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In Africa Capensl (loco hand mcmorato) legit Drege, 



No. 7567. 

 Species distiuctrssima , habits fere Passerinae laxae, 

 Fruiicnlos (radice nou suppctentc) sesquipedalis^ laxe ramo- 

 sns, canle tereii, giabro, laeyi«acnIo, fnsco v. nigricante, 

 basi cra^sitie pennae colnmbinaef, sorsiim deliqQcscente , in- 

 ternodiis plerumqne 3 — 4 im* loBgjg , ramnlis apice pabera- 

 lis. Folia omnia opposita (ncc summa TCTficillata) sessilia, 

 internodiornm longipidine v. panlo lougiora (vixlineis 5 lou- ' 

 giora, '/a — 1 lin- lata) subacerosa, snpra canalicalafa, snb- 

 eaervia, concolora, eciiiata. Jplores alii vere axill^res, alU 

 ramnlos brcTissimos terminantes, omnes solitarii, sessiles* t. 

 pedifcelio xix conspictfo (^4 — V® *'»!*• longo) suffuUij 2 — 

 2^^ lin. longi, extaa adpresse pilosiust^uU , linxbo intiis tu- 

 bellQ glabro, ante explicationeia oblougo acatiuscBCQlo tubo 

 daplo crassiore^ tube oranQta vix snperaute. Glandulac 

 8 orali * sDbrotundac, in fancc inunediatim infra staminam 

 infcriorum inscrtionem sessiiesj coromila dense piibracente 



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subjecta* iVzf^ calycis basi menibranacea glabra fusca gla- 

 bresQenfe pjios minns lacera apice clail^a et acntinscnla-la- 

 xittscn^e iecta, orata, circ. l^/^ lin. longa.' PediGelloram 

 apieea dilapsis flonbns |iunnte albp^barbati. 



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LACHNAEA L. (Char, reform.) 



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Iddchnaeaey Gnidiae et Passerinae sf, aiict. 

 - Flores bermaphroditi. Caly^ infandibntiformis, ntrin- 

 qnc tomentosiis v* TiIlosu,3 (rarid^ intus glaber) tnbo anga^ 

 8to brevi r. elongate basi demnni ipflato ct snpra ovarium 

 circnmscisso-deciduo, limb! 4-*partiti lobts patentibns aeqn^ 

 libns y. inaequalibas. Stamina feftiiia 8, duplici seric 

 fanci ioeerta, filamentis coiispicnis, superioribns longioribus 

 exsertia calycis loMs antepositis, inferioribas breWoribus etiam 



cxscrtis ant anthoras t^ntnm jUKe sinus semiexsereatibus. 



