iiik' CXXll. ACANTHACE^. [JnstirAea. 



Species cditse 10, q\iaruiii una Janiaicensis c^eterfe Brasiliiinse v. Guianenscs, sed G. cinerasccns 

 visa G, •pubcsc€7ite i^istmQt^ est. Necs in DC. Prod, si, 286. G. nitida, Nees, insignis est foliis 

 nitidis et antheris barbatis. lu G.- {SdlpLrantha) cocciiica, Hook. 1, c- {KraiifJie^mim, FL des 

 Serres, L 240), folia parite'r 'nitida^ f^piene longo tenues interniptae, bracteje minimEe, et corolla; 

 limbus magis feqiialis, sed nequaquam generiee separanda videtur. 



Genus ab Aphelandra parum differt corolla? limbi forma et ssepiiis infloresceiitia, sed in (?, 

 hractcosa, Nees, aliisqiie nonnnllis inflorescentia omnino ApheJandrw^ bracteis "ofatis ealvco 

 majoribus imbricatis. In specie a Spruceo ad niontem Campana in Eeuadoria lecta {Thyrsacantha^ 

 Spruce, PI. exs, n, 4324) flores GeissoTJicrice, folia iionnuUa spinoso-dciitata et psendostipulis «pine- 

 scentibus stipata ut in Apkelmidrii acaiitkoideis, inflorcscentia JacoUnearum laxifloranim, floribus 

 secns ramos simplices pauiculse <.Uasitis sessilibiis bracteis parvis, 



79. Hologrraptiisi Necs in DC. ProtZ-.jti. 728. — Calyx S-partitus, segmentis refiualibus, 

 CorollBe tubus in faucem longam anipliatuSj ; limbus 2-labiatus, ringens, labio postico 

 . . . , antico 3-fido lobis a^qualibus, palato laivi. Stamina 4, didynania, sub fauce 

 afflxa ; anthers l-loculares, dorsifixa?, angusteu, imdique lanatEe, Discus annularis. 

 Stignia simplex; ovarium .... Capsula . . , . — Fruticulus rigidus, ramosisaimus, 

 pubescons. Folia parva, obtu>sa, margins revoluta, subtus albido-tomentosa. Flores 

 coccinei (semipollicares) gemini ad axillas bractearum foliis similium, BracteolsB ad basin 

 singuli floris 3, subulatse. Calyx membranaceus, coloratus, {Clmr, ex Neesio.) 



' Species 1, 3Iexican:\, a nobis non visa. 



80. Monotbecium, Tlochst in Flora^ 1841, 374. (Antliocometes, Nees in DC. Prod. 

 xi- 311.) — Calyx 5-partituSj segmentis lineari-setaceis subttiqualibus. Corollic tubus 

 rectus, sxiperne in faucem ampliatus ; limbus longe 2-labiatuSj labio postico erecto conca- 

 viusculo integro v. 2-dentato, antico patente subplano breviter 3-Iobo, Stamina 2, fauci 

 aflixa, labio postico ^breviora v, subexserta ; anther£e linearcs, 1-loeularcs, medio dorgc^ 

 afiixiej muticai- Discus annularis. Stylus apice integer; oviila in quoque loculo 2. 

 Capsula ovata v, oblonga, basi m stipitem solidum contracta. Semina 4 v- abortu 

 pauciora, orbiculata, plano-compressaj rugosa, retinaculis longis fulta ; embryo norma- 

 Us. — Herbie suffruticesve diffusi, Iiabitu spocieruui nommllarum sectionis XiosteUarift 

 Judicice. Folia integerrima. Flores parvi, ad axillas bractearum oppositarum aessileSj 

 solitarii, in spicas subx'quaies v. unilaterales densas v. elongatas dispositi. Bracteje et 

 bracteola^ liueares v. setaceaj, Infiore scent ia tota ciliato-hirta. 



Species 2, altera Abyssinica, altera Indica,^ 2i^m in DC, Prod. x]. 310. T. Aiiders. in Joimi. 

 Unn, Soc. vii. 45, is. 517. Pcdd, Ic. PL hid. Or. t 269. 



81- Oreacantiius, Benth. geii' -^wv. — Calyx 5-partitus, segmentis angustis setacco-acu- 

 minatis subaqualibus, C*;rollai tubus brcvis, fauce ampla ; limbus 2-labiatus, labio 

 postico interiore oblongo apice concaviuscnlo intei^To, antico 3-partito, segmentis ublongis 

 planis inter se et labio postico subrequalibxis, intermedio extimo. Stamina 2 antica, prope 

 basin coroUfe afiixa, exserta, filamentis filiformibus ; anthene l-loculares, oblongc'e, medio 

 dorso affixfej muticae, apcrtje late membranaceaj ; staminodia 0. Discus cupularis. Stylus 

 tiliformis, apice integer; ovula in quoque lociilo 2. Capsula oblonga, basi in 

 stipitem solidum longe contracta. Semina 4 v. abortu pauciora, compressa, craasiuscula, 

 rugosa ; embryo nonnalis, radicula brevi recta.— Herba elata (8-12-pedali3), inflorescentia 

 cxcepta glabra. Folia ampla, membranacea, integerrima, Flores parvuli, pedicellati, 

 laxe 2-3^chotome cymosi, cymis in paniculam amplam laxe pyramidatam glanduloso- 

 pubescentem dispositi. Bracte^ minimce, angusttie. Corolla} tenera3j intua extusque 

 glaberrimse. 



Species 1, 0. Mannii, npb., in nionto Cameroons Africa occidentalis altitudinc 7,000 ped, a 

 Maunio lecta. 



Genus quoad charactercs Monothecio affine, habitu ct inflorescentia longe dirersum. 



