*$i PLANT AE AMERICAN AE. 



Caules plures, undique diffufi, repentes, tere- 



tes, articulati, glabri. 

 Folia oppofita, lanceolata vel lineari-lanceola- 



ta^ fupra planiulcula, infra convexa, fuo 



culenta ; pedicellis brevifllmis vix ullis : 



axillis nudis nec pilofis, 

 Flores axillares, folitarii, Fedunculi floret Ion- 



gitudine. 



Calyx foras viridi- glaucus, intus purpura* 

 fcens. 



Cal. Perianthium monophyllum, quinque- 

 partitum, campanulatum ; laciniis ovatis, 

 acutis, craflis, imbricatis, patentibus, in* 

 tus coloratis, niarcefcentibus. 



Cor nulla, 



Stam. Filammta plura, feptuaginta circ, fubui 

 lata, calyce breviora, eidem parallela, in- 

 tra lacinias inferta. dntherae fubrotun- 

 dae. 



3?ist. Germen obi on gum, fuperius paulo trU 

 gonum, in fundo calycis iitum. Stylitrcs r 

 capillares, erefti, ftaminum altitudine. 

 Stigma fa fimplicia. 



Per. Capfula ovata, trilocularis : loculis ho- 

 rizontaliter dehifcentibus. Receptacula fe- 

 minum conico-filamentofa. 



Sem. fubrotunda, planiujcula, margine ro«* 

 Hello acuto notata* 



Cuma- 



