Oesnerccc.] CXIX. GESNEEACE.E. 097 



Ovarium levlter immersnm ; F^tylus crassiuRcnlns, stigmate obtnso parnm dilatato, Oap- 

 sula semi-infera, parte aupera inciirva subrostrata 2-Talv]. Semina nxiraerosissima. — 

 Fruticuli ramosi, iiiterdum spinis axillaribiis oppositis acicularibus divaricatis (pedicellia 

 abortivis ?) armati. Folia opposita, scabemniaj subdentata, Pedicelli in axillis siipe- 

 rioribus solitariij divaricatij rigide filiformes v. in corymbura terminalem diftpositi, 

 Bractepe 0, Flores aibi. 



Species 2, Indise occideiitalis (ins. Cubte et S, Doniingo) ineolre. A, DC, Trod, xvli, 290. .^Ma- 

 bastra 2 tantiim 77, spivostBy Sw,, examinare potuimus ; in altero calj'cem S-fidum, corollam 4'fidam, 

 stamina 4, inyejiimiie, in altero calycem o-fidam, coroliain C-fidam, stiimina 5, Horcs ox Swartziu 

 Tariiint 4-5-mori. In speciminofnictifero calycislobi rarisint 4-7- Species altera, li^a-^pira, Linn , 

 nobis uti plerisqiie botanicis liodiernis sola nota est ex iconibiie, Pium, ed, Burnj, t. ^7, ct Descourt. 

 Fl. :3rcd. Ant. ii. L 04. 



2. ZUipheea, Lindl. Dot. Beg, 1841^ Misc. 80; 1842, f. 5, — Calyx turbinato-campann- 

 latws, tubo basi ovario adnato ; lobi 5j fcqualea. Corolla tubo brovissimo vix iillo 

 plane rotata, late S-loba, lobis lateralibiis exterioribus. Stamina 4-6, basi corollas affixa, 

 filamentis brevibiis erectis ; antliera) oblongsCj erecti^, liberie, loculis parallelis introrsum 

 dehiscentibus apice confluentibuSj valva interiore breviore. Discus obsoletus. Ovarium 

 semi-inferum ; stylus crassiusculuSj incurvus, atigmate terminal! parum dilatato. Capsula 

 semi-inferaj i>arte libera conica (recta?) 2-valvi, Semina numerosissima. — Herbce moUiter 

 villos^e, radice repente, caule humili erecto simplici v, parum ramoso- Folia petiolata, 

 ovata, dentata, mollia, submembranacea. Pedicelli ad axillas fasciculati. Bracteaj 0. 

 Flores albi. 



Species 2, altera typica Mexicana, altera (cujus'tamen ncc corollam ncc stamina vidimus) Cuben- 

 sis, Walp. Bcp, vi. 738 (excl. A' alho-limata ad P/^/^if^amrelata). Griseb, Cat. TL Cub, 198. 



Genys, quoad fiores ot anthcras in online singnlares omnino BellonifS conforrae, et melius cum ilia 

 quam cimi P/;i/?(?« jungcnduni esset, nisi iiabitns diversissimus proliibiysct. 



3- ^liinsea, BtntK gen. nov. — Calyx turbinato-campamilatnSj tubo ovario adnato; lobi 

 5, obtu-ii. Corolla tubo brevissimo vix ullo latissime campanulata v. concavo- rotata, 

 breviter et late S-loba, Stamina 4, basi corolUu aftixa, lilamentis anticonmi .circa postica 

 recta torti-s ; anthera? apicibus coha^rentes v, conniventeSj loculis divergentibits distinctis 

 obovato-subglobosis, supra ab apice rimabrevi dehisceniibus. Discus obsoletus. Ovarium 

 ultra medium inferum ; stylus crassiusculus, curvulus, stigmate dilatato concavo- Cap- 

 sula , - - . — Herbee humiles, erectit^, villosje, habitu Niplutce, Folia opposita, petin- 

 lata, mollia. Pedicelli ad axillas geminl v. fasciculati, longiusculi, Flores a!bi v, 

 jiallide lilacini. 



Species S V. 4, CoIunibianEe. Niph^t^.t, species, Hanst. in Lin7itpa, sxvli, 704. Kant. FL Coloaib, 

 /. 80. Sot Mag. L 42ii-2, 5043, FL dcs Serrcs, L 210, 251, 823. Habituy omnino >V>/i^tF, scd 

 fctaniinavfilde diversa et corolla, etsi latissima, saepiiis minus expanse. 



4. Monopyle, Moritz, PL Colomb. exs, — Calyx tubo obconico v. oblongo ovario. adnato ; 

 lobi 5 angusti. Corolla late campanulata (v. latissime tubulosa ?), parum obliqua, lobis 5 

 erecto-patentibus rotundatis. Stamina vix ima basi corollre affixa, fere epigyna, corolla 

 multo breviora, filamentis filiformibus liberis ; antherffi conniventes at liberie, loculis 

 distinctis obovoideis v. subglobosis divergentibus, rima ab apice fere ad basin dehiscenti- 

 bus. Discus obsoletus. Ovarium inferum, vertico breviter conicum ; stylus filifonuis, 

 stigmate dilatato vix 2-lobo. Capsula infera, oblonga, basi sfepe obliqua v. fere gibba, 

 vertice par^'o inter lobos calycinos indivisus, infra limbimi iissura dorsali cum calycis tubu 

 deliiscens- — Herbie scabro- pubescent es, caulibus e rhizomate v. radice repente asccnden- 

 tibus V- erectis subramosis- Folia opposita, s^pe valde disparia, membranacea, altero 

 interdum nano stipuliformi, Flores in axillis summis l-S-ni, v. siepius in thyrsum termi- 

 nalem interruptum aphyllum dispositi, ad axillas bractcarnm oppositunnu fasciculati v. 

 fiubcymosi. CorolLe tencrec, scepe majusculi^, albae v, interdum ex sicco cffirules-jentes v 

 violacetc. 



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