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rius spicati. Peduneuli oppositi vel acl nunc simplices 
uniflori, nune multiflori ities ev cym 
o vastus, omnis fere orbis Reena Fcole, a regioni- 
bus frigidis Alpinis Arcticisve ad calidissimas tropicas, in 
locis aridis siccissim Lis, In humidis umbrosisque et etiam 
in paludibus aquaticisque 
Taunus 1 : os a 
confluentibus. Capua bivalvis, septicide debinsend val- 
is sepe bifidis, dissepimento e marginibus valvularum 
sale duplicato solubili. Semina nuda. 
I. Versascum. Linn. 
CG campanulatus, 5-partitus, subeequalis. Corolla tubo brevis- 
simo, limbo explanato subrotato 5 — a rotundatis sube- 
qualibus vel inferiore majore. tamina 5, declina’ a lon- 
gioribus, omnia fertilia. Fi Nang win vel Re superiora barbata. 
—- wines ate vel rarius medifixce (loculis confluentibus) barring 
lares us sim incrassatus. § integrum vel bi- 
lamella ae te sapeaa vel subglobosa, caeati spine Valdis. 
vel rarius solitarii, in racemos riage vel paniculato-ramosos dis- 
positi. Corolle flavee vel phen 
1, V. Tarsus (Linn. Sree. ay sa decurrentibus floccoso- 
tomentosis lanatisve, racemo simplici spicato denso, antheris stami- 
num inferiorum parum majoribus.—V. indicum, Wall. Cat. n. 2630 
p. 79. 
ae in toto jugo Emodi, Wallich. 
is species, to which the V. thapsiforme, cuspidatum, and 
several others should probably be referred, is very variable in the 
form os the leaves and bracts, but I have frequently observed in Eu- 
ope the same variations which have dis stinguished the V. indicum, 
= th very possible gradation from the one to the other. The longer 
a have usually a few hairs, but are often quite glabrous 
Il. Cesta. Linn. 
Calyx campanulatus, 5-partitus, subeequalis. Corolla tubo. bre- 
vissimo, limbo explanato subrotato 5-partito, laciniis rotundatis subse- 
qualibus vel inferiore majore. Stamina 4, didynama, declinata, in- 
