1058 CXXL PEDAUNE^E, ^ [Sesmn^ce. 



basin corolla affixa, iiiclusa ; anthers© ovatfej dorsifixte, loculis parallelis. Discus postice 



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fix dilatatua, Ovaiium imt^qualiter 2-lociilarej loculis septo spnrio v. pariete cum i>la- 

 centa prominnla connato 2-locellati3 ; oTiila in locellis lociili majoris ninnerdsa, siib-oc- 

 seriata, in quoque locello locnli minoris pauca, 1-aeriata, Capsula obloiiga, dura, 



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indeliiacens, apice oblique coniuta, extus prope basin cornubus patentibua 2-10 ax:>pendi- 

 culata, inlus 2-4-1 ocularis, loculis 2 majoribiis abasiad apiceinattingentibuspolyaperfl^,' 

 2 minoribus multo bx^evioribus oligospermis v, abortu aspennis subclausis, septo basi 

 pnesertim plus minus spongioso-incrassato. Semina oblongaj pendula v. horizontalia, 

 testa laxa nigra^ membrana interna crassiuscula ; embryo conforiniSj radicula brevi, — 

 Herbal erectie^ elatiores, rigidce, simplices v. ramis paucis strictis, glaucescentes, maleo- 

 lentea, Eolia opposita v, alterna, longe petiolata, grosse dentat^ y_, late lobata. " Flores 

 ad axillas fasciculati, pedicellis brevissimis glanduloso-stipatisj ci^terum ebracieatu?- 



^. Species 2, Africans, altera per regioiies tropicas lato dispersa, altera ip Africa australi rarior. 

 DC, Prod, ix, 2^6. Harv, Thcs. Cap. L 118 (capyulse loculis minoribus aspermis prittcrmissis); 

 iuij-iis j^pecimina florifera non yidinuis, scd ramum fructiferum misit Baines a It. admoph^lla. Gay, 

 evidentcr cUversiim capsulie rostru longo, coruubus baseos coiistauter 2, loculo majpre iJeiuinibus 

 immerosisbimis densissimo farcto, miuore rarluy semina 1-2 \\:ii. porfecta f^^rento. Decaisnc, in Ann. 

 I&. Nat. s6i\ 5, iii. 331, genus nostro sensu infeliciter redaxit.adP(?t:?aiiefW, quod praeter inflorescentiam 

 loiige ditfert tarn ovarii q\iam fiuctiis ;^truchu"a interiore. 



7- Sesamothaxnnus, Wtlw, in Trans, 'Linn. Soc, xxyu. 49, (, 18.— Calyx parvus, alte 

 5-fidii^j siib-S-pai-titus, segmefntfs obti^si^, Coroilie tubus longissimns/ cyliilcliaceuM, 

 incurvuSj basi postice in gibbum sen calcar obtusum productus ; limbus suV2-labiatu3, 

 lobis 5 aiuplis obovati^ v, orbiculatis patentibus i>arum incequalibus. Stamina 4 t- 5, 

 supra mediutn tubum affixa, inclusa, submqualia, filamentis brevibus ; anthene oblongo- 

 lineares, sagittat^e, dorsifixasj loculis parallelis. Discus postice gibboso-dilatatus- Ova- 

 rium sequaliter 2-loculare, loculis fere ad apicem sejrtis spuriis u^ locellos 3 divisia ; ovula 

 in quoque locello numerosa, l-scviata. Capsula obovato-oblongiij dura^ supto cuntrarie 

 compressa, inermis, loculicide ab apice fere ad basin dchiscensj septo spiirio fisso in quaque 

 valva peraistente locellos fere claudente, axi placentifero plus minus liberato. Semina (a 

 nobis non visa) veiiicali^er plano-compressa, pbovato-oblonga, ad utruuique latus ala 

 hyalina marginata. — Fruticos rigidly glancescentes, trunco brevi deformi, ramis acxdeis 

 sparsis finnis patentibus armatis. Folia pan^a, decidua, ad axillas aculeorum fasciculata. 

 Flores magni, albido-rosei, intra folioruni fasciculos pauci^ brevitor racemosi v. subfasci- 

 culatij pedicellis brevibus bractcolis parvis. 



Species 2, Angoleiises, nam specimina nostxa a Chapman et Baines Icota, ab icone Welwitschiana 

 speciei typicye differunt coroUse tube midto longiore, postice basi breviter gibbo nee louge calcarato^ 

 Btiimiiubiis 'jncc 4» Genus quoad iiuicilagineni omnium partium necnon aiitherarumetcapsultestruc- 

 luram Sesamo valdc affine ; semina autem et Kabitus potiiis JihigoHV. Catojykracti intur Bignoniaceas. 



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8, Sesamum, Linn. Gen. n, 782, — Calyx parvulus^ 5-partitus, Corolla; tulius decur- 

 vus, basi obliquus v, leviter postice gibbus, superne longe ampliatus ; limbus sub-2-labia- 

 t\L% lobis 5 latis aubx^atuntibus, 2 posticis seepe brevioribus. Stamina 4, didynama prope 

 basin coroIliB affixa, inclusa ; antbene sagittat;e, dursifixstij loculis subparallelis. Discus 

 eequaliSj vix prominulus. Ovarium 2-locnlare, loculis septis sptmis mos inter placentas 

 intmsis in locellos 2 divisia ; ovula in quoque loculo od, l-seriatim superposita, subti'ans- 

 versa. Capsula oblonga v, ovoidea, stcpius obtuse 4-gona et 4-sulcaj summo apice septo 

 contrarie compressa obtusa v. breviter acuminata, inermis, ab apice breviter v, fere ad 

 basin loculicide dehiscens, septis spuriis fissis locellos subclaudentibus, axi placentifero 

 plus minus liberato, Semina in locellis cc, transversa v. subascendentia, oblique oblonga, 

 compressiuscula, foveolata, apice basique margine acuta v, in alam brevem producta, testa 

 subcrustacea, integumento interiore membranacea ; embryo rectus, cotyledonibus somite^ 

 retibus v. oblongis, radicula brevi.— Herbie erectae v, prostratse, scabnev. rarius glabratse, 

 Kwuectata^ mucilaginosaj. Folia iiiferiora opposita, suiiuua v. fere omma idterua, petio- 



