













Lythraeeae. XIII. Nesaea Commers. Nr. 297 — 299. 



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Annua? glabra. Caul is (20 — 120 cm.) basi prostratus v. radicans, in 

 locis siccioribus suberectus, superne obscure i-angulus, plerumq. ramosus. 

 Folia internodiis plerumq, breviora v. raro longiora, basi rotundata et in 

 petiolum I — 5 mm. Ion gum contractu, oblonga v. obl.-lanceol. v. rarius ovata 



10 — 37 mm.: 4 — 22 mm.), obtusiuscula v. subacuminata, glabra, supra 

 viridia, subt. vix pallidiora, margine subcartilaginea. Slip. utr. plures. 



D i c Ii a s i a mult i flora ; pedum. 



/ 



— 41 mm. longi; prophylla involucralic 



i 



aucta 2 — i, glabra; proph. florum lateralium membranacea. 



Calyx 



absq. append. 4 mm. Ig. 



Stamina 10 v. 12, epipetala episepalis paullo 



Ovar. ovoideum 2 — 31oculare. 



Cetera ut in N. erecta 



* 





breviora. 



(Nr. 299 ). 



Af. in paludosis v. ad fluvios. Sud. Senegambia oct.-mart.: Khann, N'Batal, Kou- 

 noun etc. pr. Cap Verde et X'Boro in regno Cayor! Guinea inferior: Angola, Mossa- 

 medes/uf* sec. Hrn.. Sansibar sept, (cum sequente)! — Mad. Beravi interior: Vorberge, 

 ad rivulum Ansussa, Jul.! Mojanga maj.l 



298 (12). N. floribunda Sond.(!) 1861/62, in fl. Cap. 2. 517; Hrn. 1. c. 474. 



Synon, Tolypeuma floridum E. Mey. ms.! Nomen ut Nesaeae synonymum com me- 

 moratum a cl. Arnott 1841, in Hk. journ. of bot. 3. 259. — Lythrum floribimdum F. Mull. 

 18 . . ., fragm. phyt. Austr. 7. 146 in adnot. 



Icon. Koehne atl. ined. t. 73. f, 298. • 



Perennis? Caul is (9 — 60 cm.) erectus v. basi ascendens , superne 

 igonus, pilis crispis sat dense hirtello- v. villoso-pubescens subcanescens, 

 saepe 



ramosus. 





Folia internodiis longiora, subsess. v. sess., basi 

 cuneatav. subrotundata v. vix subcordata, lanceolate v. obl.-lanceol. (6 

 25 nun.: 3 — 10 mm. ), acuta v. obtusiuscula, membranacea, parce pilosa, 

 interd. subt. tantum in nervo villosa. Slip, utrinq. 4 — 5. — Pedun- 

 culi o — 25mm. Ig., pnbescentes ; prophylla acuta 2 — 4, basi obtusissima, 

 rotundata et in lobum brevem obtusissimum producta, brevissime hirtella, 

 subt. in nervo villosa. Flores 4 — 6-, raro omeri. — Calyx absq. append. 



2 1 



2 



— 3 l Umm. Ig.; append, interd. vix tubi Ys aec I- 



P e t a I a circ. 3 





3 l / 2 mm - 'g-j Cl 

 an inaequalia? 



Stamina i — 6 v. 8, 10, 12(14), exserta, 



3 plum 



Ovarium 3 — iloculare; stylus ovarii 



v 



aequans 



Cetera ut in X. radicante (Nr. 297). 



Af. In paludosis, in arenosis humidis, interd. mari inundatis. Sud. Angola, Mossa- 

 medes aug. sec. Hrn.; Sansibar sept J Ad cataractas Victoria fl. Sambesi sec. Hrn. 

 Cap, Promont. Bonae Spei! 





299(13). \ erecta G. P.! 4880/33, fl. Seneg. 4. 805 *); Steud. in Flora 25. 471; 



Wlp. rp. 2. 103; A.Rich, fl. Abyss. 4. 280; Hrn. in OI. fl. trop. Afr. 2. 475. 



Sjnon. N. humilis Klotzsch ! 1862 in Peters Reise n. Mossamb. 68. 

 Klotzsch! ibid, in adnot. (cum diagn. brevi). 



lcones. G. P. 1. c. t. 69! Koehne atl. ined. t. 73. f. 299. 



N, racemosa 



Caul is (5 — 27 cm.) stricte erectus v. subascendens , fastigiate ramosus 



v. simplex, glaber v. parce hirtellus. 



Folia subsess., basi acutiusc. v 



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