BuelUecc.] CXXII. ACANTHACE^. 108] 



branam decurrentem connatis ; anthera^ oblongo-lincarcSj dorsifixOBj 2-loculares, loculis 

 parallelis iequalibus miiticis- Stylus apice in laminanii stigiaatosam obovatam v, oblongo- 

 spathulatam dilatatus, lobo postico obsoleto ; ovula in qxioqne loculo cc (10-12), Cap- 

 svila linearis, sopto contrarie cojupressiusculuj a basi soiuinifcra. Semina cc, oxbiculata, 

 compressa, retinaculis fulta ; embryo normalis. — HerbiB erect.i; sitipins elatiii, glabrae v. 

 villosai- Folia membranacea, integerrima, Flores ciei'ulei (v, albi ?)j in axillis bractea- 

 runi oppositarum solitarii, ficssiles, niediocres v. majusculij in ypicas breves deiisas inter 

 folia ultima aessiles dispositi. Eracteio ovat^ v, oblongce, fuliaccaj ; bracteolaj 0, An- 

 therarum connectivum saspe dorso glandulosum. 



Species 7, Africeetpopicseocc'idcntalis incolEe, inclusa liudlia ThunherffUeflora, T, Anders, in Joun/. 

 Ijmwu Soc, vii. 24, cujus inllorescciitia et stigma omiiino DisdcJiocalycis^ otai scgmcnta antica calycifi 

 iiiterdum ncc aempor ultra medium coiinrita, 



19. Petalidiuxn, Neea in Wall PL As. Bar. iii. 75, et in DC. Prod. xi. 114. (Pseudo- 

 barleriaj T, Anders, in Journ. Linn, Soc. vii, 20.) — Calyx alte S-fidiis, 8ub-5-partitus v, 

 scgmcntis 2 anticis alte connatis 4r-fidus. Corollfe tubus rectiusculus, fere a basi v. 

 supeme ampliatus ; liiubus subrequalis, patens, lobis 5 rotimdatis contortis. Stamina 4, 

 didynama, infra medium tubuni affixa, inclusa, filamentis basi per paria lateralia in 

 membranam decurrentem connatis ; anthuriB oblong;".-, dorsifixie, loculis parallelis tequa- 

 libus basi muticis mucronatis v. breviter aristatia. Stylus apice subulatus, 2-lobus, 

 lobo postico breviore ; ovula in quoque loculo 2. Capsula basi in stipitem solidum 

 breviter contracta, orbiculata, septo parallele plano-compressa, crasse marginata, valvis 

 conipresao-cymbiformibus, placentis demum solutis, Semina 4 v. abortu pauciora, 

 plano-compressa, liiunectata mucilaginusa, retinaculis rigidis fulta ; embryo nomialis. — 

 Frutices inermcs, tomentu tenui subcanescuntcs v. villosL Folia ovata, integerrinia v. 

 dentata, Flores ad axillas foliomm svipcriomm solitarii,' breviter pcdicellati v. subses- 

 siles, calyce corolUecpie tubo intra bracteolas magnas ovatas acutas deniuni reticulato- 

 venosas occlusis. 



Species 3, Indise orioiitalis et Africa tropic^ie et australis incolae. T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 Tii, 2o, ix- 461. Harv. Thes. Cap. f. 143. Bof. Mag. t, 4053. 



/'Geuua braeteolis quasi involucraiitibus et capsula iJ«^^lpi?<?**^accedit, sed flores omuino Rttdlicarum. 

 la specie ludica antherarum locuU liasi lougiuscule aristati, in specie austro-Africana brcvissime 

 mucronati, in specie AfricaB tropicsPj qase Pseudobarleriay T, Anders., omnino niutici, in hac etiam 

 calycis segnieiita anticii plus mimis connata* luflorcscentia tamen uti habitus et characteres esscu- 

 tiales in omnibus nobis iidcm videntnr, Ppccimina adhuc nota baud bona, 



Mr 



20. PhayiopsiB, WilU. Spec. PI iii. 342. (Micrantlms, Wendl. Obs. 38. .^theilema, 

 P. Br. Prod. 478.) — Calyx aub'5-partitus, scgmento j^ostico maximo bracteiformi, anticis 

 latcralibusque linearibus subfequalibus- Corolla) tubus tenuis, apice parum ampliatus ; 

 limbus patens, lobis 5 (v. abnorme 4) rotundatis contortis fequalibus v. 2 posticis paullo 

 altius connatis, antico longiurc- Stamina 4, didynama, sub fauce aflixa, inclusa, filamen- 

 tis basi per paria lateralia in membranam decuiTenteni connatis ; antliene dorsifixfie^ 

 loculis parallelis fequalibus muticis v. basi acutatis. Discus parum eonspicuus. Stylus 

 apice subulatus, 2-lobus, lobo postico multo minore ; ovula in quoque loculo 2, Cap- 

 sula basi in stipitem solidum breviter contracta, obovata, septo i>arallele plano-com- 

 pressa, marginibus incrassatis ; placentae per dehiscentiani basi a valvis solutfe et sursum 

 incurva?. Semina 4 v. abortu pauciora, plana, orbiculata, retinaculis acutis ; embryo 

 normalis.— Herbpe suffruticesve prostrati diiiusi v, divaricato-ramosi. Folia opposita, 

 membranacea. Flores parvi. ad axillas bractenrum subtemi, scssiles, in spicas l)reve8 

 densas dispositi, spicis ad axilhis seasilibus y. in spicas compositas terminales secundas 

 subfoliatas confei"ti. Bractefe rcniformos oA'ata^ v. oblongaj, venosie inibricatoMjue v. 

 herbaceie et laxiores. 



Species nd 6, Africse tropica ct australis, Madagaj^cnria; tt India; oricnfalia incola?. Nces in DC. 

 Prod. xi. 261 {Mtheilema). T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii, 26, ix, 461, Wight, Ic. t, 1533 

 {.Etli^ileiiKt). Pot. Mag. t'2\ZZ. 



