Lh5 
Asià, Syrià (Muice herb.!); in Africà, Alger (Desr.!) ; in Americä bo- 
reali (Micnx! ). In omnibus hortis botanicis colitur. 
CERASTIUM INFLATUM. Lx. 
C. pedunculis erectis; bracteis herbaceis ; petalis staminbusque glabris ; 
calice inflato , globoso ; sepahs cordato aculissimis , pungentibus ; capsulis 
exilibus calice plus quadruplà angustioribus. () (v. v. c.) 
Cerastium inflatum. Link. Desr. Cat. Hort. Par. (1818) p. 462. 
Hab. in Persiâ (Link. ) In hortis botanicis colitur. 
Planta 4-10 pollicaris, annua; caulibus ramosis, ex omni parte cil- 
loso-viscosis. Folia ovato-lanceolata , internodiis æqualia vel his majora, 
et paniculæ basin attingentia. Panicula dichotoma, bracteis herbaceis, 
ovalibus ; pedunculis calice brevioribus. Calix inflatus, globosus ; fructum 
Cerasi aoium Lin. adæquans ; sepalis ovato-lanceolatis, margine angustè 
scariosis , acutis et pungentibus. Petala ovata, bifida calice vix longiora. 
Stamina 10 , basi tenuiter villosa. Capsula gracillima, calice sesqui-longior, 
septimam calicis partem vix occupans , undè capsula perexilis in amplissimo 
calice. Semina parvula, pallidè fusca , sublævia orbiculato-subpyriformia. 
