028 XCYIII. PLUMBAGINE^. [PlumJMgece. 



3. PLtrjiBAGEixA, Spach. Spocles 1, Altaica, foliis auriculato-amplexLcaiilibus, corollro pnrvgD 

 limbo minimo- L((leb, Ic, FL lioss. t. 21- Calyx fpuctifer, rjui in P, cicropcea ssepc tuberculis 

 panels grossis instrucUis, in P. {Plunibaydla) micrantha twh&vQwW^ numerosioribus obtegltuL\ 



7. Ceratostigrma, Bwvje^ JEnum. PL Chin. Bor. 55. (Valoradia, Ilochst, in Florae 

 1842, 239,) — Calyx tubnlosus, eglaiidulosus, alte 5-fidu3, basi 10-nervisj lobis angustis 

 strictis comiiventibus 3-nembus, sinubiis baud dilatatis. Corolla hypocrateriformis, tubo 

 lohgo teniii, limbo patente, lobis 5 obovatis latisve obtiisis v, retusis. Stamina tubo 

 corolUio ad medium adnata, filamentis filiformibns ; antherre oblongo-lineares. Ovarium 

 5-gonum, apice conicum; stylus terminalis, filiformis, apice in rauios 5 introrsum papillis 

 promiuentibus V, stipitatis a basi stigiijatosos divisxis. Capsula calyce inclusaj ima basi 

 circumscissaj in valvas 6 a basi apicem versus fissilis. Albumen parcum. — Herbte diffusa 

 perennes v. basi frutescentes, v. frutices divaricato-ramosi, villosi v. glabrati. Folia 

 alternaj obovatav. lanceolataj plus minus setoso-ciliata. ^I'lores ad apices ramorum dense 

 capitato-spicatij singuli basi bracteolis complicatis inclusi intra bracteani subtensam 

 brevem sessiles^ capitulo bracteis paucis brevibus vacuis cincto. CoroUce cserule^ v. 

 rosea). 



Species 3 v, 4, una Chinensis, altera Himalaica, I v, 2 Abyssinicse- Boiss. in DO. Prod, xii. 695 



{Valoradia). Sot Mag. t. 4487 {Plumbago), FL des Sevres, t, 307 (male si revera adi\ Lar^€nl(B 

 Lindt dulineata)- 



8. Voffelia, Lam. Ilhistr. ii. 147, t. 149. — Calyx alte 5-fidu3j a basi late et rigide 5- 

 nervisj inter costas et ad margines loborum in alas 5 longitudinales liyalino-membranaceas 

 transverse undulatas extrorsum coniplicato-d\ix)licatas expansus. Corolla infundibularisj 

 tubo longo tenuij limbo campanlilaib, Io"bis 5 apice truncatis aeutau^ilis v. fere 3-dentatis, 

 Stamina libera, filamentis filif ormibus ima basi brevissime dilatatis et coroU^e arete applica- 

 tis ; antherse oblongee, parvulee- Ovarium oblongo-fusiformej plus minus 5-gonum, apice 

 attenuatiun ; stylus terminalis, filiformis, apice in ramos 5 introrsum papillis valde pro- 

 minentibus a basi stigmatosos diviaus- Capsula calyce inclusa, ima basi circumscissa, in 

 valvas 5 a basi apicem versus fissilis.— Sutfrutices fruticesve plus minu,s lepidoti, ramis 

 elongatis rigidulis. Folia alterna, Integra, in una sx)ecie x)etiolata orbiculato-spathu- 

 lata, in altera cordato-amplexicaulia, Spico: tcrminaleSj densiuscuhe, ad apices ramorum 

 subpaniculatce, Pedicelli brevissimi. Bracteie snbtendentes uti braoteoIfG palTte. 



PpCGTcs 2, altera Austro-Africaiia, altera Arabica ct Indica. Boiss, in DC. Prod, xii, 696, Harv, 



TIte!$. Cap, L 198. WigfUy Ic. t, 1075, 



Kcpala noil a basi libera invcnimns nti ab auctortbub diciiutur, sed io utraquc spccio aUe hya*J 

 lina; inter costas usque ad tertiam fere partem integrie sunt. 



Ordo XCIX. FRIlVEni.AC£^. 



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EndL Gen. 729, LindL Vog, Kingd, 614., 



Florcs hermaphroditi, sffipissime regulares. Cahjx liber v, rarissinie ovario aduafcus, 

 4-!>-fidu3 V. -partitus, persistens, rarissime decidnus. Corolla liypogyna, sa^pissime gamo- 

 petala, rotata hypocraterimorpha v. inf undibuliformi-campaiiulata, tubo brevi v. elongato ; 

 limbi 4-9-partiti v. 4-6-labi lobis segmentisve integi'is emarginatis v. finibriato-laceris, 

 testivatione quincunciatim imbricatis v. contoii;is, rarius 2-labiata v. 0, Stamina tot quot 

 corollfe lobi, basi medio tubo v, fauci afiixa, lobis opposita et interdum iis adnata, rarius 

 cum totidem staminodiis sinubus corollas afliatis alterna, v, corolla deficiente ima basi 

 calycis inserta ; filamcuta brevia v. elongata, libera v. basi connata, Aidhcne dorse 

 prope basin affix^, loculis 2 parallelis rimis longitudinalibus introrsum dehiscentibus ; 

 pollen angidatum, Disats 0, ant inconspicuus. Ovarium liberum (in Samolo calyci plus 



