli subvirgati, inferne papillulis brevissimis albidis canescente-tomentelli, glauei, 
laxe foliosi, pedales v. paulo longiores. — Folia stricta, erecla, tota superficie bre- 
viter tomentella, glauca, 3—6°" longa, usque ad medium simpliciter ternato-incisa, 
laciniae arrectae omnes lineari-lanceolatae, acutiusculae apice breviter luteolo-mu- 
cronulatae, laterales terminali breviores et angustiores 2°” longae et 11/,—3"" latae, 
margine minute subretrorsum papilloso-asperae; raro eliam occurrunt subbiternato- 
incisa. — Flores parvi, eleganter arcuato-cernui, racemi laxi elongati, dimidium 
caulem subaequantes. — Bracteae mox deciduae, lineari-lanceolatae, margine pal- 
lidae, pedicellis florigeris subduplo breviores. — Pedicelli tenues, gracillime e basi 
adscendente arcuato-cernui, cire. 4°” longi, vix 1/4" crassi, levissimi, glabri, nitidi, 
apice incrassati, fructiferi erecti, stricti. — Calyx 6 (v. raro 7-) -sepalus; sepala 
longius persistentia, demum marcescendo decidua, inaequalia, a superiore ad inferiora 
gradatim majora, superius vix 1” longum, ovato-lanceolatum, inferiora usçue ad 
2°" Jonga. — Petala ochroleuca, superiora caeteris (contra regulam) breviora, tan 
2 /, min 
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tum {t/2—12/;"" longa, laminae fere usque ad basin 9—7-partitae (3-partitae cum 
laciniis lateral. 3—4-partitis) lacinulae inter se similes lineari-spathulatae obtusae; 
appendix unguicularis subrotundus laminam subaequans et supra ejus basin longe pro- 
ductus ibique reflexus, cire. 1°” longus, margine brevissime papilloso-ciliolatus; la- 
teralia et inferiora cire. 2—21%"" longa sc. quam superiora longiora sed angustiora 
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