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Herba verosimillime annua, erecta v. adscendenti-diffusa , glaber- 
rima , ^viridi- glauca , ramosa, ramis ! crassitie pennae corvinae v. illi em- 
poretici mediocris, simplicibus et asymetrice alternatim ramulosis, virgatis, 
semi-bipedalibus visis. Folia carnosa, linearia, obtusa, alterna, remota, 
erecto-patentia v. flaccide patula , nec amplexicaulia , nec decurrentia ; in- 
feriora 2" saepius longa, planiuscula, 1"' ut plurimum lata, versus basim 
magis attenuata; juniora et superiora 1" potissimum longa ac x /^ u crassa, 
teretiuscula. Cymae axillaribus saepe auctae, aphyllae, bracteolatae , se- 
mel, 2_4ter-iterato-dichotomae, cum pedunculo, longitudine vario, 2__6- 
unciales, demum racemiformes , remotiflorae. Bracteolae subulatae imo- 
que setaceae , pedicellos calyce 3-plo breviores aequantes v.' subsuperan- 
tes , membranaceae, herbaceo - carinatae. Calyx in alabastro oblongus , 
demum ovoideus v. semiglobosus, iy 2 — longus, sepalis ovalibus 
oblongisve mucronulatis , saepe inaequalibus, petaloideo - membranaceis, 
facie enerviis , medio herbaceis, carnosulis, profunde viridibus. Corolla 
saepius nolla v. 5 -petala, alba, regularis, calycem potissimum triente su- 
perans , petalorum lamina subrotunda v. latissime ovato-subrotunda , in- 
tegerrima, flabellato - venosa , in unguiculum anguste linealem, glaberri- 
mum, ipsa duplo breviorem rursus coarctata. Stamina 7, aequilonga, ca- 
lyce breviora, 5 sepalis alterna, 2 in aestivatione interioribus (sepalis) 
opposita, hypogyna; filamentis planiusculis , intus obsolete carinatis, e 
basi lata ovato-triangulari subulatis, inferius per fimbrias crispatas in 
cupulae speciem connexis . Antherae oblongo - lineares , loculis appositis 
parallelis subliberis, connectivo brevissimo lineari glandulaeformi-incras 
sato croceo inhaerentes, versatiles. Ovarium lenticulari-compressum , bi- 
loculare, biovulatum , abortu partiali subinde uniloculare uniovulatum, 
ovulis placentae basilari, dorso cuivis carpophylii adnatae, oblique adscen 
denti , apice in funiculum umbilicalem obsoletissimum liberum productae 
affixis, campylotropis. Styli duo filiformes, erecti, longitudinaliter in- 
tus stigmatosi, loculis oppositi. Fructus dicarpellaris, siccus, subcartilagi 
neo-crustaceus, calycem parum superans, carpidiis indehiscentibus, in toro 
obsoletissime conico parallele equitantibus, orbiformibus, faciebus commis- 
suralibus (florum ejusdem racemi) nunc circumalatis planis, nunc exalatis 
concaviusculis, contiguis, demum solutis liberis, delabentibus, dorso gibbo- 
convexis , ruguloso-tuberculatis, medio in cuspidem conicum brevissimum 
horizontalem rectum v. sursum deorsumve curvatum productis, basi emar- 
ginata foraminulo, transitu contextus cellularis fecundatiopem facilitan- 
tis inserviente, instructa; ala marginem faciei commissuralis cujus vis 
carpidii cingens, discum latitudine adaequans, orbicularis, apice et basi 
retusa, pellucida, rigida, haud plicata, nervis 9 13 viridibus radianti 
bus indivisis v. bifidis, cum peripherico concolori arcuatim anastomo 
«antibus in fenestras subrotundas, obovatas, rotundato-trapezoideas v. 
triangulares elegantissimas divisa. Semen plano - convexum , reniforme , 
loculi cavitatem implens , verticale, testa membranacea testacea. Embryo 
periphericus cyclicus; cotyledonibus semiteretibus incumbentibus albidis, 
radicula infera. 
40. Pitfos&iorum 9I«igel3aiiiim Putterlick. P. foliis ob- 
longo-lahceolatis apice acutis margine integerrimo revolutis, supra 
glabris laevibus nitidis, subtus pallidioribus fulvo-tomentosis , coria- 
ceis, pedunculis in apice ramulorum binis ternisve, singulis e gem- 
ma prodeuntibus unifloris , floribus violaceo-purpureis , capsulis bi- 
valvibus crassis polyspermis. 
Habitat in Nova- HoUandia orientali extralr opica. (Hiigcl.) 
