Acanthem.] CXXII. ACANTHACE^, 1089 



Teibus IV, ACANTHE-a;. 



41, Trichacantlius, ZolL in Nat, en Qenee^ik. Arch, ii, 572,^ ex Miq, FU hid, -Bat ii, 

 819, — Calyx 4-partitu3, segmentia 2 exterionbns(i)ostico et antico) 2-nervibiifl, lateralibns 

 interioribus angustis. CorolLns tubus contractus ; limbus in labiuju S-lobuiu retloxiuu 

 expanana. Stamina 4, diclynamaj fauoi afUxa^ tilauientis anticis incrassatis apice inflexis, 

 poaticis filifornii-subulatis erectis ; anthero; 1-locnlarea^ bnrbato-ciliatfc. Discus .... 

 Stylus filiformis, apice obtusus ; ovula in ovario (v- in quoque loculo f) 2. Cap^iula 

 cartilaginea; aepto lignoso crasso nititlo, Seiuina (abortu l) 2, valde compressa, gi-osse 

 piloaa ma^neque lanata, retinaculis obsoletis. — Herba repen-s. Folia verticillata, spa- 

 thulata, integra^ glauceacentia, parce pilosa. Spicie terminales, paucifloraE?, bracteis 

 scaiiosis 4-fiuiam imbricatis- Flores azurei. {Char, ex Miq.) 



' Spficies 1, Javanica, a nobis noii viaa, 



Goiuis ex eliaract'Cre tlato pluribue notis Blephari hoerhaavhr'foJue nffine, diffcrt inter alia bracteia 

 frCiirtosis, filamontis posticis longioribng, seminibxis buiatis retinaculis obeolotisp 



42, Blepharis, Ju^is, Gen. 103. — Calyx 4-partituSj segmentis 2 exterioribus latioribus, 

 pui^tico 3-ner\'i iutogru v. 3-dentatoj antico 2-4-nervi 2-dcatato, 2 lateralibus interioribus 

 angustis, CoroUpe tubus ovoideus v, subglobosus, ad faucem constrictus ; limbua e basi 

 breviter cupulata antice in labium planum breviter 3-5-lobimi expansus, lobis pestiva- 

 tione inflexisj intermedio extimo, 2 posticis ad latera labii abbreviatis v. obsoletis. 

 Stamina 4, didynamaj fauci affixa, labio breviora, filanientis mcrassatia v. incurvisj sta- 

 minum posticorum apice attenuatis, anticorum ultra antherarum insertionem breviter 

 productis ; antlierseper paria conniventea, oblong^^ ciliatce, prope basin dorsifixiej l-lo- 

 culares v, loculo altero imperfecto casso adnato instructfe. Discus annularis, parum 

 conspicuus. Stylus apice attenuatus, breviter et sequaliter 2-fidus ; ovula in quoque 

 loculo 2, Capaula breviter oblonga, basi vix contracta. Semina 4 v. abortu pauciora, 

 suborbiculata, plano-compressaj ecliinata v, ciliata, humectata aa^pe mucilagiuosa, reti' 

 naculis rigidulis fulta ; embryo normalis, — Herbfe v. fruticuli, caiilibus nunc elongatis 

 diffnsis nunc ligidis nanis v, ramosissimia. Folia oppOsita, nunc membranacea integer- 

 rima v, paucidentata, nunc rigida sx:)inoso-dentata. Floras s^epius ca^rulei, nunc ad 

 axillas foliorum solitarii, nunc ad apices ramorura dense S2>icati, bracteia 4-fariam im- 

 bricatis spinoso-dentatis ; bracteolfe linearea, rigidse. 



Specie? ad 20, AfriCJB tropicaB et anstralis et Indire orientalis idcoI*. Nees in DC, Prod, xi, 26r>. 

 T, Anders, m Jotcrn. Linn. Soc. vii. 34 et ix. 499. WigJd, Ic, t 458, 1534. Klot^-sch in Peters. 

 Mossamh. BoL 211, t, 33, " 



AcANTHODiuM, PclUe, Ft. Eg. 97, ^ 33, JS'ees in PC. Prod. xi. 273 (Blephabacakthus, Kecs in 

 LindL hUrod, Nat. S^st. ed. 2, 444), scction^'iu format caule nauo rigido, floribus in apicas bracLeis 

 spinosis liorridas dense confertis, CEeteris tamen cliaracteribiis a Ncesio dati.s neqiiaquam distinguen- 

 dara- WtgAt, 2c, t. 1535, lo3«. 



43, Acantiiop&ls, Ilarv, in Hook, Zand. Jomm, i. 28. — Calyx 4-partitus, segmentis 

 2 exterioribus latis, postieo 7-11-nervi integro v. 3-dentato, antico 6-10-nervi integro v. 

 2-dentato, 2 lateralibus interioribus angustis. CoroU^e tubus oblongus, supra ovarium 

 constrictus, fauce parum latiore ; limbus postice a basi fisaus, antice in labium amplum 

 obovato-oblougum 5-lobuni expansus, lobis restivatione inflexis, antico majore extimoj 2 

 posticLs ad latera labii brevibus. Stamina 4, par\im iniequalia, fauci afRxa, labio bre- 

 vioraj filamentis omnibus apice attenuate antlieriferis ; antherre 1-loculares, oblongfe, 

 ciliatte, doi-siiixffi. Discus parum conspicuus. Stylus apice attunuatus, subinteger ; 

 ovula in quoque loculo 2, Capsula ovata v. orbiculata, basi vix contracta, septo paral- 

 lele plano-compressa^ crassiuscula. Semina abortu seepius % loculo multo minora sed 

 setis longissimis crassia loculum implentibus obtecta, retinaculis brevibus fulta ; em- 

 bryo normalis.— Herbie carduacc£tj subacaules v. humiles. Folia radicalia v. opposita, 



