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DICOTYLEDONES. 199

y. hirsLita, folia elliptica v. lanceolata, pediinculi clivisi et solitarii, pilis plerisque acutis, ca[)sula) calycc paulo Ion- giores.

IS. Stellaria Edwardsii, foliis ovato-lanrcolatis inte- geiTiinis enerviis nitidis, pediinciilis terniiiialil)iis iiiiifloris trifidisve, petalis bipartitis calyce immerse trincrvi lougiori- bus, antheris purpureis.

Obs. Duplex varietas.

In a. (cnjus exemplaria plurima in Melville Island, et aliqua anno 1792, ad Chesterfield Inlet leeta vidi) folia ovata acuta v. ovato-lanceolata, pedunculi solitarii v. trifidi, lateralibus sa3pissime unifloris altero nunc abortiente, dum solitarii ebracteati, duni divisi bibracteati, bracteis semifolia- . ceis margine membranaceo ciliato, pedicellis lateralibus pariter bibracteatis. Caulis et folia ssepius glaberrima, caulis nunc villosiuscuhis et folia basi ciliata villis tenuibus laxis.

j3. (cujus exemplaria duo, quorum alterura multicaule), folia ovato-lanceolata apice subattenuata nitidissima, pedun- culi ssepius uniflori. Caules et folia glaberrima.

In utraque fructus desideratur, qui cxstat in S. Edwardsii, Bichardson in Frcmklin's Jour7i. p. 738. In liac vero, quae forsan distincta species, anthcrae ochroleucac niinimas et polline destituta3, styli elongati et stigmata manifestiora, caules et folia glaberrima, capsula erecta calyce fere duplo longior semisexvalvis, semina reniformia laevia fusca.

De Stellaria nitida Hooker 171 Scoresh?/ f/ree/il. j). 411,cui secundum auctorem folia lanceolata siccitate subtrinervia, flores subpaniculati et antherse flavse, incertus sum.

19. Arena RiA quadrivalvis, foliis subulatis acutis glaberrimis trinerviis, pedunculis unifloris elongatis pubes- centibus, calycibus acutissimis trinerviis petala elliptica superantibus capsula quadrivalvi (nunc 3 — 5-valvi) sa3pius brevioribus.

Alsine rubella, WahJenh. lapp. 128, f. G, forsan hand distincta ; sed secundum auctorem capsula 3-valvis petala rubella et in icone subspathulata basi valde attcnuata.

Desc. Ilerba 1-2-uncialis. ^W/> perennis, descendens. Caulis a basi ramosissimus caespiteui densum cffbrmans,

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