Acanthe{t:.] CXXII. ACANTHACE^j 1091 



■Species 2j Afrlcan^e, T, Anders, in Joiinu Linn, Soc. vii, 37j qiianim altera typica, Africae' 

 australis iucola, ealycis scgmentls bractcisquo obtusifisiiuis, Neea in 2)C\ 2*rod. xi> 279; altera 

 (IsACANTKus, Kec^ i7i DC, Vrod, x'l 278) ex Africa tropica, caly*jia scgmontis aiiguistia loiigo 

 liueaii'lanceolatis aciititjijimis nxagisquc imbricatiK. 



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46. PeriMema, DC- in Melssn, Gen. PL 301 ; Comm, 210. (Boutonia, DC. Hev. BUjn. 

 18, noil Boj,) — BracteiB 2-4, in iiivolucvum campanulatnm apico acute 2-4-fiduui floreia 

 imicum iiicludens connatte. Calyx involucro multo brevior, 5-pai-titus, segmuiitis ovato- 

 laiiceolatis tenvabus aciiniinatia. Corollie tubus rectus, longe ainpliatuR; limbus ainphis, 

 patensj lobis 5 latis rotundatis parum iiisequalibiis imbricatisj 2 lateralibiis (ex Bureauo in 

 litt.) extcrioribus. Stamina 4, didynama, medio tubo aflixa, inclusa, filamentia basi 

 incrassatia discretia ; authevfe oblongo-lineareSj 2-loculares, locnlia diacretis parallclis 

 muticis eequalibus v, altero pauUo altiua affixo. Diaciia annularis. Stylus filiforniisj 

 apice oblique infundibuliformi-dilatatns ; ovula in quoque loculo 2. Capsula, . - . — 

 Frutex partibns j unioribua 2:)ubescGntibu3, Folia integerrimaj membranacea, Pedunculi 

 axillaresj filiformes, 1-flori, Floras majusculi, roscij involucro calycc triple longiore 

 corolla subtriplo breviore. 



Species 1, Madagascariensis, Flores in epeeimiae nostrojaiu aperti, sed ffstivationem examina- 

 vit Bureau in herb. Mas. Par, 



47- Coinochlamys, T, Arulera, gen, nov, — Bractefe 2, ovatie, arete applicitai, basi 

 subconnatte, florea 3-5 perfectos v. rudimenta includentes. Calyx involucro miilto 

 brevier, S-partitus, segmentis ovato-lanceolatisacimiinatis. Corolloe tubus rectus, supeme 

 ampliatus ; limbus patens, lobis 5 latia rotundatis parum inasqualibua imbricatis nee con- 

 tortis. Stamina 4, didynama, medio tubo affixa, incluya ; anthene ovat^, 2-luculares, 

 loculis discretis parallelis requalibus muticis. Discus annularis. Stylus filiformis, stig- 



mate , , , , ; ovula in quoque loculo 2. Capsula — Herba villosula, ramis diva- 



ricatis temiibiis at duria, plerisque alternis* Folia opposita, subsessilia, parvula, ovata, 

 integerrima. Involucra ad apices ramulorum solitaria, breviter pedunculata^ Corolla 

 duplo longior, in quoque involucro in speciminibus nostris uno perfecte evoluto ; adsunt 

 tameu 2-4 alabastra v, inidimenta. 



Species 1, C hirsutdy T, Anders., ad fluraen Bagroo in Africa tropica occideutali a Mannio 

 Iccta, 



Genus Venhlemati valde affino, scd haLitu, involticriB 2-partitiB ncc 3-4-fidiSj aatheris brcvioribus 

 eatis distiuctum videtur ; flores (in specie nota) multo minores, 



48, Barieria, imn. Gen. n, 785. — Calyx alto 4-fidus, segmentis 2 postico et antico (e duo- 

 b^ia condato) majoribus, latenilibua interioribus angustia. Corolla) tubus sitpius longiua- 

 culus nunc longissimua, supeme varie ampliatus, rectus v. incurvus ; limbus patens, im- 

 bricatus, lobia 5 rotundatis ovatisve requalibus v, antico interiore breviore et altiua soluto, 

 2 posticis interdum altiua connatis laterales obtegentibus (v, rariua his extcrioribus ?). 

 Stamina 4, didynama, prope basin coroUse afExa, filamentis dissitis v, posticis basi inter ae et 

 cum staiuinodio intermedio parvo durii adsit breviter connatis, 2 antica perfecta, elongata, 

 Bubexserta, 2 postica multo minora, pariter perfecta v, ad staminodia ananthera reducta ; 

 anthers oblongo-sagittatce, dorsifix^e, loculis aequalibus parallelis muticis. Discus inconspi- 

 cuus. Styhift apice leviter incrassatus, obtusua, integer, interdum leviter complanatus ; 

 ovula in quoque loculo 2, Capsula ovoideav. oblonga, basi vix contracta, fequaliter subteres 

 V. superne in rostrum solidum plus minus contracta, infra medium seminifera. Semina 

 4v: abortu 2, plano-compresaa, ovata v. orbiculata, retinaculis sfepius acutis fulta; em- 

 bryo normalis, — Herboe fruticesve glabri pubeacentea v, tomentosi. Folia opposita, inte- 

 gerrima, axilUa siepe prreaertim foliorum floralium spinis patentibua 3-fidi3 (bracteia 



