568 XOII, VACCINIACE^. [Thihaudi€(^, 



exserto ; ovulain loculis co, placentis angiilo interiori adnatis inserta, Bacca aubglobosa, 

 5-locularis, teres, polysperma. — Frutices robusti, glabri. Folia majuscula, persistentia, 

 alterna, subsessilia v. crasse petiolata, craase coriacea, integenimaj glaberriiiia, 3-5-pli- 

 nervift v. rarius penninervia, Flores speciosi, in fasciculoa coiymbosve breves axillares 

 V. ad nodos defoliates rarius terminales dlspositi, pedicellia basi bracteolatis. 



Species ad 6, America centralis Columbia; Brasilia; borealis et ins, Tnnitatis incolre, Wrdp. Ann, 

 ii. 1081. Hue pertinent >?. Warszewlccli Qt 8. chlomnfha, Kl. L c., specimina Fondleriaua e Vene* 

 zuela 11, 2013^ et Ortluea paiiurensis, iSprueo, PL Exh, n. 2704, quae (ex cxenipL ab Herb, Moiiacen,si 

 conimod^to) eadem ac Euedelia, Meissn. in Mart. FL Bras, rii, 172, a Martio ad flmnen Japuram 

 Brasiliie borealis nee ad Bahiam lecta. 



' 6. Enrreranla^ Kloizsch in Linmva, xxiv, 20, — Calycis tubus cum pcdicello artlculatus, 

 tereSj urceolaris v. canipanulatus, basi rotmidatus v. truucatus, rarius dilatatus lobatus et 

 iiitrusus ; limbi coriacei brevia v. subolongati lobi v. dentes 5- Corolla teres, tubnlosa 

 V. conico- tubnlosa ; limbi contracti lobi 5, parvi, triangulares^ erecti. Stamina 10, 

 jequalia, corolbe tubo breAdoraj filamentis brevibus in tubuni antbcrifenim connatis ; 

 antherae sequales, lineares, obtusos, dorso mutic^, loculis angustis in tubuloa suba;quilongos 

 requilatos v, latiores ad medium v. ultra conDatoa rimis elongatis hiantibus deliiscentes 

 productis. Discus cupularis. Ovarium 5-loeuIare ; stylus iiliformis, iuclusuSj stigmate 

 capitellato incluso v, exserto ; ovula in loculis co» placentis angulo interiori adnatia 

 inserta. Fructus baccatus, globoaus- — Frutices glabri v, pubescentes, ramulis rigidis. 

 Folia altorna, crasse coriaceaj persistentia, breviter petiolata, integenima v. obscure 

 serrata, 3-pli- v. penninervia, Flores niajnsculi, in racemos corymbosve axillares dis- 

 positi rariua solitarii, nutantea v, penduli, pedicellia basi bracteolatis. 



Species ad 12, Audium Americse australis ineola^. Walp. Ann. ii- 1083. Inter has a nobis cx- 

 aminatEC sunt ThilKindia pfiilli/retsfoUa, DC, P, angitsii folia, Hook. Ic- PL t. 110, Ceratostemma 

 ■Ujtorv.m, Pffipp- et EudL Nov. Gen. et Sp. t, 10, C, ixtrvifoVntm, Bontlh,et Voli/fxm polyaniha,(jv\i*Qh. 

 i*I/Leehler. n. 2068. Nobis igiiotse sunt E. midfifiora, KL (errore pro melliflora, est euim Tkihandia 

 meUiftora, Pcepp. et EntlL), foliis integerrimis utrinque pubeseentibus, et E. ardi^i(efolUt, KL {Tin- 

 ba^idia^ H, B, et K.), foliie oppositls. 



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7. Anthoptenis, Hook. Ic. PI. t 243.— Calycis tubus cum pedicello contimins, 

 turbinatiis v. obconicus, 5-gonus v. 5-pteru8 ; limbus 5-fidus, lobia tnangularibn s acutis. 

 Corolla brevis, conica v. 5-gona v. 5-ptera ; limbi constrict] lobi 5, parvi, suberecti. 

 Stamina 10, a;qualia, corollre fequilonga v. brcviora, filamenti-s liberis v. in tubum connatis. 

 interdnm brevissimis ; antheraj lineari- oblong pe, raembranacere, in tubulos locnlos siib- 

 jequanteset aiquilatos acutos rimis longitudinalibus deliiscentes productse. Discus cnpnlaris. 

 Ovarium 5-loculare ; stj'lus filiformis, inclusus, stigmate truncato ; ovula in loculis oo, 

 placentis angulo interiori adnatis inserta. Fmctns coriaeeus, 5-locnlari«. Semina . . . .— 

 Frutices sempervirentes, glabri v. pubescentes. Folia altema v. spiirie verticillata, breviter 

 petiolata, ovata v. ovato-lanceolata, 3-5-plinervia, coriacea. Flores inter minores, in 

 racemos axillares bre\'es v. elongates dispositi, pedicellati, pedicellis basi bracteatis et 

 interdum apice bracteolatis. 



Species ad 6, Andium Americae meridionalis incolse. Walj)^ Jiep. vi, 415, Genus cum Thcmi^to- 

 clesia comparandum et forsan ei jungendum. 



8, OrtUsea, KhtzscJt in Limut^a^ xxiv, 23.— Calycis tubus cum pedicello articulatus, 

 campanulatuSj teres, basi tnincatus v, intrusus ; limbua brevis^ 5-lubu3- Corolla tubuloso- 

 conica, teres, ore constricto ; limbi p^ri dentes 5, erccti. Stamina 10, corolla multo 

 breviora, filamentis liberis ciliatisj alternis longioribus ; antheras membranacese, 

 oblongas, suba^qualos, loculis in tubulos discretoa iis asquilatos apice poris dehiscentes 

 productis. Ovarium 5-loculare ; stylus filiformis, inclusus, stigmate truncatulo ; ovula in 

 loculis GO, placentis angulo interiori affixis inserta. Fructus (a nobis non visus) baccatus, 



. polyspei-mua. Semina . . . , — Frutices glabri, ramis obtuse angulatis, gemmis parvis 

 aubglobosis squamis coriaceis obtuiiis. Folia breviter petiolatUj subdiaticha, lanceolata, 



