1092 CXXII. ACANTHACE^. ' [Judiciece, 



tracteolisqiie mutati?*?) amiatis, Flores speciosi v. parviilij violacei albi v. rarius flavi, 

 ad axillag sessiles v, brevissime pedicellati, sfepius in quaque axilla siibtenii v. fasciculatij 

 auperiores frequenter, rarius omne3, in flpicain terioinalem confertij foliia floralibua ad 

 bracteas imbricatas liurbaceas integvas v, seiTatas reductis. Bracteolce linearcs. 



Species ad 60, plerseqiie Asire et Africse tropicse et aiistralis incolsej patioje Americnnse imprimis 

 Mexicanse v, Columbianse, Nees hi DC. Prod. Xi, 223, Walp. Ann. iii. 21 9, v. 652, T. Anders, in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 14, ix. 489, Xa//J, Illustr. t. 549, Vahl, Sy^nh. f. 16. Jacq. /. EcL t. 39. 

 }Vall PL As. Bar, L 82- WUiht, Illusir. t 164; Ic, t 450 flrf 454, 870, 1528, 1529, BcM. Ic. 

 H. hid. Or. t. 256 ad 258, 263, 264. Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. t 127, 128- Andr. BoL 

 Sep, i. 625. Hook, Ic. PL L 803. Bot Mag. t. 1615, 5628/ 58G6. Bot. Beg. t. 1483. Lodd. 

 Bot. Cah.t. 360. 



Genus primo intuitu polymorplium, scd naturalebeneque dcfiuitum, nee facile in sectiones distinctas 



dividendum. Genera PsEUDOUiiiLEiiiA, BARi.EinANTHug, B ah lkii to siphon, E-UtLEuiACANTJius, Di- 

 CRANACANTHus, pRiosiTis et Baulerites, (Evst. in Vidensk. Meddel. Nat. For.KJobenh, 1854, 135 

 ad 137. Walp. Ami. t. 652 ad 654, pra^cipuo ad species siiigitlas proposita fuerunt, cliaracteribus 

 speciebus aliis CErstcdio ignotis hand con'veiiicntibus, nee bene pro soctionibus retinore possumus, 

 nisi forte PWowi/ewi (cum Barleriie) n creteris djytingneres capsuLa sajpius abortu disperma longo 

 rostrata, dum iu Eaharlcria capaula ssepiius 3-4-sperma crostns v. l^revitcr rostrata, \^ B. mon^ 

 iana, Noes, taraen affinibusqne capsnla sn&po 2-&perma ctsi brevissime rostrata, 



BAiitEniOPSis, OirsL I.e. 133, ineludit species Mexicanas ct Americae tropicfe, cum B. scnegaJcnsiy 

 Nees, es Africa tropica, floribufj umnibus in spicam terminalem bracteis imbricatis dispositis, quoad 

 stnicturam tamon iis B. cristaice similibus. Plores flavi dicunfnr etB. senegaUnsis duce Andersonio 

 refwrtur ad B. jlavam (Jacq, f. Eel, t. 46, Bot, Reg. t. 191, Bot. Mag. t. 4113, Lodd, Bot, Cab, t. 

 1911), plantam incertse originisin hortis noatris diu eultam, 



"\7AnABiA, Fenzl in Flora^ 1844, 312 (nomen tantxun), est Barleria acanthoideSt Nees ex Schweinf, 

 Beitr, Fl. ^thiop, 242. 



Cratibea, Harv. Gen. PL Cap. ed. i. 276 (non ejusd. ed. post.)^ est species normalis BarleritB. 



B. solanifolia, Linn., et B, mlureifolia, Griseb,, genus distiuctum formant BarUriolam, (Erst, 



49. Crabbea, Harv. in Hook. Lmid. Joti^^i. i. 9G (non ejnsd. Gen. FL Cap. ed. 1). — 

 Calyx 5-partitu3j segmentis angxistia -subulato-acuminatis parum iniequalibus, CoroUte 

 tubus cylindraceuSj siiperne parum ampliatus ; limbus patens, lobis 5 latiuseulis suba^qua- 

 libiTs iiubricatiSj 2 posticis (v. rarius lateralibus ?) cxterioribusj antico latiore intimo- 

 Stamina 4, didyuama, infra medium tubum affixa, incluaa, filamentis per paria lateralia 

 basi api)rosimatis ^subconnatisve ; antheree 2-loculareSj loculia pai^allelis muticis, stami- 

 num anticorum longiorum fequaliter affixis^ poaticomm altero paiillo altiore. Discus 

 annnlatus v, breviter cupulatus. Stylus apice in lamellam atigmatosam cavam ovatam v. 

 fere orbiculatam dilatatus ; oviila in quoque loculo 2-4. Capsiila obiongo-lineaiis, sub- 

 teres^ 4-3ulcata, a basi 2'-loculari3, Semina 4-8, piano- compressa, retinaculis latis fulta ; 

 embryo normalis. — Herbse nan;3e, procumbentes, perennes v, auflfrutescentes, hirsutie 

 pubeacentea v- glabratie. Folia integenimaj oblonga v. liiiearia. Flores sessiles, dense 

 cymosi ; cymfe in capitula contract^e, bracteis co ovatis v- ovato-lanceolatis spiuoso- 

 ciliatis v. rarius integerrimis involucratffi, ad axillas sessiles v. pedunculate^, Bracteolie 0, 



, Species 5, Afcicge au&tralis et tropicse incolae. Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 162, T. Anders- in Joiim. 

 Linn. Soc. vii- 32, Harv. This. Cap. t. 64. T. Anderson rite C. cir^ioidem, Necs^ ad C\ nanam 

 Vfert ; adsunt tamen in herbariis nostris species 2 ineditEe." 



50, GlossocliiltiSt ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ Trod, xi, 83, — Calyx sub-5-pai^itua, aegiuentis Hneaiibus 

 ciliatis snbiXKiualibus, Corollie tubus fere a basi gradatim ampliatus, infundibulari-cam- 

 panulatua ; limbua patens, lobis 5 latiusciUia pai'um injequalibus 3ub-2-labiatis imbri- 

 catis nee contortis, uno extimo, fauce sub lobo antico venoao-rugoaa. Stamina 4, 

 didynama, medium tubum versus affixa, filamentis basi levitor dilatatis per paria lateralia 

 approximatis at distinctis ; antherre 2doculares, loculis ovato-oblongis muticis aubi^quali- 

 bu3 connectivo latiuaculo discretis altero altius affixo ; staminodium 0. Discus breviter 



