105G CXXI. PEDALINE^. [Martymem. 



radiculabreA'i.^^HerbfemdeSj nunc annual nunc radice magna tuberifornii perennea, sub- 

 erectfe v. prostratiejviscoso-pubescentes. Folia opposita v, altonia, longe petiolata, cordata, 

 grosse sinuato-dentata v, palmatim lobata. Flores majusculi, rosei violacei v. pallide flave^ 

 scentesj in racemum brevem terminalem dispositi. Bractese sub pedicellis lineares parva; 

 V. ; bracteolfc sub calyce 1--2, glandulifonncs linearea clavatae breviter ovatae v, ample 

 membranacefe, ___ ^ 



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Species ad 10, America oalidioris a Montevideo usque ad Auiericae borealis civitates australiores 

 incolse. DC, Prod, ix, 253. Wafp. Rep. vi. 518 ; A7tn. iii, 94. Gfsrln. Frttct. i. 110. Lam. Jllustr. 

 t 537. BailL Adans. iii. 341, L 11. 



Genus natumlissimura, a variia auetoribus varic divisum, nostro sensu in integrum senandum, 

 calycibus bracteisve de specie in speeiem dirersis- Sectioned tnmen 2 praebet, quoad stamina ot 

 fructum bene distinctas. 



1. Carpoceras. Stamimi 2 pcrfocta, antherarum loculis linearibus ; stanilnodia 2 lono-iusculo 

 clavata, quinto luinimo, Capsula ovoidea, cornu brevi valdc upcinato ; placenta? persistentes, apice 

 breviter hiantes, in massam durissimam costis 8 longitudiualibtis valde elevatis percursam connatis. 

 Species unica (^f. diaiidrd). Jacq, Horf. Schcenbr, t. 289, Atkh. Bot. licp, t, 575. Bot, lieg. t 

 2001, CARPOCEftAS, A. Rich. Elem. Bot. 1840, 706. ' 



2/ Probosddea, Stamina 4 pcrfecfa, antlierarum loculis ovatis, Capsula longc cornuta; placenta 

 pcrsistentes, durissimjp, iufra apices nunc breviter nUuc alte solute, dorso Ifeves rugosje v. echinata? 

 ecostiUa, margine sEepius varie cri8tata>, lacuna intermedia rarins clausa. Bot Beg. t. 934, 1841, t. 

 6, Bof. Mag. t 1056, 4292. Mart, in Nov. Act. Nat. Ciir, xi, L 4 {Cra7iiolaHa). Proboscjdea, 

 Schmid. Icon. 49, i. 12, 13. Bene, in Ami. Sc. Nat, ser. 5, lii. 324. IIoLOXtRfiMiA, Nees in Flora 

 1821, 300. 



Decaisne retulit M. lufeam, Lindl, ad sectionem pnorem quani solam in genere retinuit, et calyce 

 5'partito nee 5-fido distinxit. Stamina tamen et capsula M. hite^ omnino PToboscide<e. Placentas 

 qualesa Lindleyo sub M. lutea descrlpta; et in Veg. Kingd, 660 deiineatie, ovulorum seriem alteram 

 in facie interiore ferentes nunquam vidimus, 



2. Cranioiaria, Linn. Gen. n. 752.— Calyx meinbranaceus, oblongo-vesiculosus, 

 hinc spathaceo-fissus, apice iiutsfiiialiter 3-5-Iobus. Corollfe tubus longisaimus, tenuiter 

 cylindraceus, fauce campanulata ; lijubus sub-2-labiatu3, lobis 5 late rotund'atis aub- 

 undulatis pateiitibus antico majore. Stamina perfecta 4, didynania, sub fance aftisa 

 subexserta ; antherarum loculi ovato-oblongi, divaricati. Discus ffiqualis. Ovarium 1- 

 loculare, placentis 2 parietalibus in medio loculo prominentibua at liberia in laminas 2 

 divisis ; ovula sub quaque lamina 1-seriatini superposita. Capsula subdrnpacoa, incurvo- 

 rostrata, locTilicide dehiscens, pericarpio camoso 2-valvatim deciduo ; placenta; auctro 

 persistentes, siipeme apert.^, ultra medium connatie in massam durissimam pericarpio 

 subconformem margine ssepe criatatam, intns 4-locellatam, addita lacuna central! vacua. 

 Semina in locellia co, superposita, pendula, oblonga. — Herba annua, viscoso-viUosa! 

 Folia opposita, longe petiolata, late cordata, palmatilobata v. reniformia. Flores albi iii 

 dichotomiis caulis racemosi, corolla) tubo sajpe semipedali. ' 



Species 2, altera Columbiana, altera, a nobis non yisji, Brasiliie meridioiialls incola. 2)C Prod 

 ix. 2oi (rxcl. s^.). Dcve.inAnn.Sc.Nat. scr. 6, iii. 327. ' Jacq. Stirp. Amcr. f. no Gemis a 

 A/«r/^Hia vix nisi corollse tubo longissimo differe videtur. Capsula, quam tamen vix norfectW 

 vidimus, omQino soctioni Proboscidea conformis videtur. 



Tribus II. Pedalie.^;. 



3. Pedaiium. Linn. Gen. n. 794.-0alyx parvus, S-partitus. Corollse tubus basi 

 oequalia tenuisque, superne longe ampliatus ; limMisgub-2-labiatua, lobi« 5 late rotundatis 

 patentibua auK-equalibiis. Stamina 4, didynama, prope basin corolla affixa, incluaa ; an- 

 therarum lociili ovati, paralleli, distinct!, ab apice penduH. Discus sequalis, parum 

 conspicuus. Ovarium 2-loculare, loculis indivisis ; ovnla in quoque loculo in medio 

 septo (an semper ?) 2. Fructus durus, indehiscens, supra basin angustiorem teretem 



8oIidamqu« ovoid eo-pyramidatus, Bub-4-gonua, obtusua, anguUs ad basiu spina conica 



