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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 , radicula brevi, obtusa, infera. 
MONOCOSMIA Fenzl. Calyx dis ep alus , persistens , sepalis 
ovali-subrotundis , obtusissimis v. retusis , dorso in alam sacciformem 
verticaliter compressam protrusis, herbaceis. Petala 3, rarissime 4, 
aequalia , hgpogijne inserta , libera , oblonga , integerrima , /?os£ 
anthcsim gelatinose confluentia , «p/ce contorta , ovarium diutius 
coronantia. Stamen unicum , petalo oppositum. Ovarium unilocu - 
/are, ovulis 2v.4, duobus tunc primitus hebetioribus , omnibus 
basifixis. Stylus brevissimus , bifidus , stigmatibus abbreviatis , pa- 
tentibus. Capsula membranacea , biv alvis, mono-disperma. Semina 
lenticulari compressa, obtuse granulata , lucida, cstrophiolata . 
Herba chilensis, annua (?), multicaulis, succulenta, glabra, 
radicalia rosulata, lamina deltoideo -rhombea, obtusa, in petiolum 
late linearem longissimum attenuata, caulina alterna, exslipulata. 
Flores minutissimi , brevissime pedicellati, per racemos axillares et 
terminales, inferius foliatos , superne aphyllos dispositi, subsecun- 
di, conferti. 
OBSERVATIO. Genus inter Calandriniam , Claytoniam et Calyptri- 
dium ambigens, cum priore Calandriniae aptius fortassis consociandum, 
a Calyptrulio 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. 
Monocosmia eorrigioloides Fenzl. 
Talinuin monandrum Rtiiz ef Pavon Prodr. 65. Aysf. 116. Calan- 
drinia monandra DC. Prodr. III , 359. Corrigiola deltoidea Pbppig Piant, 
chil . n. 91. Zhar. n. 650. 
Patria: Chii e. 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, fo- 
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 y// solum longa et 2 — 5 7// la- 
ta, angulis apiceque obtusissimis, in petiolum linearem, latum atte- 
nuata; caulina radicalibus similia, sensim minora, demumque lineari 
oblonga v. lanceolata, alterna, exstipulata, carina marginibusque in angulos 
decurrentia. Racemi 1 / 2 l 1 /» unciales, inferius foliolosi , superius apbylli, 
virginantes subscorpioidei. Flores minutissimi, vix magnitudine Corrigiolae 
vulgaris , in racemis subsecundi , primum confertissimi, demum remo- 
tiusculi, nutantes, pedicellis 2 / 2 — longis suffulti. Culyx disepalus , per- 
sistens, herbaceus, V 2 l //; lg. , sepalis ovali-subrotundis, concavis, apice 
plurimum retusis , medio dorso v. infra apicem in alam v. gibbum sacci- 
formem , verticaliter compressum protrusis. Petula 3, rarissime 4 , ca- 
lyce subbreviora, late linearia v. oblonga, obtusa, basi libera, tenerrima, 
