i : LXXII. LOASEJE. 
testa scrobieulata, albumine carnoso; embryo teres, cotyledonibus plano-convexis.— 
Herbs scpe annus, graciles, erectm, ramos, hispido-pubescenles. Folia opposita, petio- 
lata, ovato-laneeolata; serrata. Flores minuüi, axillares, solitarii v. in cymas axillares. 
, paucifloras dispositi, albi v. flavi. 
Species. 2 v. 3?, Mexici, Venezuelie et Peruvir incole. Jalp. Rep. v. e, 118 (A Bri ern id ES 
Stamina in exemplaribus a nobis examinatis 8, petalis geminatim opposita et per paria cum sta- 
minodiis 4 alternata ; ex icone et descriptione Preslii stamina 12, 3-natim petalis opposita, stami- 
nodis 0; in icone Poeppigii stamina 4, petalis opposita, eum staminodis totidem 'deformibus 
alternata. 
6. Klaprothia, 77. B. e£. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. vi. 121. & 537.—Calycis hispiduli tubus 
subturbinatus; lobi 4-5, ovati. Petala 4-5, suborbieularia, eoneava.  Squamse 0. Sta- 
mina 16-20, in phalanges 4-5 petalis oppositas disposita, filamentis capillaribus ; anther:e 
parvo, didyms. Staminodia 20-30, in phalanges calyeis lobis oppositas disposita, apicibus 
dilatatis lobatis. Ovarium 1-loeulare; stylus subulatus, stigmate 4-5-fido; ovula solitaria 
v. pauca, placentis 4-5 pariétalibus inserta. Fructus clávatus v. turbinatus, hispidus, setulis. 
glochidiatis, .4—5-valvis, oligospermus. . Semina ...—hHerba volubilis, caule rarmisque 
retrorsum hispidis. Folia opposita, petiolata, ovata, grosse -dentata. Flores parvi, albi, 
in peduneulos paucifloros axillares et terminales dispositi, pedicellis setaceo-bracteatis. : 
Species 1, Novs:e Granadie et Venezuele incola. DC. Prod. iii. 343. 
7. MIentzelia, Lian. Ger. n. 670.— Calycis inb oylindrieus obeonicus ovoideus v. tur- 
binatus; lobi 4-5, breves v. elongati. Petala 5, lanceolata v. spathulata, rarius oblonga 
v. obovata. Bonsai O0. Stamina co, rarius definita, filamentis filiformibus liberis.v. in 
phalanges petalis oppositas dispositis ; antherze parve, oblong:e v. didymz. Statinodia O 
definita v. co, filiformia v. petaloidea, interdum antherifera. Ovarium l.-loeulare; stylus. 
filiformis, simplex v. ssepius 4-fidus, lobis approximatis tortis, stigmatibus obtusis; ovula : 
. OO, placentis 3-5 parietalibus inserta. Capsula turbinata elavata v. cylindrica, rarius ob- 
longa, recta, oligo- v..polysperma. Semina angulata complanata v. alata, levia v. seaberula, 
testa membranacea v. cellulosa, albumine mediocri pareo v. 0;.embryo rectus, eotyle- - 
donibus planis oblongis, radieula tereti.— Herbs. v. fruticuli, graeiles v. robusti, rigidi, 
glabri v. setosi, Folia alterna, sessilia v. petiolata, integra lobata v. inciso-pinnatifida. 
Flores solitarii racemosi v. eymosi, sepe ampli, aurei v. albi. 
Species ad 30, A mericse tropiesme et calidre precipue occidentalis incols. — Genus in sectiones se- 
quentes pro maxima parte uti genera variis auctoribus habita, divisum : 
l. Trachyphytum, Torr. et Gr. Fl, N, Am.i.533. Annus. Stamina oo. Staminodia 0. Semina 
20 v. plura, placentis l-seriatim inserta, subeubicn. BARTONLE sp., Hot. Mag. t. 8649. Bot. Reg. t. 
1831. CnnYsosTOMA; Lilj. in Linnea, xv. 2608. 
2. Bartonia, l'or, et Gr. l. c. 534. Biennes. Stamina oo, Staminodia 5 v. plura, exteriora 
sepe petaloidea, Semina perplurima, in placentis 2-seriata, compressa - Y. angulata. BARTONIA (pro 
maxima parte) Sims, Bot. Mag. t. 1487. DC. Prod. iii. 839.  Walp. Rep. ii. 224: Aun. ii. 696. 
Hook. Bot. Beech. Voy. t. 85, Fl. Bor. Am. i, 0. 69. — Bot. Mag. t. 5483. 
8. Eumentzelia, Torr. et Gr. l. c. 532. Stamina oc. Staminodia 10, dilatata v. 0. Semina 3-9, 
leviter striata. MENTZELIE sp., DC. Prod. iii. 343. Walp. "p. ii. 228 ; v. 776: Ana. i. 820; ii. 
656. Bot. Mag. t. 1760, 3205. 
4. Aerolasia. Petala apice setosa. Stamina 10, alterna breviora. liisadhodis 0. Semina pauca, 
rugoso-angulata. AcRoOLAsra, Presl, Rel. Hank. ii. 39. £. 55. Walp. Rep. v. 716 : Ann. i. 320; ii. 
655. 
5. Eucnide. Stamina oo. Staminodia 0. Semina perplurima, i in placentis co- diiit: ininuta, 
oblonga, angilata. Herbse suberectee v. volubiles, EvoNipz, Zuccar. PI. Nov. in Abhandl. Baier. 
Akad. Wiss. iv. 1, &. 1. A. Gray, Pl. Lindh. in Bost. Journ. Nat, Hist. vi. 191. Walp. Aun.i. 320. 
MacRosPERMA, Ifook. Je. PI. t. 234. Bot. Mag. t. 4491. Waip. Rep. v. 177. 
8. Loasa, Juss. Gen. 322. Lais tubus turbinatus ovoideus eiisatad * . cylindrieus, * 
scipissime rectus ; lobi 5, xquales. Petala 5, cucullata, patentia v. subereeta et in corollam 
. eampanulatam conniventia, squamis totidem :dorso 2-3.setosis et sepe basi ipe 
