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cemo bractealo. Radix fusiformis defossa, folns gra- 



iriineis teneris obtusis, caiilibusque adscendentibus gra- 

 cilibus diphyllls fasciculatis, fasciculo peüolis aphyllis bre- 

 vius vaginato, racemo bracteato, bracleis parvis, petiolis 

 trlplici floris longitudine, sepalis ovatis obtusis parvis, pe- 

 talis obovatis leviter emarglnatis quam sepala ter longio- 

 ribus. — — Hybernaculum quam superioris speciei bre- 

 vius, pallidum, nitens. Folia 2 — 3 pollicaria, linear! -lan- 

 ceolata, sesquilineas circiter lata. Gaules 1 — 4, tertia 

 circiter parte folia superanles. Folia caulina radicalibus 

 similia, semiamplexicaulia, ad summum semipoUicaria. 

 Bacemus subquadriflorus , laxus, bracteis angusiis acumi- 

 natis acutis parvis. Pedicelli sub anthesi pollicares. Se- 

 pala circiter sesquilinearia; petala 5 lineas longa. — — 

 Inter plantas Redowskianas. 



Claytonia Chamissonis Esch. in litteris! Ledeb. Spreng. 



Syst. 1. p. 790 (nee DC. prod.). Radice fibrosa, sur- 



culis apice bulbiferis, caule filiformi decumbente ramoso 

 folioso, foliis oppositis obovato-lanceolalis, racemo pauci- 



floro axillari, petalis integris. Herba glabra, liabilu 



fere Stellaj'if/e, debilis, decumbens, in graminosis herbo- 

 sis humidls sub umbra degens vegetiorum plantarum. Ra- 

 dix fibrosa parva. Surculi sunt rami inferiores, deficiente 

 luce gracilescentes, elongati, coloris viridis expertes, seta- 

 cei, squamulis ad nodos instructi membranaceis adpressis 

 vix conspicuis. Bulbillus eorum apicalis, diaraetro ad 

 summum sesquilineari, gemma est e squamis opposilis 

 crassioribus lutescentibus constans. Caulis semipedalis pe- 

 dalisque, internodiis bipollicaribus, ramis alternis elongatis, 

 subdichotomus rarlus simplex. Folia internodiis breviora, 

 pollicaria, obovaio-lanceolata, basi attenuata, nunc acudus- 

 cula, nunc obtusa, cuneala subspaihulataque, membrana- 

 cea, immerse venosa, venis valde obliquis. Caulis apicem 

 versus profert racemum axillarem, longe pedunculalum. 



