406 DICOTYL. seu EXOGEN/E. — egviraNTHUS. 
tali (Klein in hb. Willd. fol. 17981!). P. Urinaria Willd. Spec. pl. 4. 
p. 583, non L. (v. s.) ' 
y, leucocalyz (Müll. Arg. 1. c. p. 43), caulibus subflaccidis, foliis longiori- 
bus ambitu angustioribus, calycis laciniis praeter nervum linearem albidis 
v. subniveis. (;) In umbrosis Abyssiniee (Schimp. It. abyssin. sect. tert. 
n. 1662! et collect. poster. n. 644! 6591), in. Africa orientali zambesica 
ad sinum Rovoum (Kirk! in hb. Hook.), etin Africa occidentali ango- 
lensi, in hortis oleraceis regionis montanze (Welw. n. 311!). (v. s.) 
B. Ramuli teretes v. subteretes. 
* Flores monoici. 
1» Rims antherarum non in unam continuam confluentes. Semina longitrorsum 
costulata. 
358. P. NIRURI, floribus geminis v. fcemineis solitariis omnibus breviter pedi- 
cellatis, calycis fructigeri laciniis anguste obovatis parvis non accrescentibus 
stylis brevissimis apice revoluto-bilobis, capsulis depressis minimis, semini- 
bus longitrorsum costulatis costis transversim minutissime striolatis. 
«4, scabrellus (Müll. Arg. l. c.), ramulis subdistincte angulosis scabrellis, 
foliis obtusis, calycibus fom. apertis capsulam zquantibus. () v. 4? In 
Bengalia (Wall. n. 7983 pr. p.!) et in Panjab Indie orient. (T. Thomson!), 
nec non in Senegambia (Perrott.! in hb. DC.). P. scabrellus Webb in 
Hook. Spicileg. gorgon. p. 175. pr. p. — Habitus totus, magnitudo, forma, 
consistentia et color partium ut in f, sed calyx fructiger distincte ma- 
jor quam in var. sequentibus, longe minor tamen quam in specie prece- 
dente. (v. s.) 
B, genuinus, ramulis haud angulosis v. tereti-angulosis levibus, foliis 
oblongato-ellipticis utrinque rotundato-obtusis, calyce fructigero dilatato 
a capsula tecto, sc. laciniis capsule peripheriam haud excedentibus, stylis 
breviter bilobis. (2) In Senegambia (Perrott.!), secus Quorra prope Nupe 
(Barter n. 825! Vogel n. 42!), in Guinea (Thonning!), in Angola in arvis 
montanis (Welw. n.310!), prope Loanda (Welw. n. 314), in Africa orien- 
tali, in Zambesia (Peters! in hb berol., Kirk! in hb. Hook.), in Madagascaria 
(hb. berol.!», in Mauritio (Bouton!), 1n Borbonia (hb. DC.!), dein in India 
orientali vulgaris (Wall. n. 7892 E! 7895 A! B! C! E! F!, Hook. et 
Thoms.! etc.), in Java (Bl.! in hb. lugd. bat., Zolling. n. 216!), in Borneo 
(Motley n. 642!), in hortis Cochinchinz (Lour.! in Mus. londin.), in Phi- 
lippinis (Llanos! Cuming n. 4171), in Japonia (hb. lugd. bat.!), nec non 
in America calidiore, in Brasilid prope Rio de Janeiro (Widgren n. 303! 
Riedel!), prope Bahiam (Blanchet n. 3157. a!), in Guyana anglica (Rich. 
Schomb.! in hb. berol.), in Costa Ricca ((Ersted!), et in Antillis non- 
nullis : Cuba (Ramon de la Sagra n. 9!), St. Domingo (Bertero!), Guade- 
loupe (Duchass.!), in ins. St. Thomas (Wjdler n. 76 bis!). P. Niruri L. 
Spec. pl. p. 1392 (hb. Linn.!) ; Willd. Spec. pl. 4. p. 583; Bl. Bijdr. p. 593. 
P. Carolinianus Blanco Flora de Filip. p. 691 (non ejusd. P. Niruri). 
P. Kirganelia Blanco Flor. de Filip. edit. 2. p. A480. P. Urinaria et 
P. Lonphali Wall. Cat. n. 7895, B, E et C (nomina). Nymphanthus Niruri 
Lour. Flor. Cochinch. p. 545. Herba 1-2-pedalis, varie ramosa, omnino 
glabra, glaucescens. Rami erecti, adscendentes v. procumbentes, tenues. 
Ramuli subteretes. Foliorum limbus vulgo 1 cm. longus, circ. 4 mm. 
latus, oblongo-ellipticus v. fere obovatus, obtusus, haud mucronulatus, 
opacus, subtus pallidior, tenuiter membranaceus, margine levis. Flores 
monoici, ima basi ramulorum jüniorum masculi, mox decidui, dein altius 
feeminei, solitarii, persistentes, deinque apicem ramulorum versusiterum 
masculi, subgemini ; in ramulis bene evolutis foeminei tantum et masculi 
superiores adsunt. Calyx fructiger 2 mm. latus. Glandule florum fem. 
fere libere. Columna staminalis integra. Ovarium leve, glabrum. Cap- 
sule depresse, 2 mm. late, ambitu teretes, leves. — Cum P. Urinaria 
L. in herbariis sepissime confusus, diversissimus tamen habitu rnagis 
flaccido, foliis tenuioribus, margine haud papilloso-subserrulatis, junio- 
