114-t OKXY. VERBENACE^. [Verbenece. 



inflorescentiam puberuli, ramia interdum j^inceis subnudis. Folia opposita v. 3-natim 

 rerticillata, integeiTima v. rarius paucideutata, lanceolata v. parva, in una specie minuta 

 subiuilla. SpicPB terminales v. in asillis superioribiis, elongatas gracilesque v. breves den- 

 sseque. Florea ad axillas bractearum solitariij sessiles. Bracte^e parv«, nunc minutte ; 

 bracteolse 0. 



Species 2, Americas australis extratropicge v. subtroplcas incolse. 



Genus Ll^pifs forte nimis affine, differt calyce fere Verbena, corolIjB Hmljo potius 5-fido quam 4- 

 fido, et fructu subsuceoso. Species typica Paraguayensis, a nobis non visa, ex icone et deser. quoad 

 foliii ct inflorescentiam simillima est Lipp its ciiriodorcp. Characteres genericos eosdem inreniraus 

 in IJppiaJuncea, Schau., etsi habitus valdo diversus (fere Verbena scopariie, Hook.)- Ha-e species 

 typus est DiosiefS, Miers, et includit D. valdivianam et D. infuscatam, Miers, quas i:e viirietate 

 quidem habemus. Cieterse tamen species I)ioste<F, Miers, nobis vidcntur iut-pte a Verbena separate, 

 nam pest Schau erum ovarium 4 ovulatum vidimus et fructum tanquam nolum 4-p)Tcnum; in per- 

 p:tucis tamon spoeiniiinbusi adest pnrfecttim et forte noanimquam abortu 2-pyrenum evadir, 



21. M-eosparton, Griseb. PI. Lorentz. 197, i. 2, f. G.— Calyx tubulosus, minute 5-den- 

 tatus. CoroUse tubns exsertus, superne anipliatus ; lirabns patens, loins 5 requalibxis. 

 Stamina d, didynama, incluaa (v. breviter exaerta f) ; antherte ovatse, inappcndiculata?, 

 loculis parallelis. Ovarium disco breviter cupulato insidens, 2-loculare, loculis 1-ovulatis '; 

 stylus filiformis, stigmato obliquo craasiusculo. Fructus drupacous, abortu 1-pyrenus, ad 

 utrnmque latua in carinam alatam productns, calyce ampliato inclusus. Semen subcylin- 

 draceum, albuminosum.— Frutices glabri, aphylli, ramia junceis teretibua oppositia v. ver- 

 ticillatis strictis validis. Spicio globosoB v. ovoidein, densas, ad nodes sessiles, multiflorie. 

 Florea sessiles. Bracteoe minutai (v. ovatro calycem requantes caducffi). 



Species 2 ? America! australis extrutropicie incol*; typicam o prov. Catamarca non vidimus, sed 

 congener videtur specimen a Darwinio {N. Darwinii, nob.) iu monte Hermo.'^o juxta Bahia Bl'anca 

 Icetum. Habitus infloresecntia calyx corolla et ovarium omnino conveniunt, specifice differro 

 videtur bracteis late ovatis cilyeem Eequantibus v. subsuperantibus et stauiiuibus o tubo breviter 

 essertis. Fructus Uimeu deost. Genus evidentor cum Baillonia inter Vcrhenam, Boucheani et 

 JJpinmn quasi medium tenet, ab omnibus tamen diversum seminibiis, si revera albnminosa 

 61 nt. 



22. Bouchea, Cham, in Llnncea, vii. 252.— Calyx anguste tubulosus, truncatus, promi- 

 nenter 5-costatns, costis in dentes 5 productis, v. breviter 5-fidus, fructifer immutatus v. 

 parum auctus anticeque fissus. CoroUse tubus cylindraceus, tenxiis, rectus v. incumis • 

 limbus oblique patens, 5-fidu3, lobis obtusis retusisve subrequalibus v. posticia breviori- 

 bus. Stamina 4, didynama, supra medium tubum v. sub fauce affixa, inclusa, filamentis 

 brevibus ; antheraj ovatai, loculis parallelia. Ovarium 2-loculare, loculis 'l-ovulatis 

 vai-ius 2-ovulati3 ovido altero mox abortiente ; stylus filiformis, apiceantice producto -sxib- 

 clavato stigmatoso, postice dcntifero v. tubeiculato ; ovula a basi loculi erecta. Fructus 

 s-ccua, calyce inclusus v. breviter exsertus, ob'longus v. linearis, durus, in pyrenas 2 

 sponte secedens v. separabilis, pyrenis facie interna subplanis v. varie concavis v. basi 

 antice excavatis. Semen liueare, exalbuminosum.— Herbre suffruticesve. Folia opposita 

 dentata v. incisa, rarius intogerrimu. Spica; terminales, elongatEe v. rarius abbreviate' 

 Flores ad axillas bractearum solitarii, sessiles v! brevissime pedicellati, secus rliachin sparsi 

 demuju dissiti v. rarius breviter conferti. Bractere parvre, angustie v. rarius foliacere ■ 

 bracteolce minimaj v. 0. ' 



Species 16 v. 17, Americie calidioris, African tropica; et australis et Indise provinciarHm occi- 

 dentalmm incolie. Schau. in DC. Prod. xi. 557, et i» Mart. Fl. Bras. ix. 195, t. 33 Walp Aim 

 Jii. 232. Bocq. Rev. Verb. 139, t. 16. Jacq. Ic. Rar. t. 20S {Virbma). A. St. Hit. PI Us Bres t 

 i^^VerUna). Wight, Ic. i. 1461, 1462. Harv. Thcs. Cap. t. 28, 190. 



B. lim/olia, A. Gr., et B. spaihulata, Torr. Bot. E>norj Exped. 126, e regione Mexican o-Te van a, 

 ab omnibus dinertint foliis integerrimis. 



Ch.vscanum, E. Mey. Co.nm. PL Afr. mrslr. 275 (Pleobostigma, ffochst. in Flora, 1842 Biil i 

 144), consistit e spec.-.bnsgerontogn.s calyce fructifero antice fisso .{epeque oxpauso, quo \ uuiiquam in 



