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asquilongze v. eo breviores intus albidas vel dilute rose®, stamina 
paulo superantes. Operculum vel melius capsuke pars superior 
2-2|'" longa striata, apice suo tubuloso styli basin includens, 
infeme sensim ampliata et semina 1-2 retinens. Semina vix V" 
longa nigra papuloso-scabriuscula, 2-3 in basi capsuke sita. 
Calandrinia spergularina . 
. Annua, adscendens, glabra, foliis radicalibus caulinisque tere- 
tiusculis, racemis pluri-multifloris, pedicellis calyci subsequilongis 
bracteolas triangulari-lanceolatas acuminatas superantibus, corolla 
hexapetala \2-\6-andra , sepalis ovatis acuminatis liberis per- 
sistentibus, petalis oblongo-lanceolatis stamina calycemque fere 
triente superantibus, stigmatibus 3-4 filiformibus recurvis barbatis, 
capsula polysperma calycem asquante basi circumscissa conico- 
ovata tri- v. quadrivalvi, valvis corolla emarcescente calyptratis 
cohcer entibus submembraneis , seminibus minutis reniformi- pyri- 
formibus splendenti-spadiceis subtilissime seriato-punctulatis. 
In alveo arenoso fluvii Nicholson, sinus Carpentaria^ 
Eadix tenuis simplex vel parum divisa. Folia i-l" lon^a, circiter 
crassa, plus mmusve curvata basi et apice attenuata, radicalia 
conferta, caulina alterna. Eacemi terminates. Sepala 1-P" longa 
integerrima. Petala tequalia semper 6 rosea 2-21"' longa. Fila- 
menta basi connata rosea insequilonga. Anthers dorso affix® 
rubra ovat® basi et apice, locis discretis, emarginat®. Pollen 
flavum. Stigmata alba V" longa supra pubescentia, sessilia. 
Capsula quidem valvata, sed valvis solum juxta basin solutis 
conica. Semina tantum longa. 
Herba Calandrinia polypetal® facie, cui sane affinis. A Calan- 
drinia calyptrata distat pedicellis brevioribus, numero partium 
floralium, capsula minus pergamena, nec calycem conspicue supe- 
rante, nec longitudinaliter dissiliente, seminibus tandem minoribus, 
ab omnibus ut videtur valvarum perpetua cohasione. 
Calandrinia pygmcea . 
Ferd. Muell. First Gen. Report, p. 1 1 ; Talinum nanum, Nees in Lehm. 
Plant. Preiss. i., p. 246. 
A-nnua, perminuta , glabra, foliis qarnosis oblongis ovatisve 
scssilibus sepalisque subtus convexis, racemis terminalibus pauci- 
fl oris, sepalis subova tis carnosis demum deciduis obtusis pedicello 
longioribus, petalis 4-7 lanceolatis acuminatis semiexsertis stamina 
4-10 conspicue superantibus, antheris luteolis, stylo nullo, stigma- 
tibus tribus filiformibus, capsula nigrescente lucida trigono-ovata 
v. subgloboso-ovata trivalvi apice tantum dehiscente polysperma, 
columella tristicha longitudinaliter funiculosa, seminibus minutis 
reniformi-ovatis turgidis splendenti-fuscis subtilissime clathratis. 
In locis humidiusculis montium rupestrium et pratorum areno- 
