Etifhymehveoi.] CXLV. TBYMEL JE ACE JE. 197 



facie iiiteriore contigiils. Discus hypogynus 0. Ovarium sessile^ 1-locuIare ; stylus filiformis, 

 stiginate capitato. Fructus parvus, siccus, periantliii basi persistente inclusus v. i)eri- 

 anthio demum deciduo intra bracteolas nudus, pericarpio tenuiter membranaceo. Semen 

 compressiusGulum, testa Crustacea nitida ; albumen parcum ; cotyledones crassiusculje. — 

 Frutices suffruticesve ericoideij ramis sfepius strictis. Folia opposita v. rarius sparsa, 

 parvula, coriacea, sfepius laxe imbricata. Flores albi riibri v. flavi, in axillis superior- 

 ibus subsessiles, solitarii v, rarius gemini, bracteoUs 2 brevibus angustis stipati. 



Species ad 20, Afric* australis incolse. Mcissn. in DC. Prod. xiv. 567. Sot. May. t. 222, 1212, 

 2138. Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 113, 119, 139, 149, 334. Lodd. Bo'. Cah, t. 11, 74, 75, 141. Gemis et 

 habitu Gt cliaracteril>us ab omnibus faeilUme distinetum. 



2-4. Gnidia, Linn. Gen. n. 487. — Flores hcrmapbroditi. Periantliii tubus cylindraccus, 

 supra ovarium demum circumscissus ; lobi 4, patentes. Squamte ad faucem 4 v. 8, lobis 

 alternee. Stamina 8, ad faucem infra squamas affixa, superiora v. omnia breviter exserta, 

 filamentis brevissimis ; antlier?e oblongfe v. lineares, connective angusto. Discus hypogynus 

 V. brevissime annulatus. Ovarium sessile, 1-loculare ; stylus filiformis, stigmate capitato. 

 Fructus siccus, parvus, basi periantliii pcrsistentc inclusus, pericarpio membranaceo. 

 Seminis testa Crustacea ; albumen soepius parcum rarius crassius carnosum ; cotyledones 

 crassiuscul^e. — Frutices virgati v. ericoidei, ramosi. Folia srepius parva v. angusta, 

 opposita V. sparsa. Flores albi flavi rubelli v. violacei, ad apices ramorum capitati, rarius 

 ad axillas solitarii, capitulis bracteis latiusculis involucratis v. nudis. 



Species edit* ultra 40, quarum 2 v. 3 Africae tropicse, csetorae Africse australis incolse. Mvis.vi. 

 in DC. Prod. xiv. 580. Grant in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. t. 91. Bot. May. t. 1463, 1902, 2016, 

 2761. Bot. Bey. t. 2, 19, 624, 767. Andr. Bot. Bep. t. 52, 70, 89, 225. Lodd. Bot. Cah. t. 7, 



29, 1958. 



Genus a Meissnero in seetiones 2 ad infloresceutiam dividitur : 1. Euynldia, capitulis terminalibus 



rarius 1-floris. 2. Pkidia, floribus in summis axillis solitariis in spicam brevem v. elongatam 



foliatam v. demum nudam diepositis. Icones supra citatee omnes ad Eugnidiam pertinent. 



TuYMBLWA, Hoffmans. Verz. ab Endlichero Gen. PI. 331 a Gnidia distincta fuit squamis faucis 

 8 liberis Dec per paria counatis, sed postea Suppl. iv. ii. 64, itcruni cum (?;//f?Mt junxit. 



Canalia, F. V. Schmidt, Netie Pji. 1793 n. 5 (opus a nobis non visum) a Meissnero ad Gnidiam 



refertur. 



25. liasloslphon, Fresen. in Flora 1838, 602. — Flores hermapliroditi. Perianthii 

 tubus cylindraceus, supra ovariiim demum circumscissus; lobi 5, patentes. Squanuie ad 

 faucem 5 v. 10, lobis altemse. Stamina 10, ad faucem infra squamas affixa, superiora 

 V. omnia breviter exserta, filamentis brevissimis ; antlieraj oblongge v. lineai-es, connectivo 

 angusto. Discus liypogynns v. brevissime annulatus. Ovarium sessile, 1-loculare ; stylus 

 filiformis, stigmate capitato. Fructus siccus, parvus, basi perianthii persistente inclusus, 

 pericarpio membranaceo. Seminis testa crustacea ; albumen parcum v. (rarius erasse 

 carnosum ?) ; cotyledones crassiusculse. — Frutices habitu Gnidiie v. Sit^pe majores uiagisquo 

 sericei. Folia opposita v. sparsa. Flores ad apices ramorum dense capitati, capitulis 

 sessilibus v. peduuculatis, bracteis latiusculis sjepe involucratis. Perianthia srepissime 

 sericeo-pubescentia. 



Species ad 25, Africse aa-stralis et tropio^e, Madagascarire et Asise tropicse 'mco\ie.—Meism. in DC, 

 Prod. xiv. 593. Wight, let. 1859, U60 {Guidi^f). Bene, in Jacquem. Voy. Bot. t. 150. Miq. 

 Anal. Bot. hid. ii. t. 1. Kot^chy, PI. Timi. ^. 19 b. ^ 



Genus a Gnidia imprimis floribus O-nieris distinetum. X. scandcns, Meissu., ad Linosiovm 



tnmsfertur. 



20. linostoma, Wall. Cat Ilerh. Lid. n. 4203. (Nectandra, Roxh. Fl. Ind. ii. 425, 

 nwii?""'.)— Flores liermaphroditi. Perianthii tubus cylindraceus, mox basi ampliatua, 

 supra ovarium continuus ; lobi 5, patentes. Squamulai v. glandulfo ad faucem 10, liberae 

 V. per paria basi connatoe. Stamina 10, ad faucem infra squamulas affixa, filamentis 

 filiformibus exsertis lobos tamen rarius excedentibiis ; antheroe ovatse v, oblongiu, con- 



