1142 CXXW VERBENACE.E. [ChloantliecB. 



17- Acbaritea, Benth. gen, nov. — Calyx campanulntuaj fntctiferauctuSj submembrana- 

 ceus, 10-nervis, siipeme ampliatus^ ^qxialiter 5-dentat\ift, Corollse tubus calyce subinclu- 

 suSj rectus, aupeme parum ampliatus ; limbus brevis, sub-2-labiatu3, lobis 4 latis parum 

 ina^tiualibus, antico paullo majore. Stamina 4j didynama, medio tubo affixa, corolla 

 breviora ; antherse ovatie, 2-loculares, loculis parallelis distinctisjbasi minute mucronatis. 

 Ovarium 2-loculare, loculis 1-ovulatis ; stylus terminalis, elongatus, apice integer, obtu- 

 siusculus ; ovula juxta basin lateraliter affixa, erecta, Fructus subglobosus, calycis tubo 

 incluBus, indeliiscens, abortu 1-locularia v. insequaliter 2-loculariSj periearpio membrana- 

 ceo. Semen in speciminibus examinatis unicum perfectum, erectum, prope basin funiculo 

 brevi affixum, oblongum, Iseve, testa crassiusculaj albumine parco ; embryo teres, rectus, 

 cotyledonibus brevibus radicula crassiuscula infera baud latioribus. — Herba tenuis, 

 rigidula, glabra. Folia opposita, ovata y. ovato-lanceolata, integcrrima, floralia gradatim 

 minora, summa bracteiformia. Flores ad axillas 1-3-ni, subsessiles, parvi, snbsecundi, 

 superiores in spicam unilateralem conferti, BracteoUe niinut^e v. 0. 



' Species 1, A. temiis, nob., in sylris ins. Marosso et in sinii Bombatok Madagascarire a Boutonio 



lecta, 



Genus quoad iuflort^^centiam et calyces primo intuitu Labiatas r. ScrophidariHcas refert, cha- 



racteres tamen omnino Verbenaceantm, parumque a Nesogene differt, calyce et periearpio. 



18. Xantana* Linn. Gen, n, 765. — Calyx parvus, membranaccusj truncatus v. sinuato- 

 dentatus. Corolla tubus cylindraceus, tenuis, aiqualis v. ad stamina parum ampliatus ; 

 limbus patens, sequalis v- obscm-e 2-labiatus, 4-5-fidus, lobis latis obtusis retusisve. 

 Stamina 4, didynama^ medio tubo affixa, inclusa ; antlieroe ovatse, loculis parallelis. 

 Ovarium 2-loculare, loculis 1-ovulatis ; stylus s^epius brevisj stigmate crassiusculo ob- 

 liquo V. sublaterali ; ovula a basi erecta v. juxta basin lateraliter affixa. Fructus dru- 

 paceus, exocarpio plus minus succoso^ putamine duro 2-loculari v. in pyrenas 2 l-lociUarea 

 aecodi;nte- Semina exalbuminosa. — Frutices humiles v. elati v, alte subscandentcs v. 

 rarius herbse erectpe, pilis simplicibus scabro-hirti pubescentes v. tomentosi. Folia oppo- 

 sita, dentata, sa3pe rugosa, Spicam denste, saspius in capitula brevia contractas, rarius 

 cylindraceie, ad axillas pedunculat£e. Flores rubri aurantiaci albi v. versicolores, baud 

 magni, ad axillas bracteanim solitarii, sessiles. Bracte^ saspius e basi lata acuminatJB, 

 patentes v, subimbricatiB ; bracteolse 0, 



Species descriptae nltrji 50, forte ad 40 redut^endse, plerseque Americanfe, tropic£e v, siibtropicjej 

 paucte Africanifi v. Asiaticse, Schau. in DC. Prod. xi. 595, et m Mart Fl. Bras. ix. 252, t. 42 ad 

 4T. Walp. Ann, i. 543, iii. 233, v. 708. Bocq, liev. Verb, 151, L 17- Turcz. in Bull Soc, Imp^ 

 Nat. Mosc. 1863, ii. 205, Vent, Jard, Malm. L 8. Jacq. Hort. Sthceubr. t, 285, 360, 473. Wight, 

 Ic t, 1461. lioj/lcy IlL Him. PL t, 73. Bene, in Jacquem. Vay, Boi. t. 14L Lmk et Otto, Ic. PL 

 SeL U 50. Bot, Mag. i. 96, 1022, 1449, 1946, 2981, 3110, 394L Bot, Reg. t. 708, 



Genus a Scluiuero dividilur in sectioned 3 inter se parum distinctas: Calliorkea3,i\T}\^^ subbaccata; 

 Cu/nara, exocarpio potiiis canioso qtiarii suceoau; et SarcoUpplti, exocarpio teuiiiore, pyrenis facilius 

 solvencU-s et interdum lacuna iuterjecta discretis. Hsec scctio fere medium tenet inter Lantaaani et 

 Lippiam, sed habitus bracteai etc. potiiis priuris. Hie polius quam Lippim referenda ridentur 

 RiKDKLiA, Cham, \Lippia Chamissonis, Schau,), et Lippia purpurea, Jacq. f. £cK t. 85, species Xa«- 

 tante brasilicnsi, Schau., pluribus notis et prsesertim fructu affines. 



Tamonofsis, Griseb. PI, Lorcntz. 198, est frutex Cordobensis nobis ignotus- Character- tamen 

 auctoris notas nulhss prrebct quibua a Lantana dist'nguutur prater spicas elongatas 1-lJ- 

 pollicares. 



10. Xiippia, Linn, Gen. n, 781,— Calyx pamis, membranaceiis, ovoideus campaniilatua 

 V. compressus 2-carinatnsqiie v. 2>alatiis, 2^ y, 4-fidus v, 4-dentatiis, CorolLe tubus 

 cylindraceus, rectus v, incurvus, parum exsertua v, rarius elongatus, it^iualis v- supeme 

 ampliatus; liuibus ubliquua, pattms, sub-2-labiatus, 4-fidufl, lobis latis sfepe retusis, 



