618 I. Urban. 
cuneata lanceolata ad linearia acuta, v. subglabra v. scabridula, fere semper 
sub lente punctulis rufulis instructa, tenuia, integra v. subundulata. 
Flores subsessiles v. breve stipitati. Perianthiorum pars ovarialis 1 mm 
longa, obpyramidata, glabra. Anthocarpia 3—4 mm longa, 4—4,2 mm 
lata, partim subsessilia partim stipite rigidulo capillari, obpyramidata, 
apice v. obtusata v. truncata, glaberrima, angulis latis v. laevissimis v. 
paulum gibbulosis v. moniliformibus. 
Boerhavia erecta Linn. Spec. ed. I. p. 9; Jacq. Hort. Vindob. p. 3. 
Tab. V. VL; Sw. Obs. p. 105; Choisy in DC. Prodr. XIII. 2. p. 450; Grisb. 
Flor. p. 69; Bello! Ap. II. 105; Heimerl in Engl.-Prantl Nat. Pfl.-fam. III. 
l^. p. 22. f. 7 B—D. 
Boerhavia virgata H.B.K. Nov. gen. II. p. 215; Choisy l. c. p. 450. 
Boerhavia discolor H.B.K. l. c. (verisimile), — non Choisy l. c. p. 432. 
Boerhavia pumila Poppig ! (p. p.) in sched.; Choisy l. c. p. 451. 
Boerhavia paniculata p subacuta Choisy l. c. p. 451. 
Herbacea, 415—100 cm alta. Radix tenuis, brevis, verticalis, in speciminibus 
perennantibus demum incrassata. Caules saepius complures, tenues, viridescentes, 
infra crebrius foliati, supra in paniculam dichasialiter v. apices versus cincinnatim rami- 
ficatam, non raro spectabilem, elongatam, v. angustam v. patenti-ramosam, infra valde 
decrescenti-foliatam, superne subaphyllam abeuntes, bracteis minutis subulatis. Folia 
opposita (paribus saepe inaequalibus), inferiora petiolo lamina longiore v. eam sub- 
aequante, sequentia brevius petiolata, forma valde variabilia, fol. infer. 40—70 mm longa, 
8—44 mm lata, discoloria, in pagina superiore viridia, in inferiore griseo-virescentia. 
Flores v. subsessiles v. pedicello tenuissimo (4—2 mm longo), minuti, haud raro 
cleistogami, erecti, basi bracteolis 2—3, lanceolato-subulatis, 1—2 mm longis, hyalinis, 
rufo-punctatis, caducis circumdati, Perianthiorum pars ovarialis uno latere saepe 
m. convexa q. altera, obtusangula; pars superior (c. 2 mm longa et 2 mm in diam.) alba 
v. rosea v, purpurea, campanulata v, late infundibuliformis, glabra, rufo-punctata, limbo 
patulo, 5-lobato, lobis late triangularibus, parum emarginatis. Stamina 2—3, filamentis 
2—3 mm longis, paulum exsertis, inaequilongis (non raro 4 minore, 2 longioribus), basi 
in cupulam ovatam, 0,5 mm longam, lobulatam connatis, antheris didymis, 0,5 mm latis. 
Ovarium minutissimum, 0,5 mm longum, ellipsoideum, stylo 2 mm longo perianthium 
vix v. paulum superante, stigmate peltato, c. 0,5 mm in diam. Anthocarpia erecta 
v. erecto-patentia, obpyramidata, basin versus sensim angustata, viridula v. lutescentia, 
non raro uno latere convexa altera recta, sectione transversa pentagona, angulis 
incrassatis. 
Habitat in ruderatis, culturis, ad viarum margines a provinciis sub- 
tropicis Americae borealis (circ. ab 35? lat. sept.) per Americam cen- 
tralem et per insulas Indiae occidentalis usque Americam 
australem (Peru, Ecuador, Brasilia) dispersa, sed ut videtur in America 
australi rara verisimileque solum introducta. — Vidi ex ins. Baham. New- 
Providence: Eggers n. 4276; Cuba: Eggers n. 5454, Gundlach n. 7, Pöppig 
»Boerhavia pumila«; Haiti: Bertero, Ehrenberg, Jaeger; Jamaica 
ex Grisb.; Puerto Rico: Sintenis n. 1977, 2188, 32935, Stahl n. 1054; 
St.Croix: Eggers, Isert; Guadeloupe: Dussn. 2475; St.Lucia: Crudy; 
Grenada: Eggers n. 6494; Becquia: Eggers n. 7062, Smith B. n. 194. 
