1102 CXXII. ACANTH4£)^.^. [Jiistkie(^. 



74, Xsocboriste, Miq- Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 822. — Calyx pamilusj 5-partituSj seginentis 

 anguste lanceolatis subcequalibus. Corollie tubus rectiusculus ; limbus 2-labiatu5j ringens, 

 labio postico suberecto 2-fido, antico 3-fidolobis obtusis medio haudconfoimij iestivatione 

 . . , , Stamina 4j didynauiaj tubosuperne affixa ; antlienu 2-locuIare3, sagittato-Iineares, 

 loculis adnati-s contiguia sequalibus basi acutis. Discus , . . . Stylus filiformis, stigmate 

 capitellato ; ovula in quoque loculo 2. Capsula basi in stipitem solidum longissime con- 

 tracta, Semina 4, complanata^ retinaculis unciuatia. — Herba elata, setulis sparsis sca- 

 briuscula. Folia membranacea, iiitegcrrima v- obiter repanda. Flores in axillis 

 bracteanim breviter pedicellati, in racemos terminales solitarios v- geminos unilaterales 

 dispositi. Bractete bracteolseque breviter lanceolatie. Corollie pallidse fauco violascente, 

 semipoUice paiillo longiores, {Cliar, ex Mui^) 



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Species 1, Javaiiica, a nobis non visa. 



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.,:75. Pbialacantbus, Benth, gen, nov. — Calyx membranaceus, coloratuSj tubuloso-cam- 

 panulatus, apice breviter 5'fidus v, 5-dentatus. Corolhx^ tubus elongatus, supeme in 

 faucem latiuacnlam anipliatus ; limbiis 2-labiatus, labio postico interiore erecto lato con- 

 cavo breviter 2-loboj antico patente yalde convexo apice breviter G-lobo, lobis subajquali- 

 bus intermedio extimo. Stamina 4, medio tubo affixa, exserta, filamentis basi breviter 

 (per paria lateralia ?) connexis deciurentibua ; anther^D oblongo-lineares, 2-lociilares, 

 prope basin aflixce, loculis aiqualibus parallelis muticis ; staminodium i Discus 

 cra3su>s, carnosuSj parum prominulus. Stylus longe liliformisj apice breviter 2-iidus ; 

 ovula in quoque loculo 2. Capsxila (immatura) oblonga, basi breviter in stipitem 

 Bolidum contriicta, Semina 4 (immatura) plana, orbiculata, retinaculis validis fulta, — 

 Suflrutcx erectus, glaber. Folia ampla, inembranaceaj ovali- v. oblongo-clliptica, acumi- 

 nataj integerrima- Flores pallide lutei, majusculi^ in cymam tenninalem 2-3-chotomam 

 laxe corymbosam dispositi, pedicellis tenuibus. Bracteee minutse. 



Species 1, P* GHffithiiy nob,, a Griffithio in Mishmi BengaliBB orientalis lecta- 

 Cenus quoad calycem in ordino iosigno. riores in speciniinibus uostris a vermibus leeai eb 

 staminiim iiisertio quoilammodo incorta rciiianet, et dubium est an antherre oninos pcrfoctpe sint, 



76. Kerpetacantlms, Nets in MaH, FL Bras. ix. 93, t 12, ef in DO. Prod, xi, 365. 

 (Schultzia, Nees in Nov, Act Nat, Cur. xi. 63.) — Calyx sub-5-partitu3, segmentis angustis 

 acutis sub^qualibus. Corolla tubus elongatus, tenuis, supcrne parum amj^liatus ; limbus 

 2-labiatus, labio postico interiore erecto angusto concave integro v, breviter 2-fido, antico 

 subpatente 3-fido, lobis oblongis subtequalibns intermedio extimo. Stamina 4, didynama, 

 sub apice tiibi aiiixa, labiis breviora, filamentis basi per paria lateralia connatis ; antherfe 

 staminum anticorum longionnn 2-loculareSj loculis oblongis muticis altero altius affixo, 

 posticonnn l-loculares. Discus annularis, brevis- Stylus filiformis, apice integer 

 v. minute 2-dentatii3 ; ovnla in quoque loculo % Capsula oblonga, basi in stipitem 

 solidum loiige contracta- Semina 4, plano-compressa, suborbiculata, rugulosa, retinaculis 

 acutiuRCuIis fulta- — Frutices sufiruticesve (rarius herb^e ?), glabri v. villosi. Folia integer- 

 rima. Flores flavescentes v, rosei, in axillis bractearum pauci subsessiles, in spicam ter- 

 minalem brevem v. elongatam dispositi, Bracteio herbaceyg v, membranaceee, orbiculatte 

 ovatie v. oblongie, imbricate V. laxiusciilai. 



Species 5? Brasilienses. Characteres ad speeimina Wt-iriana a Miereio ut videtur rite ad 

 ZT, Macaheuum, "Nces, relata, et speciem grandifoliam ineditam, Bpntce, n. 2352, instnilmiis. 

 Rpeciniina nostara H, ruhiginosi, Nees, habitu diverao a<l exaniinandum hand suffichmt. H. longi- 

 florus, Moric. PI. Nouv. Amcr. 159, t, 93, nobis ignotus, habitum nee ii\\-dX!ii±^x^^ Lo]^}Jiosiachtjos 

 ostendit, ff- decipiens, Nees, est Ch/tm<srantheraum Beyrtchii, Nees. 



Kees in charactere gcnerico capsulam 4^8-sprrmam dixit, in speciebus 2 somina i, in csetcris v. 

 ignotu diciintur v. non descripta. Nos ovula 2 in quoque loculo invenimus. 



77. Apbelandra, B. Bi\ Prod, 475. (Sytiandra, Schmd, in It, Fr, Maxim. Nemv, ii. 

 343, ex Nemo in Flora^ 1821, 328. Hemisandra, Scheidiv. in Bull Acad, Bnix, 1842, ex 

 FUyra, 1843, 514,)— Calyx o-partitus, segmentis angustis subaiqualibus v- postico majore. 



