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carpium siccum et durum, dorso nunc tuberculato nunc angulato angulis 

 muricatis aculeatis echinatisve, rarius lsevi. Cotyledones oblongae , cras- 

 siusculae. Badicula infera. — Herbae Americae , Africae et Indiae calidae , 

 campestres vel ruderales, perennes, rhizomate lignoso saepius tuberoso , 

 caulibus quadrangularibus, foliis oppositis petiolatisgrosse serratis, racemis 

 spicisve singulis terminalibusalaribusque filiformibuselorigatissparsifloris, 

 floribus brevi-pedicellatis minute bracteatis. 



Sectio i. Eupriva. 



Calyx fructifer inflatus , capsulam laxe ambiens. Coooi l)ilooulares , dispermi. 



1. P. L-evis (Juss.! ann. mus. 7 p. 70), glabra, subglauoesoens , caulibus e 

 rhizomate tuberoso-repente surgentibus erectis , foliis ovato-oblongis in petio- 

 lum cuaeato-attenuatis acutis obtusisve grosse mucronato-serratis subtus palli- 

 dioribus opaois , racemo terminali subverticillato , calyee tubuloso acute 5- 

 fido , fructifero ventricoso capsulam Isevem fovente. J£ In republ. Argentinensi 

 in planitie ad urbem Mendozam ( Cav., Gill.) et in dit. Cordovse alt. 1000- 

 2500 ped. (Gill.)i in regno Chilensi ad Copiapo (Meyen.!). Castelia onneato- 

 ovata Cav.! icon. 61 1. 583 et annal. de cienc. 3 p. 134. Verbena tuberosa Grah. 

 inEdinb. phil. journ. 1840, Octob. Verb. lobelioides hort. Verb. orohioides 

 Walp.! repert.4 p.36. Nomen vern.Bapilla(Gill.).Caulespedales sesquipedales, 

 tetragoni, stepius raraosi. Folia crassiusoula , cum petiolo subpollicari inferius 

 angusto 2j poll. ciroiter longa. Flores remote oppositi vel subvertioillati , bre- 

 vipedicellati , bracteS ovatst aeuminatS undulata vel complicatS subtensi. Calyx 

 puberulus, 4 lin. longus, plicatus, laciniis longe acuminatis, post oorollae 

 lapsum oum apice tubi contortis. Corolla rubicunda, tubo calycem subsequante, 

 limbo magno bilabiato 5-fido lobis subrotundis, fauce subvillosa. Capsula('ex 

 Cav. )intra calycem ampliatum , ovato-aouta, grani piperis magnit. , maturi J 

 tate dilabens in cocoos 2 bilooulares dorso convexos facie planos. ( v. s. o. ejj 

 spont. in h. reg. berol. ) 



2. P. leptostachya ( Juss.! 1. c. ) , caule ramisque puberulis, foliis subcor- 

 dato-ovatis in petiolum deltoideo-productis acuminatis grosse crenato-serratis 

 utrinque piloso-hispidulis strigillosisve subtus pallidis , calycibus fructiferis 

 laxis subdidymo-globosis apice breviter contortis pube uncinatS canescentibus, 

 capsulS obcordiformi basi attenuata ad angulos obtusos subbiseriatim miiri- 

 cato-echinat£ceteroquin rugosa, commissura' excavatS marginat^. ^lf, In rudera- 

 tis umbrosis Indias orientalis (Wall.! cat. n. 2657 ). Tortula aspera Roxb. in 

 Willd. sp. pl. 3 p. 359. Streptium asperum Roxb. pl. oorom. 2 p. 25. tab. 146. 

 Wight in Hook. journ. of bot. 1. 230. t. 130. Habitus omnino P. echinata?, 

 fructu distinctissima. Calyx cnm corollS alba ipso duplo longiore exeunte 

 anthesi spiraliter contortus , fructiger cernuus. ( v. in h. DC. ) 



3. P. Bahiensis ( DC. mss. ) , caule ramisque anguste quadrangularibus gla- 

 briusculis , foliis suboordato-ovatis basi triangulari e sinu in petiolum produc- 

 tis acutis grosse crenato-serratis supra nitidis et sparse hispidis subtus pallidis 

 strigilloso-pubescentibus , calycibus fructiferis inflatis laxis subdidymo-globo- 

 sis uncinato-hispidis ore connivente , capsuia obcordatil basi valde attenuata 

 obtuse tetragona ad angulos aculeis subbiserialibus tenuibus lbngis rugisque 

 dorsalibus transversis oonjugatis echinata, commissura coccorum excavatS 

 membranaeeo-marginatfL Tfc In Brasilise prov. Bahiensi, in herbidis , ad sepes 

 et aquas (Mart.! Sellow! Salzm ! n. 438, Blanchet ! n. 1027). P. echinatse 

 habitu quidem similis , sed corollS duplo triplove majore et fructu distinetis- 

 sima. ( v. in h. DC. , Mart. , et r. Berol. ) 



4. P. bentata (Juss. 1. c. ) , caule ramisque aoute quadrangularibus tenuiter 

 puberulis , foliis ovatis acutis basi cuneata in petiolum brevem angustatis 

 serratis utrinque strigoso-hispidulis subtus pallidis , calycibus fruotiferis laxis 

 subdidymo-globosis apice breviter contortis pube uncinatl, canescentibus , coo- 

 cis capsute arcuatis obtuse tetragonis dorso omnino exsculpto-rugosis angulis 



