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Torenia pcdunculata. Willd. Hb. tu 11547 (planta 

 madagascariensis a Tkouarsio comm.J 



Torenia veronicifolia. Willd. Hb> iu 11546. (pletnta 

 mauritiana a Tkouarsio comrm) 



In Brasiliae provincia Rio Janeiro in uliginosis post 

 Botafoginem Aprili florentem legit Beyrich, in insulis Ma- 

 dagascaria et Maurilii Dupelit Thouars. ^, • ; .-.' . 



Herba tenella , peiiolis connatis opposiiifoKa, spitha- 

 maea, vix unquam pedalis. Radix fibrosa, nisi repentem 

 dicere mavis , catiles enim annolirii- prostrali e nodis radi- 

 ces fibrosas novosque proferunt eaules. Caulis tetragonus, 

 mferne praeter nodos glaber, ramosus, irregulariter bifur- 

 cus; omnis axilla gemmam fovet/ nunc evolvitur ulraque 

 gemma axillaris pari vel dispari vigore , ipsa gemma api- 

 cali yel aboiiiente vel evoluta> nunc altera tantum, nunc 

 abortit utraque caule elongato* Infimi caulis nodi bine 

 inde radiculas edmrfc. Internodia bipollicaris. Folia inter- 

 nodiis breviora, ovata, ovalo-lanccolatave, acuimscula, de- 

 presso-serrata, supra plana, ner-vo : subtus yenisqtie, cir- 

 titer tribus tenuibus, prominulis; in petiolum' d'ecurrert- 

 **»> petiolis caiialicnlatis basi connatis, pilis subulatis ri- 

 gidulis albis simplicibus nee articulatis stipularibus. Fo- 

 liorum lamina 6 circjter lin. -longa ,3 lata , petiolo bill- 

 neari. Folia superiora paulo minora in Ian ceolatam ver~ 

 g*int formam. PiK supra descriptis similes gemmas et 

 alabastra iiovellosque ramos, petioli margmes, foliorum 

 nervos subtus, pedunculos angulosquc calycis plus minusve 

 occupant, iisdem paribus provectiori aetate calvescenti- 

 bus* Inflorescentia *) : umbella spuria (raccmus abbrevia- 



*) luflorescantiac ' Rescript Jo e scaitontiff Cliatnissoms est data, meam 

 Qg Ji^c patte .proponeaclara Me-subjuiigO' FecbiuraU 1~5 axillarcs 

 pseudo-nmbcllat^ xamo e& cadera axilla subveniente pscudo-alarcs. 

 Cairiis ipse tnchotome ramosusi raiso- alter o axillari nborticnte pseu* 

 d ° * dichotomy Editor* 



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