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12- CalophaneSf Don m Sivcetj Brit Fl Gard sei\ 2, t 181.— Calyx alte 5-fiilus, lobis 

 setaceo-aciiminatis. Corolla? txibus rectus v. incuri'iis, tenuiter cylindiaceus y. superne 

 subcampamilato-ainpliatns ; limbtis patens, obscure v. diatincte 2'Iabiatiia, l<>bis 5 obovatis 

 rotxiudatisve contortis aequalibus v, posticis altiiis connatis. Stamina i>erfecta 4 didy^ 

 nama v, 2 antica, incliisa v, aiibex80ita, filamentis basi per ^avia. lateralia in niembrauan^ 

 decunentem connatiR ; antheroe oblongfe, doraifixee, locnlis cequalibus parallels basi 

 plus minus distincte mucronatis v. ariatatis. Stylus apice Hnearis^ recnrvwSj lnJ)o 

 postico Diinoro v. dentiforjiii ; ovula in quoque loculo 2, Captiula oblongo-linearis^ ba.si 

 iu stipitem solidum cf>ntmcta, siiperno pamm incrassata 2-4-spenna, Semina orbiculataj 

 planaj retinacxdis acutis fulta ; embryo normalis. — Herbse basi perennes v. sufihitices 

 procumbentes v, ei'ecti, raiius elati, sa;pius imbescentes. Folia opposita, integemma, ad 

 axillas srepe fasciculata, FIoreR crerulei v. x^^Hitl^j ^^^ axillas subsesKiles, pauci v. plures 

 conferti, cymis rarins breviter evolutis- Biacteolaj lineares v. oblongre. 



Species ad 26, Amerii^re tropicte et borealii^, Afrieie tropicae et australis et Asife tropicae incola:, 

 N''es in DC. Prod. xi. 107. Watp. Ann. iii. 214, v, 647. T. Anders, in Joi'.rn. Linn. Soc. vii, 23, ix. 

 4o9, Cav. Ic. t. 254, 586, / 2 {liuelUa). OltvAn Trans. Linn. Soo, xxix. t 126. Wi^jfif, Ic. t 

 1626. Bidd, Ic. PL Lid. Or, L 248. Seem. Hot Her. t. 65. 



Geinis Ifudh'{e valde affiiie, antlieranim miicroulljus interdum miniitis vix consinciiip, sfepisshno 

 dibtingiicndum ovulorum iiumero. Cidoplanes crifiituf, Nees, est Ht/grophila Schoifiana, Nees, species 

 iiitor lianc genera tjujxsi media, 



DvscifomSTK, Noes in Wall PL As. Itar. iii, 75, et in DC. Prod, xi, 106, Wight, 7c. t, 447, et 

 LixosTYr.ES, Fenzl in Linncsa, xxiii, 94 (C. Perrotietii, Nees), millo eharactere nobis obvio a Cahphane 

 difforunt. CH-i:TACAxrnus, ^tcs in Lindl. Litrod. Kat. Syst. ed. 2, 444, et in DC. Prod, xi, 462, a T, 

 Anderson paritcr ad Calophanein rcductus, sectionem format species 3 v. 4 austro-Africanas inclu- 

 dentem, coroUffi tubo tenuiore, staminibus 2 v. 1 anticis perfcctis, posticis ad staininodia brevia 

 filiformia anaiithera reductis. 



13. Spirostlg-ma* Nets in MaH. Fl. Bras. ix. 83, et in DC. Prod, xi. 308. — Calyx alte 

 5'fidus, lobis tennibus lanceolatis acutis. Corollas tubus snperne ampliatus ; liiTibus 

 patens, S-fidus, lobis latis obtnsis subc-equalibns contortis. Stamina 4, didynama, medio 

 tubo affixa, subinclusa, filamentis brevibus basi per paria lateralia breviter connatis ; 

 antherai oblonga?, 24oculare.Sj loculis arete contiguis parallells fequalibus miiticis. Discus 

 parum conspicuus. Stylus apice in laminam stigmatosam oblongo-Iinearem obtusam 

 i-evolutam expanaus, dente postico minuto v. inconspicuo ; ovula in quoque loculo 3-4. 

 Capaula breviter oblonga, in stipitem solidum longe contracta. Semina C v. abortu 

 panciora, suborbiculata, plano-compressaj retinaculis latiuscnlis acutis fulta ; embryo 

 nonnalis, — Herba ascendenSj subramosa,*^pili8 longis rufis patentibus in caule infloresceiir 

 tiaque densissimis hirsuia. Folia acuminata, membranacea, i>iloaa. Flores albi, ad 

 axillaa bractcarum 2-3-ni, subsesailes, in spicam terminalem densani hirsutis-simam dispo- 

 fiiti. Bractese lanceolatre bracteoleeque lineares liirsutee, calyce glabro multo longiores. 

 Corolla glabra, bracteas parum excedens. 



Species 1, Penivite orientalis et J^rasllise borealis incola. Characteres e Bpecimrnlbas Spruceahis 



prope Tarapoto lectis in omnildis cum descriptione Xeesiana planta? Brasiliae borealis a nobis non 

 ri&Ee iid amusslm conveniunt, exeeptis antheris in planta Spniceana certe 2-Iocularibus dum a Neesio 

 l-loculares dieuntur. Pariter lajnen in eadera pagina anthers 24ocidare3 Macken^ie^ {StrohHantkcoi 



scxennis) 1-looulares diet* sunt. 



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14. Buelliat Linn. Gen. n. 784. — Calyx alte 5-fidus v. 5-partitus, segmoutis linearibus 

 lanceolatisve acutis v. rarins latioribus subiequalibus v. postico majore, CoroUte tubus rec- 

 tus incurvns V. abrupte inflexus, basi breviter v. longe tenuis, supeme abrupte v. gradatim 

 in faucem campanulatam v. tubulusam dilatatus ; limbus patens, valde obliquus v. sub- 

 iequalis, lobis 5 ovatis rotundatisve contortis a^qualibus v. 2 posticis in labium poaticum 

 approximatis v. basi connatis. Stamina 4, didynama, sub fauce affixa, inclusa v. exserta, 

 filamentis basi breviter dilatatia et per paria lateralia contiguis v. in membranam plus 



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