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Mey,, S* micra7ttha, Chois., affinibtisqiie, calycis tegmenta 2, lateralia, fere a basi soluta, tertio 

 postico minimo v. omnino deficiente, corolla parva v, miuima tubo brevi, fruetus ubi iiotus brevis, 

 folia parva, integerrima. His inclxiditur S, mvralis, nob., species Madagascariensis jidhuc incdita 

 ad muros urbis Tananarivon creseeiis^ 8. micra^dhce afitinis, floribus adhuc minoribus, calycis s^- 

 mentis 2 a basi soliitis absque tertio postieo. 



"Walafbida, K Mey. Covim. PI. Afr. Austr. 272, Chois. in DC. Prod. sii. 21, est species 8. GiUii 

 et 8. ciliaUe A'aMe alEuis, ab auctore a genere separata ob fructus endocarpium intus lacuiiosum, 

 quod vero variis modis oceurrit in 8. ciliata aliisque specicbxis, lacunis nunc inter coccos facie 

 interna concavos, nunc intra quemque coecum ad latera loculi semlniferi, 



4, microdon, Ghols. Mem. Selay. 27, et in DC. Prod, xii, 22. (Dalea, Gcertn. Fruct i. 

 235, t. 51,) — Calyx breviter et lequaliter 5-fidns, basi bractese adnatiis. Corollse tubus 

 cylindraceus t- supeme panim ampliatus ; limbus patens, lobis 5 parum in^qxialibus. 

 Stamina 4, didynama, sub apice tubi aftixa, lobis breviora ; antherse perfecte l-loculares. 

 Ovarium 2-locularej loculo mio tamen jam per aiithesin minore ovulo abortiente ; stylus 

 apice obtuaixxsculus, Fructus calyce inclusuSj ovoideus v. oblongus, cocco imico perfecto 

 endocarpio crjistaceo, altero pain^im accreto membranaceo vacuo saepe tamen sponte sece- 

 dente- — Fruticuli ramis difl'usis v. erectia virgatisque- Folia integerrima, caulina 

 lineariaj summa gradatim v, abrupte in hracteas ovatas v. lanceolatas abeuntia. Spicse 

 densae v. basi interruptce. Bractese fructiferse sfepe expansse, i)^**'!^*^^! calyceni basi 

 ferentes- 



Species 3 v- 4, Afric£e australis incolse. Ve?tf. Jard, Malm. t. 26, Lam, Illustr. t. 521, / 1, 

 Bot. Mag. t. 186. Icones omnes sub S€lagi7ie, a qua Mlcrodou parum differt bractea non pedicello 

 solo sed etiam calycis basi adnata, et cocco uno ut videtur constanter abortiente. Calyx ab illo 

 8elagini8 corymhosm non differt. M. liuearis^ Chois., cum M. ovato jungendus videtur, 



5, Gosela, Cliois. in DC. Prod, xii, 22, — Calyx campamilatus, semi-5-fidus, yubfiequalis. 

 Corollee tubus elongatusj tenuis, superne vix latior, ore subconatricto ; limbus stellato- 

 patena, lobis 5 oblongis aubjequalibus. Stamina perfecta 2, supra medium tubura aflfixa, 

 inclusa, filamentis brevibus ; antlierai lineares, perfecte l-locidares ; staminodia 2, summo 

 tubo afBxa, filamentis brevissimis, antlieris parvis cassis. Ovarium 2-loculare ; stylus 

 integer. Fructus calyce inclusus, abortu (an semper?) 1-coccus l-spermus, — Frutex v. 

 suflfrutex ramis virgatis. Folia parva, angusta, integerrima, auperiora distantia gradatim 

 in bracteas ovatas abenntia, Spicae terminales, basi interruptse, rhacKi bracteis calyci- 

 busque ciliato-hirsutis. Flores sessiles. 



Species 1, Africse australis incola. 



Genus medium tenet inter Sdaginmn et Agathel^dem. 



6. Agratbelpls^ Choia. Mem. Selag. 25^ et in DC. Prod. xii. 23- — Calyx tubulosus, apice 

 breviter S-fidus, subseqnalisj ima basi bracteai adnatus. Corolla tiibus tenuis, sfepius 

 elongatus, supeme hand ampliatus, ore subconstricto ; limbus stellato-patens, lobia 5 

 ovali-oblongis subaequalibxis. Stamina 2, supra medium tubum aftixa, incluaa, filamentis 

 brevibus ; anther^e oblongfe v. lineares, perfecte 1-Ioculares ; staminodia 0. Ovarium 2- 

 loculare ; stylus integer. Fructua calyce inclusus, oblongus, abortu 1-coccus l-spermus. — 

 Frutices sufiruticesve glabri, ramis virgatis. Folia sparsa, linearia v. parva, summa in 

 bracteas abeuntia. Spicae s^epius tenues, elongate?, basi interruptiiE; glabrae, Bractese 

 ovatfe V. angustflB, calycem fructiferum basi ferentes. 



Species enumeratse 6, nonnullee tamen vix distinctse, AfricEe australis incolae. Lam. Illustr. i. 17p 

 /. 1 {Eranthemum). 



7. Gymnandra, Pall. Voy. ed. Par. iv. 681, L 1. (Lagotis, GceHn. i/n Nov. Comm. 

 Acad. Petrop. xiv, 533, t, 18.) — Qalyx mombranaceus v- hyalinus, laxiusculus, antice 

 spathaceo-fissus, postice integer v, breviter 2-3-fidua. Corollie tubus tenuis, ad faucem 

 ampliatiis ; limbus 2-labiatus, patens, labio postico integro v. 2-fido, antico seepius 

 longiore 3-fido (v, lobo medio deficiente 2-fido]). Stamina 2, fauci affixa, corolla 



