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inerassatis in stigma subcapitatum (punctiforme) 
terminatis. Capsula ovato-oblonga subtrigona uni- 
locularis trivalvis, valvis apice' dehiscentibus linea 
media seminiferis; semina 9—12longiuscula curvata 
tesellato-serobiculata, basi membrana tenui unila- 
teraliter sirophiolata, 
Proxime ad Wormskioldiam Thon. etSchum. 
accedit, a qua stigmatibus, petalis altius insertis, 
capsula ovata et seminibus carvatis differt; ypotest 
tamen adseribi huie generj, cui ipse primum ad- 
seripseram nomine. W. serrate. _ 
Streptopelalum serratum Hoehst. (Wormskiol- 
dia serrata 'ejusd. mscpt.). Planta anııua ramosa 
spithamaea vel pedalis, caule ereeto glanduloso-pu- 
bescente, foliis alternis lanceolatis utrinqgue atte- 
nuatis penninerviis serratis serraturis apice glan- 
dulosis; racemi vel spice axillares et terminales 
folia subzequantes peduneulis glanduloso-pubescenti- 
bus, pedicellis brevissimis, calyces evoluti semipol- 
licares vel longiores pilis glandulosis hispidi, petala 
ochrolenca vel sulphurea; capsule vix semipollica- 
ves calyeis in modum hispida. 
In Abyssinia prope Sellassagnilla in declivibus- 
ad flumen Tacaze d. 24. Sept. 1838 legit peregri- 
»ator unionis itinerarie W. Schimper. 
. Serophularine. 
Raphidophylium (nomen derivatum a foliis 
angusfis,. in specie Natalensi, quam primum vidi, 
“ fere acerosis). 
Character : Calyx- bibracteolatus campanulatus 
