1060 CXXL PEDALINE^. [PretrcM. 



quoqne loculo 1 (v. 2?), ab axi radiantia, subhorizontali-ascendentla, obovataj testa 

 tenui Ifevi ; cotyledones ovatre, — Herba prostrata, scabro-pubescens v, canescens- 

 Folia op posita v. alterna, sa^pius incisa- Flores ad axillas solitarily pedicellati. 



Species 1, Africas tropicae orientalis incola- DO. Prod. ix. 26G. Wolp. A?in. i, 517. Dene, in 

 Ann. Sc. NaL ser. 5, iii. 333, Klotzseh in Pders, Mossamh. Boi. 188, t. 31, 32. l-'ructuy quoad 

 .tiibercula et cornua variabilis videtur etiara in eodem specimiQe, et species 4 a Ktotzschio distinctje 

 uti 4 DeeaisDei omnes ad varietates unius referendae yidentur. 



11. XilnariopslSi fVelw. in Trans. Linn, Soc. xxyii. 53. — Calyx 5-pai-titus, segmento 

 postico ca;teris breviore et angustiore- Corolla tubus vix v- panim incurvus, supeme in 

 faucem subcampauulatam ampliatus ; limbus sub'2'labiatus, lobis 5 rotundatis aiiticu 

 protracto. Stamina *4, didynama ; antherse oblongie, basi cordatee, dorsifixse^ loqulis 

 paiallelis. Discus tequalis, parum concavus. Ovarium (1-loculare i 2-ovuIaJuni ?). 

 Fructus calyce persistente parum aucto laxe patulo stipatus, nucamcntaceus, siccus, inde- 

 hiscens v- tarde apice hians, oblongus v. subovoideus, 4-costatu3, inter costaa seriatim 

 tuberculosus, apice obtusu breviter alato-rostratus, 1-Iocularis. Seniina 2, erecta, obovata, 

 compress! iiscula, a medio ad basin usque alato-marginata, testa membranacea laxiuacula 

 laevigata, endopleuro tenui ; embryo semini conformis, cotyledonibus obovatis emarginatis 

 camosis, — Herba radice crassu pcrennans, canlibus prostratis villoso-pubescentibus. Folia 

 opposita, breve petiolata, ovata, subtiis glauco-pruinosa et dense lepidota. Flores 

 axillares, aolitarii, pedicellis brevibus 2-bracteolatis glanduliferis. Corolla violacea. 

 Fructus parvuli* (C'/uin ex Weht\) 



Species 1, Benguelensis, a nobis non visa. 



12. Josephinia, Vent, Jard. Malm. t. 67.-^Calyx 5-partittts, segmentls subsequalibus 

 V. postico breviore. Corolhe tubus basi postice gibbus, superne gradatim v. valde amplia- 

 tus ; limbus sub-2-labiatus, lobis 5 rotundatis patcntibus sub^qualibus t. antico s<'epius 

 longiore. Stamina 4, didynama, prope basin tubi aflixa, inclusa ; antherte oblonga^, 

 dorsifixrej loculis parallelis, connectivo soepius glandula parva coronato. Ovarium 2-4-locu- 

 lare, loculis septis spuriis 2-locellatis ; ovula in quoque locello solitaria, a basi erecta, 

 Fructus ovoideus v. subglobosus, durus, indehiscens^ breviter roatratus v, erostris, aculeis 

 conicis anuatus, intus 4-8-loculuns. Semina in quoque loculo solitaria, oblonga^ exalata. — 

 Herbie erectpe V, diffusre, glabrae pubescentes v- dense villosie. Folia opposita, inte- 

 gerrima dentata v, incisa. Flores ad axillas superiores solitarii, breviter pedicellati, 

 ebracteati. 



Species 3, omnes Australiange, una etlam in Arcliipelago Malayano obria. PC. Prod, ix, 255. 

 P(7ifh. FL Austral, iv. 556, Endl. Iconogr. t. 106, F, Mudl. in Hook. Kew Journ. ix, t, 11. 



Ordo CXXII. ACAIirTBACE2l. 



EndL Gen. 696. Lindl. Vcg, Kingd. 678. Nees in Wall. PL As. Ear. iii. 70. 



Flores hermaphroditi, sffipisaime irregiilares. Calycis ' inferi sepala v. segmenta 5 v. 

 postico abortiente 4, nunc libera a basi imbricata, nunc s^piua ima basi v. altius in caly- 

 cem lobatum connata, imbricata valvata v. sfepe angiistissima et longe ante anthesin 

 aperta, v. rarius calyx ad annulum brevem reductus. Corolla gamopetala, rarius a basi 

 campanulata, tubo sjepiasime evoluto cylindraceo ventricoso v. sffipius e basi tenui in 

 faucem campanulatam v. late tubnlosam anipliato ; limbus nunc patens lobis 5 iequalibus 

 V. 2 posticis minoribus v. altius connatis, nunc 2-labiatus, labio postico erecto v. erecto- 

 patente integro 2-dentato v. 2-fido, antico magis patente 3-fido 3-partito v. rarius sub- 

 intftgro ; lobi seativatione imbricati (nee valvati), nunc contorti sinistrorsum obtegentes, 



