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CRESSA. 
Linn. Gen. Pl. 122. Am. Acad. v. 1. 395. Juss. 134 * Bvown Pvodr. 489 . 
Anthyllis. Magnol. Charact. Nov. 212. 
Calyx pentaphyllus. Coixlla hypocrateriformis. Filamenta tubo insiden- 
tia. Capsula bivalvis, unilocularis. Semina pauca, subovata. 
TABULA 256. 
CRESSA CRETICA. 
Cressa foliis ovatis sessilibus : basi obtusis, calycibus sericeo-pilosis. 
C. cretica. Linn. Sp. PL 325. Willden. Sp. PL v. 1 . 1320. Retz. Obs. fasc. 4. 24. 
C. indica. Retz. Obs. fasc. 4. 24. Willden. Sp. PL v. 1. 1320. 
Anthyllis. Alpin. Exot. 157. t- 150. Raii Hist. v. 1 . 215. 
Quamoclit minima humifusa palustris, herniariae folio. Tourn. Cor. 4. 
Cbamaepitys incana, exiguo folio. Bauh. Pin. 249. 
Ch. prima. Eitchs. Hist. 885. 
Ch. prima Dioscoriclis odoratior. Lob. Advers. 164. 
Ch. tertia. Dod. Pempt. 46. Ger. Em. 525. Dalech. Hist. 1160. 
Ajnga, sive Cbamaepitys altera. Matth. Valgr. v. 2. 292. 
Lysimachiae spicatae purpureae affinis thymifolia. Plulc. Phyt. t. 43. f. 6. 
In littoribus salsis Archipelagi frequens. O 1 
Radix , ut videtur, annua, parum ramosa. Herba spithamaea, subdiffusa, triste virens, 
glaucescens, pilosa, e basi ad apicem alternatim ramosa, foliosa. Polia numerosa, 
alterna, sessilia, parva, ovata, integerrima, punctata, utrinque sericeo-pilosa Sti- 
pulce nullae. Flores ramorum apicem versus axillares, sessiles, conferti, subspicati, 
foliis duplo longiores. Calycis foliola obovata, imbricata, aequalia, hirta, persisten- 
tia. Corollae tubus longitudine calycis, infundibuliformis, glaber, albus; limbus 
quinquepartitus, regularis, laciniis patenti-deflexis, oblongis, obtusis, aequalibus, 
extus plus minus pilosis, intus apicem versus rufescentibus. Stamina exserta, fili- 
formia, glabra, antheris incumbentibus, rufis. Germen superum, subrotundum. 
Styli longitudine staminum, filiformes, albi, basi setosi, stigmatibus capitatis. Cap- 
sula subrotunda, glabra, bivalvis, basi dehiscens, valvulis rigidulis, inaequaliter fissis. 
Semina in nostris solitaria, elliplico-subrotunda, fusca, glabra, at plerumque, ut recte 
suspicatus est Jussieus, uno vel altero abortivo comitata. Hinc Cressa indica Retzii 
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