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NOVARUM STIRPIUM DECAS X. 
dospermio parvo, ad basim usque in lobulos radiatos, corneos, obtusos di- 
viso suffulta. Albumen .... Embryo rectus, magnus, cotyledonibus pla- 
nis, sibi invicem applicitis , rad/cu/a brevi, obtusa, infera. 
MOiVOCOSMIA Fen%l. Calyx dis ep alus ^ persistens^ sepalis 
ovali-subrotundis^ obtusissimis v. retusis^ dorso in alam sacciformem 
verticaliler compressam protrusis ^herbaceis. Petala 3, 4, 
aequalia^ hypogyne inserta^ libera^ oblonga^ integerrima ^ post 
anthesim gelatinose confluentia^ apice contorta^ orarium diutius 
coronantia. Stamen unicum.^ petalo oppositum. Ovarium unilocu- 
lare., oculis 2 r. 4 duobus tunc primitus hebetioribus.^ omnibus 
hasifixis. Stylus brevissimus, bifidus, stigmatibus abbreviatis , pa- 
tentibus. Capsula membranacea, bivalvis, mono-disperma. Semina 
lenticulari compressa, obtuse granulata, lucida, estrophiolata. 
Herba chilensis, annua (‘?), multicaulis, succulenta, glabra, folia 
radicalia rosulata, lamina deltoideo -rhombea, obtusa, in petiolum 
late linearem longissimum attenuata, caulina alterna, exstipulata. 
Flores minutissimi, brevissime pedicellati, per racemos axillares et 
terminales, inferius foliatos , superne aphyllos dispositi, subsecun- 
di, conferti. 
OBSERVATIO. Genus inter Calandriniam , Claytoniam et Calyptri- 
dtum ambigens , cum priore Calandriniae aptius fortassis consociandum, 
a Calyptridio corolla polypetala et ovulorum numero definito, a Clayto- 
nia flore monandro, tripetalo ac stylo bifido, a Calandrinia iisdem cha- 
racteribus et ovulorum numero stigmatibus aequali v. solum duplo, recedens, 
93. Ifloiiocosmia corrigioloicles Fenzl. 
Talinum monandrum Huiz et Pavon Prodr. 65. Syst. 116. Calan- 
drinia monandra DC. Prodr. IU. 359. Corrigiola deltoidea Poppig Piant, 
chil, n. 91. Diar. n. 650. 
Patria: Chile. Habitat: in collibus aridis Conceptionis prope 
fluvium Andalien (Ruiz et Pavon.) In arenosis montosis ad 
Tumbez Talcahuanensium (Poppig!) 
Herba annua (?), multicaulis, glaberrima, succulenta, laete virens. 
Caules in orbem diffusi, simplices v. inferius abbreviato-ramosi , digitales 
ac palmares, crassitie fili emporetici mediocris v. tenuioris, angulati, f(»- 
liosi , tota longitudine florum racemulis alternis, plus minusve remotis 
obsessi, apice longioribus tribus ad quinque subcymose confertis termi- 
nati. Folia radicalia confertissime rosulata, 1 3-uncialia , carnosa, uni- 
nervia, lamina deltoidea, basi rhombea, 3—8'" solum longa et 2_5"' la- 
ta, angulis apiceque obtusissimis, in petiolum linearem, ^^turn atte-. 
nuata; caulina radicalibus similia, sensim minora, demumque lineari 
oblonga v. lanceolata, alterna, exstipulata, carina marginibusque in angulos 
decurrentia. Racemi Vo IV 2 unciales, inferius foliolosi , superius aphylli, 
virginantes subscorpioidei. FZores minutissimi, vix magnitudine Corrigiolae 
vulgaris, in racemis subsecundi, primum confertissimi, demum remo^ 
tiusculi, nutantes, pedicellis V 2 — 2"' longis suffulti. Calyx disepalus , per- 
sistens, herbaceus, Ig. , sepalis ovali-subrotundis , concavis, apice 
plurimam retusis , medio dorso v. infra apicem in alam v. gibbum sacci- 
formem , verticaliler compressum protrusis. Petala 3, rarissime 4, ca- 
lyce subbreviora, late linearia v. oblonga, obtusa, basi libera, tenerrima, 
