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hie versus cycli partem anteriorem (ut in Primulaceis versus partem posteriorem) 

 paullulum rejeetum oecupantibus, inde membro quarto, hie cincinno impari, anteriore, 

 reliquis cincinnis, tertio et quinto, posterioribus. Flores 4 mm longi, pedicellis aequi- 

 longis suffulti. Sepala duo exteriora quam interiora plus dimidio breviora, rotundato- 

 ovata, glabra vel pilis praesertim prope marginem laxe adspersa, interiora oblonga. 

 Petala ex obovato in unguem attenuata, intus glandulis microscopicis laxe adspersa; 

 squamae superiores margine parce puberulae, crista obovata appendiceque deflexa 

 brevi villosiuscula, inferiores crista dorsali oblique aliformi instruetae. Torus glaber. 

 Stamina pilosula. Germen (floris $) ellipticum, trigonum, puberulum; Stylus perbrevis, 

 stigmate trifido coronatus. Capsula perbreviter stipitata, 3 — 4 cm longa et lata, in 

 var. microcarpum dimidio minor. Semen diametro circ. 5 mm, hilo aequilato. 



Var. microcarpum (Kunth) Blume I.e. 1847, Radlk. ll.ee. 1878, 1890, 1897 etc., cf. 

 supra (Corindum, sive Halicacabum peregrinum, minus P. Herrn. 1. c. 1687 ; Ulinja Rheede 

 1. c. 1688; Corindum folio et fruetu minore Tourn. 1694; Penala, Pisum vesicarium . . . 

 indicum P. Herrn. I.e. 1717; Cardiospermum ß. Linn. Hort. Cliff. 1737, Fl. Zeyl. 1747; 

 Cardiospermum Halicacabum y. Linn. Sp. PI. 1753 etc.; C. microcarpum Kunth, 1821 

 1. c. et alior. cf. supra; C. microspermum Kze. 1. c. 1843; C. acuminatum Miq. 1844; 

 C. pumilum Bl. 1847; C.truncatum A. Rieh. 1847 etc.): Capsula parva, abbreviata, 

 turbinato-trigona, apice truncata vel depressa, latior quam alta; flores perparvi; 

 foliola terminalia saepius in acumen insigniter protraeta; planta nunc parvula, spitha- 

 mea, nunc sat alte scandens. 



In orbis totius tropicis et subtropicis divulgata, in omnibus collectionibus 

 obvia, e quibus hie praesertim speeimina mihi visa et numeris insignita enumerantur, 

 adjeetis quibusdam locis et collectionibus ab auetoribus indicatis, de quibus speeimini- 

 bus vero, anne partim ad var. microcarpum pertineant, nil certi exstat. 



In America, et quidem in Am. septentrionalis civitate Illinois: Michaux (juxta 

 amnem Kaskaskia, in flumen Mississipi defluentem [1. c. 1803]); Pursh (on the banks 

 of Mississipi near Kaskaskias, 1. c. 1814); in Virginia: A. H. Curtiss n. 489! (Bed- 

 ford Co., eultivated, m. Sept. 1868, fl. et fr.; Hb. Boiss.); in Distr. Columbia, prope 

 Eckington, ex 1. c. 1919; — in Carolina: Rugel! (in hortis prope Rutherfordton, m. 

 Sept. 1841, fr.; Hb. Boiss., Lips.); — in Florida: A.H. Curtiss n.489! (spontaneous 

 near dwellings in Eastern Florida, m. Aug. fl. et fr.); in Missouri et Oklahoma?: 

 Edw. P. James (on the Missouri, and the Canadian 200 miles above its confluence 

 with the Arkansas, a. 1820, ex Torrey 1. c. 1828); — in Indian Territory: Bigelow 

 (Deer Creek, ex Torreyl.c.1857); — in Texas : Drummond n.5! (San Felipe, ca. 1835; 

 Hb. Webb, Boiss. etc.); Lindheimer! (Houston, m. Oct. 1843, Hb. Berol., Petrop.; 

 New Braunfels, m. Sept. 1846; Hb. Monac.); Trecul n.1170! (dans les lieux humides 

 entre Victoria et Gonzales, m. Oct. 1849, fr.; Hb. Paris.); Mexic. Bound. Surv. n. 182! 

 leg. Schott ex Torrey 1. c. 1859 (valley of the Rio Grande below Donana, ca. 1849; 

 Hb. Berol., Paris.); Boll! (Dallas, a. 1871, fr.; Hb. Boiss., DC); G. F. Goos! (Navar- 

 rabo, low places on prairies, m. Nov. 1879, fr.); E. Palmer n. 185! (Uvalde), n. 366! 

 (Sutherland Springs, South Western Texas, Sept. 1879-Okt. 1880, fl. et fr.; Hb. 

 Barbey); — in Mexico: Hartweg n. 1533 (in parochia Stae. Mariae, ex Benth. 1. c. 

 1857); Mexic. Bound. Surv.! (North Mexico; Hb. Kew.); Palmer n. 126 (Guaymas, 

 ex Wats. 1. c. 1889); — in Guatemala: Bernouilli et Cario n. 2941! (Ocös, m. 

 Jan. 1878, fr.; Hb. Gotting., Kew.); — in Nicaragua: Friedrichsthal n. 318! 

 (S. Thomas); — in ins. Bermudas: Munro (Devonshire Marsh, ex Hemsl. 1. c. 1884); 

 Lefroy (ex Hemsl. ibid.); — in ins. Bahamensibus: Hitchcock! (New Provi- 

 dence prope Nassau, m. Nov. 1890, fr.; Hb. Hort. bot. Missouriens.); — in An- 

 tillis, et quidem in Cuba: Ramon! (fr., Hb. Franquev.); Poeppig! (in locis ex- 

 siccatis lagunarum ad Coral Jalso, m. Febr. 1824, fr.; Hb. Vindob., Petrop.); Ch. 

 Wright! (1860-1864; Hb. Griseb.; C. halic. var. molle K., Griseb. in Cat. PI. Cub.); 

 Ekman n. 225! (Havana: Anafe in fruticetis, m. Apr. 1914, fr.; Hb. Krug et Urb.), 



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