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5n Verbena (Stachytarpheta) jamaicense pi. us. t. 39 

 descripta et aduinbrata. Feminea glabra; stylus liliformis 

 V. papillaris cxsertus, sligmate apicali peltato-capitellato. 

 Gevmen grossificalum lineare, oblongum, obtusum, breviler 

 rostellatum, biloculare biovulalum, sulco inter loculos 

 notalum. 



8. SxAcnYTABPHETA glabra N. fruticosa, ex inflorescen- 

 tiis dicboloma, ramis leUagonis , angulis nervosis, nodis 

 compressis , foliis elliplicis utrinque acuminatis , antice 

 grosse aculc serratis, peliolis linea marginali tenui dcor- 

 sum arcuata connalis, splcis ellipsoideo - cylindraceis obtusis, 

 floribus p^tulis paten tibusque, bracteis lanceolalis acutis 

 calyce brevioribus. 



E Brasilia misit Sellow. 



Rami oppositi et dichotomi, patuli, axilHs ul lit su- 

 petiori specie gibboso-obtusalis. Inlernodia semipollicana 

 pollicariaque. Margo interpeliolaris connectcns, in St. vil- 

 losa deficiens vel inconspicuus , in superior! omnino de- 

 ficiens, in hac specie insignis; rarissime setula una alleravc 

 obsolete cilialus videbatur. Folia pergamentacea , opaca, 

 patula paleutiaque, laxa, subrecurva, pefciolo et petiolari 

 parte canaliculalis, venis primariis arcuatis utrinsecus 4 — 6 

 supra leviter impressis, subtus prominuHs; tripollicaria 

 cum petiolari parle, quae circiler 9 lineas longa; 14Kneas 

 lata. Spicae subsessiles apices ornant foliosos, vix folns 

 longiores, maxime evolutae ad suminum subtripoUicares. 

 Raciiis angulata, scrobiculata. Bracteae deciduae. Calyx 

 semipoilice paulo brevior, tubulosus, nervoso-angu!al«s, 

 compvcssus. facie plana, dorso convexo; quinquenervius 

 qiiinqiiedenlalus, nervis faciallbus duobus, lateralibus po* 

 tioribus, quinlo tenuiori poslico; postice irregulariter yx^^^ 

 ner\'um fissus. Corolla calyce duplo longior, 9 lineas cir- 

 ciler longa, tubulosa, tubacformis, tubo sursum ampli^to 

 et in limbum patentem sese expandente; diameter lii"*'* 



