832 CXI, HYDROPHYLLACE^\ [Hydroleed 



irrcgulariter rui^toj placentas 2 rarius 3 distiuctas v. connatas liberante, Semina numerosa, 

 minuta, inegulariter costato-rugosa.— Herba? sutlruticesve pilis apice glanduliferis villosi v. 



glabri, spiiiis axillaribus (ramulis pedunculisvc abortivis) amiati v. inermes. Folia altenia, 

 iiiteg^rrima. Flores cajruleij ad apices ramonim confertim cyinosi v. broA'iter racemosi/i 



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Species ad 14, Americse borealis et australis, Africte tropica^, Indise ofientalis, Archipelagi 

 Malayan! et Aiistralise tropicfe incolie. Chois. in DC. Trod. x. 180- Walp. Eep. vi, iyGo, A, W. 

 Bran, in Journ, Linn, Socii. 266, t. 1, et in Mart, Ff. Bras. yii. 393, t 129, 130. AscJiers. hi Boi. 

 Zeit, 1871, l'5i. A. Gray in Troc, Amer. Acad, x, 331, AiihL PI Gtd. t. 110, Cai\ lo. ^ 529. 

 Chois. Dts6f'~'HydTot (cx'Mem. Soc, Phys. Gen. tt\) t. 1, Hook, Cowp. Bot, Mag. ii, f, 2G. Wight, 

 lllnsir. t, 167 ; Ic. t, 601, KotscL et Peyr, PL Tinn. t 9- 



Hydrolia, Thoit, Gen. Nbi\ Madag, 9, species Madagasonrienbis nobis ignota, a Hydrolea ab 

 auctorc distinguitur stamiiiibnfi! lacinlis corollfo riec efiit'clem ba^i affisis, Ca^tera ohinl^ chiiract^ns 

 dati cum Hydrolea coiivoniupt "-' 



OiuK) cxii. bohagznje:^. 



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.Liiidl, Veg. Kingd, 655.. Aspeeifouje, LeLnu PI. Aspprif, Xucif. JJt:&cr. Berol. 181§; 1^;. et 



escr. Asperif. ILiinburg, I82I cum tab. 50. Eiidl. Geii, 644. Gonvxxcv.y:, Endl. Gen. 613. I.hidb 



Ve^g, Kingd. 628, Ehrettace^^, Liiidl, Vfig, Kirigd. 653, 



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" 'Ft6Hs regiilaresv, rarius obliqiii, hermaphroditiV, tarissinie abortu polygamic Cidy^ 

 inferus, tubo campanulato rarius cylindraceo* v. stepius brevisaimo t, 0, dentibxis lobis v. 

 segmeutis 5, rarissime paucioribua v. 0-8, leviter inibricatis v. jam in alabastro apertis 

 rarius "valvatis. Corolla gamopetala, infundibiilaris tubulosa liyi:)Ocraterifonnis campa- 

 nxilata v, subrotata, limbo 5- rarius 4- v. 6-co-lobo, lobis quincunciali-imbricatis v, rarius 

 plicato-aubcontortis v, contortis^destrorsum obtegentibus- HtamMia tot quot corollje lobi 

 iisque alternaj fauci v, tubo corolla affixa, sequalia v, parum ini^equaliaj omnia atepiaaime 

 perfecta ; filamenta filiformia v. basi prsesertim dilatata^ rarius squama appehdiculata. 

 Anifyene ovatffi oblongse v- linearesj apice obtusse v, connectivo producto appendiculat^^ 

 dorso supra basin affixse, basi brevis.simev. usque ad insertioueni 2-lobaj, loculis distinctia 

 parallelis rima longitudinali introrsnm v. latcraliter dehiscentibus, Dmns sub ovario 

 annularis, integer v, sinuato-5-lobus, s^pius parum conspicuus ot cnm ovario continuus v- 

 obsoletus, Ovarluvi superum, sessile et basi cum disco duni adsit confiuens, nomialiter e 

 carpellis 2 2-ovulatis conflatum, nunc integi^um v. lateraliter sub-4'Iobum 2'loculare 

 loculis 2-ovulatisj v. carpellis septo spurio y. placentis valde involutis 2-loceUatis plus 

 minus peifecte 4^1oculare, loculis 1-oviilatis ; nunc distincte 4-lobum, parte basali v, cen- 

 tral! Integra cum disco gjTiobasin persistentem fomiantej lobis l-ovulatis ^ iMrissime lobis 

 per paria cormatia 2-lobiini lobis 2-locularibus 2-ovulatjs, v. (lobo uno enjusque carpelli 

 abortiente ']) 2-Iobum lobis l-ovulatis. Stylus in ovario integro terminalisj in ovario lobato 

 inter lobos situs^ filiforiTiis v, abbreviatus, integer, semel v. bis 2-fidus v, rarius in stylos 

 2 partitus ; stigma in stylo integro v. in quoque ranio terminale, integrum capitatum 

 parum dilatatum v, 2-lobum, v. sub stjli apiculo integro v, 2-fido annulare, v, i"ai'iua duplex. 

 Ofu/a erecta obliqua V, ab axi radiantia et subhorizontalia, baai lateraliter v, sub apice 

 affixa, ad angulum interiorera loculi sessilia v, funiculo filiformi appensa, micropyle 

 supera v, ad axin spectante, Fructiis nunc drupacens endocarpio duro 2^-looulari 

 V. in pyrenas 2-4 diviso v, abortu 1-loculari v, 1-pyreno, exocarpio carnoso baccato v. 

 tenxii ; nunc in nuculaa 4 v. abortu pauciores duras v. rarius criistaceas v. subcamosaa 

 distinctas v- rarius per paria connatas, maturitate a gynobasi plana convexa conica v. 

 columnaii (fx'uctus parte pcrsistente cum disco) secedentes, indehiscentes nionospermaa- 

 que diWsus, Stmina erecta obliquav, rarius subborizontalia, recta v, incurva, Iiilo parvo 

 prope basin lateraliter v. sub apice aflixa, testa membranacea- AVniT^ien camosum, copio- 

 suni, parcnmv. 0, Embryo rectus v- curi'ua; cotyledones plance plano-convexse v, crasso- 



