550 XCI. CAI^IPANULACE^: ; [Lohcliem. 



2 aeta una crassa absque v. cum aliis purvis vertloe pGnicillatiej 3 majores nudsd. Ovarium 

 infei-um, l-loculare, placenta unica parieti adnata pluriovulata. Stigma breviter 2-lobum, 

 Capsula infera, 1-locularis, vertice convexov. couico solido operculatim deciduo dehiscens. 

 — Herba3 nanse, pereniies, dense c?espitosse v. breviter repeiites. Folia nunc laxiuscule 

 conferta, nunc imbricata v. rosulata, integerrima v. setulvso-dcntata. Florcs intra folia 

 sessiles v, breviter pcdunculatij parvi, nunc minimi. 



Species 6 v, 7, America AndiiiEe incolffi. A, DC, Prod, vii. 3-19. IValjK Ann, i. 466. Hoolc. 

 Land. Journ, vi. ^ 9. Wedd. Chlor. And. ii, 15. t 45, 



14, Hypsela, Presl, Prod. Mon. LoheL 45 (Pratia^ Wedd. Chlor. And. ii. 9, i. 40j non 

 Gaudich.). — Calycis tubus adnatus ovoideus v, turbinatus, limbus S-partitus, lobis ovatis 

 subrequalibus. CoroUse tubus brevis v. cyliudraceus, integer, limbi lobis parum in^equa- 

 libus subpatentibus. Stamina prope basin v. infra medium tubi affixa, filamentis con- 

 natis ; antlieme 2 vertice se'ta unica paucisve appenJiculatiu, 3 majorcs nudie. Ovarium 

 inferum, perfecte 2-locularej placentis crassiusculis co-ovulatis. Stigma breviter 2-fidum. 

 Capsula infera, subglobosa, pericari>io membranaceOj vertice convexiusculo indehiscens v. 

 operculatum, Semina numerosa, oblonga, l^via, — Herbjx3 nana;, rcpcntes v. C3e3x:>itos£e. 

 Folia radicaliav. altcrna, crassiusculaj i^etiolata, ovata v. reniformiaj integerrima v. pauci- 

 crenata. Pedunculi axillares, 1-flori. Flores parvuli, albidi v. rosei. 



Species 5, AmericBE australis Audina; incolse. AVeddell, 1, c. 17, refert speclena typJcam (quae 

 lAjsifoma reniformis^ H. B. et K. Nov. Gen. et Sp, iii. 320, t, 266, f, 1) ad Praiiaui repcntcm^ Gau- 

 dich., cui liabitu siniilis est; in liac tanien curollam semper usque ad basin fissam vidimus, utletiam 

 a Gaiidichaud describitur et dclineatur, Igitur P. rcpcns, AVedd. L c< 9, non Gaudich, ad Hypsclam 

 renifornieMf Presl, referenda, et species caitera} "Wcddcliana} sub iii^dcra iiominibus spccificis ad 

 Hypsclam Iran sf ere ndai. P. atacamensis, Philippi, oadcm videtur ac H. loiiglflora. 



15, Bownluffia, Torr. Boi. JUdpple Exped. 60 (110) (Clintonia, Dougl. in Boi, Beg. 

 U 1241, ixon Hctjin.y — Calycis tabus adnatus linearis ; limbus S-partitus, lobis parum ina;- 

 t|ualibus- Corolla obliqua, tubo bre\i integro, liiubo alto bilabiato^ lobis superioribiis 

 angustis, labio inferiore lato 3-fido, Staminum tubus a corolla liber ; antlierre 2 seta 

 unica vertice appendiculati^j 3 majores nudte. Ovarium inferum, 2-loculare v, septo 

 tcnuiasimo niox evanido 1-locubu^e, placentis fere filiformibuSj ovulis 2-seriatis ascenden- 

 tibus. Stigma breviter 2-lobum, Capsula linearis, infera, calycis lobis coronataj vertice 

 indehiscenSj lateraliter fissuris longitudinalibus 1-3 dehiscens, Semina nnmerosa, parva, 

 oblongo-fusiformia, Cotyledones {moiienie M, J. Berkeley) confemiminatie- — Herb;e 

 annuffi, ramosECj diflfusre v- snberectaB, glabrse. Folia alterna, integra^ superiora in brae- 

 teas abeuntia, Flores in axillis foliorum superiorum v. bractearum sesailes, Corollre 

 cseruleee violacere flavescentes v, albee T, colore mixto nunc calyces paullo excedentes 

 nunc ijiinimaj. 



Species 2 v, 4, 1 v, 3 Califoniicsej 1 Chileiisia. A, DC, Prod, vii. 347- Boi. "Beg. t, 1909. *5t/wi, 

 Hr'iU Fl. Gard, scr. 2, L 412 ; FL dcs. Scrrcs, t. 1092 {omncs sub Clin(onia), 



luspecimiuibus Chilensibus, capsula rigida rima nnioa dehiwccre vidctur, in Califoruiclsj capsula 

 5-costata (e sepalis 5 adnatis constans) inter costas dchiscit, duo tarn en sepal orum paria mediiintibus 

 placculis coiitineiitur, qu^re c-^psula infra apiirem S-valvis evadit> valvis 2 placentifcris tertia nuda. 

 Genus quoad flores IhjpmlfB^ quoad ovarium et fruclus Ci/phocarpo afflne- 



IG. Pratia, Gaudich, in Freyc. Toy, Bot, 45G, t 79 (Piddingtonia, A. DC. Prod. vii. 

 341). — Calycis tubus adnatus obovoideus v, turbinatuSj in floribus rj subnulluSj limbus 

 S-pai-titus, lobis panun inaequalibus. Corolla obliquaj tubo dorso ad basin fisso, lobis 

 parum intequalibus incurvis obliquis v, sub-2-labiatis. Staminum tubus a corolla liber v. 

 vix ima basi adnatus ; anthent? 2 vertice 1-2-aristatie v. penicillatrj, 3 majores nudeo. 

 Ovarium infenun, 2-locularej placentis adnatis v, peltatis mnltiovulatis. Stigma breviter 

 2-lobum- Bacca obovoidea v. globosa, calycis lobis coronata, indeliiscens, periearpio 

 tenui. Semina niunerosaj parva. — Herba3 srcpius tenenxj, prostratie v, repentes. rariua 



