Verbenece-] CXXV, VERBENACE^. 1147 



£oL Reg. t 294, 1102, 1184, 1748, 1766, 1925- Sweet, BriL Fl, Gard, L 202, 295; ser. 2, t. 9, 41, 

 207, 221, 318, 347, 363, 391. 



Genus quoad liabitum prresertlm iiiflorescentiam polymorplnnn, vix tamen in sectiones distinctas 

 dividendum. Glandclarta, GmeL Sf/sL Veg. 920 (Billardiera, Mcench. Metk, 369. Shtjttlk- 

 ■\voRTHU, Mti^sii. Gen, PL 290, Comm^ 198, UviARoyMX, Bujfge in BulL Sc. Acad, VeUmh.xn, 

 (1840) 278, FUcIk et Mey. in Mem. Acad, Pefcrsh. ser. 6, Sc. Nat. ir. 153, cum ic,), a Schaucro pro 

 sectione distmguitur antheris auticis coimcctivo in appendiculfim clavatam v. glanduliferam pro- 

 ducto, character lunonnullis spccicbiis valdo couBpicuus, in aliis fere evauidtis, et habitus omniiio 

 scriei NooU'mm scctionis typicee {Verhenac^\ 



K, inflata^ H. B. ct K,, species Mexicaiia, insignis est stamiuibus posticis ad staminodia minima 

 vodnclis y, oiiiiiino deficientibus ot calyce fructifero basi ampliato, niulto minus tamen qnam in 

 Priva, 



27. Tamonea, AuhL PL GiiL ii. G59j t 2G8. (Gliinia, Schreb. Gen. PL 19. Ksemp- 

 fera, Hand, lidUi. 3, t. 2. LeptocarpiiSj Willd. in Linhy Jahrb. iii. 51, ex Schau. 

 Ischnia, DC. Prod. ix. 257.) — Calyx per anthesin tubulosus, inox campanulatus, trunca- 

 tus, costis 5 elevatis in dentes breves productis. CoroUse tubus cylindraceus, superne 

 parum ampUatus ; limbus obliqnusj patens, 5-fidus, lubis 2 posticiy paullo brevioribus^ 

 antico productiore. Stamina 4, didynaraa, medio tubo affixa, inctusa ; antherai ovatre, 

 loculis parallelis, connectivo 2 anticorum in appendicem brevem v, clavatam glandulifor- 

 mem producto. Ovarium subperfecte 4-loculare, loculis 1-ovulatis ; stylus inclusus, 

 stigmate crassiusculo oblongo oblique ; ovula juxta basin latcruliter affixa, Diupa glo- 

 bosa V. turbinata, e calyce vix exaerta, obtusa v, breviter 4-comutaj exocarpio carnoso, 

 putamine duro integro 4r-loculari cum lacuna central!. Seminain loculis solitaria, erecta, 

 exalbuminosa. — Sufi'rutices v, liei'b;© erectse, ramis tenuibxia rigidis divaricatls. Folia oppo- 

 sita, parva, subsessilia, dentata v. inciso-pinnatifida, v. summa floralia integerrima. 

 Spic£e pauciflorse, tenuea, axillares terminalesque- Flores parvi, ad axillas bracteaium 

 niinimarum solitarii, sessiles, secus rhacliin tenuem dissiti. 



Species 4, America tropicfe a Brasilia usque ad Mexicum incol^e, Sckau, in DC* Prod. xi. 528, 

 €t in Mart Fl Bras. ix. 177. Bocq. Jiev. Verb, 135, t 13, G^rtn.f. FrucL iii, (, 213, Sw. FL 

 Lid. Occid, t, 21 (Gkinta). 



28- Konocfailus, Flsch, et Mey, huh Sem, H<nL Petrop, i. (1835) 34. — Calyx campa- 

 nulatus, membranaceus, breviter 5-fidii8, lobis parum inrcqnalibus acutis. Corollie tubus 

 cylindraceus, superne obliquus, parum ampliatus, postice fissus ; limbus valde obliquus, 

 in labium patens apice 3-fidum antice productus, lobis 2 poaticis ad basin labii brevi- 

 bus. Stamina 4, medio tubo affixa, parum inaiqualia, labio breviora ; antherce oblongee, 

 inappendicnlatse, loculis parallelis. Ovarium breve, 2-loculare, loculis 2-ovulatis, mox 

 septis spuriis accretis 2-locellatis ; stylus elongatus, apice obtuaiusculus ; ovula juxta 

 basin lateralitur affixa, erecta. Fructus (a nobis non visiis) calyce aucto velattis, ex 

 icone aubglobosus, snbdrnpaceus, pencarpio camoao mgoso, putamine coriaceo in pyrenas 

 4 V. abortu pauciorea secedente. Semina erecta, exalbuminosa. — Herba humilia, glabi'a 

 V. tenuiter viscido-puberula, e rhizomate repento erecta. Folia altema v. subopposita, 

 majuscula, membranacea, repando-dentata, Flores albidi, in racemum tenninalem elon- 

 gatum dispositi, ad axillas [bractearum minimarum solitarii, breviter pedicellati, secus 

 rhachin spam, Bracteohis in medio x>edicello minutte. 



Species 1. Brasilicnsis. Sckau, in DC. Prod, xi, 526, ct in Mart, FL Bras, ix, 172^ t. 32. 

 Genus corollfe forma insigne, Specimina prime intuitu Privam l^vem referunt, praeter corollas 

 calyco brevi statim dignoscenda, 



.29, Amasonla, Linn- f, Suppl 48, 294. (Taligalea, AuhL PL GuL ii, 625, (. 252,)— 

 Calyx laxe campaiiulatus, membranaceus, coloratus, 5-fidus, fructifer parum auctus- 

 Corollaa tubus elongatua, rectus v. basi iucurvus, superne parum ampliatus ; limbus 5- 

 fidus, 8ub-2-labiatus, lobis brevibus patentibus v- reflexia 2 posticis exterioribus, antico 

 sfBpius majore. Stamina 4, didyiiama, proj>e basin tubi affixa, exserta v, corolla parum 



