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0. AaUoAachja. Herbye. Flores pan'i, in spicas ad axillas v, apices ramorum peduncutatas 

 coiiferti, pcdunculo infonlum ramoso, bracteis orbiculatis obovatisve membraTiaeeis v< yenosis ssepc 

 in spica secunda obliqxiis, Calycis segmentum postieum breve v. in eodem specimine deficiens. 

 -Capsula 2-4-sperma, Species nobis uot^ 5, Africanre v, Madagascar lenses. Anisostachya, Jsees in 



DC- Prod. XI, 368 et 730. T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii, 46, Prseter species in Prodromo 



enumeratas, hue pertinent Rostellaria te^iella, Nees (B. crenulatay Nees) ; IL reptaiis, Kees; et R. 



haplostachya, Nees {Am^yhisccpia Middldoni, Nees, et Anisostachya ComTnersoniana^ T. Anders,), cum 



specie Africana adhuc inedita. 



10. Ehaphidospora. Herbae elatiores v. sufEruticcs- Florcs plerique pedicollati, in cymas laxas 

 pednnculotas axillares v. ^ample paniculatas dispositi, bractcis parvis. Semina sa>pius echinato- 

 hispida- Species gerontogese ad 14, inclusis nonnuUis a T, Andersonio additis florum fasciculis 

 deiisis seciis ramos paniculte aniplfe dissitis. Ehaphidospora, iSees in WalL PL As, Rar.'m. 115, 

 et in 1)C. Prod, xi. 499. Wight, Ic. t 1554, Leptostachtje species gerontogea^, antheris calcara- 

 tis, Nees. Campylostemon, E. Mey. PL Drege exs. 



J. decttssata^ Hoxb., J. Wynaadensis, WalL, J. vasculosa, WalL, et J.JIaccida, Kurz in Journ. 

 Asiat, Soc, Beng. sxxir., 80, inflorescentiam et flores parvos BianihenB sect, Lepiostachyi ostendunt, 

 sed ob anthemnim locnlum inferiorein calcaratum ad Jusiicice sect, Rha^hidosporam referend^e, 



11. Sarotheca, Herbse erect^e BufErutieeSTe, infloreseentia laxe ydnicnla^t^ RhapMdosporm, ^oti- 

 bus parvulis, corollse tubo fere a basi latiusculo, limbo brevi, characteres tamen omnmo JiiSlici<B, 

 Species 2 V, 3, Brasilian^ ct !Mexicaiije, Sarotheca, Nees in Mart. Fl. Bras, ix, 113,^. 18, et iti' 

 DC, Prod, xi. 382, Seem, Bot, Her. f, 67, Leptostachya, Nees hi DC, Prod, xi, 376, quoad L. 

 lucidam affinesque antlierarum loculo Inferiore looge calcarato, Lcptostachym autheris mutieis, a 

 T, Andersonio in Justicia inelusse, ad Dianfheram transferendfe, 



Justicia Eustachyana, Bot. Mag. t, 2076, non aliorum, a Neesio errore sub Dicliptera Vakliana 

 inclusa, est (ex icone) Chtetothylacis f^pecies, C tocantin<£, Xees, valde affinis, 



94. siphonoeriossa, CErst, in VuhiisJc, Meddel Nat For. Kjohenh, 1854, 159,— Calyx 

 4-5-partitus, segmentis angiistis brevibus, Corollse tubus elongatus, tenuiter cylindraceusj 

 auperne haii J v, vix summo apice^ampliatus ; limbus patens, 2-labiatu3, labio postico 

 mteriore integro v. 2-fido, antico lato patente S-fidoj palato venoso. Stamina 2, sub apice 

 tubi affixa, inclusa v, labio postico breviora ; antherse 2-loculares, locxilo altero demiasiore 

 V, interdiim utroque basi mucronato v, calcarato ; staminodia 0, Stylus iiliformis, apice 

 obtususj hrevissime 2-lobu3 ; ovula in quoque locnlo 2, Capsula obloiiga, basi in stipi- 

 tem solidum contracta. Semina 4 v, abortn pauciora, snborbiculata, plano-compressa, 

 marginata, tnberculoso-nigosula, retinaculis obtuais fulta ; embryo normalis. — Suifrutices 

 liumiles, diffusi, puboscentea. Folia ovata, intogerrima, Flores ad axillas aolitarii, 

 subsessiles. Bractea^ lineares, breves. 



Species nobis adsunt 4, quanim 3 Mcxieanffi v, Texana? inclusa & pilosella, Torr, Bot, Emory 

 Exped. 124 {Moneckmate pilosella et Adhatoda dipteracantha, Nees), una austro-Africana, Ad- 

 hatQda tubtdosa, Nees, 



Genus corollse tubo longo tenui ab omnibus Jusfidis reoedit et Eranthemo quodammodo iipproxi- 

 matur, sed stamina omnino Jitsiicim, et labium postieum erectum v. rix patens. Species Afrieana 

 Texanie simillima est. 



95. Beloperone. Nees in Wall PI As, Bar, iii. 76, et in DC, Prod, xi, 413,— Calyx 

 alte 5-lidu3 v. 5-particu3, segmentis lineari-setaceis lanceolatiave subfequalibns, Corollfe 

 tubus angustus, ssepius elongatus, supeme parum ampliatus ; limbua longe 2-labiatus, 

 labio postico interiore angiisto erecto concavo integro v, brevissime 2-lobo, antico latiore 

 erecto-patente convexiusculo apice v, ad medium 3-fido, lobo medio extimo. Stamina 2, 

 supra medium tubum v. fere ad apicem affixa, labio postico paullo breviora, filamentis 

 filifnrmibus v, basi parnm dilatatia ; antherie 2-loculares, locxilia oblongis linearibuave 

 discretis subverticalibus, altero altiusaffixo mutico, altero inferiore basi calcarato ; stami- 

 nodia 0, Discus annularis v, cupularis. Stylus filiformis, apice obtusus v, minute 

 24obua ; ovula in iiuociue loculo 2. Capsula ovoidea v. oblonga, subteres, basi in 

 stipitem latiusculum solidum contracta. Semina orbiculata crassa v, subglobosa, Sispius 

 Ifevia, retinaculis longis latiusculia fulta ; embryo normalis, cotyledonibua crassiusculis 



