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338 



Aeinilius Koeline. 



alba. 



Stamina 4, ad tubi i L ins. 



Ova r i u m ovoideum 2iocuIare. 



Capsula obovoidea, nitide fusca, Slocularis, calycem paene aequans. 



Au. Ad aquarum margines. North Australia: inter iluvios Victoria el Fitzmaurice! 



Sect. V, Salicariastruni Koehne. 



Herbae v. fruticuli. Folia opposita, v. verticillata 3 — 4na, v. in spirali 



d is posit a 



) 



t 



margine maxime revoluta. 



Dichasia 1-pluriflora; prophylla intiina interd. dichasium suhamplectentia. 

 Flores 4meri. Calyces parvi (2y 2 — 4 mm.); appendices lobos aequantes v. 

 2plo longiores. Petala 0—4. Stamina aut 4epipetala, aut 8 } exserta v. 



inclusa. Stylus ovarii l / 2 — 3 plum aequans. 



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31 I (25). N. passeriooides (Welw. et Hrn.) Koehne. 



Sjiion. Ammannia passerinoides Welw, ms., ed. Hrn.! 1871, in 01. 11. trop. Afr. 2. 480. 

 Icon. Koehne atl. ined, t. 75. f. 311. 



Annua v. biennis sec. Hrn., basi lignosa, caule foliis prophyllis calyci- 

 bus hirtellis. Caul is (60 — 120 cm.) erectus, gracilis, rubescens, inferne 



teres et denudatus, superne angulosus, ramis erectis v. ascendent ibus in- 



structus, foliosus. 



Folia inlernodiis duplo longiora, e recta caulique 



subadpressa, opposita v. 5 — 4na v. alterna, lanceolata (10 — 16 mm. : 2 ! / 2 



5 mm., rameis saepe minoribus), acuta. 



1) i <• h a s i a 3 — 7flora . floribus 



subsessilib'us; floris medii prophylla dichasium subamplectentia, cymbiformia, 

 cetera minora lineari-subulata. — Calyx (2 1 / 2 — 3 mm.) suburceolatus, 

 4gonus; lobi brevissimi conniventes, tubi vix l /6 aequantes; append, lobis 



circ. 2plo longiores, crassae, patentes. 



Petala — 4, oblonga. acuta, 



vix 4mm. longa, pallide llava. — Stamina 4 epipetala, v. rare 8. vix supra 

 tubi Ya ins,, epipetala lobos vix super antia, episepata quando ad sunt mugis 

 exserta. — Ovarium ellipsoideum Sloculare: stylus circ. ovarii { 



Capsula subglobosa, rubescens, calycem vix superans. 



2 



aequans 



Af. Sud. Angola, Huilla mart! 



312 (26). N. lythroiiks Welw. ms., ed. Hrn.! 1871, 1. c. 474. 



Icon, Koehne atl. ined, t. 75. f. 314. 



Annua sec. Hrn., tola hirtello-puberula. Caules (30 — 120 cm.) ascen- 



Folia internodiis longiora exc. 



— D i c li a s i a 



dentes, teretes, laterales saepe steriles. — 



basalibus, lane. v. fere oblonga (8 — 20mm.:1Y 2 — 6mm.). 



1-pluriflora; floris medii pedicellus 2mm. longus v. multo longior, prophylla 



foliacea lanceolata apice gerens; pedicelli laterales calycem aequantes. 



Calyx campanulatus; lobi tubi Yi- 



Flores an dimorphi? 



tes; append, eorundem vix 1 / 2 aequantes, patulae. 



i 



3 vix aequan- 



Pe la la 4, f late obo- 



Stamina 4, epipetala. ad tubi X L — l L ins., aut 



vata, calyce longiora. 



lobos vix super ant ia aut sat exserta. 



la re; stylus aut ovarii 3plum aequans longe exsertus, aut multo brevior 



O va r i u in ovato-globosum 21ocu- 



minus exsertus. 



Cetera ut in 311. 



Aft in littorali. Sud. Angola: Mossamedes sept.! 



