1074 CXXII. ACANTHAOE^. [Nelso7ue(e. 



117t t< 4, descripta et delineate, nobis viJetur potius albmuen piircum, ei Scro^hulariJieanim et Ges- 

 neriacearnm simillimuni. 



5. Bbermaiera* Kees in Wall- PL As. Ear, iii. 75, et in DC, Prod, xL 70. — Calyx 5- 

 partitua, seguientis oljlongis linearibas v, setaceis sixbitqualibus y. poatico v. 21atera!ibu3 

 minoribus. Corollas tubus supeme longiuscule ampliatua ; limbiis 2-labiatus v, sub^qua- 

 lis, labiis patentibus, postico exteriore 2'lobo v. 2-partito, antico Slobo lobis planis- 

 Stamina 4, didynama, infra medium tubum affixa, subinclusa ; autlierae 2-locularcs, 

 loculis ovatis submqualibua muticis, rima brevi v. ad basin attingente dehiscentibus. 

 Discus inconspicuus. Stylus apice breviter 2-fidus, lamella antica stigmatosa, postica 

 'breviore Integra v. divaricato-2-lida, nuda (v. stigmatosa ?) ; ovula in loculis co, Capsula 

 oblongaj obtusa, fere ad apicem seminifora- Semina miimoaj subglobosa, hilo parvo 

 ventrali seasilia, absque retinaculia ; albumen (in seminibus examinatis) tenuiter cartila- 

 giaeiun ; cotyledones orbiculatte, crasaiuscuke ; radicula curvula- — Herbse rarius suftrute- 

 scentes, glabra v, piloso-pubescentes. Folia opposita, s^epe ampla. Florea ad axillas 

 bractearum solitarii, aesailes v, breviter pedicellati, altemi v. sparsi, in spicas v. racemos 

 terrainales v. paeudo-asillarea simplices v. ramosos, densos v. elongates laxoaque dispositi^ 

 rai'iuy laxe subpaniculati v, in axillis solitarii- Bractete foliacese v. angusta; ; bracteola^ 

 2, angustfle. 



Species ad 30, Indite orientalisj ChinEe, Archipolagi Malayani, Aiistraliae tropicse et Brasilise 

 iDcolae, in Africa noudum repertse. Walp. Ami. iii. 211, v. 6i6. 21 Anders, in Jotim, Linn. Soc. ix. 

 450. Miq. FL hid. Bat. ii. 772, Wight, Ic, L 1488 et 1491 {Erijihracantkus). Bedd. Ic. t. 245. 



Statjrogyne, Wall, PL As, Bar. ii. 80, t. 186, est species Indica styli apice quasi cruciato, lobo 

 nempe postico in eegiuenta 2 divaricJita diviso; nomen genericinn Wallichianum Neesiauo paullo 

 antiqui\is, sed huie soli specie! idoneum. 



Ebythracanthus, Neesin WalLPl. As, liar. iii. 7 o, genus s^d Suelliamracemosam, Eoxb., stabilitum, 

 a creteris Ebermaieris differt racemi glabritie et calycibus parvis. Huic auctor in DC, Prod, xi, 78» 

 species adjunxit 3 Ebermaieris typicis affiniores, Ebermaitra concinnula, Hauce ia Seem. Journ. Bot, 

 1868, 300, e China et Formo^iia, est species humilis elcgiins distinctissimaque etsi Erythracimtho 

 typico affinis. Inter species Brasilienses 2 v, 3 parriflorEe E. glance affines eimt, 3 grandiftorse 

 statura et sepalis valde insequalibus et corollas limbo subseqnalitor 6-lobo insignes* 



6, Opiilorrhizipliylloii, Knrzirv Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng. xl. 76, — Calyx sub-5-parti- 

 tuSj segmentia lineari-setaceis subiequalibus. CoroUie tubus latiuscnlus, superne amplia- 

 tus, curvulus ; linibus sub-2-labiatus, labiia erecto-patentibus, postico exteriore 2-fido, 

 antico S-fido, lobis brevibus planis parum inajqualibus. Stamina 2, medio tubo affixa, 

 longe exserta, filamentis filiformibus basi dissitis inter se et cum staminodiis 2 minutis 

 annulo piloso connexis ; antherse 2-loculares, loculis ajqualibus muticis erectia oblongis 

 apice poro v. rima brevi dehiscentibns. Discus inconspicuus. Stylus apice baud 

 dilatatus, integer v- minute 2-lobus ; ovula in quoque loctflo oD, S-seriata. Capsula 

 (immatura) ovali oblonga, obtusa. Semina minima, subglobosa, hilo parvo ventrali 

 sessilia absque retinaculia ; embryo - . . , — Herba erecta, partibus novellis puberulis, 

 cftlenim glabra. Folia opposita, ampla, membranacea, integerrima. Flores parvuli, 

 albidi y, roselli, ad axillas bractearum solitarii, subsessiles, in spica laxa terminali alteioii 

 V- sparsi. Bructe^ et bracteolas anguste lineares. 



Species 1, Martabanice incola. Genus EfyermaierfS {Er^tJiracantho) ralde affine, imprimis stanii- 

 nibus longe exsertis et antheramm forma distinctum, 



TbIBUS III, RUBLLIE^, 



7, Cardantliera, Hamilt. MS, (Adenosma» Nees in Wall, PL As. Ear, iii, 75, et in 

 DC, Prod, xi, 67, ti^n Br. Synnema, BentK in DC. Prod, x. 538,)— Calyx S^partitus, 

 segmentis augustis subsequalibus v, postico maj ore. Corolla tubus superne ampliatus ; 

 limbus longe 2-labiatus, labio postico erecto concavo breviter 2'lobo, antico erecto- 

 patente apice S-lobo infra lobos sfepius S^plicato, lobis angustissime subcontortis. 

 Stamina perfecta 4, didynama, v. 2 antica, supra medium tubum affixa, sub galea conni- 



