Verheneit.] CXXV. VERBENACE^, 1143 



postico integro emarginato v, semi-2-fido, lateralibns (an semper?) exterioriLus, antico 

 ssepe majore. Stamina 4, didynama, medio tubo affixa, inclusa v, vix exserta ; antherfie 

 ovata^ V- latiCj inappendicnlatae, loculis parallelia. Ovarium 2-loculai'e, loculis l-ovulatis ; 

 stylus ssepius brevisj stigmate crassiusculo obliquo v. reciirvo ; ovula a baai erecta v. 

 jnxta basin lateraliter affixa, Fnictus parvus, sicciis, calyce inclusus eique interdum 

 adnatusj in pyrenas 2 sponte secedens v. separabilis, pericarpio pei^amentaceo v. indurato, 

 exocarpio membranaceo rarius a pyrenia subdistincto, Seniina uxalbumiiiosa (v, albuntiiiu 

 carnoso rarins pr^dita?), — Fmtices snffriiticesve rariiia lierbtOj glabri v, pili-s ainiplicibna 

 tonientosi piibescentcs v, hirsuti. Folia opposita v, 3-natiui verticillata rarius altema, 

 integeirima dentata v. lobata, plana v* rugosa. Spic£e elongata; gi^acilesque v, dense 

 cylindracete v, in cai>itula contract^e. Flores parvi, ad axillaa bractearuin solitariij sessiles, 

 Bracteas in apicis elongatis parv^, in abbreviatis ssepius latfe imbricatfe. 



Species fevo 90, pleroeque Amerlcanfe, a Boiiaria et Chile iii^qne ad Meslcum ct Pennsylraniam 



exteiiSBp, paucse African£e, duai ex Americanig per regiones calidiores orbis veteris late dispersfe. 



Schiui, in DC. Prod. ^\. 672 {excL L, junc€a), et in Mart, FL Bras, ix. 220, t. ZQ ad il, Walp. 



Ann. i, ^43, iii. 232, v. 707. Bocq. liev. Verb. U7, t 17. Titrc:^, in BidL Soc, Inif. Nat. Mosc, 



18G3, ii. 200. 

 Genus a Schauoro in eectioncs 5 imprimis ad inflore&eeiitiam dividitur, dein ad variationals 



calycis et fructus pyrenas facile v. dif&cilo solvendas, qui tanien charaeteres valde ineerti* In- 



floresceiitia sola series 2 prsebet facile distingueiulas, ctsi charaeteres florales fere eidem, 



1. Aloysia, Schau^^ spicis elongatis gracllibus hixis, bracteis parvis angusti.-^, Ciilycibus in 

 plerisque dense hirsutis. Solum, in Mart. FL Bras, ix, t. 36, Aloysia, Ort, \ Cham, in Zinntea, 

 vii. 234. In L. citriodora, H. B, et K. {Verbena triphylla, Lher. Stirp. t. 11, Hot, Mag, t. 367), 

 calyces uti tota planta glabri, 



AcANTHOLiPPiA, Griseb. FL Lorentz. 196, ab auctore a Idppia distinguitur seminibus albumlnosis, 

 A. saholoidem, Griseb., c Catamarca, non vidimus, sed planta quoi^d habitum, folia aJterna minima 

 3-5-fida aliasque notas plurimas cum descriptione conveniens lecta fuit a Pearceo ad JeyJng in prov, 

 Salta, semina tamen in specimine nostro nontlum perfecto matnra. Albumen parcum verisimilitor 

 adeat in speciebus ph\r ihus Lippits, et Acautholippia fkicWu pro scQi\oue Lippm habenibi, calycibiis 

 dense hirsutis floribusque Aloysits^ Bed habitu fruticuloso ssepe epinescente, foliis parvis oppositis 

 V. altcrnis sa^pius lobatig et marginibus vaUle recurvis subtus quiisi canaliculatis, spicis sa^plua 

 brevibws densis* Species adsunt 3 \. 4, omnes ox America australi extratropica. 



2, Zapania^ spicis densis cylindraceis v. globosis, bracteis latis obtusis v, brevissiiue cuapidntis 

 rarius acutiusculis nunc herbaceis imbricaLis, nunc coloiMtis laxioribus cxtcrioribus amplls- Cav. Ic. 

 t 194. Beichb. Iconogr. Exot, t 169. Wight, Ic. t. 1463, Torr. in Many lied Biv. Expl /, 17, 

 Buiz €t Pav. FL Per. et CkiL t. 32, /. b. {Verbena). Lher. Stirp, Nov. t. 12 {Verbena). Sibtk. FL 

 Gr. t. boZ {Verbena). Jacq. Hort, Schcejibr. t.SGl (Lantana), A. St. JUL PL Us, t, 70 {Lajitana). 

 Zapania, Scop., Jiiss. in Ann, Mns. Par, vii. 72, Hie inchidendae etiam Bipterocalyx, Cham, in 

 Linn^a^ vii. 24], et Crtptocalyx, Bc7tih. in Ann, Nat. Hist. ser. 1, ii. 446, Phyla, Lottr. FL Coch. 

 66, est ex DC, Prod- xvii. 296, Lippia {Zapania) nodifiora ; character auctoris convenit, 



RiEDELiA, Cham, in Linnma, vii, 240, a Schauero inter Lippias {Za2}anias) admiss^i, fmcta nigro 

 nitidissimo sponte non secedente, Inter Idppiam et Laiitanam ffre medium tenot^ his habitu 

 bmcteisque acuminatis similior. Genera duo caeterum limitibiis certis vix distineta, 



20. Baillonia, Bocq. in Adctnsmim, ii. 251, (- 7 ; Rev. Verb. 150, t. 6, (Diostea, 

 Miers in Trails. Linn. Soc. xxvii. 103, t. 28.) — Calyx campamilatus v. breviter tubulosus, 

 brevissinie 4-5-dentatus, dente postico niinimo v, obsoleto, Corollse tubus cylindraceus, 

 rectus V. sajpius incurvus, asqualis v. ad stamina leviter ampliatus ; limbus patens, sub- 

 2-labiatn3, 5-fidu9, lobis panim ina;qualibu3, 2 posticis basi subconnatis, antico seepe 

 majore. Stamina 4, didynama, supra medium tnbum affixa, inclusa v, longiora breviter 

 exserta; anthenc inappondiculatse, loculis parallel is ; staminodium posticum parvum, 

 interdum apice clavatum. Ovarium 2-loculare, loculis 1-ovulatis ; stylus inclusus v. 

 breviter exsertus, stigmate incrassato plus minus obliquo, ovula prope basin latera- 

 liter aftixa- Fructus parvus, calyce inclusus v, breviter exsertus, subdrupaceus, exo- 

 carpio cnissiuscule membranaceo subsncci)so, endocarpio duriu-sculo in pyrena,s 2 1-sper- 

 Tuas secedente, Semina exalbuminosa. — Frutices snffruticesvc erectij glabri v, rarius ad 



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