. XCYII. LENNOACE^. 023 



anmilatim 1-aemtos liberante.— Caules humilcs (vix 2-pollicares). Squama) erecto- 

 p-atentes. Cyniaj deiisfe, siibcoi-ymbosjB, ramis iiiferiuribiis interdum luxiusciilis. Florea 

 parvuli, corollse tubo calycem ceqxiante v. exscrto. 



Species 2 ? Mexican*. Sohns in DC, Prod xvii. 37, ct Lennoaeea t. 2, 3. .Speeiraiiia ab Herl). 

 Mufl. Par. aceepta L. maih-ejyoroklts et L. cwndcte inter so corolla; forma difflTuut, et alia c coll. Jur- 

 geiisena cum neiitra exacte convcaiunt, iuflci-esieciitia forte aclhiic inimiH cvoluta.' 



Oedo XCVIII. FI,U]¥EBAGINEJC, 



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Entll. Gcii. 348. LiiKil Vcg, Kinj^d, 040. T5uriieoud, Recliorches sur lea FJ. des Plant et 



Plum)jftg,, Paris, 1844, cum tab. 



Floiva hemapliroditi, regularea. Calyx inferus, gamosepalus, tiibulosus v. infuiulibu- 

 lavis, tubo cyliiidraceo raiius campauulato, 6- 10- v. ] 5-costatus, costis 5 primariis v. e 

 costia per paria confluontibus compoatis in deutcs lobosve productis, sinubus margi- 

 nibusve lobonnu saspe hyalino-membranaceis, angustis v. ante antliesin introrsum v. ex- 

 trorsum duplicatis et per anthesin in limbum patentem expansis, rarius calyx undiquo 

 herbaceus. CuvoIUb petala 5, hypogyna, nunc ima basi tantum brevissime connata v. 

 cohrerontia ot S£epe supra annulum brevissimum quasi ai-ticulata, rariuB a basi ouinino 

 libera, nunc in tubum calyce breviorem v. exsei-tum coalita, laminis lobisve inibiicatie 

 patentibus, iStamina 5, petalis v. coroUaj lobis opposita ; filamenta nunc ima basi tantum 

 pctaloruni unguibiis adnata v. adliccrentia v. iis juxtaposita et in annulum perigynum 

 subconnata, nunc in corolla alte gamopetida ad medium v. altius tubo admita, apice 

 libera fiUformia. AiUherx ovatae v. oblongse, dorsifixse, loculis 2 parallelia contiguis 

 distinctis rima longitudinal! dchisceutibus. Discus liypogynus 0. Ocarmm snperum 

 sessile v. cum corolla brevissime stipitatum, l-loculare, superne siepo 5-augulatum. Stijli 

 6, nunc cuin angulis ovarii continui et a basi distincti, nunc ovarium terminantcs ima basi 

 T. altius connati ; stigmata nunc tcrminalia capitata oblonga v. minuta, nunc papillia 

 stigniatosis secus stylos v. ramos styli plua minus docurrentibus. Omilum 1, ab apice 

 funiculi erecti ex angulo baseos loculi oriundi pendulum, anatropum, micropyle aupera 

 hilo contigua ; strobilus cellularia e basi stylorum descendens, micropyli in fa'cundatione 

 insidens, postea retractus. Fructus calyce inclusus v. rarius elongatus et exsertus, siccus 

 nunc indehiscens, nunc pericarjno apice indurate et calyptratim deciduo demum apertus 

 V. pericarpio basi v. prope basin circumseisao et plus minus a basi apicem versus 5-val- 

 vatim dehiscens. Semen loculum implens, ab apice funiculi pendxilum v. ei plus minus 

 adnatum ; testa membranacea ; albumen faritiaceum, copiosum parcum v. 0. Embryo 

 rectus, albuminis longitudinem v. Bcmcn implens, teres v. leviter compressuSj cotyledonibus 

 linearibus v. oblongis integris radiculse sequilongis v. longioribus. 



Herba; sxpius glabra v. lepidoto-canescentes, ral-ius villosje, subacaules v. caulibua 

 brevibus crespitosis v. suffrute.sccntibus, foliis rosulatis v. dense confertis, rarius herb^ 

 fruticesve caulibus elongatis ramosis foliis alternis dissitis amplexicaulibu.s v. in petio- 

 lum ba.si dilatatum contractis, delapsis cicatricem annularom relinquentibus. Scapi t. 

 pedunculi terminales,. dichotome ramosi v, rarius simiilices. Florea seasiles v. pedicello 

 brevi crasso fulti, solitarii v. pauci quasi in spiculam conferti, fluribus spiculisve secus 

 ramos pedunculi sfepius unilateralibua, rarius capitatim confertis. Bractefe sffijiius rigidaj 

 siccffi, margine nonnunquam scariosje, una spiculam subtendens, 2-co intra spiculam florea 

 singuloa basi arete involvcntes, rariua omnes mininue. Flores rosei violacei cwrulei v. 



