Iiucllie<^] CXXIL ACANTHACE^. 1083 



Genus olim pb corollai limbum patentem ct stamina perfecta 2 iJraJii/iOTiomclusum, differt coroUae 

 sestivationo, anthcris, capsiila iiliisc^uc noLis, ct rite a T, AuUcraonio inter BiceNieas collocatum. 



24. Xankesteriaf LhulL BoL Bef/. 184:5, Misc. 86 ; 1846, t. 12, — Calyx S-partitus^ seg- 

 mentis lineari-subiilatis siibrequalibus herbaceis subscariosiave, Corollce tubus longiis, 

 tenuiter cylindi-aceus, apice subasqualis ; lirnbus patens, lobis 5 rotundatis conturtis sub- 

 lequalibus. Stamina perfecta 2, anj;ica, sub apice tubi afFixa, exserta, filamentis basi 

 dilatatis vix decurrcntibuSj staminodiis juxta telamenta Smimitift distiiictia ; autlienx) ob- 

 longffi, loculia parallelis sequalibus muticis. Stylus apico integer, stigmate oblongo-ovato 

 oLliquo crayaiuauulo ; ovula iu qupque loculo 2, Capsula basi in stipiteui solidum con- 

 tracta, ovata v- orbioulata, septo j^arallele compressa, crassiuscula ; placentjo a valvia 

 haud solvend^. Semina 4 v. abortu pauciora, orbiculata, plano-compressa, strigosa, reti- 

 naculis acutis rectiuaculis fulta ; embryo normalis, — Herbse elatoe, glabra; v- apice piloaaa. 

 Folia integerrima, Floros aurantiaci v. i-ubrij.ad axillas bructcarum scssiles, solitarii v^ 

 fasciculati, dense spicati, spicia sessilibus nunc axillaribus subglobosis nunc oblongis v, 

 elongatis ad apices ramorum simplicibus v. ramoals. Bracteai ovatm y, lanceolat^e, stepiua 

 iiflbricatiB ; bracteolae calyce multu breviures. 



Species 3, Africse tropica; incolse. Z, Anders, in Journ. Li?m, Soc, vii, 32. Beauv. FL Ow, et Ben. 



t. 50 [Eranthcmnra^ corollEe colore falao), Bot. Mag. t, 5533. 



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Genus Ba^dalacantho valdo affinc, clifFcrt stamintiiu inserfione et coroUffi tubo apice iion ampliato ; 

 T, Anderson, sestivationo corolla? inaccurate observataj incaute sub Barlcricis coUocaviL 



25. Sancbezia, Bxdz et Pav. Pi^d. 5, t. 32 ; FL Per. et CkiL i. 7, t. 8. (Ancylogyne, 

 Nees in Mart FL Bras, ix, 63, t 7, et in DC. Prod, xi. 221.) — Calyx alte 5-lidus fere 5- 

 partitus, seguientis hcrbaceia v. mcmbranaceis oblongis apice rotundatis obtusLsque v. 

 acute ianceolatis. CoroUeo tubus longe cylindraceus v. supra medium parum ventricosus ; 

 limbus patens, lobis 5 brevibus rotundatis coutortia subsequalibus. Stamina perfecta 2, 

 antica, infra medium tubum ufllxaj exserta, filamentis basi a staminodiis 2 posticis 

 brevibus discretis ; antlierie oblongiu, dorsifixje, introrsum longitudinaliter ciliatw, 

 loculis sequalibus parallelis basi antice mucronatis. Discus crassiusculus, parum pro- 

 minent. Stylus apice longe lineaxi-aetaceus, lobo postico par\'0 ; o^'ula in quoque loculo 

 ad 4. Capsula oblonga, haud compressa, bavsi vix contracta. Semina 8 v- abortu pau- 

 ciora, orbiculata, plano-compressa, retinaculis acutis basi crassiusculis fulta ; embryo 

 normalis. — Hez'ba) erector valid;^ v, fnitices, glabri v. supcrne laxo pilosi. Folia oppo- 

 sita, auipla, integerrima v. subdentata, Flores aurantiaci rubcntes v. purpurei, ad 

 axillas bractearum oppositamm sessiles, v, breviter pediceliati fasciculati v, rari\is soli- 

 tarii, ad apices ramorum capitati interrupte spicati v, rarius laxius paniculati. Bractex 

 muic anipla^ fascicules florum quasi in cupulam includentes, nunc angustoe v, parvyj ; 

 bracteoUo segmentis calycinis similes v. parvre. Filamenta sajpius hirsuta v, barbata. 



Species ad 8, PcruviEc, Columbiie et lirasiline incol-no, Bof, Mug. t. 5588 (Ancglogr/ue) ct 5501, 



Genus auctorum Florce Peruviana; diu Iiaucl recognitum fuit ob ciTorcm in dcscriptiono quoa'l 

 seminum numetuiri, sipccios tamen 3 aNoesio in Prodromo dcscripta; a^l S. ovalam, R. et P., ipsan^ 



referenda} videntur, Iiis iuldantur plurcs uuperrime detccUe. 



26. Sclerooalyx, Nees in Benth. Bot, *S'te/jj?t. 145, ei in DC. Prod. xi. 219. (Gymnacau- 

 thus, Nees in Lindl, Introd. Nat Syd, ed. 2, 444.)— Calyx fere S-partituRj segmentis 

 herbaceis elongatis obtusis aubrequalibus. CoroUfe tubus basi tenxiiter cylindi-aceus, infra 

 medium antice in faucem valde obliqiiam ventricoso-camiiauulatam dilatatus j limbus 

 patens, lobis 5 ovatis contortis snbicqualibua. Stamina 4, didynama, sub fauce affixa, 

 vix exserta, filamentis basi per paria latei-alia breviter connatis ; anther^e oblongse, dorai- 

 fixa3, loculis sequalibua paralleUa muticis. Discus annularis, crasaus, villosus. Stylus 

 apice lineari'flubiUatua, rccurvus, lobo postico dentifoi-mi vix conspicuo ; ovula in 

 quoque loculo 2. Capsula basi in stipitem solidum breviter contracta, oblongo-fusi- 

 formis, liaud compressa, Semina 4 v. abortu pauciora, orbiculata, plano-compreasa, 



