-j 5g Aemilins Koebne. 



paullo lohgiora, (10— 42 mm.: 2— 11mm.) basi tanquam petiolato-attenuata 

 oblanceolata v. linear i-oblanc. pi. m. obtusa, uninervia. Stipula utrinq. 1 

 minutissima. — Flo res sessiles; proph. calycem aeq. v. dimidio breviora, 

 raro eund. superantia, lineari- v. oblongo-lanceolata. — Pet a la lobos aeq. 

 v. paullo Igiora., albida v. rosea. — Ovarium subovoideo-globosum; 

 slylus stigmalis diam. aeq. v. paullo Igior.; ovula eirc. 50 — 52. — Capsula 

 3 — 4valvis. Semina subglobosa fusca. Colyledones reniformes. — Cetera 

 e charact. subsect. (Var. brasiliensis et philippensis Gh. et Sch. 1. c. vix 

 distinguendae sunt. Haec est forma gracilis debilis appendicibus subulato- 

 mucronatis) . 



Am. As. in uliginosis, ad lacus fluviosq., in paludibus, in maris litore etc. Am. sp t. 

 si V.Massachusetts: Boston! New-York aug.l Albany ! Pennsylvania, sept.! Mt. Alleghany! 

 Ohio! Indiana! Illinois oct.l Missouri : St. Louis aug.l Virginia aug. sept.! Carolina ! Arkan- 

 sns! Georgia! Florida :>un./ — Prair. Texas orientalis;«n..' — Mej. El Estero /eftr / Mira- 

 dor! Huejutla! — AnU] Portorico! Guadeloupe! Trinidad sec. Griseb. — Am. cisaeq. 

 Panama! —And. Peruvia: Chanduy! — Brajs. extr. Bahia! usq. ad Victoria! Minas 

 geraes: Minas novas! Mons. Luzon (e. c. pr. Manila;! 



Subs. 5. Seripculopsis. 



Flores in dichasiis axillaribns 3—12flori8 umbellulas ses- 

 siles imitantibus dispositi, magnam caulis partem ramosque totos occu- 

 pantes, 4-, raro 3meri; prophylla subulata scariosa. Calyx ( :, / 4 — iy 3 mm.), 

 tenuiter corollino-scariosus , cyathiformis, fructifer subglobosus v. semiglo- 

 bosus; lobi tubi l / 2 paullo superantes v. tubum aeq. nervo ad apicem per- 

 cursi; appendices 0. Nectarium 0. Petala 0. Stamina pandora quam sepala 

 [1—3), ad tubi '/ 2 v. inter i/ 2 et 1 / 3 ins., lobos medios aeq. Ovarium sessile ; 

 stylus stigraate brevior. 



9. R. serpicnWdes Welw. ms. et Hrn.! i87f, 01. n. tr. Afr. 2. 469. 



Icon. Koehne atl. ined. t. t. f. 9a, b. 



Caulis (8—25, raro 3cm.) stride erectus, sed saepe e basis erectae 

 nodis infimis in uligine absconditis verticillalim radicans, igonus basi 

 2mm. diam., pallidus, simplex v. valde ramosus ramis erectiusculis lon- 

 giusculis subvirgatis interd. subramulosis. —Folia internodiis 11— 3 mm. 

 Igis. semper multo Igiora. (9— 25mm.:1 3 /4— 5 mm.), e basi tanquam petiolato- 

 attenuata anguste lanceolata obtusa, in sicco sublutescenti-viridia , Inervia. 

 Stipula utrinq. 1 minulissima. — Pedicelli 1— I 1 /, mm. Ig. v. breviores, 

 imabasi v. prope basin proph. pedicellum circ. aeq. gerentes. — Ovarium 

 subglobosum ; ovula circ. 14—16. — Capsula lobos paullo superans 

 globosa, 3valvis. Semina suborbicularia. Cetera e charact. subsect. etc. 



Forma a. Hierniana Koehne. Caulis simplex v. parce ramosus, 



4) Grisebach's Citat: »Cuba« ist nicht zu bemcksichtigen, da seine betr. Original- 

 exenq)lare zu Ammannia latifolia L. gehoren. Allerdings ist kaum zu zweifeln, dass ft. 

 ramosior audi auf Cuba vorkommt. 



