16 N. C. KiNDBERa, 



1. Lepigontjm macrothecum (Homem.). 



Semina tiiquetro-obovata, margiue elevato prsedita. Capsula calyce 

 midto brevior. Pedunciili foliis Mti sat longi, capsiila fere duplo longiores. 

 Stipulse exsertse. Radix crassa perennis. 



Arenaria macrotheca Hornem. sec. Schlecht, et Cham, in Lin- 

 naea 1, 53. 



Lepigonnm macrothecum Fisch, et Mey. in cat. sem. horti Petrop. 1835 

 (sine descr.l) Kiudberg, Synops. Lepigonor. p. 14. 



Lepigonum chilense Fisch, et Mey. I. c. sec. Ruprecht in litt. 

 Icon nostra t. 1. f. 1. 



Habitat in locis sabulosis America rarissime: in California (Cha- 

 misso 1. c.^, in Chue sec. Fisch, et Mey. 1. c. 



Radix crassa, fere simplex, perennis. Caulis ssepe spithamaUs v. 

 ulti'a, erectus apice nutans, teres, fere glanduloso-viscosus. Folia pla- 

 niuscula v. semiteretia, Kneari-filiformia, subulata, ssepe mucrouata, vi- 

 rentia, glanduloso-viscosa, internodüs ssepe longiora. Stipidae triangu- 

 lari-oblongse, ssepe lacerse, fere nitidse. Pedunculi floriferi foliis sat 

 longis fidti, demum capsula fere duplo longiores. Sepala lanceolata, at- 

 tenuata, longe cuspidata, margine parum scariosa. Petala oblonga, 

 obtusa; calyce breviora, lilacina. Capsida grandis, calyce multo bre- 

 vior, oblonga acutiusciüa. Semina nigra, Isevia, triquetro-obovata, mar- 

 gine elevato tumidiusculo, interdum ala angustissima prsedita (v. adt. v. 

 et sice.) 



Hsec species, quse capsulis maximis a congeneribus valde distincta 

 est, sub nominibus varus diu in hortis botanicis provenisse videtui". Quare 

 mirum est, cur hactenus nulla descriptio sit data. Cell. Fischer et Metier 

 in catalogo seminum horti Petropolitani speciei Imic nomen supra allatnm 

 quidem imposuerunt, nuUa autem descriptione addita. In opere, q. d. Hort. 

 Haun., Hornemanni banc speciem nomenque frustra qusesivi. 



2. Lepigonum glandulosum (Jacq.). 



Semina obovato-rotiuidata, leviter compressa, margine elevato prse- 

 dita. Capsula calyce fere brevior. Pedunculi foliis abbreviatis fulti, capsiüa 

 fere duplo longiores. Stipulse breves. Radix crassa perennis. 



Arenaria glandidosa Jacq. hort. Schoenbr. 3, t. 355 (1798) 



Spergularia glandulosa Fenzl pi. Drègean. 



