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cupulatiis. Stylus apice in lamellam obtusam fttigniatosam leviter dilatatus ; oviila in 

 quoque loculo 2. Capsula oblonga, subteros, basi in stipitem solidum contracta, Semina 

 4 V. abortu pauciora, coiiiprossa, crassiusciila, hevia ; embryo normalis.— SuflVutcx 

 humilis, diffusus, loviter pubescens. Folia linearia v- oblonga, parvula, intcgeniina, 

 Flores mediocres, in axillia foliolorum auperiorum solitaiii, breviter pedicellati, Brac- 

 4€ola3 0. 



Species 1, Afiicae ausbiilis incola, primo intuitu Cahphani sctoae, Noes, Bulsinjilis, sed corollce 

 lobi ccrte non contorti, etsi Incertum remauct an lobiim aiiticuni an 2 postica cstima sint^ aii- 

 •tlicra? ab illis Calophanis valde diversEe. ,jj 



51. Weuracanthus, Nees in Wall Fl As. Ear. iii. 76, et in DC. Prod. xi. 2^.— Cal^rx 

 2-partitus, segmento postico 3-dentato v. senii-3-lobo, antico 2-dentato 2-lobo v, '2-paiiito, 

 lobis angustis snbaiqualibus. Corollje tubus superne parum ampliatufl ; limbua expansuS, 

 plicatufij sub-2-labiatus, labio postico breviter 2-lobo v, 2-dei3tato subexteiiore, antico 

 latiore 3-lobo y, 3-angulato lobo v- angiilo intermedio subinteiiore- Stamina 4, didy- 

 nama, medio tubo affixa, inclusa, filamentis brevibus discretis ; antlierre stammnm anti- 

 conim longionnu purfecte 2-loculares, loculis ovoideis dijstinctis parallulis altero paullo 

 majore doi-so ciliato, i)Osticonim minores, locnlo altero ovoideo perfecto, altero clavato 

 casso. Discus inconspicuus. Stylus apice dilatatus oblongo-lanceolatns ; ovarii loculi 

 2-4-ovulati, Capsula oblonga, obtusiuscula v. subrostrata, prope basin seminifera. 

 Semina 2-4, orl>ieulata, coniprcssa, retinaculis crassiusculis fulta ; embryo normalis. — 

 Herbse sufifruticesve glabri v, seabro-pnbescentes, inflorescentia sfepius pilosa. Folia 

 integerrima. Floies parvuli, ad axillaa bractearum oppositaiiim aolitarii, sessiles, dense 

 spicati ; spicfe nunc abbreviate subglobosfie, nunc longe cylindracerOj ad axillas sessiles v. 

 rariua terminales. Bracteae imbricatcej co-nerves, mcmbranacere v, subcoriaceie ; brae- 

 teolee 0. 



Species 6,quarum 1 Africae tropicse, cseterse Indise oricfitalis incol^e. WaJp, Aim. iii, 220. T. 

 Anders, in Joum, Linn. Soc, ix- 494. Hook. Ic, PL t. 8^o>_.^}Vight^ Ic. L 1531, 1632. 



52. Scytantbus, T. Anders. itiHerh. ^Teit;,— ^Calyx brevis, apertus, 5-lobua, lobia ovate- 

 triangnlaribus anbflequalibus, CoroUse tubus a basi postice siibgibba deelinatus, cylindra- 

 cans ; linibus valde obli<iuus, 5-lobiis, lobis rotundatis imbricatia, 2 posticia brevioribus 

 anticoque longiorc exterioribus, lateralifcus intimia. Stamina 4^ didynama, infra mcdiiun 

 tubum affixa^ inclusa, filamentis diacretis prope basin crassiusculis ; antherfe oblongte, 2- 

 loculares, loculis distinctis parallelis requalibus muticis ; ataminodium posticum parvum, 

 clavatum. Discus 0, Stylus basi crassiusculus, supra ovarium ovatum carnosnm subar- 

 ticulatus, apice integer ; ovula in quoque loculo 2. Capsnia ovata v, oblonga, compres- 

 siuscula, crassa, demum indurata- Semina (in fruct'u examinato immatura) abortu 

 2, ovoidea, baud comprtssa, valde nigosa, retinaculis lanceolatis incurvis fulta ; em- 

 bryo . , - . — Fmtex, glaberrimus. Folia integerrima, nitida, valde disparia, sub 

 spica uno tantum evoluto altero nano atipuliformi. Flores parvuli, rubri, breviter pedicel- 

 latt, in racemo tenninali mox oppoaitifolio v, paeudo-axillaii sparsi. Bracteie minimi^ ; 

 bracteolse 0. 



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53. Barleriola, (Erst, in Vidensk. Meddel Nat. For. Kjohe^^i. 1854, 136.— Calyx 5- 

 partitua, segmento postico ovato-lanceolato, cceteris liuearibus, 2anticis basi vix connatia, 

 CoroUie tubus temiis, cylindraccus ; limbns patens, lobis 5 sub^qualibusobovatis imbri- 

 catis, 2 posticis exterioribus. Stamina 4, didynama, supra medium tiibum affixa, 

 incluaa ; anthera3 posticorum breviorum 1-lpculares, anticorum 2-loculares, lociilis foqua- 

 libus parallelis muticif^. Discus inconsxucuun. Stylus integer, stigmate capitate didymo 

 V. vix 2-lobo ; ovnla in quoque loculo 2, Capsula oblongo-lincaris, a basi 2-loeulari3. 

 Semina in media capsula abortu 2, orbiculata, plano-compressa, retinaculis acutis fulta ; 

 embryo normalis.— FmticuH ramosiK.^imi, spinia axillaribua acicularibus solitariis v. 



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