RLORA. 
MM 38. 
Begensburg. 14. October. "1846. 
Inhalt: Hochstetter, nova genera plantarum Africae. —  Mette. 
nius, Beiträge zur Kenntuiss der Rhizocarpeen. Id., de Salvinia. 
Verkehr der k. botanischen Gesellschaft im September 1846. 
un 
Nova genera plantarum Africae proponft et desecribit 
Ch. F HOCHSTETTER. 
Continuatio. 
(cfr. Flora 1841. I. p. 369. II. p. 657. — 1842. p. 225. — 1843. I. p. 69. — 
1844. I. p. 18. und besondere Beilage zu T. III. u. IV.) 
Leguminosae. 
Eilemanthus (nomen derivatum ab ‚eIAyuE Cinvoluerum seu brac- 
tea) et Av$og (flos), propter flores inter bracteas reconditos). 
Character generis: Flores parvuli racemuli inter bracteas mag- 
nas stipuliformes reconditi; calyx S-fidus villosissimus laeiniis subu- 
latis parum inaequalibus; corolla papilionacea, calycenı parum exce- 
dens; stamina 10 diadelpha; ovarium 2—3-ovulatum, stylus filiformis 
stigmate capitato; legumen parvulum, oblongum, subeompressum, istb- 
mis cellulosis inter semina 2—3-loculare, semina cubica laevia. 
Ad Loteas Genisteas vel Galegeas pertinere videtur, foliis Anthyl- 
lidem, flore et fructu Indigoferam vel Heylandiam, bracteis Zor- 
niem vel Flemmingiam strobiliferam referens. 
Eilemanthus strobilifer Hochst. (Indigofera strobilifera 
Hochst. in pll. Kotschyi Nubicis nro. 236.) 
Pianta annua tota lanuginoso-villosa, caulis simplex vel ramosus, 
spithamaeus vel dodrantalis, folia impari-pinnata bijuga, foliolis jugo- 
rum ovato-oblongis vel elliptieis, impari simili majori; stipulae duae 
ad basin petioli ovato-lanceolatae obliquae; axilli omnes racemos pa- 
tentes bracteosos strobiliformes emittunt; peduncälus strobilo brevior, 
bracteae strobilum formantes alternae, imbrieatae, latissimae, ovato- 
cordatae, multinerves, apice inaequaliter bifidae (hine e duabus ut 
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