182 . LXIX. LYTHRARIE.E. : ^o D[Lythree. 
sima.—Arbor ramosissima, habitu Lagerstremie, ligno rubente. Folia opposita, oblonga, 
obtusa, integerrima, utrinque scaberula. Panieule ample, terminales, opposite ramoste, 
laxiflore. Flores pedicellati, purpurei, calycibus 2-bracteolatis, bracteolis amplis late 
ovato-rotundatis alabastrunr includentibus. Semina:matura non vidimus. 
Species 1, Brasilizee borealis incola. DC. Prod. iii. 89. 
19. Lawsonia, Linz. Gen. n. 489. (Alcanna, Garfn. Fruct. ii. 193. t. 110. )— Calycis 
tubus brevis, 4 gonus; türbinatus ; lobi 4, patentes, làte ovati, dentibüs accessoriis O. 
Petala 4, sessilia, corrugata, ad apicem ealyeis.tubi disco urceolari inserta. Stamina 8, 
basi calycis tubi inserta, per paria petalis alterna, filamentis crassis filiformi- subulatis ; 
antherze late oblongs, conneetivo crasso. Ovarium calyce non tectum, globosum, 4-loculare ; 
stylus filiformis, flexuosus, stigmate capitato; ovula co, placentis crassiuseulis ovarii axi . 
adnatis mültiseriatim inserta. Capsula basi calyce stipata, globosa, coriacea, 4-locularis, 
irregulariter rupta, septis membranaceis oo-spermis, Seminu compacta, cuneata, truncatd,: 
4-gona, testa crassa spongiosa, intus erustacea ; cotyledones plani, orbieulate ; radicula 
Brevis.—Frutex glaberrimus, ramis teretibus spe spinescentibus. Folia opposita, bre- 
viter petiolata, ovato-lanceolata, integerrima. Flores. in jd psirers v. corymbos breves 
axillares conferti, albi, eapsula magnitudine Pisi. 
Species 1, verisimiliter Afric borealis, ÀÁrabim, Persim, et Indie maxime occidentalis indigena, . 
nune late per orbem. culta. DC. Prod. iii. 90. Wight, Arius 
20. Antherylium, RoÀr et Vahl in Skrivt. af Naturh. Selsk. Hafu.ii. pars i. 211. " 8.— 
Calycis tubus brevis, hemispherico-campanulatus ; lobi4, ovato-lanceolati, dentibus aeces- 
soris O0. Petala 4, oblonga, unguiculata, eorrugata, patentia, Stamina oc, margine annu- 
lari calycis tubi 1-seriatim inserta, filamentis filiformibus ; anthere lineari-oblongz, demum 
reeurvs. Ovarium subglobosum, membránaceum, basi tubo calycis cinetum, 3-4-suleatum, 
1-loculare v. imperfecte 3-4-loculare ; stylus filiformis, flexuosus, stigmate truneato ; ovula 
numerosissima, in placentam centralem liberam 3-4-gonam 3-4-suleatam densissime com- 
pacta. "Capsula basi calyce stipata, globosa, 3—4-sulea, membranacea, i-locularis, septi- 
frage 3-4-valvis, valvis deceiduis placentam columnarem crassam 3-4-gonam ooO-spermam 
nudantibus. Semina minima.— A rbores v. frutices glaberrimi, ramulis teretibus v. obscure 
- 4-góni&, in specie uniea ad nodos spinulis 4 brevibus armata. Folia opposita v. alterna, 
petiolata, ovata, integerrima. Flores pedicellati, in axillis foliorum fasciculati, pedicellis 
infra florem 2-bracteolatis. 
Species l v. 2, altera typica spinifera Antillana (ins.:.St. Tliomas ct.Porto Rico incola), altera 
inermis Mexicana (Jürgensen, n. 956). DO. Prod. iii. 91. 
21? Strephonema, 7Jook. f. gen. nov.— Calycis coriacei turbinato:campanulati lobi 4-5, 
breves. Petala obovato-spathulata, concava, non corrugata. Stamina 8 v. 10, medio calycis 
tubo sub-2-seriatim inserta, filamentis elongatis filiformibus tortis v. flexuosis longe exser- 
tis; antherze oblongsz, didyms. Ovarium parvum, subglobosum, coriaceum, late basi fundo - 
calycis affixum, l-loeulare; stylus filiformis, curvus, apice attenuatus, stigmate puncti- 
formi; ovula 2, sub apice loeuli pendula. Fructus ignotus.—Arbores ramoss, glabree v. 
sericeo-pilos:z, ramulis teretibus. "Folia opposita et alterna, coriacea, breviter petiolata, 
oblongo- v. obovato-lanceolata, acuminata, integerrima, nervis areuatis. Flores mediocres, 
gracile pedicellati, in axillis foliorum eorymboso-fasciculati v. in ramulos  panicule eorym- 
boss subumbellati ; umbellulze bracteolis verticillatis involucrate.. 
Species 2, Africze tropice oceidentalis incole, altera (S. Mannii) glaberrima, floribus lincionhtis, 
altera (S. sericea) ramulis floribusque paniculatis et umbellulatis sericeis. 
» 4 Crypteronia,. DBiume, Bijdr. 1151; Mus. Bot. ài. 123. f. 49. "odios. Wal. 
Pl. As. Rar. ii. 13. t. 921. Quitcis Blanco, Fl. Filipp. 851.)— Flores polygamo- 
dioici. Calyeis tubus eupularis; lobi 4-5. "Petala 0. Stamina 4-5, fauci calycis inserta, 
lobis alternata, filamentis filiformi-subulatis incurvis ; antherce parve, didyme. Ovarium 
liberum, globosum, 2-loculare ; stylus filiformis, stigmate obtuso; ovula oo, placentis axil- 
laribus multiseriatim affixa, hórizontalia v. adscendentia. Capsula basi calyce cincta, glo- - 
