1080 OXXn. ACANTHAOE^. [Rudliem. 



parum coiitracta, Semina abortu sajpiiia 4, compressa, retinacuUs acutis fulta, — HerbiB 

 elatie v. fruticea, pubesceiites v. villosi, inflorescentia viscoso-villosa. Folia ampla, grosse 

 dentata v. erosa, Flores purpurei, in axillis superioribus sesailes solitarii v, fasciculati 

 spicam laxam foliatani formanteSj v, secua ramos divaricatos cynioj magis evohit^ dissiti 

 erectique. Bracteas et bracteolie parvte v, luinimie. 



Species 3, Africae tropicfe incolae. Kees m DC, Prod, xu 208. Walj), Ann. iii, 219. 



Ctuqus atlltuc incerti.m, liudlue xidde -iffino, iinprimis calyeis scgmcntis accreseentibus apice sub- 

 spathuiatis et inflorcsjontia viscoso-rillosa distlnguenda vidctur, sed charactered pliircs incertu 

 Plantam typicam Abye^iiiicam non vidimus, ct specimen unicum tantum adest iniperfectum in herb, 

 Mus, Brit, specifialtcriasail Sierra Leone a Dooio Icctre. Specimen tertiEe inedita^ ex Africa tropica 

 occidental! pariter unicum est et imperfectum, sed nntherfe'niiiticae prceccdentiam. His forte addenda 

 est planta Zarabesiaua, plcrisque characteribus imprimis calyce ct inflorescentia iis accedens, sod 

 corollic lobi angiistiores vix contorti, antico intus setis rcflesis barbate, et nnthtramm loouli ut in 

 Echinacaniho basl mxicrooato-aristati- 



16. laimulopsis, Schweinf, in Veilu Zool, Boi. GeselL Wien, xviii. 677- — Calyx 5-par- 

 titus, segmeutis lineari-siibxilatis panim in.Tqualibua v, postico majore. Corollas tubus" 

 valde ampliatus, subcampanulatus ; limbus patens, lobis 5 rotundatis contorti.s suba^qua- 

 libus. Stamina 4, didynama, sub fauce affixa-, inclusa, filainentis basi dilatatis per paria 

 lateralia in membranam dccurrentem connatis ; antheiw 2-loculares, diinorplue, staminum 

 anticorum longiomin loculus alter magnus ovoideus calcaratus, alter multo minor, 

 muticus, staminum posticorum loculi aeqnalea paralleli mutici. Discus crassus car- 

 nosua. Stylus apice aubulatus, 2-lobu3, lobo postico niinore v. ad tuberculum parvum 

 reductu ; ovula in quoque loculo 3-4, Cap-aula oblongo-lineaiis, aubteres, basi breviter 

 V, vix contracta, Semina sfepius 6, plano-compressa, retinaculis acutis fulta ; embryo 

 normalia. — Herbge elatce, erectaj, inflorescentia glanduloso-hirsiita. Folia ample cordata 

 dentataque v, angu^^ta et integerrima. Cymee laxe tricliotoni^, in paniculam terminalem 

 dispositpe, Bractese breves. Corolla flava. 



Species 3 v, 4, Afrit'o; tropieye ct ^JFadagascarite incol^. 



Gomis, habitu Echinacantki ^ RueUifs valdo affine, imprimis &ntheris et corolla fere a basi sub- 

 campanulata flava distinguitur. 



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17. Bcblnacftutiiiis, J^ees hi Wall. FL As. Har. iii. 75, et in DC. Prod, xi, 168. 



Calyx flub-5-paiiitus, segmentis lineari-snbulatia parum imequalibus. Corollas tubus 

 leviter incurvua, e basi tenui in faucem gradatini ampliatua ; limbus patens, lobia 5 rotun- 

 datis contortis aub^equalibus. Stamina 4, didynama, supra medium tubum aflixa, 

 filamentis basi dilatatis per paria iaieralia in membranam doeun^entem connatis ; antliera^ 

 oblongce, dorsifix^, 2-loculares, loculia parallelis ;equalibus basi mucronato-ariatatia. 

 Discus parum conspicuus. Stylus apice subulatus, lobo postico minute dentiformi v, 

 obaoleto ; ovula in quoque loculo 6-8, Capaula oblongo-lincaris, subteres t, septo 

 contrarie compressa, basi vix contracta, fere a basi 2-locularis. Semina co ovata 

 plauo-compreasa, retiaaculia tenuibua fulta ; embryo normalis, — Herbfe erects, glabrae v. 

 inflorescentia subviscoso-pubescente. Folia membranacea, integerrima v. dentata, floralia 

 oblongo^inearia v. ad bracteas parvas reducta, Cym;B laxse, paucifloriie v. ad florem 

 unicum reductfe, in axillis bractearum pedunculatse v, sessiles, in paniculam laxam dis- 

 poaitfe. Bracteolee subxilataj, in cymis miiiutLB v. obsoletae, sub flore solitario lon^iores. 



Species 2, Nepalise et Khasiie incolpe, 71 Anders, in Joum Linn, Soc. ix. 459, 

 Genus Huellife {Cryph'mcantho) ralde affine, differt imprimis antheris basi 2-ariittatis, a Calophane 

 distinguitnr ovario cc-oviilato aliisque notis, 



18. sisticbocaiyx, T. Anders, in Herb. Kew. — Calycia segmenta angiista, 2 antica a 

 basi V. fere a basi libera, 3 postica fere ad apicem in segmentinn S-dentatum connata. 

 Corollre tubus rectus v. leviter curvus, a basi tenui gradatim in faucem ampliatus ; 

 limbus obliquus, patens, lobia 5 breviter rotundatis contortis subrequalibus. Stamina 4, 

 didynama, infra medium tubum affixa, iucluaa, filamentis basi per paria lateralia in mem- 



