446 Aemilius Koehne. 



Sect. I. Archocuphea Koehne. 



1877, 221 et 239. Pedicelli ex parte alterni, ex parte oppositi. Glandula 

 aut cupuliformis aut subnulla. Semina minuta. Stamina semper inclusa. 



Series 1. Filamentorum ventralia 9 subaequalia. Herbae parvae 

 teneres, foliis basi attenuatis. 



77 (1). C. mimuloides Gh. Sch.! 1830, 570; Wlp. rep. 2. 108; Koehne III. 

 Synon. C. tenella Hk. Arn. 1841, 289; Wlp. rep. 2. 108; Seem. Her. 284. — Maja 



hyper icoides Klotzsch! 1848, in Schomb. fl. et fauna Guian. 1191 (sine diagn.). — 

 C. gratioloides Griseb.! 1866, 105. 



Icon. Koehne atl. ined. t. 15. f. 77. 

 Verisim. annua. Gaul is (10 — 50 cm.) erectus v. e basi procumbente 

 radicante ascendens, subsimplex v. rarius parce ramosus, superne saepe 

 minutim puberulus, inferne glaber. — Folia internodia circ. aeq. (10 — 

 20 mm.: 2 — 10mm.), brevit. petiolata v. subsessilia, e basi attenuata ovata 

 v. lanceolate - oblonga , obtusa v. subemarginata, glabra. Stipulae utr. 2. 



— Flores in euphyllorum axillis plerique oppositi ; pedicelli S — 9 mm. lg., 

 demum subhorizontales calyeeq. longiores, saepius minutim puberuli. — 

 Calyx (4 — 5 — 7mm.) basi haud gibbus, angustus, tenerrimus, glaber v. 

 in nervis glandulis minutis obsitus, post anthesin ore angustissimo ampulla- 

 ceus; lobus dorsalis ceteros superans; append, nullae. — Petala(iy 2 — 

 2 mm.) 2 dors, ceteris vix breviora ac latiora, obovato - oblonga , albida. — 

 Stamina tubum vix aeq., circ. 1mm. lg., linea deorsum convexa ins. 



— Ovarium tenerrimum glabrum; stylus ovarii circ. V2 Q&q. semper 

 inclusus , glaber v. villosiusculus. Discus dorsalis, minimus, supra con- 

 cavus, subt. convexus. Ovula circ. 100. Semina minima. 



Var. a. typica. Folia ovata v. ov. -oblonga, leviter emarginata. Ca- 

 lycis lobus dorsalis ceteros valde superans. 



Forma a. m ex i can a Koehne. Folia ad summum 15mm. lg. Pedic. 

 superiores bracteis longiores. Cal. 5 — 7 mm. lg. 



Forma b. cubensis Koehne. Folia ad 20mm. lg. Pedicelli caly- 

 cibus adjectis omnes bracteis breviores. Calyx 4 — 6 mm. lg. 



Var. p. guianensis Koehne. Folia lanceolato-oblonga, obtusa, flo- 

 ralia suprema pedicellos aequantia. Calycis lobus dors, ceteros minus 

 superans. Glandula subnulla (Var. ^. speciei sequenti habitu similis.) 



In humidis v. in savanis. Ant. Cuba occid.! — Mej. Mesachica dec! Tepic sec. 

 Seemann. — Am. cisaeq. Guayana anglica sept.! 



78 (2). C. auagalloidea SH. 1833, 122 (101); Wlp. rep. 2. 110 ; Koehne 239. 

 Icones. Koehne t. 41, f. I, et atl. ined. t. 15. f. 78. 



Caulis ramiq. glabri v. pubescenli-hirtelli. — Folia raro 3na et 

 alterna, sessilia, e basi longe cuneata line;iria v. Hn.-oblanceolaJa obtusis- 

 sima (6 — 19mm. : % — 3mm.). Stip. utrinq. 1. — Pedicelli pleriq. al- 

 terni, 3 — 8( — 17) mm. lg., erecto-patuli. — Calyx (3— 6mm.) post 



