42 N. C. Kindberg, 



rint, quse sine dubio ad alias species pertineant, alii tarnen e varietatibus 

 paruin recedentibus proprias species proponere voluerint. 



24. Lepigonüm salsugineum (Bmige). 



Semina pyriformia triquetra, margine elevato prsedita. Capsula mi- 

 nuta calycem œquaus. Pedunculi fere omnes foliis destituti, capsula vix 

 duplo longiores. Stipulée breves. Radis annua. 



Arenaria salsuginea Bunge in Ledeb. fl. alt. 2, 163 (1829). Spergu- 

 lana Fzl. in Led. /?. ross. 2,166. Gren. et Godr. /. fr. 1,275. 



Lepigonüm salsugineum Kindb. syn. Lepig. p. 7. 



Arenana diandra Guss. fl. sic. prodr. 1,515 (1827). Ten. syll. fl. 

 Neap. 217. Alsine Guss. fl. sic. 501. 



Arenaria rubra ß suhglahra Bertol. fl. ital. IV, 683. 

 Lepigonüm melanospermum Lange in herb, (forma Madritens.J 



Icon. Ledeb. fl. alt. 409 (optima, sed florib. errore luteis!). Nostra 

 tab. m, f. 30. 



Eœs. Heldr. hb. grœc. norm. n. 492. L. Kralik, PI. Tunet. p. 406. 

 Bourgeau, pl. d'Espagne 1851 n. 1318. 



Hab. in argülosis iuundatis maritimis, in arenosis, in calcareis et in 

 salsuginosis JEuropœ et Africœ, prjecipue vicinitate maris mediterranei pas- 

 sim, ut in Gallia ad Massiliam f Grenier l. c), Hispania ad Cartagenam 

 (Bourgeau l. c.J et in calcareis ad Madrid (J. Lange!), Italia ad Livorno 

 (Pariatore!), Grgecia ad Ilissum (Heldreich!), Rossia ad Odessam (Steven in 

 hb. Fries), in reg. Tunet. fAberg in hb. 3Ius. Holm, et Kralik in hb. Mus. 

 Fries et Holm.J; etiam Asiœ in Ai-ab. peü'., Hauara ad Ras Haman fW. 

 Schimp. 1835 in hb. Holm.), et in desertis Sibirise (Bunge l. c.j. 



Radix tenuis fere simplex annua. Gaules valde aggregati et ramo- 

 sissimi, humües et gracues, adscendentes v. prostrati, teretiusculi, plerumque 

 glauduloso-puberuli. Folia semiteretia lineari-filiformia obtusiuscula, virentia 

 fere giandiüosa, internodiis subsequalia. Stipulée brevissimse late ovatse bre- 

 viter aristatse fere iutegrse parum nitidse. Pedunculi floriferi fere omnes 

 aphylli, bracteis minutis fulti, demum capsula fere duplo longiores. Sepala 

 lineari-lanceolata obtusiuscula baud maculata, margine tenuissime scariosa. 

 Petala oblouga calyce subsequalia v. breviora, rosea v. lilacina. Capsula mi- 

 nuta calycem sequans, ovato-globosa. Semina exigua nigra tuberculata exserte 

 pyriformia, margine elevato prsedita, numquam alata (v. v. cidt. et sicc. sp.) 



Lepigonüm segetale quodammodo refert, sed Lepigono rubro affine, a 

 quo tamen valde discrepat caulibus et foliis tenerioribus , stipiüis brevissi- 



