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45. Sessea, Tlmz et Pai\ Prod. 21, L 33; FL Per. et Chil t. Ho, IIG,— Calyx tvibulosua 

 V, subcampanulatus, tnihcatus, brevissinie 5-dentatns, Corolla hypocratcriforiniSj tubo 

 elongato nsquali v. supcrne paniuj coatractOj basi circa stipitem ovarii contracto eique ad- 



'nato; lobi 5, induplicato-vaivatij per antlieyin patcntes. Stamina 5, medium tubum versus 

 afRxa, filamcntis filiformibus basin versus pilosulis ; antherre breves, loculis dorso appnsi- 

 tis distinctis post dehiscentiam siiborbiculato-expansis. Discus inconspicuu-s. Ovarium 

 intra calycem stipitatiun, 2-loculare ; stylus filiformisj stigmate dilatato peltato v- breviter 

 2-lamellato ; ovula pauca^ lateralitcr affixa, Capsula oblonga, jiiuior s;^pe camosula, 

 matnra apice septicxdo-2-valvis, valvis 2-fidis placentas coiinataa nudantibns, Seiuina 

 oblonga, compreasaj facie allixa, testa reticulata v. granulosa^ ala nienibranaeea cincta v. 

 nuda ;- embryo rectusj cotylcdonibus oblongis radiciila latioribns, — Fnitices v. arbuscii);?:^, 

 glabri v. sfepius stellato-tomeiitoai. Folia alterna, intcgerrima, Flores cymosij cymulis 

 ad apices ramorum in pauiculas coryuibosas thyrsuideas \. racemiformes dispositis. 



Species 6 V. 7, Andiiim Americo^ australis incolee. Dun. in DC. Prod. xiii. i. o95. Mkrs^ 

 Ilbtsir. t. \^. 



Genus Cestro quoad hjibltiim et fiores slmilliiniini^ ncc (^ifFert nisi fructii sieco deliiscente. 



46. iHetternicliia, MHaUy Del. FL et Faun, Bras, cum ic. — Calyx campanulatus, 

 membranaceo-foliaceus, intequalitor 4-G-fidns» Corolla infundibularisj tubo superne 

 amplo fere campanulato ; limbus late plicatus, lobis 5-C brevibus latis- Stamina 5, prope 

 basin corollas affixa, inclusa v. subexserta, filamentis filiformibus ; antherse ovato-oblongae, 

 basi 2-lub;ej loculis distinctis parallelis in longitudinem dehiscentibus- Discus parum pro- 

 minulus, camosulua, aulcatus. Ovarium fiessilCj 2-loculare ; stylus filifonuisj stigmate dila- 

 tato 2-lamellato ; ovula pauca, aepto lateraliter affixa, aacendentia- Capsula coriacea, 

 oblongo-liuearis, valvis 4 apice e calyce exsertis recu»\'i3 placentas connatas nudantibua. 

 Semina pauca, longe linearia, subtriquetra, apice basique attenuata, prope basin aflixa, 

 angulis acutis (vix tamen alatis), testa coriacea ; embryo lineaxis^ rectus, cotyledonibus 

 radicula nun v- vix latioribus, — Arbores glabne, liabitu fere Bmn/ehke. Folia intcger- 

 rima, nitidula, vix coriacea, Flores speciosij breviter pcdicellati, solitarii v. ad apices 

 ramorum pauci. 



Species 2, altera Ilrasiliana, altera (a nobis non visa) Columbiana. Dim. in DC. Prod. xiii. i. 

 501. Miers, IlJustr. i. U. Bot. Mag. L 4747. 



47. Eetzia, Thunh. in Act. Lund. i. 55, t. 1^ Jig* 2, ex ejnsd. Fl. Cap. 167 ; Nov. Gen. 

 4, — Calyx angustus, aemi'5-fidns, lobis acutis ina3qualibus. Corollas tubus elongatus, 

 requalis ; lobi 5, rariua C^7, breves, iuduplicato-valvati. Stamina tot quot lobi corolhu, 

 summo tubo affixa, requjjlia, lobis breviora, filamentis breviter filiformibus ; antberm 

 breviter sagittatte, loculis distinctis subpai-allelia in longitudinem dehiacentibus. Discus 

 parum prominulus. Ovarium 2-loculaie ; stylus filifonnis, stigmatc vix dilatato breviter 

 2-lamellato ; ovula in medio scpto in quoque loculo 2-3» obovoidea, in funicrdnm brcvem 

 attenuata. Capsula (ex ic. et descr,) oblonga, acuminata, septicidc 2-valvis, valvis 2-fidis- 

 Semina pauca v. in loculis solitaria, oblonga, prope basin affixa, testa crassiuscula trana- 

 versim ruguloj^a et longitudinal iter sulcata, quare semina incaute observata interdum 

 numeroaa cc-seriatim imbricata dicuntur ; embryo in albumine camoso rectus- — Frutex 

 erectus, ramis strictis dense foliatis. Folia verticilluta, longe linearia, coriacea, integer- 

 rima, maigine revoluta, jnniora et axillss sericco-pilosa, Flores rubri v. aurantiaci, ad 

 nodos axillares per 2-3 sessilea, longi sed folia non superantes, singuli bracteis 2 et fasci- 

 culi foliis iluralibus co brevibus stipati. 



Species 1, Africa autitralis incola. Dun. in DC. Prod. xiii. j. 58L Lam. lUustr. t. 103. SthniUL 



Icoi/ogr. t, 148**- 



GeDiis habitu et fuliis verticillatis in ordinc abiiormo. Flores tanien et iufloresceitia Ccstri. 

 Oq^sula et semin\im slnicturn, losta excepta, fero Fahiame. 



48. rabiar.a, Buiz et Par, Prod. 22, t. S4 ; Fl Per. et adl i. 122.— Calyx tubidoso- 

 campamdatua, dentibus lobisve 5 obtusis ovatis v. rarius linearibu?. Cororie tubus elon- 



