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Aemilius Koehne, 



TRIBUS I. LYTHREAE ')• 



Subtribus II. Diplusodontoideae. 



Semina a dorso complanata, undique ala tenui v. ra- 

 rius [Pemphis) valde incrassata cincta. Fructus maturi 

 placenta valde depressa ac dissepi menta valde incom- 

 pleta. Calyx non semper persistens. Flores semper acli- 

 nomorphi. 



Till. PEMPHIS Forst. 



1776, charact. gen. plant. 67; Juss. gen. 331; Vent, tabl. 3. 299; DC. prod. 3. 89; 

 Roxb. fl. Ind. 2. 465; Wt. Arn. prod. \. 306; Meissn. gen. 118(84); Endl. gen. 1200; 

 Blanco fl. de Filip. ed. 1., 410, ed. 2., 285; Blume mus. Lugd. 2. 128; Tul. ann. sc. 

 nat. ser. 4., 6. 132; Mq. n. Ind. Bat. suppl. 328; Benth. fl. Austr. 3. 300; B. H. gen. 

 1780; Hrn. in 01. fl. trop. Afr. 2. 482; Baill. hist. pi. 6. 434 et 453; S. Kurz for. fl. brit. 

 Hurnia 1. 518; Clarke in Hk. 11. Brit, Ind. 2. 572. 



Synon. Mangium Rumph. 1743, Amb. 3. 126. 



Lythri spec. L. fil. 1781, suppl. 



249; Forst. 1786, prod. n. 205; Lam. ill. t. 408; W. spec. 2. 867; Poir. enc. hot, 6. 



457. 



Melanium Spr. 1825, syst. 2. 455, non P. Browne. 



ic. 6. t. 1996. — Millania hb. Zippel sec. Blume 1. c. 



Macclellandia Wt. 1853, 



Flores 6meri heterostyli dimorphi. Calyx campanulatus v. cyathi- 

 formis, sat coriaceus, 12sulcatus (sulci's binis in lobi cujusvis apice con- 

 fluentibus), persistens; lobi late breviterq. triangulares, sub fructu interd. 

 reflexi; append, brevissimae v. breves corniformes. Petal a 6, suborbi- 

 culari-obovata, in alab. inflexa et corrugata, calycem aeq. v. longiora. 



ifra tubi V. 



aut episepala lobos 



epipetalaque sinus vix superantia, aut epis. sinus aequantia epipelalis 

 brevioribus; antherae late ellipticae, dorso affixae, connectivum dorso 

 latum, facie angustum. Ovarium brevit. stipitatum s. subsessile, glo- 



bosum, glaberrimum, paene uniloculare; stylus aut ovarii t/ 2 



Iplum, aut 



ejusd. 2plum fere aeq., stigmate duplo crassiore bilobo. Dissepimentorum 

 3— i vestigia angustissima ; placenta ovarii y 2 haud attingens. Capsula 

 obovato-ellipsoidea v. subglobosa, vix exserta, pariete inferne tenui su- 

 perne crassiore, circamscissa. Semina numerosa, cuneato-compressa; testa 

 cir cum circa in alam sat angustam sed crassam margine anguloso-retusam 

 veluti suberosam incrassata. Embryo oblongus, teres. 



Frutex arborescens, undique sericeus incanus; rami decussati, interd. 

 subfastigiali , teretes, juniores subangulares, inferne ob foliorurn deci- 

 duorum stigmata nodoso-articulati , internodiis brevissimis v. folia aequan- 

 tibus. Folia decussata, vix petiolata, basi cuneata v. attenuata, obovato- 

 oblonga v. anguste elliptico- v. lineari-lanceolata, acutiuscula v. obtusis- 

 sima, sub- Inervia, valde succulenta sec. Wt. »sometimes fully quarter of 



1) Cf. diese Jahrbucher Bd. I. p. 14.". 



