Fe(kili€€B.] CXXI- PEDALINE^, 1057 



patente armatiSj intus 2-locTilariSj pericarpio sub angnlis introrsum suberoso-incrasaato/ 

 Seuiina in quoque loculo 1-2, pendula, oblonga, testa atra Iseviuscula, membrana interna 

 crassiusciila ; embryo semini conformis, radicula brevi,~Herba annuaj glabra, aubranioaa. 

 Folia opposita v, alterna, petiolata, latiuscula, inciso-dentata, Flores ad axillas solitarii, 

 flavi, subcrecti, breviasime pedicellati, pedicellis basi glandulis 1-2 stipatia cteterum 

 ebracteatis. 



Species 1, Indise orientalis et Africas troplece iiicola. DC, P}vd. ix. 25C. Wafp, Ann. v. 52&. 

 GtBrtn. Fruct. t, 58. Lam. Illustr. t 538, Wigk/, Jc. t, 1615, 



4 Pterodlscus, Hook, BoL Mag. i, 4117 et 5784.— Calyx parvus, alte 5-fidus aub-5- 

 partitua, CorolUxi tubus basi postice leviter gibbus^ supeme longe ampliatus ; limbus 

 sub-2-labiatu5j lobis 5 late rotundatis patentibus subioqualibua. Stamina 4, didynama, 

 prope basin coroUee affixa, inclusa ; antherarum loculi ovato- triangulares, saccati, ai>ice 

 ab angulo interno penduli, supra rima brevi dehiscentea, connectivo glandula coronato, 

 Discus poatice leviter productus. Ovarium a-loculare, loculis indivisia ; ovula in quoque 

 loculo in medio aepto (an semper ?) 2, pendula, Fructus indehiscens, compressiusculus, 

 inermis, in longitudinem 4-alatuSj intus 2-locularis, pericarpio sub alis incrassato intror- 

 sum spongioso-lacunoso, substantia denium exsiccata lacunas 4 (loculoa spurios vacuos) 

 relinquente. Semina in loculis veris abortu solitaria, pendiila, oblonga, testa atra laxa, 

 membrana interna crassiuscula ; embryo semini conformia, radicula brevi,— Caules e baai 

 tuberosa v. caudice crasso succulento erecti, in loco natali humiles, cultura clatiores. 

 Folia opposita v, alterna, anguata, dentata v. incisa, ciassiuscula, canescentia. Flores 

 pui-purei v- flavescenti-luridi, ad axillas aolitarii,brevL3sime pedicellati v. subseasiles, pedi- 

 cellis glandulis 1-2 stipatis ca3terum ebracteatis. 



Species 3, quaruni 2 A frieze an 5 trails iiicolae (fructu tamen P. luridi. Hook., adluic ignoto), Walp. 

 Hep. \\. 519, tertia Angolcnsis, Welw. m Traits. Linn. Soc. sxvji. 53, 



5, Barpagrophytum, I>C. in Meissn. Gen. PL 298 ; Comm. 206, (Uncaria, Bnrch. 

 Trav. i. 536, nmi Aiibh) — Calyx 5-partitus. Corollas tubus sequalis v, poatice gibbus (v, 

 calcaratus ?), superne parum v, valde ampliatus ; limbus obliquuH, sub-2-labiatus, lobis 5 

 late rotundatis patentibus panim ina^qualibns, , Stamina 4, didynama, infra medium 

 tubum afiixa, inclusa ; antherarum loculi distincti, paralleli, prope apicera affixi, connec- 

 tivo glandula peltata coronato. Discus postice carnoso-dilatatus, Ovaiium 2-Ioculare, 

 locidis indivisia ; ovxda in quoque loculo numerosa, 2-seriatim yuperposita, aepto affixa, 

 Fructus oblongua v, ovatus, aepto contrarie plano-compreasus, a latere angulatus, spinia 

 sen harpagonibua longis crassis tenuibusve retroraum uncinatis v, apice glochidiatia horri- 

 duSj sunimo apice brevissime acuminatuSj indehiscens v. tardius loculicide v- septicide 

 dehiscens, intua 2-locularis, Semina obovata, horizon tali a, lieviuscula v, ex Decaisneo 

 eroso-denticulata ; embryo . . , . — Horbai perennea, procumbentes, cAueacentes, Folia 

 bpposita V, alterna, incisa. Florea ad axillas solitariij breviter pedicellati, pedicellis baai 

 glanduliferis. 



Speciea 5? Afrlcai australis et Madagasc^riae incol©, DC. Prod. ix. 257. Walj>. Sep. vi, 520, 

 Beless. Ic, Set v. i. 94. J)cne. i?i Ann, 8c. Nat ser. 5, iii, 328, t 11, ubi species 4 enumemntur, 

 quibus addenda videtiir species a Bm-hanano in .Transvaal kcta, coroUae tubo ut in Sesamothamno 

 longo tenui basi postice obtuse calcarato, fructit tamen Ignoto, 



In spcciebus Afrieanis fructus durus plus minus loculicido deliiscens, in H. lepiocarpo. Dene., e Ma- 

 dagascaria, fructus pericarpio temii spinis tcnuibus apice glochidiatis arniato, septicide dehisct-ns, 

 valvis compresso-cymbiformibus fere membranaceis. 



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TbIBUS III. SESAMB-fi. 



C. Roberta, J. Gay in Delile, PL CailL 78, t 2 (G3),— Calyx parvus, 5-partitus- 

 Corolbe tubus basi postice leviter gibbus, elongatus, supenic parum ampliatus ; limbus 

 aub-2-labiatus, lobis 5 rotundatis patentibus sub^qualibus. Stamina 4, didynama, propo 



