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lon<f ioribus , capsulis suhteretihus. Ind. semiii. liort. 



Hambiirg. 1S21 pag. 8- elc. 

 O. roseo-alha. Bernh. caule simijlicinsculo, foliis peliolalis ovato 



-oblongis denliculalis, pelalis amplis crenulatis, capsulis sub 4- 



gonis curviitis pubesccntibus. Spreng. Syst. Veg. Vol. 4 P. 2- 



pag. l.-.O. 

 O. roseo-alba. Bernh. iu sclieJ. hort. Erford. 1S24. 



Habitat iu America septentrLonali (nou in Nepalia) Q. 



Caulis herbaceus, teres, canescens, simplex, erectus, J — l pedalis, 

 basi fuscus, apice e viride purpurascens. Folia alterna, crassiuscula, 

 lanceolala, obtusiuscula, reraote-denliculala vel integerriraa, glauca, 

 breviterpetiolata l — i" longa, 3 — &"* lala. Flores 1—3 in summo 

 caule axillares, breviter pedicellati. Calyx infundibuliformis, pubes- 

 cens: laciniis lineari-lanceolalis, reflexis, apice fusco-callosis, intus 

 glaberrimis, extus pubescentibus saepe cohaerentibus, basi lantum 

 distinclis. Petala ampla, late-obovata, subemarginata, basi cuneata, 

 a racdio ad apicem undulato-crenata , alba basi rosea, inferne ma- 

 cula striata purpurea subtriangulari instructa. Stamina calyci inserla, 

 plana, subulata, rosea, petalis breviora; antherae incumbentes, subu- 

 latae, sulicurvatae : polline filamentoso. Stylus filiformis, albus, sla- 

 raina superans: stigmalibus 4 semicylindricis. Germen cylindricum, 

 4sulcalura, canesccns. Capsula 1 — Ih pollicaris, subtetragoua, qua- 

 drisulcata, curvula, pubescens. 



Ohs. Seniina hujus insignls speciel llberalitate ampllssimi Senatorls 

 H- J- Merck, cui hortiis noster multas easque puhherrimas plantas 

 debet, primum anno 1819 ex America septentrionali sine noniine 



