§8 N. C. Kindberg, 



hh. Fries), Northumberland f Smarts in hl. Mus. Holm.), Gallia ad Mons- 

 pelium (Bentham in hh. Mus. Paris.J, ad Telonem f Lange!), ad Cherbourg 

 ^Lenormand!), ad Bayoime fMellenhorg in Mus. Ber.J, Hispania ad San- 

 tander C Lange!) et in ins. Iviça f Camhess, in Mvs. Ber.), Lusitania ad 

 Oporto fSjögren in hh. Mus. Ups.), Germania in salinis Thuringise fWallr. 

 in Bchh. fl germ, exs.) ad Dirckheim in Palatinatu (Comin in hh. Holm.), 

 Hungaria ÇLang in Rchh. fl. g. exs. ed. 2:da), Dalmatia in ins. Ossero 

 fNoë in hh. Holm.) et ins. Lesina f Bottom in hh. Sonder), Macedonia ad 

 Enos (Friwalshy !) , Turcia (Hedenhorg in hh. Mus. Upsal. et Holm.) , Sicilia 

 ad Palermo fLehmann in hh. Mus. Berol. et Schouw in hh. Fries) in ins. 

 Melita (Grech Helicata in hh. Holm); in Africa, v. c. in Azoriis (Fors- 

 ström in Mus. Holm) ad Cahiram Wiest un. itin. 1835 in hh. Holm), ad 

 Alexandriam fL. Kralik et Hedenborg in hh. Ups. et Holm.); in Asia, v. c. 

 in Songar. chin, ad lacum Saisang-nor (Kühlewein in hh. Fries et Lange), 

 ad mare mortuum fHasselqvist in hh. Llolm.), Persia australi fKotschy in 

 hh. Fries); in America v. c. ad Rhode Island (^Olney et Asa Gray in hh. 

 Hohn) in California fCoulter!J part. bor. occid. (W. Arnott in hh. Berol), 

 Terra nova ÇLapylaie in Mus. Ber.J, Texas fLindheimer 1843 in Mus. 

 Ber), Brasil, mer. et ad Montevideo (Selloiv <^ Humholdt in 3Ius. Ber). 



Radix sat tenuis, fere multicaulis simplex v. ramosa, annua. Caules 

 humiles ssepissime ramosissimi valde divaricati prostrati, rarius simplices 

 erecti, compressi glabrescentes v. superne glanduloso- pubescentes. Folia 

 complanata lineari-filiformia fere obtusiuscula, interdum mucronata, Isete vi- 

 rescentia vel livescentia, glabra, internodiis raro longiora. Stipulée breves 

 late ovatse breviter acuminatse baud nitidse. Pedunculi floriferi fere omnes 

 foliis fulti, pauci e summis interdum aphylli, omnes demum capsulam fere 

 gequantes vel ssepe breviores. Sepala oblonga v. oblongo-ovata obtusa, 

 margine parum scariosa, basi macula nigra uotata. Petala subovata obtusa, 

 calycem gequautia, albida apice rosea. Capsula magnitudine varians, calyce 

 ssepe duplo longior oblonga acuta. Semina rufo-ftisca, obovato-rotundata , 

 leviter compressa, tuberculata, margine elevato prsedita, interdum sat auguste 

 alata. [v. v. sp. et cidt.) 



Nulla species hujus generis tarn trita, tam confusa fuit, quam hgec, 

 extra Sueciam vulgatissima et merito cosmopolita dicenda. Erat quidem jam 

 ab Hermanno, Dillenio et Rajo bene cognita et ut propria species habita. *) 



*) Operse pretium est verba afferre, in quibus descriptio Raji continetur: 

 "Annua hsec videtur et a priore" {Lepic/, marino Walilb.) "differt radice graeili, totius 

 (herbsß) parvitate, floris prœcipue, ut et semine, quod minus et plerumque non mar- 



