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emarginatis), at præsertim capsularum structura, quæ multo 
magis cum ea A. sesamoidis convenit. Scd ab hac specie nostra 
planla pluribus adhuc gravioribus notis recedit, v. c. foliis 
angustioribus, ut videtur, nunquam rosulatis, floribus mino- 
ribus, bracteis pedicello subæquilongis, demum reflcxis, 
persistentibus, petalis 8-9-fidis, laciniis latioribus et brevi- 
oribus, ciliatis, æquilongis, appendice versus laminæ basin in 
marginem ciliatum produclo, slaminibus 12—14 (nec 7—10), 
tubo stamineo et filamenlis papillosis. Igitur plantam hane 
pro nova specie agnoscere non dubito. 
minor Lge. (Tab. IV, lig. 1, a-g) annuus, e radice tenui multicaulis; 
caules graciles, 2-5-pollicares, adscendentes v. diffusi (in speci- 
minibus parvulis caulis interdum solitarius, erectus); folia radi - 
calia dense rosulata, obovata, obtusa, leviter undulata ; folia cau- 
lina laneeolato-spathulata, obtusa, reflexa et margine plus 
minusve crispata; racemi ramos primi ordinis terminantes 
densiflori, simplices v. rarius basi racemos piures secun- 
darios emittentes ideoque paniculalo-compositi; pedicelli bre- 
vissimi, cum rachi inflorescentiæ papilloso-scabriusculq fruc- 
liferi sepalis subbreviores, parum inerassati, patuli v. subre- 
flexi; bracteæ ovatæ, aeuminatæ, pedicellis breviores, demum 
retlexæ, maturitatem versus deciduæ: pelala 2 superiora (c) 
7-9-partita, laciniis e basi valde attenuata spathulatis, ob- 
tusis, glabris, inæquilongis (lacinia intermedia reliquis Ion- 
giore); appendix unguicularis late trigono-obeordatus, apice 
lateraliter dilatato-auriculatus, subeiliatus, albido-hyalinus, 
infra laminæ basin in marginem inflexain ciliatam dilatatus; 
petala 2 lateral\a (d) c. 5-partita, inferum simplex; lubus 
stamineus (b) papilloso-hirtellus, Jatus; slamina 10—12, fila- 
menta (e) interne papilloso-asperula, a basi angustiore supra 
medium complanato-dilatata, summo apice subulata, an- 
theras ovales basi profunde cordatas subduplo superantia; 
ovarium (b) e carpidiis 6—7 (nec 4—5) compositum ; 
stylus lateralis, gibberi dorsalis longitudine; capsula (f) ut 
