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2. Viiiamiiia, Bxdz et Pav. Fl. Per. et Chil. Ic. ined. t, 402, pro Bivinse sect, admissa a 

 Moq. in DC. Prod. xiii. ii. 10, (Trichostigma, A. Rich. Fl. Cuh. ii. 306.) — Flores lier- 

 maphroditi, racemosi. Perianthium herbaceum, 4-partitum ; segmenta subpequalia, 

 obovata v. rotundata, concava, frnctifera pauUo aiicta, patentia v. reflexa. Stamina 8-16, 

 disco parvo hypogyno inserta ; lobis periautliii alterna et opposita v. irregulariter inserta, 

 filamentis filiformibus ; antherse lineares, longe 2-fida3, versatiles, in alabastro postice dehis- 

 centea. Ovarium subglobosum, leviter compressum, 1-locularc ; stylus 0, stigmate 

 terminali penicillato ; ovulmn sessile, amphitropum. Fnictus globosiis, comprcssns, 

 pericarpio coriaceo semini adhserente. Semen erectum, globoao -lenticular e, testa Crus- 

 tacea fusca Iseyi v. subrugulosa, arillo inconspicuo, endopleura tenuiter coriacea ; embryo 

 annularis, albumen parcum farinaceum cingens, cotyledonibus oblongis convolutis, 

 radicula robusta hilo proxima. — Suffrutices crecti v. scandentes, glabri v. tomentosi. 

 Folia alterna v. in ramulis abbreviatis subopposita, petiolata, ovata v. elliptica, acumi- 

 nata, integerriraa v. obscure crenulata ; stipulfe minutae, caducae. Racemi in ramulis 

 abbreviatis terniinales et axillares, graciles, cernui, multiflori, pedicellis gracilibus ; 

 bracteee ad basin v. infra medium pedicelli subulatre, bracteolseque infraflorales caducse. 

 Fructus pisiformis. 



Species 4 V. 5, Amcricse tropicse incolae: 1. V. thictoria, Euiz et Pav. 1. c, erecta, tomentosa, 

 foliis ima basi cordatis, petiolo brevi. 2. V. peruviana, Hook. f. {Eivina peruviana, Moq. 1. c. 

 excl. syn. Euiz et Pav.), foliis tomentosis basi acutis, caule erecto, floribus majoribus. 3. V. 

 octandra. Hook. f. {Rivina octandra, Linn. ; Moq. 1. e. R. dodecandra, Jacq. Obs. t. 2. Lam. 111. 

 t. 81, f. 2, Trichostigma rivinoides, A. Rich. I.e.). His addendse species inedita et verisimiiiter 

 Ledenbergia roseo-miea^ Lemaire, lUustr. Hortic. xvi. t. o91, species e regione Amazonica superiore 

 a nobis non visa, sed ex icone et auctoris descriptione evidenter Villamill(B potius quam Leden- 

 bergia referenda, 



3. ILedenbergia, Klotzsch in Hcrh. Karsten, n. 350 ex Mog^. in DC. Prod. xiii. ii. 14. 

 — Flores liermaphroditi, racemosi. Perianthium herbaceum, 4-partitum ; segmenta 

 lineari-oblonga v. -obovata, obtusa, fructifera aaicta, menibranacea, reticulata, stellato- 

 patentia. Stamina 12, disco subhypogyno inserta, 4 exteriora perianthii segmentis 

 alterna, filamentis liboris filiformibus ; antheraj dorsifixse, lineari-oblongiCj basi longe 

 2-fidse. Ovarium miiiutum, lenticulare, 1-loculare ; stylus brevis, crassus, sublateralis, 

 curvus, stigmate penicillato. Aclitenium parvum, perianthii segmentis magnis stellatini 

 patentibus stij>atum, lenticulare, marginatum, reticulato-nervosimi, pallidum. Semen 

 lenticulare, erectum, testa crustacea glabra, arillo ; embryo annularis, albumen fari- 

 naceum cingens, cotyledonibus submembranaceis, exteriore majore interiorem involutam 

 amplectente ; radicula conica, hilo proxima. — Sutfrutex volubilis, glaber, caule subtereti 

 cinerascente. Folia alterna, longe gracile petiolata, ovata "V. elliptico-ovata, acuminata, 

 integerrima, membranacea ; stipulio miimtissimae, ovatai. Flores in racemes axillares 

 elongatos longissime pedunculatos pendulos laxe dispositi, gracile pedicellati ; rhaclus et 

 pedunculus racemi fere capillares ; bracteie ad basin pedicelli bracteolseque infraflorales 

 minutai, caducse. 



Species 1, Columbiae, Venezuelse, et inn. Martinique incola. Exemplar nobis adest unicum flori- 

 ferum e Venezuela, Fendler, n. 1297. 



4. iWomana, MaH. Nov. Oen. et Sp. iii. ITO, t. 290. (Hilleria, Veil. Fl. Flum. 47, Ic 

 i. t. 122.) — Flores hermaphroditi, irregulares, racemosi. Perianthiiuu herbaceum, sub- 

 campanulatum, obliquum, 2-partituni, coloratum, segmento postico oblongo obtuso, 

 antico multo majore 3-lobo, lobis obtusis medio longiore ; fmctiferum paullo auctimi 

 erectum, nervis reticulatis. Stamina 4, disco parvo hypogyno inserta, lobis perianthii 

 alterna, filamentis filiformibus subsequalibus ; anthene sagittatae, versatiles, in alaba.stro 

 postice dehiscentes. Ovarium ovoideum, obtusum, l-loculai'c ; stylus brevis, subter- 

 minalis, stigmate penicillato ; ovulum sessile, amphitropum. Fructus globosus, com- 

 pressns, pericarpio camosulo semini adhiierente. Semen erectum, globoso-lenticulare, 



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