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Radix exigua , fplendide candida , fubnodofa , fibris 

 teretibus, longis, albis. Caulis ereclus, digitaljs, pal- 

 maris , teres , fimplex , aut a bafi in duos aut tres cau- 

 liculos divifus, inferne albidus, fuperne viridis, glaber. 

 Folia radicalia nulla : caulma alterna , integerrima (ob- 

 folete ferrata — schranck), acuuufcula, in petiolum 

 brevem decurrentia , laete viridia, glaberrima, plana, 

 fubtus nervo albido craifo percurfa : inferiora remota 

 obovata fumma failigiata caulem terminantia, raro obo« 

 vata, faepe lanceolata, faepiffime ovato-lanceolata in pe- 

 tiolum attenuata. Pedunculus unus alterve teres, graci- 

 lis , verfus calycem rubellus, uniflorus longitudine folio* 

 rum , non e centro , fed ex axilla unius alteriusve folii 

 exterioris asfurgens. Flores candidi, parvi, in (tellam 

 heptangularem expanfi. Calycis foliola rubella linearia 

 acutiffima. Petala lanceolata , obtufa, candida , cum fi- 

 lamentis patentia. Antherae fiavae , incurvatae. Peric. 

 Eacca exfucca (tbeca globofa) membranacea, tenuiffima, 

 fubdiaphana, fphaerica, unilocularis , evalvis. Rec. glo- 

 bofum , alveolaturn , fungofum , maximum liberum. Se- 

 mina pauca, circiter o&o, fubovata, depreffiufcula, 

 atra. 



Variat I. Segmentis Calycis , Petalis , et Staminibus 

 a quinque ad o&o aut raro novem , ple- 

 rumque fex. 



2. Pedunculo folitario aut raro tribus. 



OBS. I, Primus qui plantam defcripfit, cordus in 

 Sylv. Obf. p. 222. a. eam Herba trfynlatis 



nomi- 



