2355 DICOTYL. seu EXOGEN/E. ROUSSELIA, 
R. LAPPULACEA (Gaudich. l. c.), foliis ovatis v. rhomboideis sparsim pilosis, 
2c In ins. S.-Domingo, Jamaica, Cuba (Wight, n. 1681), S.-Thomas, Porto- 
Rico, etc. — Wedd. Monogr. p. 528. t. 18. D; Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. p. 159. 
Urtica humilis et U. lappulacea Swartz. — Caules numerosi, filiformes, longe 
repentes, parce ramosi, glabrati, ramis adscendentibus 1-2-decimetralibus, pu- 
berulis, parce foliosis, internodiis scilicet plerumque 2-3 cm. longis vel lon- 
gioribus. Folia vulgo 5-20 mm. longa, 4-15 mm. lata, interdum fere rotun- 
data, acuta v. obtusata, inferne sepius cuneata, lamina exsiccata membranacea 
supra obscure subtus dilute viridi, petiolo gracili quam limbus sepe longiore 
ut costa nervique pagine inferioris pubescente. Stipule triangulari-lanceo- 
latz, siccitate ferrugineze. Cymulee parum conspicus, in axillis superioribus 
presertim obvie; mascula pedunculatz, pedunculo filiformi 2-4-millimetrali 
cum petioli basi connato puberulo, floribus minimis breviter pedicellatis sin- 
gulis bractea oblonga ciliata suffultis, perigonio extus hirto. Involucra fem. 
sessilia, diametro majore 3-4-millimetrali, foliolis late ovatis acutiusculis ob- 
tusisve subinequimagnis venosis ciliatis supraque pilis hamatis majusculis 
conspersis. Perigonium fructiferum 12-14 mm. circiter latum, ciliolatum, 
achenium ovatum compressum fuscum nitidu]um arcte includens. (v. s.) 
8, gern caule suffruticuloso ramosissimo. — In iisdem locis ac ty- 
pus. (v. s.) 
Tribus V. FORSKOHLEEA. 
Herbs annus aut szpius perennes vel suffrutices, stimulis veris 
destituti, sed interdum pilis induratis aculeolati. Folia alterna aut 
opposita, homomorpha, eequilateralia, varie dentata, rarissime in- 
tegra, cystolithis punctiformibus inspersa. Stipule petiolares et 
liberz vel petiolari-laterales et tunc (saltem 1n speciebus oppositi- 
foliis) connatz. Inflorescentie involucratz (involucro gamo-poly- 
phyllo), aut exinvolucratz, floribus involucratis in Jana copiosa sc- 
pius nidulantibus. Flores unisexuales. Masc. : perigonio sepius 
monophyllo, basi tabuloso, superne dilatato braeteiformi v. sub- 
bilabiato, rarissime diphyllo; stamine unico, rarissime stam. duo- 
bus ; pistilli rudimento nullo, aut (in flore diphyllo) lineari et den- 
siuscule lanato. Fem.: perigonio tubuloso-ventricoso (ore à-dentato), 
aut deficiente; stigmate filiformi aut rarissime subcapitato; stami- 
num rudimentis nullis. Fructus siccus. Embryo cotyledonibus 
ellipticis, oblongis rolundatisve radicula longioribus; albumine 
vario, nunquam deficiente. 
Subtrib. 1. EUFORSKOHLEE.£. Flores in involucro gamo-po- 
lyphyllo aggregati et plerumque densissime lanati. 
XXXIX. FORSKOHLEA Linn. Mant. p. 11. n. 1262; Juss. Gen. pl. p. 403 (Forska- 
lea); Endlich. Gen. pl. p. 285 (Forskolea); Wedd. Monogr. p. 532. — Caid- 
beja- Forsk. JEgypt. p. 82. 
Flores monoici, ut plurimum in involueris turbinatis 3-6-phyllis intus 
densissime lanatis arcte congregati, masculi numerosiores in circuitu, 
feminei 1-5 centrales, femineis rarius solitariis in involucro diphyllo, 
involueris in axillis foliorum bractearumve geminis vel glomeratis. 
Masc. Perigonium monophyllum, basi anguste tubulosum, superne di- 
latatum s. bracteiforme obtuseque 3-dentatum s. lobatum, florem uni- 
labiatum referens, lobo intermedio in alabastro compressiusculo inflexo. 
Stameri unicum. Pistilli rudimentum nullum. Fem. Perigonium nullum. 
