— 377 



Ammannia verticillata Enc. bot. 1. p. 131, 



Ammannia indica Lam. Enc, bot. 9. p. 328., Lam, 

 illustr. n. 1555. t. 11. 



Ammannia viridis Tfilld. Hb. n. 3079., Hörnern, 

 hört. 1. p. 146. 



Cornelia verticillata Arduin spec. 2. p. 9. t. 1. <?^? 

 Linnaeo et auct., a nobls non visa icon. 



In arenosis humidis circa Cavite et Tierra alta Luc,o* 

 niae insulae ipsi reperimus. 0. 



Herba annua. Caulis erectus, infima basi teretiuscu- 

 lus, sursum obtuse tetragonus, digitalis simplicissimus, 

 spithamaeusve basiramosus; rami brachiati, decussati, ad- 

 scendentes, simplicissimi vel ulterius, sie ut caulis, ra- 

 mosi, eoque breviores- Folia pseudo-opposita, apices ver- 

 sus saepius alterna, lanceolata, in peliolüm attenuata, 

 nunquam basi dilatata amplectentia, Flores pseudoverti- 

 cillati, sie ut Labiatarum in corymbos axillares, abbre- 

 viatos, multifloros, densius laxiusve congesti, minuti, nu* 

 mero partium quaternario; dentes calycini sub anthesi 

 acuti; sub grossificalione dilatali, breves, reflexi; petala 

 vel fugacia inconspicua, vel plane deficientia, quod in hoc 

 genere nullius momenti discrimen. Stamina 4 demum 

 exserta. Capsula globosa, membranacea y rubescens, ni 

 tens, semine ßrassicae campestris paulo minor, stylo bre- 

 vissimo apiculata, calyce cineta, media parte exserta, me- 

 diaque zona quasi circumscissa disrumpens , unilocularis, 

 polysperma, spermophoro basilari subcapitato longitudine 

 calycis. Semina angulata, brunnea, minutissima. 



Vulgaris indica planta, et vulgaris hortorum nostrorum 

 diversis sub nominibus hospes. 



Nostrae plantae simillima stirps ex India orientali, a 

 Thunbergio communicata, sub nomine Am. debilis in Hb. 

 TVilld. n. 3083. hospitans, capsulis multo minoribus, ca- 

 lyce inclusis (an maturis?) differre videtur; capsulae au- 



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