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lobi lubi 7-2 aec I- — Petala 0—1, quando adsunt vix I mm. longa. 

 Stylus dimidio ovario brevior v. ejusd. \i- i aeq. — Cetera ut in Nr. 289. 



As. Mo us. Ceylon reg. calidior.! India locis accuratius non indicatis! Bengal, 

 orient., Noakhale sec. Clarke 1. c. 



291 (5). N. aspera (G. P.) Koehne »). 



Sjiion. Ammannia aspera G. P. 1830/33, fl. Seneg. i. 304; Wlp. rep. 2. 102; Hrn.! 

 in 01. II. trop. Af. 2. 480. 



Icon. Koehne atl. ined. t. 71. f. 291. 



Ilerba subglauca. Caulis (7— 22 cm.) erectus v. ascendens, basi 

 subteres apice igonus, vix scabriusculus v. hispidulus, prope basin ramo- 

 sus, ramis inferioribus procumbentibus. — Folia inexacte opposita hre- 

 vissime petiolata, basi inferiora cuneato - attenuata superiora subcordata, 



nai- 







lanceolata v. oblongo - lanceolata (7— 27 mm. : 3— 7mm.), acutiuscula, 

 dula, margine subincrassato subrecurva et albida, praesert. subt. in nervis 

 marginibusq. minutim hispidula. — Dichasia 3-pauciflora; (hris medii 

 pedicellus 3— 4mm. longus v. brevior, prophylla medio v. prope apicem 

 gerens, interdum cum dichasii bractea usque ad medium coalitus; proph. 

 albida nervo viridi v. Snervia, calycem fere superantia, oblongo - lanceolata 

 cymbiformia. — Calyx (vix 2 mm. superans) turbinato-campanulatus, 

 interd. minutim hirtellus; lobi tubi l / z vix aequantes; append, lobis duplo 

 longiores patentes. — Petala nulla. — Stamina ad tubi i/ 3 ins., lobos 

 aequantia (sec. Guill. Perr. epipetala, quod nee Hi em nee ego vidimus). 

 Ovarium 21oculare; stylus ovarii l /s— Va aequans. — Capsula 

 rubescens, calycem paulo superans. 



Af. In arenosis humidis. Sud. Senegambia: Kounoun prope Cap Verde mart.-, 

 Angola, Mossamedes aug.! 



292(6). N. anagalloides (Sond.) Koehne 2 ). 



Synon. Ammannia anagalloides Sonder ! 1848, Linnaea 23. 40. 

 Icon. Koehne atl. ined. t. 72 f. 29a. 



Annua (?) glabra. Caulis (4— 8 cm. v. longior) basi prostratus, 

 4-gonus, parum alatus, ad alas minutim serrulatus, inde a basi ramosus. 

 Folia inferiora internodiis breviora superiora longiora. oppos., sess. v. 

 subsess., infima basi acuta, cetera cordato-ovata v. -oblonga (5 — 1 1mm.: 

 2y 2 — 5 mm.], versus apicem acutum fere rectilineatim angustata infimis 

 obtusis exceptis, viridia glabra, v. sec. cl. Sonder initio hispidula, ob- 

 scure penninervia. — Flores in axillis solitarii v. rarius in dichasiis 

 3floris dispositi ; pedicellus vix 1 — l^mm. longus, supra */ 2 v - P™pe 

 apicem prophylla gerens; proph. tubi ^j^circ. aequantia, lanceolata, sub- 





ifi 



Calyx (2 mm.) cam- 







1) Mit den vorigen beiden gleichfalls so nahe verwandt, dass sie spater wohl wird 

 mit ihnen vereinigt werden miissen. 



2) Diese Art schlieCt sich eng an die vorhergehende an, wird aber schwerlich sich 



jemals mit ihr vereinigen lassen. 





