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160« Cerastium. L. 



Fenzl in Endlich. ffen. p. 970. 



Calyx 5-rarissime 4-partitus : laciniis herbaceis; fructiferis ad- 

 pressis. Petala 5 v. 4 , subhypogyna, obcordata, obovato - cuneata v. 

 oblonga 5 profunde emargiiiata v. rarius retusa, rarissime integerrima 

 V. laciniata. Stamina 10 v. 8, rarius 5 v. 4, subhypogyna; filamenta 

 subulata v. setacea , libera; antherae biIo(;ulares , longitudinaliter de- 

 hiscentes. Ovarium sessile, uniloculare. Ovula plurima, columellae 

 oentrali liberae elongatae inserta, amphitropa. Stigmata .5, rarius 4 

 V. 3, filiformia, calycss laciniis opposita. Capsula membranacea, cylin- 

 drica v. cylindrico-conioa, recta v. incurva, calyce longior v. rarissime 

 brevior, duplo stigmatum numero in dentes apice circinatim v. margine 

 revolutos, erectos v. planos, in conum conniventes dehiscens. Semina 

 plurima, globulosa, reniformia v. angulato-compressa, granulata, tuber- 

 culata V. papilloso-muricata: nmbilico estrophiolato. Embryo annularis, 

 albumen farinaceum includens; cotyledonibus incumbentibus. 



Subgenus I. Dichodon. Bartl. 



Petala profunde emarginata. Styli 3, interdum 4 v. 5. Capsula 

 rectiuscula v. incurva, calyce longior, dentibus margine subrevolutis 

 erectis v. patulis dehiscens. — Herbae annuae v. perennes, glabrius- 

 culae V. glanduloso-puberulae, pauci- v. multiflorae. 



1. C. trigynum (Vill. Dauph. II, p. 045 t. 46) perenne laxe cae- 

 spitans glabrum v. glanduloso-pubescens, candiculis radicantibus, foliis 

 Jinearibus lanceolatis oblongisve carnosulis, cyma terminali patula 1 — 12- 

 flora, pedicellis post anthesin deflexis, petalis obcordatis profunde emar- 

 ginatis calyce l^ — 2iplo longioribus cum staminibus glabris , capsula 

 calyce duplo longiore reeta, dentibus demum patulis. 



a, grandiflorum-. petalis late obcoidatis speciosis ealyce 2 — ^^plo longioribus, foHis 

 utririque marg^inibusque glaberrimis , pedicellis puberulis (specimirium cultoruni 

 cum calycibus glaberrimis). 

 C. eleg-ans. Fisch. ex Dec. Prodr. l, p. 400 sub Nr. 55. 



C. rupestre. Fisch. in Dec. Prodr. I, p. 417 (fide Grenier, Monogr. CerasL 

 p. 65). 



Stellaria cerastioides a. elegans. Bunge in Ledeb. Fl. alt. II, p. 155! excl. 



synon. Wulf. et Willd. — Turcz. Cat. Baikal. Nr. 247. — Georgi. It. /, 



p. 215. — C. A. Meyer. Ind. caiic. p. 221. 

 Stellaria elegans. Ser. in Dec. Prodr. l. c. 

 Stellaria glareosa. Turcz. msc. in herb. Acad. petropol. 



Lusus 1. Folia majora cuncta linearia, saepe subsecunda v. subfalcata. 



Stellaria cerastioides /3. aquatica. C. A. Meyer l, c. et in herb. 

 acad. petrop.! 



„ 2. Folia majora plurima oblonga v. lanceolato- linearia, pleruraque 

 recta, crassa. 



„ 3. Caudiculi longe proserpentes, cauliculi cum foliis abbrcviati, folio- 

 lorum fasciculi axillares copiosissimi glomeriformes. 

 Stellaria cerastioides a. terrestris. C. A. Meyer l. c. et in herb. 

 acad. petropol. 



Hab. in alpibus caucasicis alt. 1150 — 1550 hexap. (C. A. Meier. Lus. 1 et 2)! 

 in alpe Kasbek (C. A. MEyER. Lus. 3)! et Sibiriae aitaicae humidiusculis 



