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5. Calandrinia Pickeringii, Sp. Nov. 



C. glabra; radice tuberosa; caulibus simpliciuscidis (tripollicaribus) ; 

 foliis omnibus alter nis linearibus carnosis, sujpremis ad bracteas mini- 

 mas ovato-subulatas reductis; floribus racemosis ; pedicellis erectis flore 

 suba^quilongis ; staminibus 3. 



Hab. Woolongong, New South Wales. 



Stems numerous from the tuberous root, rather slender, about 3 

 inches high, simple or forked, leafy, glabrous, as is the whole plant. 

 Leaves all alternate, fleshy, sessile ; the radical linear-oblong ; the cau- 

 line linear, obtuse, apparently almost terete, narrowed towards the 

 base, half an inch long. Raceme terminal, erect, simple or sometimes 

 forked, 6-10-flowered. Pedicels erect, from one to 2i lines long, oppo- 

 site the minute ovate subulate bracts. Flowers small, about two lines 

 in length. Sepals ovate, obtuse. Petals (purplish ?) obovate, longer 

 than the calyx. Stamens 3. Ovules 15 to 20. Capsule three-valved, 

 longer than the persistent calyx, 10-12-seeded. Seeds compressed, 

 minutely muricate-roughened. 



Several Australian species of Calandrinia have recently been pub- 

 lished : but this accords with none of them. 



5. M N T I A, Mich. 



1. Montia fontana, Linn. 



Hab. On the high Andes of Chili above Santiago, near the snow- 

 line. 



6. TETRAGONIA, Linn. 



1. Tetragonia expansa, Ait. 



Hab. Maritime sands, near Valparaiso (where it was also gathered 

 by Bertero) ; "native." Sydney, New South Wales. 



