Additamenta ad cognitionem florae Indiae occidentalis. Ill. 619 
3. B. paniculata L. Cl. Rich. Herbacea. Caules saepe infra decumbentes 
v. arcuati, plerumque infra pubescentes et ad nodulos magis hirti, superne 
glabrati, hinc inde glutinosi, saepe iam ab inferiore parte in paniculam 
amplam laxamque abeuntes, ramulis ultimis capillaribus primum erectis, 
deinde oblique patentibus, flores2 — 6 sessiles, capitatim aggregatos gerenti- 
bus. Folia varia v. inferiora subcordata ad suborbiculata, antice rotundata, 
cetera ovata ad ovato-lanceolata, apice acutiuscula v. omnia latissime cor- 
data ad ovata antice rotundata v. rarius pleraque ovata acutiusculaque, 
v. glabriuscula in margine solum ciliata v. infra distinctius hirsuta, fere 
semper epunctata, tenuia, subintegra. Flores subsessiles. Perianthiorum 
pars ovarialis 1—41,9 mm longa, obovoidea, pilis minutis, glanduliferis vis- 
cida. Anthocarpia 4—6 mm longa, 1,5 mm lata, sessilia, oblongo-clavata, 
apice obtuse conica v. obtusissima, demum pilis sparsis brevissimis paulum 
glutinosa, angulis angustis, laevibus, faciebus interangularibus angustis, 
levissime rugulosis. 
Boerhavia paniculata L. Cl. Rich. in Act. soc. h. n. Par. I. p. 105 (ex 
Choisy); Choisy in DC. Prodr. XIII. 2. p. 450 (ez. var. B.); A. Rich. in Sagra 
Cub. XI. 170 ; Grisb. Flor.p.69 ; Schmidt in Mart. Flor. Bras. XIV. 2. p.569. 1.86. 
Boerhavia diandra Aubl. Guian, I. p. 4. 
Boerhavia adscendens Willd.! Spec. I. p. 19 et Herb. 768, — non auctor. 
Boerhavia decumbens Vahl En. plant. I. p. 284. 
Boerhavia laxa Pers. Ench. I. p. 56. 
? Boerhavia discolor Choisy l. c. p. 452 (quoad pl. Guad.), — non H.B.K. 
Boerhavia diffusa Sw. Obs. p. 14; Bello Ap. II. 105, — non Linn. 
Boerhavia Surinamensis Miq.! Symb. in Linnaea 1844. p. 244. 
Boerhavia pumila Pöppig! (p. p.) in sched.; Choisy l. c. p. 49. 
Boerhavia hirsuta Grisb.! Plant. Lor. p. 40 et Symb. p. 59, — non Willd. 
Boerhavia diffusa L. em. 8. panniculata O. Ktze. Rev. p. 555. 
Toston Cub. ex Torralb.; Patagon v. Bois Patagon Guad. et Mart. 
ex Duss. 
Herbacea, 50—400 cm (raro ad 2 m vel solum 20 cm alta). Radix in specimini- 
bus vetustatis modice incrassata, subfusiformis, verticalis. Caules e collo pauci v. 
Complures, supra erectiusculi, tenues, saepe purpurei, rarius omnino densius hirsuti, 
inferne decrescenti-foliati, supra in paniculam dichasiale v. cincinnatim ramificatam, 
ob folia ad bracteas subulato-lanceolatas, inconspicuas reducta spurie aphyllam abeuntes, 
ramulis inflorescentiae gracilibus elongatisque. Folia opposita (paribus saepe inaequa- 
libus) aut inferiora petiolo laminam aequante superiora brevius petiolata aut fere omnia 
summis exceptis longius petiolata, fol. infer. 23—54 mm lg., 45—30 mm lt., discoloria, 
in pagina superiore viridia, in inferiore pallidiora v. cinerascentia, v. integra v. paulum 
undulata. Flores subsessiles, fere semper cleistogami, erecti, basi bracteolis 2—3 
lanceolatis, 1—2 mm )g., hyalinis, rufo-punctatis, caducis circumdati. Perianthiorum 
pars ovarialis obtusangula; pars superior (c. 4 mm lg. et lata) sanguinea v. atropurpurea, 
breve cyathiformis, glabra, epunctata, limbo vix expanso leve 5-lobulato. Stamina 
2 (rarius 4), filamentis c. 4 mm lg., subinclusis, basi in cupulam cyathiformem, 0,5 mm 
lg. lobatam connatis, antheris 0,5 mm lg. et latis, didymis, Ovarium minutissimum, 
