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ERYTHRíEA aggregata.
Cluster-branched Erythreea.
Natural Order. G e n t i a n EjE. B row n p ro d r.l. p .449.
Sect. I. Capsula uniloculaiis, nunc semibilocularis.
E R Y T H E M A . Calyx 5-fidus. Corolla infundibuliformis,
limbo brevi, marcescens. iZnZ/ierzBdefloratse spirales. Stylus erectos.
iSrigffiai« 2, subrotunda. CapsulaVmear s. Brownprodr. l .
p . 451.
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E. aggregata, caule tetragono ramosissimo decumbente: ramis
dichotomis aggregatis paucifloris, foliis spathulatis obtusis
nninervibus basi in petiolum attenuatis, floribus sessilibus,
bracteis linearibus obtusis calyce sublongioribus, calyce tubo
duplo breviore.
Perennial? or perhaps biennial? Scarcely 3 inches
high, very much branched: branches short, dichoto-
mous, decumbent, points ascending, 4-sided, furrowed,
smooth and glossy. Leaves opposite, spathulate, obtuse,
entire, 1-nerved, attenuated at the base into a
kind of petiole, smooth and glossy. Flowers sessile,
from 2 to 5, terminating a branch: outer bractes oblongly
linear, obtuse, a little longer than the calyx,
inner ones very small, and much shorter. Calyx 5-cleft,
segments subulately linear, taper-pointed, keeled, with
membranaceous margins, about half the length of the
tube of the corolla. Corolla funnel-form; tube twice
the length of the calyx, striate : limb 5-cleft, segments
equal, oval with rounded points, concave, of a glossy
rose colour. Stamens 5, inserted in the mouth of the
tube, shorter than the segments of the corolla ; f ila ments
smooth : anthers twisted; pollen yellow. Germen
linear, smooth. Style smooth, • thickening upwards.
Stigmas 2, capitate.
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