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vaginam ciliatam connatz. Pedunculi terminales, solitarii, dense hispido-tomentosi. 
Capitula v. spicze inter minores ; flores ebracteati v. bracteis hispidis densis immixti. 
Speeies 4, Afriem tropies occidentalis, montium fluminis Gaboon et Cameroon, reise Fruetus 
in una tantum specie (floribus spicatis ebracteatis) notus. 
272. tasianthus, Jack in Trans. Lina. Soc. xiv. 12b. (Mephitidia, Reimw. ex Blume, 
Büdr. 995. Santia, Wight et Arn. Prod. 422).—Calycis tubus subglobosus ovoideus v. 
oblongus; limbus brevis v. elongatus, 3-6-dentatus v. lobatus, persistens. Corolla in- 
fundibularis v. hypocraterimorpha, tubo brevi v. subelongato, fauce villosa; limbi lobi 
4-6, patentes, valvati. Stamina 4-6, corolle fauci inserta, filamentis brevibus; anthersz 
dorso basin versus aflixs, incluss v. breviter exsertz, lineares v. ovato-oblongs, con- 
nectivo szpe apieulatz. Discus tumidus. Ovarium 4-9-loculare ; stylus brevis v. sub- 
elongatus, glaber v. pilosus, ramis 4-9 brevibus obtusis ; ovula in loculis solitaria, linearia, 
e basi erecta, anatropa. Drupa 4-9-pyrena, pyrenis cartilagineis v. crustaceis triquetris 
interdum dorso carinatis v. alatis, 1-spermis. Semina lineari-oblonga, lente curva, testa 
membranacea, albumine carnoso; enibryo teres, elongatus, cotyledonibus brevibus 
obtusis, radicula elongata infera.—Frutices szpissime foetidi, glabri tomentosi v. strigosi, 
ramulis teretibus, ultimis compressis. Folia disticha, opposita, breviter petiolata, sspis- 
sime caudato-acuminata, venulis transversis crebris.  Stipule interpetiolares, latse, 
persistentes v. deciduz. Flores parvi v. inter minores, in axillis foliorum capitati v. 
fasciculati rarius ad apicem pedunculi axillaris simplicis v. ramosi sessiles, bracteati, 
albi flavi v. virescentes, interdum unisexuáles. Fructus parvus. 
Species ad 80, Asiz tropicz incole, una Australiensis, altera Japonica, tertia Cubensis et quarta 
Afriesx occidentalis incola. Mig. FL. Ind. Bat. ii. 314, e£ Suppl.i. 548. Benth. Fl. Austral. 111. 495 ; 
Fl. Hongk. 160. — Tha. Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 420. Mxvurmipnux sp. DC. Prod. iv. 452.  Walp. Rep. vi. 
49; Ann.ii. 759. Wight, Ic. 1. 1032. — Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 9, 13, 21, 22. 
Hülasenis lanceolata, Griseb. (quz Sabicea  Moralesii, , ejusd. Cat. Pl. Cub. 124) est Lasianthi 
"species ut rite monuit Wrightius i ipse. 
Ocravia, DC. Prod. iv. 464, frutex Guian: gallicze, nullo charactere dato a Lasianzho differt. 
273. Aneeophania, Thw. Ewnwm. Pl. Zeylan. 147.— Flores polygamo-dioici. Calycis 
tubus obconicus ; limbus campanulatus, 4-costatus, 4-dentatus, persistens. Corolla in- 
-fundibularis, tubo fauceque pilosis; limbi lobi 4, patentes, valvati. Stamina 4, inter 
lobos corolle inserta, filamentis in fl. d' longius exsertis; anthers dorso medio affixz, 
lineari-oblongz, obtuss, basi 2-lobee. Discus parvus, annularís. Ovarium 4-loculare ; 
stylus filiformis, infl. 9 longior, exsertus, ramis 4 linearibus obtusis; ovula in loculis soli- 
taria, e basi erecta, anatropa. Drupa sicoa, parva, 4-pyrena, pyrenis dure crustaceis obtuse 
3-gonis. Semina minuta, oblonga, compressa, testa membranacea brunnea, albumine 
carnoso; embryo brevis, cylindraceus.—Fruticulus facie Hedyotidis nodulosw, pilosus v. 
villosus, ramulis 4-gonis. Folia opposita, breviter petiolata, ovata, lineato-nervosa. 
Stipule in tubum scariosum subaristatum cormnatz. Flores minuti, in cymulas densifloras 
axillares congesti, pallide purpurei, setulosi. 
Species 1, Zeylanie incola. Genus habitu genitalibusque longe exsertis a Lasiantho conspicue 
differt. 
274. Saldinia, A. Rich. i» Mem. Soc. Hist. Nat. Par. v. 206.— Calycis tubus 
turbinatus; limbus subcampanulatus, obsolete repandus, persistens. ^ Corollo tubus 
brevis, subcampanulatus, fauce pilosa; limbi 4-partiti lobi patentes, oblongi, acuti, 
valvati? Stamina 4, fauci coroll inserta ; anthersz subsessiles, dorso basin versus 
affixce, lineari-oblongs. Discus tumidus. Ovarium 2-loculare ; stylus crassiusculus, 
ramis 2 obovato-spathulatis obtusis ; ovula in loculis solitaria, e basi erecta, anatropa. 
Drupa ovoideo-oblonga, compressa, abortu l-pyrena, pyrena crustacea. Semen erectum, 
oblongum, testa membranacea, albumine carnoso et oleoso ; embryo axilis, elongatus, 
teres, cotyledonibus brevibus, radicula elongata infera. »Frutiose glabri, ramulis tereti- 
bus.. Folia opposita, breviter petiolata, elliptica, coriacea. Stipule subulate, aeutw, 
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