CERASTIUM. 
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cohaerentes permanent, inde capsula superne 5-valvis apparet), poly- 
sperma. Semina subrotundo-reniformia, tuberculata. Endospermium fari¬ 
nosum. Embryo periphericus, annularis. 
Herbee diffusae, ramosae, saepissime pilosae, tomentosae aut lanatae. 
Folia opposita, sessilia, rarius quadrifariam imbricata, integerrima. 
Stipulae nullae. Flores terminales, axillares, alares et laterales, albi. 
1. CERASTIUM IMBRICATUM, "j" 
C. ramosissimum; repens; foliis quadrifariam imbricatis, subspathulato-oblongis, obtusis, 
utrinque molliter villosis; calyce piloso; capsulis oblongo-cylindraceis, calyce longioribus, 
subdo- spermis. 
Crescit in summis montibus Cotopaxi et Antis ana , ait. igoo- 2200 liex. % Floret Martio . 
Herba caespitosa; caules ramosissimi, repentes, basibus foliorum marcidis squamulosi; ramis brevibus, 
confertis, densissime foliosis. Folia opposita, sessilia, quadrifariam imbricata, subspathulato-oblonga, obtusa, 
integerrima, obsolete venosa, membranacea, utrinque molliter villosa, praesertim marginem versus, 
4-4 4 lineas longa, i 4 lineas lata; inferiora gradatim minora; infima 5 lineas longa, spathulata. Flores in 
apice ramulorum gemini, altero parvo nondum explicato, breviter pedunculati, magnitudine floris Cerastii 
vulgati; pedunculo piloso, vix lineam longo; fructifero longiore. Calyx profunde quinquepartitus, viridis, 
externe pilosus, membranaceus, persistens; foliolis oblongis, obtusiusculis, concavis, nervosis, subaequa- 
libus; duobus aut tribus interioribus margine diaphanis. Petala quinque, urceolo stamineo inserta, oblonga, 
apice rotundata et emarginato- biloba, basi cuneato- subunguiculata, flabellato-nervosa, glabra, alba, aequalia., 
calyce duplo longiora. Stamina decem, lrypogyna, inaequalia, calyce breviora. Filamenta lineari-capillacea, 
glabra, ima basi in urceolum membranaceum connata. Anther.® subrotunda;, basi emarginatae, biloculares, 
flavae, glabrae, longitudinaliter dehiscentes. Ovarium superum, sessile, subrotundo-ovatum, glabrum, unilo- 
culare; in ipso flore per dentes decem hians; ovula crebra (circiter oo), columellae centrali affixa, subro¬ 
tunda, fusca. Styli quinque, terminales, capillacei, obtusi, aequales, papilloso-puberuli. Capsula oblonga, 
cylindracea, calyce persistente, corolla marcida et staminibus obtecta, membranacea, 10-nervia, glabra, 
calycem parum superans, unilocularis, polysperma, ad apicem dentibus decem dehiscens. Semina subro¬ 
tunda, basi emarginata, lateribus compressiuscula, punctulato-tuberculata, fusca, glabra, magnitudine 
grani papaveris. Integumentum duplex; exterius subcrustaceum; interius tenuissime membranaceum. Endo¬ 
spermium farinosum, album. Embryo periphericus, annularis, teretiusculus, albidus. Radicula acutiuscula, 
hilum spectans. Cotyledones foliaceae, oblongo-lineares, obtusae. 
Cerastio lanato Lapeyr. affine. 
2. CERASTIUM Willdenowii. f 
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C. caulibus erectis, apice bifidis foliisque albido-lanatis, ovato-lanceolatis, acutis; calyce 
pubescente; capsulis oblongo-cylindraceis, sub70-spermis. 
Stellaria mollis FFiUd. herb. Schlechtend. I. c. p. 196. 
Crescit in Regno Quitensi. ^ 
Caules basi ramosi; ramis erectis, 8- 10-pollicaribus, apice bifidis (tardius dichotomis?), teretibus, molliter 
albido-lanatis. Folia opposita, sessilia, ovato- lanceolata, acuta, integerrima, reticulato-venosa, membra¬ 
nacea, utrinque tenuissime albido-lanata, pilis stellulatis, 12-16 lineas longa, basim versus 3-4 lineas 
lata ; internodia inferiora 6-8 lineas longa; superiora sesqui- aut bipollicaria. Flores subterminales et alares, 
solitarii, pedunculati, magnitudine floris Cerastii arvensis; pedunculis filiformibus, lanatis, pollicaribus; 
fructiferis divaricatis. Calyx profunde quinquepartitus, viridis, externe pubescens, persistens; foliolis lan- 
ceolato-oblongis, acutis, membranaceis, subaequalibus. Petala quinque, lrypogyna, breviter unguiculata, 
obovato-cuneata, apice emarginato-biloba, lobis obtusis, flabellato-nervosa, alba, glabra, calyce vix duplo 
longiora, aequalia, patentia. Stamina decem, lrypogyna, calyce breviora, inaequalia; quinque alterna reliquis 
parum breviora. Filamenta lineari-capillacea, glabra, ima basi connata (?). Antiierie elliptica;, dorso affixae, 
biloculares, glabrae, longitudinaliter dehiscentes, croceae. Ovarium sessile, obovato-ellipticum, glabrum, 
