566 



HYDROLEA spinosa. 

 Thorny Hydrolea, 



PENTANDRIA DIGYmA. 



Nat. or4. CONVOLVULi. Jvmeugen. 132. Div. IL StyKpIurea. 



Hydroleacex. Ordo PokmmeacetM affinior quam Omvol' 

 vulaceis. Brown hot. ofamgo. 33. 



Obs, Cormgatio cotyledonum definito ^minnm numero temper cwiitata 

 ett, ideogue ex Convolvulaceis amandam Hydroleam, Namam, 8aoo- 

 NEAM et DiAPENSiAM, tUroque ckaractere orbatoi; necnon Retziam eujui 

 semina paucwra subde^ita, sed embrytme recto, teretiuscuto intra albnmem 

 carnosum induso imtructa, et habitus diversimmw. Brown prod, 1. 482. 



HYDROLEA. CaL 5-partitus» persistens. Cor. rotato-caEDpanulata, 

 limbo 5-rariiis 6-aut 7-fido, patente. Stam. 5, inclusa. Filamenta bnsi di- 

 latata. Anth. sagittatae. l^li 2, rari6s 3. Stigmata truneata. Caps, sub- 

 ^lobosa, 2-rariiis 3-locuIaris, loculicido-bi-raxi^? trivalvis; placenttB 2, ra- 

 riiks 3 (una in quolibet loculameuto), magnae, hemispheericee, per lamellam dor- 

 salem in axi capsulae ad dissepimentum affixse, ubique seminiferae. 



Herbae suffruticosis, spinostE, pilo$o-glutinos<jBj spinit ajcillaribus. Folia 

 altema Integra, Flores axillares et terminales c^mtki. Kunth dot. gen. et 

 spec. 3, 98. 



H. ipinosa, floribus terminalibus^ subcorymbosis; capitellis hirtellis. Kunth 



nov. gen^ et spec. 3. 08, 

 Hydrolea spinosa. Lin. sp.pl 1. 328. Avbl guian. 1, 281. <. 110. WiUd. 



sp. pi 1. 1327- Hort, Kew. ed. % 2. 108. 

 Hydrolea trigyna. Swartzfl. ind. ocdd. 1. 558- WiOd, Jp. pL 1. 1327- 

 Spina di Vagra, Artwuensium; (fide Kunth). 

 Hierba del cancer, Popayanensium ; f fide Kunth.) 



Frutex ramis hirsutis. Praefloratio imbricata. CbI* profundi 5-rarttU 6- 

 partitus, extern^ pilosus pilis diaphanisj septis transversis articulatis ; laci- 

 niis lanceolatisy acutis^ integerrimis, subincequalibuSt l^^nendist viridibus. 

 Cor, campanulato-rotaiat glabra, cisBruleat catycem superans; tubo brevi »»'■ 

 fundifmlifomii ; \\mho ^-partito, patente, lacintis subrotundo-ovatis, obtusis, 

 integerrimis, orqnalibus, fiabellato-venotis. Stamina medio tubo inserta, co- 

 rolld breviora, cBqualia; til. lineari-aubulatat membranacea, glabra, basi dila- 

 tata; anth, dorso affixm, incumbentes, oblongo-lineares, obtusa, basi bifido-sa- 

 gittatasy biloculares, longitudinalitir interne dehiscentes. Germ, obhngnm, 

 vuperne pilosiusculum, disco orbiculari integro glabro impositum: styli % lan- 

 gitudine staminum, filiformes, giabri, aemtei: stigmata incrassata, obligui 

 truneata. Caps, subglobosa acuta stylis c&ronata, caluce suffulia eumque 

 sub€Bquans, magnitudine Pisi majaris, glabra, apice hirteUa, tenuis, diaphana, 

 biiocul, toculicido-bivahis ; placent<B 2 (1 in quolibet loculo) magna, hemi- 

 spharic<B, verrucosm, per lameUam darsalem angustam dissepimento affixa: 

 lem. creberrima. minntissima. Kunth I. c. 



Introduced from the West Indies by Mr. Alex. Anderson 

 in 179) ; and lately received from the Brazils by Mr. Lee 



