Dipteracanlhus Nees. 5Q3 



natae; retinacula in clissepimento hamato-uncinata, angusta, 

 apice praemorsa, alternatim dextrorsum aut sinistrorsum pa- 

 tentia, septo parallela, persistentia ; semina in loculo quoque 

 7 — 8, septo jmrallela, imbricatim sese tegentia, orbiculata, 0,1 

 poll. diametr., margine tumida, densissime verticaliter ciliato- 

 barbata; ciliae albidae, basi conglutinatae, membranam te- 

 nuissimam, albidam, fimbriato-laceram fingentes, teretes, apice 

 subulato-attemiatae^, fiexuosae, e cellula unica cylindrica, tc- 

 nuissima cousisteutes, glutine tenaci cinctae et inter se pri- 

 mo cohaerentes, prima juventute (e fructibus 0,3 poll. longis) 

 papillaeformes, dein (e fructibus 0,6 poll. longis subevolutis) 

 longae, basi ad apicem fere urcte sibi adpressae, apice cur- 

 vato, acuto liberae, totae hyahnae et globulos minutissimos, 

 paUidissime flavescentes {endochromatis Algolorum cf. Endl. 

 Gen. Sppl. III p. 10. Schld. 1. c. §. 39) inordinatos foventes, 

 postremo fibram spiralem (cf. Schld. 1. c. §. 38) tenuissimam 

 continentes (cf. Schld. 1. c. p. 224 fig. 31."- et "^), admissa 

 aqua celerrime hygrometrice sese evolventem (Schld. 1. c. 

 §. 42) et cellulam totam suo motu ad motum quasi peristal- 

 ticum cogentem ; emhryo intra alhumen tenue complanatum, 

 dein tenuissimum, membranaceum, axillaris, compressus ; ra- 

 dicula globoso-conica, versus basin seminis spectans; cotyle- 

 dones semi-orbiculares. 



Forma: (3. ereclus Hsskl. 



Forma haec in hortis inter sepes in eisdem cum praece- 

 dente locis saepe obvia; herhae erectae, 3 — 4 ped. altae, debiles; 

 cnulis viridis teres, apice sub-quadrangularis ; inter?iodia basi 

 tumida, subviolacea, 1,0 — 8,0 polL longa, 0,05 — 0,13 poll. 

 crassa, pilis sparsis longis obsessa, dein glabrata ; petioli 0,3 — 

 1 ,0 poll. longi virides , inferiores subviolacei ; folia caulina, 

 oblonga aut ovato-oblonga, acuminata, basi nunc acutiuscula, 

 nunc subrotunda, 2,0 — 3,5 poll. longa, 1,2 — 1,7 poll. lata, 

 ramea et summa ovata aut ovato - lanceolata , 1,0 — 1,5 poll. 

 longa, 0,5 — 0,7 poll. lata, omnia supra atro-viridia, lucida, 

 pilis raris liirta, subtus pallidiora ; flores plerumque solitarii. 



