SAPONARIA DEPRESSA. 



Saponaria calfcihus quinqueangularibi4.s , pubescenti-Q)isci- 

 dis\ petalis bifidis, acute toivnatis ;foliis radicalibus 

 coespitosis j lineari - ellipticis , depressis . 



»3aponaria coespitosa Biv. HafinesqUe Statistlca Generale 

 di Sicilia pag. 27. 



Ljchnis alpina, buniifnsa , Caryophylli folio, Saponariae Sicu- 

 lae flore rubro Cup. Hort. Cath.p. iiQ-Bon. i.iG^. f. i. 



Lychnis alpinajhuraifusa, Caryophylli facie, Saponariae Si* 

 culae floribus purpurco-rubris Cup. Panph. 



i?ac?/x lignosa , coespitosa , multiceps, longissime descen- 

 dens , intus Intea, extus etate fusca. 



Folia parTa, glauca , laevia , margine cartilagineo, scaLriu* 

 sculo, basi connata atque minme ciliata , apice acuta°. 

 radicalia congesta, depressa, glabra, lineari-elliptica , 

 vel spathulata , i-5Iineas in maximo diametro lata , 

 6-i41ineas cum petiolo subcarinato lata; caulina infe* 

 riora lineari -oblonga ^ vel lanceolata, internodiis mullo 

 breviora; reliqua bracteiformia, pubescenti-viscida, ut 

 caulis suprema pars, pedunculi , calycesque. 



Caules plurimi, teretes, declinati vel omnino prostrati , 

 spithamei , dodranlales , simpliciusculi, quaijdoque vis 

 bi-, trichotomi. 



Flores terminales, rosei , magni, subumbellatl , pedunculis 

 singulis, ut plurimum ^ trifloris, pedicellis calyce qua- 

 druplo fere brevioribus . 



Calix purpurascens 5 10-Iineas longus, primum cylindricus, 



