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dllatata subspalhulata, aculiuscula, intogra, glaberrima, 

 margine parum revoluta , superiie subsplendentia , inferne 

 pallidiora, saepe cinerascentia vel albida, nervo medio in- 

 tenslore promlnulo, sub lenfe tenulssime punclata, 2 — 8 

 llneas longa, ^-^1\"' lala, basi connata in stipulam sim- 

 plicem, brevem, acütam elongala. Flores axillares 2 — 3 

 vel plures ( — S) verlicillali , apice ramulorum in inflores- 

 ccntiam subvcrllcillato-spicalam foliosam congesti, Flos 

 masc. Calyx Jimbo nunc evidenter 4-lobo, nunc dentibus 

 minutis ; corolla infundibuliformls fiisca, tubo conico, lim- 

 bo 4-partito, laclniis longltudine tubi lineari-lanceolatis, 

 glabrls. Slamina 4 exserta. Flos foem. similis masculo 

 plerumquc minor, virescens. Germen oblongum didymum; 

 Stigmata 2 longa pilis albis hirta. Fructus oblongus, sub- 

 cylindricus, calycis laciniis magis minusve evolutis coro- 

 nalus, fuscus, sub lente tenuissime albide tuberculatopunc- 

 latus, demum in acbaenia 2 parilbilis, dorso convexa, ob- 

 solete cosfata, commissura vix concava. — - 



Variat species modo descripfa, in planitle capepsi 

 aeque ac in montibus usque ad 3000 fere pedum allilu- 

 dinem provenieus, pro soli et climalis varla ratione. Cau- 

 lis nunc ereclus a basi ramosissimus , ramls slriclis foliis 

 imbricalis, nunc basi decumbens, ramis virgalis, foliis in- 

 ternodio brevioribus, babitu laxiore, Folia juniora plerum- 

 que linearia; stirpium aetate provectiorum florentium vel 

 fructiferarum plus minus lanceolala vel subspathulala. Flo- 

 res nunc % — 3 verlicillali, nunc 4 — 8 aggregalo- verlicil- 

 lali. — Formas tres distinguimus, babitu diversas; lerlia 

 forsan dislincta species 1 — 



a. Ternifolium (Üiss. nostr, p. 11) foliis ternis verli- 



cillatis, lineari-lanceolatis acutioribus, ramis slriclis, — r 



jHujus formae varielas quasi monslrosa occurrit, jain a 



Tbunbergio iudicata, „cauie arllculato, foliis ad articulos 



9ggregatls plurimis vcrlicillati^," I^amuli in axillis folio- 



