4^0 Umbelliferae Jss. 



deorsum racUces 2 — i poll. longas, albidas, fibrillis flexuosis 

 obsessas, copiosas emittens et in ramum tenuem procumben- 

 tem, primo centralem, dein ramo axillari excrescente latera- 

 lem (sarmentum), 3 — 5-articulatum elongatus; ramus\n.Q,\oiagQ 

 prorepens, internodiis tenuibus elongatis rubentibus glaberri- 

 mis, 1,0 — 4,0 poU. longis; 0,06 — 0,08 poU. crassis, teretibus, 

 ad articulos deorsum radices et ramum novum abbreviatum, 

 folii- et flori-ferum emittens, qui rami internodiis dein rum- 

 pentibus aut emarcidis et evanidis novas plantulas sistunt ; 

 cellulae epidermoidales (stolonum) elongatae, oblique truneatae, 

 densissimae, angustae, margine tenui; stomata nulla; ramo- 

 rum repentium gemmae apicales complanatae, ovato-conicae, 

 apice incurvo e vaginulis binis oppositis petiolaribus , basi 

 pallide, apice intense viridibus, crassis mucronulatis, mucrone 

 incurvo 0,2 poU. longis, navicularibus 0,1 poU. latis, dein 

 0,4 poU. longis , apice recurvis , viridibus crassis , sulcatis ; 

 petioli (quos vulgo dicunt radicales) 2 — 8 in apice caulis ro- 

 sulatim congesti, alterni, basi vaginantes amplexicaules ; va- 

 gina margine tenui hyalina, 0,5 poll. longa, sublingulari, dein 

 teretiusculi, versus apicem antice late sulcati nunc toti sul- 

 cati, apice autem profundius, margine valde prominulo, erecti, 

 flexuosi, nunc subtorti, glaberrimi, basi rubentes, caeterum 

 toti laete virides, 0,8 — 8,0 poll. longi, 0,07 — 0,10 poll. crassi; 

 cellulae epidermidis iis ramorum conformes, sed magis regu- 

 lariter truncatae; stomata rara oblonga, e cellulis lineari-ob- 

 longis, curvatis, rimulam angustam cingentibus granulisque 

 miiiutis foetis; folia reniformia, e lobis baseos conniventibus 

 subrotundo-cucullata, subpeltatim inserta horizontalia, radiatim 

 7 — 9-nervia, nervis iteratim dichotomis, in rete dissolutis, 

 1 — 2 poll. longa, 1,7 — 3,2 poU. lata, basi acute dentata, api- 

 cem versus sensim dentato-crenata, summo apice crenata, e 

 retis venis confluentibus minute glanduloso-apiculata; utrin- 

 que glaberrima, supra intense viridia, in nervis eorumque 

 reticulatione sulcata, subtus palhdiora, nervis elevatis; cellu- 

 lae epidermidis latae, a facie visae 5 — 6-gonae, plus minus 

 irregulares ; stomata ovalia, caeterum'ais petiolorum conformia 



