1080 CXXII. ACANTHACE^. [Buelliece. 



datis subiequalibus contoiiis patentibus. Stamina 4, didynama, ad flesuram tubi affixa, 

 inclusa, filamentis brevibus, posticorum breviasimis, omnibus a basi discretis ; antherie 

 oblongse, 2-Ioculares, dorso prope basin affixje, locnlis discretis aqualibiis parallelis muti- 

 cia ; staminodium 0. Discus parum prominulvis. Styhis filiforniis, stigmate . i. .,■ . ; 

 ovula in quoqiie loculo zo (ad 8). Capsula .... —Herba erecta, subsimplex, hirauta. 

 Folia integcrrima, alia in pari subasqualia, alia prffisertiiu floralia valde disx)aria, altero 

 flori opposito nano fere stipuliformi. Flores majusculi, cffirulei, in una axilla parium 

 superiorum fuliorum soUtai-ii, longiuscule pedicellati. Bracteolie parvje v. minima;. 



Spceios 1, E. x>rimntoides, T. Anders, in ins. Fernando Po a Mannio lecta. 



35. Bemigrapbis, Necs in DC. Prod. xi. 722.— Calyx alte 5-lidus v. 5-partitus, segmcntis 

 linearibus jequalibus infra mediuni srepius plus minus connatis. CoroUie tubus tenuis, 

 supeme in faucem brevem ampliatus ; limbus patens, lobis 5 rotundatis contortis paiuiii 

 iniequalibus v. 2 posticis altius connatis anticis paullo majoribus. Stamina 4, didynama, 

 ad basin faucis affixa, inclusa, filamentis ima baai postice ai}j)roximatis, saipeque breviter 

 inter se eb cum staraiuodio minimo dnm adsit connatis, 2 anticis s\ib antheris sajpe bar- 

 batis ; antherae oblongie, dorsitixse. loculis parallelis cequalibua muticis. Discus panmi 

 conspicuus. Stylus apico 2-lobus, lobis subulatis postico multo breviore ; ovula in 

 quoque loculo 3-oo. Capsula linearis, teres v. cumpressiuscula, fere a basi 2-locularis, 

 Semina 6-10, plano-compressa, ovata y. orbicularia, rctinaculis acutis fulta; embryo 

 normalis.— Herbie prostratic v. diffusa, Inrsutie, rarius elatiores glabrescentesque. 

 Folia opposita, integen-ima v. dcntata. Flores parvuU, ad axillas folionim floralium seu 

 bractcanim foliacearum sessiles, solitarii v. rarius gemini, in spicas breves tcrmiuales 

 ssepius hirtas dispositi. Bracteaa scepius imbricatte ; bracteolce minute v. 0. f 



Species ad 20, India; orientalis, Archipelagi Makyani, China; et Japonia; incol^. T. Amhrs. in 

 Jonm.Linn. Soc. ix. 461. Wiffkt, Ic. t. 1504. Rueliijk § 1 (quoad species plerasqne), iVcfs in 

 DC. Prod. si. 144. Walp. Ami. iii. 215. Vahl, Symb. t. 67, Bot. Mag. t. 3389. Maund, 

 liotuiiisf, t. 177. 



Genus clmraetorcs potius Sfrohilanfhcos quam BudlUe ostendit ; differt liabitu, capsula tenuiore, 

 seminibns phisquam 4, etc. Antheras dimidiatas qiiales a Neesio descriptas fnistra qnssivimus. 



3C. Stenosiphonliuu, Neea in Wall. PL As. Mar. iii. 75, et in DC. Prod. xi. 105.— 

 Calyx alte 5-fidus, lobis angnstis acuminatis. Corollaj tubus tenuis, supeme abrupte 

 incurvua et in faucem oblique campannlatam ampliatus ; limbus patens, lobis 5 brevibus 

 rotundatis contortis subxqualibus v. 2 posticis altius connatis. Stamina 4, didynama 

 omnia perfecta v. 2 postica ad staminodia ananthcra reducta, ad basin faucis affixa, antica 

 Siepiua exserta, filamentis omnibus basi postice approximatis sjcpiusquo in membranam 

 dorso adnatam breviter connatis ; anthers oblongoe, dorsifixaj, loculis reqtialibus parallelis 

 muticis. Discus panmi conspicuus. Stylus apice linearis, recurvus, lobo postico bre- 

 vissimo v. obsoleto ; ovula in quoqne locnlo 3-4. Capsula oblongo-linearis, teres v. 

 Icviter compressa, fere a basi 2-loculari3, valvis dorso medio sulcatis. Semina 6-8 v. 

 abortu pauciora, plano-compressa, late- ovata v. orbiculata, retinaculis acutis fulta- 

 embr^-o normalis. —Fmtices laxe ramosi, glabri scabro-pubescentes v. ad inflorescentiam' 

 hirsuti. Folia opposita, integerrima v, dentata, subtus albo-tomentosa r. concoloria. Flores 

 ad axillas bractearum oppositarum subsessiles, solitarii v. 2-3.ni, in spicas srepius temjes 

 et iutemiptas ad apices ramonim paniculatas tlispositi. Bracte^ confertre siibimbricatie, 

 V. per paria dissitre ; bracteob-e angnsta3, seepiiia parvre. 



Species 5, Indi.ne orientalis pcninsiilce ct Zcylanise incolse. T. Anders, m Journ. Linn. Soc. is. 

 463. rnfflit, Ic. t. 873, 1502, 1503. 



Genus a Sirohilantkws serio Endo^ogone parum dlstlnctum o%-ulis in quoqne loculo plusquam 2. 



37.^ Strobllanthes, Blnme, Bljdv. 781, 79G.-Calyx alte 5-fidiis v. fere 5-partitas, sog- 

 mentis bnearibus ;equalibus v. parum in«-qualibu8. Corollje tubus basi longe v. breviter 

 tenuis, rectus v. mcurvus, supeme v. fere a basi varie ampliatus ; Umbus patens, lobis 5 

 oyatis rotundatisve contortis requalibus v. 2 posticis altixis connatis. Stamina nunc 4 



