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medio adh.-Brentes, connectivo dorso basi tuberculo caraoso plus minus conspicuo instructo, 

 locnlis basi in appendieulas breves rigidas productis. Discus annularis sen cupularis, 

 5-lobu3 V. 5-squamatus. Ovarii carpella 2, primum connata v. jam sub flore distincta, 

 villosa ; stylus filiformis, pubc^sccns ; stigma crassum, prope basin obscure annulatum, 

 apiculo vix 2-lobo ; ovula in qaoque carpello numeroaa. Fructus oblongus, acuminatus, 

 in folliculoa 2 demum divisus (folliculis demum 2-partitis ? ). Seraina (a nobis non visa) 

 2"Seriata, ovata, compreasa, acuminata, apice coma appeii diculata ; albumen parcum ; 

 cotyledones foliucese, planfe, radicnla supera.— Fruticcs voiubiles. Folia opposita, dissite 

 pennivenia, minute punctata. Cymro dicliotomre v. ad fascicules pancifloros reductu) 

 pseudo-axillares (in. una tantum axUla paris foliorum). Flores albi, fere Solanacei. 



Rpecifls 4 (v. 5 ?), Asi;e tropic^ineolio, 1 in India oricntali freqiieris Ires priores, A. DC. Prod. viii. 

 39&, JTiffht, lo. t. 429, 438, includit, tilfcera Javaniea, K ovata, Miq. Fl. lad. Bat. ii. 427, quie forte 

 cudcni iic V. laxijhra, Blume, a Miqnelio prtetermissa, 2 Ma lay an je. 



Xn spQciobus typii-is ealyx oglaii'lulosus, antliGranmi callus dorsalis conspieims et iiifloroscontia laxa ; 

 in specie Miiiayaua iuedita calyx intiis o-glandulosas, anthorae dorso Lasi eallosfe, cyraEe eabsessiles 

 fasciculi formes ; in altera pariter Malayana calyx intus miuutc oo-ghiudulosua, antberje basi vix cou- 

 spicue callosfe ctsi filamonta apico valdo incrassata, flores parri gi-acilc pediccllati, in cymis fasci- 

 ciiliformibus piuei. Vruetus iu 2 ultimis iguotiis. Gastranilms, F. MuoU., ad Parmisiam relatus, 

 quoad aiithoraram appendieem doi-saleni et infloroscentiam ctiam FaU<iri accedit. 



57. lyonsia, H. Br. in Mem. Went. Soe. i. 66.— Calyx parvus, alte 6-Mus, basi intua 



eglandulosua v. S-squamatus v. minute co-glaudulosus. Corolla hypocrateriformis v. 



tube brevissimo subrotata, fauce esquamata ; lobi 5, lineares v. lanceolati, valvati. 



Stamina tubo affixa, filamentis brevibus ; antliera; oblonga; v. lineares, exsertie, circa 



stigma conniventes et ei medio adhiurcntes, loculis basi in appemliculam vacuam rigidam 



productis. Discus 5-squamatu3 v. alte S-Iobus. Ovarium 2-Ioculare, carpellis tamen solu- 



bilibus ; .stylus filiformis ; stigma ovoideum v. fusiforme, basi in annulum deflexum 



sfepius dilatatum, apiculo conico integro v. 2-lobo ; ovula in quoque loculo numeroaa. 



Fructus cylindraceus, e folliculis 2 diu coherent ib us demum tamen sjBpius secedentibus, 



placentis utriusquo foUiculi a pericai-pio liberis et inter so dorso cohferentibus v. omniuo 



liberis. Semina oblonga v. linearia, apice attenuata et coma caduca appendiculata ; 



albumen parcum ; cotyledones planre, radicula supera. — Frutices sufFruticcsve voiubiles,' 



glabri v. pubescentes. Folia opposita, pennivenia. Cymm pedunculate, nunc axillares 



et oppositre, nunc torminales v. pseudo-axillares. Flores pavvuli. CoroUte albte v. flave- 



scentes, lobis ssepe basi v. undique intus pubescentibus. 



Species 13 normalee, qiiai-nm 1 Xovo-Caledonica, 1 ins. Fiji incola, ea;torie Australianai. A. 

 J)C. Prod, viii. 401. Beutk. Fl. Austral, iv. 320. Lahill. Serf. Austr. CaUd. t. 31 (Echltes). F. 

 MueU. PL Vict. Lithogr. t. 58. His forte addenda species Celebica, nuperrimo accepta, corollte tubo 

 cylrndraceo lobis brevibns et anthcris intra fauccm subinclnsis insigais, 



fi8. Parsonsia. H. Br. in Jfm. Wern. Soc. i. 64. (Helygia, Blume, Bijdr. 1043. 

 Heligma, TT!.'. . , Fl. Jav. Pmf. 8pir<jstemon, Gviff. Notnl. iv. 80.)— Calyx 5-partitus, 

 basi intus nunc eglandulosus nunc 5-squamatus v. minute oc-glandnlosus. Corolla hypo- 

 crateriformis, tubo brevi cylindiaceo v. subgloboso, fauce constricta v. latiore esquamata ; 

 lobi 5, recti, Icviter contorti, dextrorsum obtegentes. Stamina tubo affixa, filameuti^ 

 angustis siepe contortis ; anthers semiexsertm, oblongo-lanceolatai v. lineares, acutte 

 circa stigma conniventes et ei medio adhjerentes, loeulis basi in appendiculam vacuani 

 ■rigidam productis. Discus S-lobus v. G-squamatus. Ovai-ium 2-loculare, carpellis tamen 

 sjepius solubilibus ; stylus filiformis ; stigma crassiusculum basi annulatum v. reflexo- 

 5-dentatum medio sjepe contractum, apiculo integro v. breviter 2-Iobo ; ovula in quoque 

 ioculo numerosa. Fructus cylindraceus, e folliculis 2 diu cohajrentibus v. demum sece- 

 dentibus, placentis inter se et a pericarpio solvendis. Semina linearia v. oblonga, apice 

 attenuata et coma appendiculata ; albumen parcum ; cotyledones oblongo-linearcs, plana) 



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