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dichotomla , sepalis nnnoribns imperfecte 3nerviis, petalis oblongo- 

 apiculatis, staminibus 10, enpsula Cvalvuiari. 

 Hab. in Arnieiiia (C. Koch). ? 



iSiJ: Stellaria. L. 



gen. Nr. 568. excl. spec. — Endlicher. gen. p. 969. 



Calyx 4 — .5parritus. Pet.-^la 4 — 5, perigyna, abortu interdum pau- 

 ciora v. nnlla, biiifia v. bij)artita rarissime laciniata. Disci subhypogyni 

 V. perioyni glnndulae obsoletae v. distinotae , truncatae, bigibbosae v. 

 emarglnatae. Stamina 8—10, rarius pauciora, subhypogyna v. ]>cri- 

 gyna, omnia fertilia. Stigmata 3, rarius 2, interdum 4 v. 5 , filifor- 

 mia. Capsula dujilo stigmatum numero ultra medium in valvas ereotas, 

 recurvas v. revolutas dehiseens. Semina rugulosa, granulata v. mnri- 

 cafa, opaca , umbilico estrophiolato. Embryo annularis, albumcn fari- 

 naceum cingens. 



Subgenus. Eastellapia. Fenzl. 



Calyx 5-rarissime 4partitus. Stamina 10, interdum pauciora (3 — .5), 

 plerumque disco perigyno inserta. Ovarium pluriovulatum. Styli 3, 

 interdum 4 — .5, rarius 2. Capsula oligo- v. polysperma. — Herbae 

 humilesj caespitosae, amphigeae, polymorphae, floribus alaribus, axilla- 

 ribus , sparsis , rarius solitariis, terminalibus, saepissime per cyraas 

 dichotomas multoties iteratas, foHaceo- v. scfirioso-bracteatas dispositis. 



Divisio 1. Petiolares. Fenzl. in Endlicher gen. L c. Folia 

 omnia v. saltlm inferiora in petiolnm distinctum angustata, lamina 

 cordata, ovata v. elliptica. Calyx interdnm quadripartitus. 



1. St. ??e7»orM»! (L. sSp. p. GOS^) caudicibus hypogaeis filiformibus 

 proserpentibus , caulibns elongatis simplicibus v. decumbenti- ramosis 

 erectis v. flaccide adscendentibus viilosis, turionibus humifusis longis- 

 simis, foliis cunctis v. plurimis longe petiolatis cordato-ovatis 5 summis 

 bractealibusque subsessilibus v. sessilibns ovatis sive ovato - ellipticis 

 acuminatis tlaccidissimis teneris venosissimis glabris v. pilosis raargine 

 geniculato-ciliatis, cyma terminali herbaceo-bracteata elongata laxe vis- 

 cosnla rarissime glabra, pedicellis elongatis, calycis laciniis lanceolatis 

 acutis margine nitide scariosis subenerviis, petalis calyce 2 — 3pIo lon- 

 gioribus ultra medium biddis: laciniis divergentibus linearibus, ovario 

 oblongo, capsula oblongo-eylindracea ealyce ^ — 2plo longiore, seminibus 

 granulato-scabris. 



a. siibebrftcteolata '. hmctearum pari infimo magno foliaceo, reliquis cunctis minu- 

 tissimis squamaeformibus, cyma cum calycibus plerumque glaberrimis. — Se- 

 quente multo rarior. 



/3. bracteata: bracteis omnibus foliaceis, cyma cum calycibus pubescentibus. 



Lusus 1. Bractearum par infimum maximum, subsequum 2— 3plo minus, reli- 

 qua minuta ovato-Ianceolata, summa subulata. 



„ 2. Bractearum paria 2—3 infima maxima sensim minora, subsequa 

 cuncta minuta ovato-lanceolata. 



