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emarginatis), at præsertim capsularum structura, quæ multo 
magis cum ea Å, sesamoidis convenit. Sed ab hac speciefostra 
planta pluribus adhuc- gravioribus notis recedit, v. c. foliis 
angustioribus, ut videtur, nunquam rosulatis, floribus mino- 
ribus, bracteis pedicello subæquilongis, demum reflexis, 
persistentibus, petalis 8-9-fidis, laciniis latioribus et brevi- 
oribus, ciliatis, æquilongis, appendice versus laminæ basin in 
marginem ciliatum producto, staminibus 12—14 (nec 7—10), 
tubo stamineo. et filamentis papillosis. Igitur plantam hanc 
pro nova specie agnoscere non dubito. 
Å. minor Lge. (Tab. IV, fig. 1, a-g) annuus, e radice tenui multicaulis; 
caules graciles, 2-5-pollicares, adscendentes v. diffusi (in speci- 
minibus parvulis caulis interdum solitarius, erectus); folia radi- 
calia dense rosulata, obovata, obtusa, leviter undulata ; folia cau- 
lina lanceolato-spathulata, obtusa, reflexa et margine plus 
minusve crispala; racemi ramos primi ordinis terminantes 
densiflori, simplices v. rarius basi racemos plures secun- 
darios emittentes ideoque paniculalo-compositi; pedicelli bre- 
vissimi, cum rachi inflorescentiæ papilloso-scabriusculi, fruc- 
tiferi sepalis subbreviores, parum incrassati, patuli v. subre- 
flexi; bracteæe ovatæ, acuminatæ, pedicellis breviores, demum 
reflexæ, maturitatem versus deciduæ; petala 2 superiora (c) 
7-9-partita, laciniis e basi valde attenuata spathulatis, ob- 
tusis, glabris, inæquilongis (lacinia intermedia reliquis lon- 
giore); appendix unguicularis late trigono-obcordatus, apice 
lateraliter dilatato-auriculatus, subciliatus, albido-hyalinus, 
infra laminæ basin in marginem inflexam ciliatam dilatatus ; 
petala 2 lateralia (d) c. 5-partita, inferum simplex; tubus 
stamineus (b) papilloso-hirtellus, latus; stamina 10—12, fila- 
menta (e) inferne papilloso-asperula, a basi angustiore supra 
medium complanato- dilatata, summo apice subulata, an- 
theras ovales basi profunde cordatas subduplo superantia; 
ovarium (b) e carpidiis 6—7 (nec 4—5) compositum ; 
stylus lateralis,  gibberi dorsalis longitudine; capsula (f) ut 
