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25. Slehondra, Forst CJim\ Gen. 39, t 20. (Storiphcaj Banlcs in Gmdu, FrucL iL 81, 

 /. 94, Demidofia, GmeL Sysf. JSfat ii. 458.) — Sepala sabfequalia, a basi distincta, seepius 

 spathulata. Corolla late campamilata, alte S-fida ; lobi induplicati. Stamina corolla 

 breviora, filamentis filiformibns ; anther?^ parvar. Ovarii lobi 2, distincti, 2-loculare3j 2- 

 ovulati (v» rarins 1-loculares 1-oviilati ^ ; styli inter lobos 2, filifonnesj strgmatibus capi- 

 tatis. Capsular 2^ membranaceee, erectas, 1- rariua 2-sperm0e, iiidehiscentea v< irregulariter 

 2-Talves, Scmina subglobosaj ktjviaj testa teiiuiter crnstaceaj membrana interna cras^ius- 

 cnla ; cotyledones oblongo-linearea, 2'piicatfe, — Herbee tenue^j prostratee v. repentes, 

 glabree v. sericeo-pubescentes. Folia cordato-orbiculata v. reniformiaj ssepius parva. 

 Flores in axillis solitarii, parvi, Sixipius minimi- Ovarium sa^pius dense villoanm. 



Species 4 v, 5, rogionum calidiorum utriusqiic orbis incolse, in Amcriea tcim boreali qEiam austnLli 

 frequentiorGs. Chois, in DC. Prod, ix, 451. Meissn. in Mart FL Bras, vH. 357. WUld, HorL 

 Berol. U 81, Smithy Ic. incd. t. 8, Genus liabitu et ovario Falki^^ scminibns Cressm afflne, 



TrIBUS III. NOLAJfE^E, 



2G. Alona, LindL Bot. Ber/, 1844, i. 46, excl, spp. hcrhacels. — Caljrx tubuloso-campa- 

 nulatus, breviter B-fidus. Corolla campanulata, basi intra calycem disco stipitato affixa ; 

 limbus plicatus, D-angulatus v. breviter latcque 5-lobxi3. Stamina inclnsa ; anthera} 

 ovatai V. obloiigai. Discus annnlaris, sinuato-dentatus. Ovarium integi'um v, obscure 

 5-lobum, ad normam 5-loculare, loculis 4-ovulatis, ovnlia niox septia spuriis segregatis ; 

 stylus terminalis, stigmate peltato. Fructua in carpidia uuciformia 5-co partibilis, quo- 

 rum alia Integra 4-locularia 4-sperma, alia plus minus scgregata 1-3-locularia l-S-sperma ; 

 fructus axis et septa plus minus perfecta post carpidia delapsa persistentia, Semina 

 albuniinosa, testa membranacea ; embryo teres, valde curvus v- subapiralis, cotyledonibus 

 semiteretibus radicula haud latioribus. — Frtiticuli ericoidei. Folia brei^ia, lineari-teretia, 

 interdum camoaulaj s^pe fasciculata, Flores majusculi, in axillia breviter pedunculati. 



Species ad 6, Cliilenses, Wa!p, Bep. vi. 648, Miers^ Illusir, i. 54, PhiHppi^ FL Atacam. Ai. 

 Gaudick, Voy, Boniie^ t. 106, 107. Hue ctiam pcrtincro videtur Eatzria, Gaudick. L c. t 108, et 

 forte j!folana Chastenayana^ Gaudich. 1- c. t. 33 j ovarium in fig. 7 parum lobatum deliiieatur, etsi in 

 fig. 12 alto lobatum apparet. In Alonis a nobis examinatis ovarium inounte anthesi semper integer- 

 rimum invenimus, etfii anthesi peracta plus minus inasqualiter lobatum cvadit, ut a LiDdlcyo aliisque 

 delineatur. 



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27- Woiaua, Linn, Gen, n. 193. (Neudorfia, Adans, Fam. ii. 219. Teganium, Sckmid, 

 Ic. 67, t 18, Soremaj LindL Bot. Reg, 1844, sub L 46,) — Calyx campauulatua v, tubuloaus, 

 breviter v. alto S-fidus, l<jbis vix imbricatis. Corolla late subiufundibularis ; limbus 

 ample campanulatus, plicatus, 5-angulatua v. vix 5-lobus. Stamina inclusa ; antherse 

 ovatse V. oblongaj. Discus annularis, integer v. crenato-lobatus, interdum obscurua. 

 Ovarium (e carpellia 5 rarius 10 4-ovulatis 1) in loboa 5-co 1-2-seriatos v, irregulariter con- 

 fertoa fere ad basin divisum^ lobis 1-4-o^-ulatis ; stylus inter lobos simplex, stigmate pel- 

 tato. Fructus calyce aucto stepius inclusus, varie diviaus in nuculas tot quot semina 

 (5-40) duras v, extus carnoaulas, v, nuciilis iiTegulariter connatis carpidia l"6-sperma 

 seminibuB sing\ilia endocarpio indurato segregatis. Semina parva, testa membranacea, 

 albuminosa; embryo teres, valde incurvus v. aubspiralia; cotyledonibus semiteretibus radi- 

 cula haud latioribus. — Herboe glabrae v, viscido-pubescentes, suipius diffusie v, prostrat^e. 

 Folia solitaria v. gemina, sesailia v, petiolata, integra, plana, interdum carnosula. Flores 

 in axillis breviter pedunculati, cserulescentes (v. rosei ?). 



Jteg. t 865, Sweet, Brit Fl. Gard, ser. 2, t 305. 



Grenufl nequaquam ad numerum loborum ovarii divideudum. N- prostraia, lobis 5 l-seriatia, et 

 if. {Sore^na) paradoxa, loh)s nunc 10 2-Beriatis nunc co (interdum fero 40) irregulariter confertis^ 



