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prsecedentem. Variat foliis magis minusve villosis atque incanis. ( v. in h. 

 Ecklon , Vahl , etc. ) ' 



p. macrophylla, foliis ovali-oblongis 2j-2 poll. longis subintegerrimis. De- 

 lagoa Bay Africaj australis (Forbes ! in h. Bentham ). 



§ 3. Prionitis. — Genus Crabbea Harvey gen. of South-African 

 ptants ( 1838) p. 276 ( nec Lond. journ. ) — : Bractece variis 

 modis spinescentes , in multis aboriivw meras spinas exhibentes ; 

 calyces etiamapice scepe spinosi , laciniis amplitudine minus ac itt 

 reliquis diversis. Flores minus conspicui , axillares subsessiles , 

 subverticiUati vel solitarii. Plerceque species frutieosce. Capsulce 

 in multis dispermce. 



A. Calycis lacinia inferior haud profunde divisa. 



46. B. lupulina (Lindleyinbot. reg. 18. t. 1483 ), fruticosa, glabra, axiflis 

 foligrum bispinosis , spica terminali inermi densa, foliis laneeolatis mucrona- 

 tis , nracteis imbricatis suborbiculatis mucronulatis calyce majoribus , calycis 

 subpubescentis laciniis argute acuminatis subsequalibus , exterioribus oblongis, 

 interioribus lanceolato-subulatis. J In insuUl Mauritii , hortensis (Bojer!) 

 B. macrostaehya Bojer ! in h. Hooker. Dicliptera spinosa hort. Caulis stri- 

 ctus. Gemmaj axillares foliorum |inferiorum abeunt in par spinarum petiolo 

 saspe breviornm. Folia 4-5j poll. longa , 4-6J lin. lata , basi acuta. in petiolum 

 brevem desinentia, integerrima. Spica2-2; poll.longa, subcylindrica , nutans ? 

 Bractese 7-8 lin. longse etfere asque latse. Calyx 5 lin. longuS. Corolla lutea , 

 pollicaris , tubo Iongo sursum parum incrassato ; limbi lacinite 3 majores , 2 

 duplo minores. Stamina dno nonnihil exserta. Capsula 6 lin. longa , e basi 

 ovata attenuata , lsevis , juxta basin di- ( tetra ? - ) sperma. In schedulS , 

 Bpecimini 1. c. addita , legimus nomen insulse : Madag., sed chartse inscriptuni 

 est: Mauritius. ( v. in h. Hookeret Paris. ) , 



47. B. PKiomns (Linn. sp. pl. p. 887), fruticosa , bracteis bracteolisque steri- 

 libus spinosis extrarameis in fasciculo quadrifido, bracteolis fertilibus subulato- 

 spinescentibus , foliis elliptico-oblongis utrinque attenuatis glabris subtus- 

 lineolatis margineque substrigilosis , floribus axillaribus verticillatis sessilibus 

 terminalibus spicatis , calycis lacmiis majoribus ovatis spinoso-cuspidatis inte- 

 gerrimis glabris. J In IndiS orientali ; frequens in nemorosis prov. Madras, 

 Negapatam, in Circars, etc. (Wight! 1. c. ), in Tavoy ( Lechenault ! in b. 

 Mus. paris. et Nees ) , ad Hen2ada ( Guil. G&mez ) , in Courtallum ( h. madp.! 

 WalL cat. n. 2510 a), ad Dindig»l ( h. Wight! Wall., d, c), Assan» 

 ( GrifBth ! in h. Hook. ) , e Gungachare ( h. Hamilt.! Wall. 1. c. f ) , Hurdwar 

 (Wall. cat. 1. c. g), Sillet (Wall. 1. c. h); hort. bot. calc. (Wall. 1. c. i). 

 Vidi porro in h. Heyn.! Wight ! et in Edgeworth! (pl. culta), in freto Bouton ! 

 (h. DC. Labilladiere ! in h. Moricand), in insnl. Ceylon (Eoyen in h. DC! 

 et Schmied in h. reg. monac, Walker! n. 1409 in h. Hook. ) , in palujKbna 

 Bataviee , pracipue in hortis frequentissima (Blume ) , in insula Timor h. Mus. 

 paris.! et DC! h. Nees n. 69) , in Manilla (Chamisso ! in h. gen. berol.). 

 — Linn. sp. pl. ed. Willd.'3 p. 376, h. Willd.! n. 11659, h. Yahl ! Spr. syst. 

 2 p. 827, Decaisne in nouv. ann. du Mus. 3 p. 388. Spanoghe in Linnasa 15 

 p. 329, h. timor. p. 60, Mill. dict. n. 2, Vahl symb. I p. 46, Burm. fl. ind. 

 p. 135, Eoxb. fl. ind. or. 3 p. 36, Blume bijdr. p. 805, Hassk. cat. h. bogor. 

 alter, p. 149, Decaisne h.' Tim. in nouv. ann. du Mus. 3 p. 388, Wall. cat. 

 n. 2510 , a, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, Wight.! h. propr. n. 1962, ic. t. 452, N. 

 ab E. in Wall. pL as. rar. 3 p. 93 ). Barreliera Prionites Blanco fl. de 

 Filipp. p. . 491. Barleria Hystrix h. vet. in h. gen. berol.! et h. Vahl ! Justicia 

 appressa Forsk. descr. p. 6. Barleria foliis integerrimis , spinis lateralibus 

 Linn. fl. zeyl. p. 231, Roy, Lugdb. p. 291 n. 1. Prionitis Linn. h. cliff. 



