4 BULLETIN DE L'HERBIER BOISSIER. (4) 



tita. Caules 15-30 centim., plures procunibeiites, apiceni versus adscen- 

 dentes, saepe orbiculatim expansi subgeniculato-nodosi, apice ssepe 

 dichotomi. Folia lineari-lanceolata vel latiuscule oblongo-lanceolata, 

 supra enervia, subtus uninervia, inferiora internodia superantia, supe- 

 riora brevia. Flores îiumerosi in cymas dichasiiformes dispositi, pedi- 

 cellis filiformibus jam sub anthesi calycem superantibus, demtim paten- 

 tibus strictis suffulti ; bracteas foliaceae. Sepala basi coalita oblonga late 

 hyalino-niargmata. Petala late ovata, sepalis aequilonga vel eis breviora. 

 Capsula sepalis in statu fructifère) conniventibus inclusa. Semina reni- 

 formi-compressa niinutiin rugulosa ferrugineo-rufescentia, lsevia (vel 

 sub lente papilloso-granulata). 



(Descrvpüo). Lsete virens, pubescentiâ viscoso-glandulosâ patenti 

 dense vestita, pilis paucicellulatis apice in cyathum bulbosum plerum- 

 que dilatatis. Radix perpendicularis vel plus minus obliqua, prselonga, 

 testaeeo-corticata, collo in caules plures ramosa. Caules 15-30 centim., 

 procunibeiites, apicem versus adscendentes, subgeniculato-nodosi, ra- 

 mosi apice ssepius dicliotomi, teretes. Folia 6-12 mm. lg. lineari-vel 

 oblongo-lanceolata acuta, supra enervia, subtus uninervia, inferiora 

 internodiis longiora, reliqua eis breviora. Flores numerosi in cymas 

 dichasiiformes (repetite dichotomas) dispositi, longe pedicellati, pedi- 

 cellis filiformibus jam sub anthesi calycem superantibus plerumque 

 arcuato-patentibus deinde strictis suffulti ; bractese ovali-ellipticse folia- 

 cese. Calyx ovoideus, basi distincte urceolatus, urceolo brevi hypoera- 

 teriformi, carnoso haud indurato ; sepala 3-5 mm. lg., œquilonga her- 

 bacea tenera oblongo-ovata vel ovato-lanceolata obtusiuscula obscure 

 5-7-nervia basi coalita, inter nervös venulosa, nervis excurrentibus, late- 

 ralibus tenuissimis, 2 exteriora angustiora magis acuta angustius hya- 

 lmo-niarginata, cetera late hyalino-marginata, sub anthesi patula, pos- 

 tea conniventia tunc capsulam includentia. Petala late ovata, sepalis 

 œquilonga vel eis breviora, ilabellatim 5-venia, marginibus ineumbenti- 

 bus, basi minime unguiculata quasi exunguiculata, ltete rosea. Sta- 

 mina inaequilonga, longiora petalis sequilonga, breviora (petalis oppo- 

 sita) usque ad medium petalorum attingentia ; filamenta subulata hya- 

 lina uninervia ; antherse elliptica3 flav£e ; longiora basin versus hirtello- 

 papillosa, breviora omnino glabra : granula pollinis globosa asperula. 

 Ovarium ovato-globosum breviter stipitatum ; ovula 15-22 in congeriem 

 sphsericam hexasticham plus minus densam collecta: styli 1 Va-2 mm. lg., 

 filiformes elongati, primum erecti demum refiexi, apice subincrassati 

 ibique sollum papillosi. Capsula ovoideo-conica vel ssepius ovato-cylin- 



