560 XCI. CAMPANTILACE^.. ' [Campamdem. 



terminale collecti, bracteis foliaceis rigidis interpositi, pedicello bracteolia 2 similibua 

 iiistructo (Cliar. ex HochstJ), 



Species 1, Afriese australis ditionis Zwellendam incola a nobis non visa (Krauss, n. 1088). Walp. 

 Ticp. Ti. 388- 



4S. Merciera, A. DC. Monogr. Camp, 369, t 5- — Calycia txibxis adnatus tiirbinatns v. 

 subglobodus, limbus 4-5-pai'titus, Corolla tubo teiiui, limbo anguste 4-5-lobo, Stamina 

 a corolla libera, filameutis a basi filiformibus v. ima basi brevissime incrassatis ; anthera^ 

 liberse. Ovarium infenxm, ]-Iocnlare v. dissepimento brevi imperfecte 24ocnlare, ovxilia 

 4 per paria a basi erectis ; stigma breviter 2-fidum. Capsula infera, abortu 1-sperma, 

 vertice clausa, calycis limbo coronata, indeliiycena (v. demiim a latere rimis longitiidinali- 

 biis dehiscens?). — Siiffrutices humilesj miilticaiiles v. ramosi, hirsiiti v. glabri. Folia 

 linearia, rigidulaj conferta^ad axillas seepe fasciculata. Floras temies, ad axillas breviter 

 pedunculati v, subsessiles, 2-bracteolati, bracteolis spepe post flores delapsos diu persistenti- 

 bus- Corollfe e^rulece violaco^B v. alba, tubo fere filiformi, 



Speeics 3 v. i, Afric^e australis incolre. I{an\ et Sond, FL Cap, iii. 59o. Beless, Ic, Seh v. t, 17, 

 M. lepioloha, A. DC, a M hrevifolia fepecifice distincta videtur, et species c^uarta ined^ta adcst inter 

 plantas Burchellianas. 



44. Siphocodon, Turcz in Bull. Soc, Imp. Kat Mosc. 1852^ ii, 175, — Calycis tubus 

 adnatiis turbinatus, limbus 3-partitus, Corolla tenuis, tubulosa, apice 5-loba, Stamina 

 tubo corollte alte aflBxa, filamentis bre^^bus filiformibus ; antherte liberse. Ovarium 

 iuferum, 3-locuIare, oviilis in quoque loculo ab apice loculi pendulis. Stigma 3-fidum, 

 lobia linearibuB, Capsula infera, calycis limbo coronata^ vertice clausa, parte suj^eriore 

 circumscisse deciduo dehiscens, Semina in locuUs sEcpius solitaria, ovoidea, — Herba v. 

 suffrutex rigidus, glaber, caulibus virgatis tenuiter junceis subaphyllus, foliis nempe ad 



squamas minutas lineares reductis. Flores parvi, breviter pedunculati, irregiilariter 



subracomosi. Corolla cajnilea, 



- Species 1, Africa australis incola. Harv. et Sond, FL Cap. iii, 596. 



45. Spbenoclea, GceHu. Fmct. i. 113, t 24 (Pongatium, Jnss. Gen. 423. Gfertnera, 

 lietzy Obs. vi. 24, Rapinia, Lour. Fl. Cochiiich, 127). — Calycis tubus adnatus hemi- 



spharricus, limbus 5-partitus, lobis rotundatis imbricatis. Corolla campanulata, 3-loba, 

 valvata. Stamina a corolla libera v. vix ima basi adnata, filamentis basi breviter dila- 

 tatis ; anthene breves, liberse- Ovarium semi-inferum, 2-loculare, placentis stipitatis 

 multiovulatis ; stylus brevis, stigmate demum breviter 2-fido. Capsula semisupera, 

 depresso-globosa, ad margines tubi calycini circumscisse dehiscens, opercnlo cum lobis 

 calycinia deciduo, Semina numerosissima, minima, oblonga. — Herba paludosa, annua, 

 er<^cta, glabra. Folia alterna, integerrima. Spicse densse, cylindracese v, novelise sub- 

 conicte, terminalea et laterales, pedunculatce, Flores minimi, in spica centripetim evo- 

 luti, singuli intra bracteam bracteolasque 2 sessiles. 



Species 1, per regiones caliiliores utriusquo orbis late dispersa. A^ DC Prod, vii, 548 (Spke^O' 

 cleacece), Wight, Illustr. t, 138. 



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46. AKuBsciilaf DicmorL Comm. Bot, 28, — Calycis txibns adnatus txxrbinatus v. hemi- 

 sphsericus, limbus 5-partitu5, subfoliaceus. CoroUse tubus cylindraceus, brevis limbi 

 lobis 5 patuntilms v. recurvis. Stamina a corolla libera^ filamentis tenxxibxxa hand dila- 

 tatis ; antherse liberie, cxispidatse. Ovarium inferxxm, 5-loculare, placentis multioi'xilatis ■ 

 stigma 5-fidnm, lobis elongatis, Capsula infera, calycis lobis coronata, vertice lato piano 



clauso, lateraliter inter costas rimis transvei-salibus pluribxus superpositis dehiscens. 



SuflFrutices v, herbse perennea erectse, rudes. Folia radicalia ami>la, dentata, caulina 

 minora v. pauca. Flores ampli, pyramidato-paniculati, CoroUte flav^ v, ochrace^e. 

 Calycis lobi pariter colorati v. livide purpxirascentes. 



Species 2, ins, Madeiree incol*. A, DC, Prod, vii, 495, Lowe, FL Mader. i, 574. VenU Jard. 

 Malm. f. 116. Jac^. ffor/, Sehcenhr, i. 472. Hot, Beg, t, 57. £ot, Mag. U 5606, 



