foliorum fuperiorum annorum tabidis fufcis operta, atque in fibras patfcas te-
retes albefcentes, & has fibrillofas fenfim magis magisque attenuata. Folia
communiter plurima ex eadem radice prodeunt, in unum aut plures fafcicu-
los colle&a, fuper fe mutuo imbricata atque undique in orbem fparfa: craf-
fiufcula hasc funt, lubpulpofa, lanceolata aut elliptica, obtufiufcula, inte-
gerrima, deorfum veluti in petiolum fenfim anguftata, fuperne late viridia,
dorfo pallidiora: utrinque glabra aut frequentius etiam fuperne pubelcentia,
marginum oris fubpilofe ciliatis, ab uno ad fesquipollicem plus minus longa,
lineas duas aut tres lata. Inter ea folia fcapus nunc unicus, alias tres, &
plures adhuc prorumpunt, refta affurgentes, fubflexuofi, ab unciis duabus
.ad fex alti, teretes, filiformes, aphylliglaste virides, glabri nec non
quandoque villis brevibus albidis undique obfiti, umbella foliorum depau-
perata terminati, florum fcilicet a tribus ad quinque, rariffime fex. Invo-
lucri in fummo vertice foliola numero totidem quot umbellulas radii, bre-
viflima, erecfa, lanceolata, acuta, fefElia: foliola alia his adhucdum minora
ad bafim florum pedunculis interjefta. Pedunculi erecli fibique ad-
proximati, altitudine inasquales, pollicem dimidium aut fesquipollicem ultra
involucri folia eminent, ipfi fubinde pollicares, vel bipollicares, latere uno
comprefliufculi, villis albidis breviffimis, uti fcapus, pubefcentes, coloris
ex albo virentis aut purpurafcentis, apice unicum florem fuftinentes. Ca-
lycis monophylli, ovato-campanulati, femiquinquefidi bafique fubquinquan-
gularis, fegmenta lanceolata, acuta, erefta, glabra aut fubhirfuta, apice
dorfoque profundius virent, bafi vero ex viridi flavicant, corolla fegmen-
tis caeterum minora. Corolla monopetalae atque hypocrateriformis tubus'
ovato-cylindraceus, ex albo flavefcens, calycem nonfuperans: limbus planus,
quinquepartitus; fegmentis obovatis, obtufis, integris aut levius fub-
.jnde emarginatis, albidis, fed verfus faucem leviffimepurpurafcentibus, lineam
neas duas longis : fauce ipla. luteola atque fquamulis quinque protuberanti-
bus coronata, anguftataque. Stamina quinque tubo corollas inferta : filamen-
ta breviffima, vix ulla, capillaria, alba: antheris olMongis flavis. Stylus fi-
liformis tubum corollas asquans, albus. Stigma capitatum obtufum: germ en
fubrotundum in calycis fundo, Capfula unilocularis, angulata, quinqueval-
vis: valvulisovato-lanceolatis aCutis apice dehifcentibus. Semina plura,,
a quinque ad decern, reniformia, compreffo-plana, ex fufco nigricantia..
V -
GALIUM BOCCONI.
Galium caulibus proftratis, diffufis, quadrangulis, fubalatis, ramofis: folds
fenis, linearibus , mucronatis, fubafperis: pedunculis fubtrichoto-
mis. Allion, flor. ped. num. 2.4. pag, 6.
Galium caule angulofo , folife lenis lubafperis ariftatis. Mali hifl, tom. I.
mm, 715,.
Rubeola alpina faxatilis tenuifolia. Scheuchz, it. alp. 2. pag. 140, Boccon.
muf. pag, 145. tab. 101.
Primis itineribus, quee Floras faeris addiftus in altiores patrias meas
monies lufcepi, refero plantam, quas mihi, fexualis fyftematis afieelas, jam-
turn nova videbatur, dum in Galii Afperulaeque Linnasi ceniu haudquaquam
mentionem ejus fadtam invenirem : nota dlu Botanicis alpinis Plallero r
Seheuchzeroque, egregieque ab iisdem jam dudum adumbrata, & nuper
tandem ab Illuftriffimo Allionio in Pedemontanarum llirpium hiftoria publici
juris facia, grata inventoris memoria. Rupeliri atque faxofo alpium folo
B 2 fere: *