1148 CXXV- VERBENACE^. [Verbene(z. 



breviora ; aiither^e oblongo-sagittat^, loculis parallelis- Ovarium i-loculare, loculis 1-' 

 ovulatis ; stylus subulatus, apice integer v, brevissime 2-fidus ; oviila lateraliter affixa, 

 Drupa succosaj endocarpio crustaceo-coriaceo in pyrenas 4= secedente. Semina ovoidea, 

 testa tenui appressa, exalbuininosa ; embryo crasso-carnosus, oleoaus, baai integer cum 

 radicula non prominente continuus, superne in cotyledones 2 sibimet arete applicitas 

 divisus. — Suffrutices srepe elati, basi raniosij glabri v, hirsutij ramis floriferis erectis basi 

 foliatis. Folia alterna^ dentata v. rarius integerrimaj superiora pauca parva, Flores in 

 racemum v. paniculam racemiformem terminalem elongatam dispoaiti, secus rhachiu 

 sparsi, siimmi etinterduni omnesadaxillasbractearum solitarii pedicellatij v, Sffix^i^^s ple- 

 rique in racemulis lateralibus brevibus irregiilariter sparai v. conferti^ pedicellatij iindiqiie 

 centripetim evoluti- Bracteas primarioi s^epe latio, uti calyces coccine^ siib pedicellia 

 ftjepius pai'7i.B angustyc. Curollie iiavse v, sulphurece. 



Species a Sv^-haucro adiiiissse 6, Ainericse tropica; orientalis a BraaiUa ad insi. Trioitatis incolfiG, 

 forte tamcn ad 4 rcducendip. Schait, in DC, Prod. xL 677, ct in Mart. FL Jiras, ix- 292, t. 48. 

 Bocq- Rev. Verb. 121, t. 5. 



Genu±i nostro sciisu male ab auctoribus Viticeis ascrlptuni et Clerodendro compariatum ; inflore- 

 scentia mininie cyniosa, bx-acteis nunquam oppositis, Embryo erasso-carnosiis fere ^SympAorcmafi^, 

 Genus ceetcrum nuUi arete affiue, etsi pluribus notis Monochilo acccdit, 



30? Espadoea, A. Mich, FL Cub. t 65 textits nobis deed. (Armeniastinim, Lemaire^ 

 Jard. Fkur. iv,. Misc. 76, cum ic). — Calyx campanulatus, fere globosus, brevissime 4-5- 

 dentatuSj fructifer immutatns. Corollai tubus incurvnsj superne valde ampliatus ; limbus 

 obliquuSj 5-fiduSj lobis brevibus parum inrequalibus antico sublongiore. Stamina 4 v. 5, 

 prope basin coroUse affixa, exserta, inttKjualia, postico dum adait longiore ; antlier^e ovatae, 

 loculis pai'ullelis. Discus crassus^ brevitcr 5-lobus. Ovai'ium 2-Ioculare, loculis 2-ovuIa- 

 tis ; stylus exseiiuSj stigmate subdilatato didymo ; oviila juxta basin affixaj crecta. 

 Fructus globosus, camosuSj indehiscenSj 2docularis v. abortu l-locularis. Semina in 

 loculis solitaria, late ovata, loculos implentiaj testa crassiuscula, exalbuminusa ; cotyle- 

 dones latie, radicula brcvis, infera, — Frutex ramulis floribuaque forrugineo-tomentellis. 

 Folia altema, obovata v- obovato-oblongaj coriaceaj nitida, supra venis crebris parallelis 

 prominulis a costa divergentibus percursa. Pedicelli breves, l-Hori, recurvi, ebracteati, 

 axillarea v. latcrales, sumuii rarius racemum pauciflornm formantes. 



Species Ij Cubensla. Micrs in Trails. Linn. Soc. xxvii, 193, t. 38< 



Grisebach, Cat PL Cub, 191, Espadisam ad Goetzcam, WydL, refert, et Miers 1. c, h^c duo genera 

 in ordinem proprium Gixtzeaceas junsit, ct liac sjnoiiymia scducti, Gait^cam supra ad Verhenaceas 

 retulimus. Planta Wydleriana Portoriceasis a nemlne postea descripU nee a nobis nee a Miersio 

 Tisa est, aed icone et descriptiono Wjdleri (Liunaca, v- 423, t. 8) sedulo scrutatis ab Espadma longe 

 aliona vidttur et vcrisiiuilitor Solanaccis Cestrineis ascribeiida, infra in Addejulis hujus Tolumiiiis 

 q\i5erenda, Espadma ipsa etiam quoad affinitatem subdubia, nam eepta spuria inter ovula cujusque 

 loculi onmino deesse videutur, C^etora bene cum Vcrhenaceis c tribu Verhenecirum coareniunt. 



31. Cassella, Nees et Mart, in Nov. Act. Nat. Cur, xi, 73, (, 6, — Calyx tubulosus v, 

 campanulatns, S-costatus, geqnaliter 5-dentatus, Corollte tubus brevis^ in faucem amplam 

 oblique dilatatus ; limbua patena, 3ub-2-labiatu3j lobis 5 latis parum inajqualibus. Sta- 

 mina 4, didynama^ prope basin coroIUo affixa, inclusa, filamenti^ brevissimis ; antlieriu 

 ovat^'c^j loculis parallelis connectivo anticorum doi'so incrassato posticorum angusto. Ova- 

 ritim subperfecte 2-locuIarej loculis 1-ovulatis ; stylxis brevis, stigmate crassiusctdo 

 obliquo ; ovula e baai loculi erecta. Fructus calyce iuclu.sus v. breviter exsertua, 

 ovoideus v. globosus, esocarpio tenuis pyrenis 2 coriaceis v, duriusculisj extus bi3vibus, 

 facie interna valde concavis. Sonuna in 2>yrenis solitaria, conipressa, dorso convexa, 

 facie concava, testa membranacea, exalbuniinosa. — HerbiXJ suflmtices v. frutices bunnies, 

 glabri v, pai-ce pilosis siccitate nigricantea. Folia opposita, niembraiiacea, groase dentata 

 v. rarius integerriraa. Flores baud magni, in raceniis brevibus axillaribus pauci, pedicel- 

 late Biactere sub pedicellis niinutatj ; bracteol^e 0, 



Species i> v, 6, BrasilianiP, Schait. in DC, Prod. xi. 527, et in Mart. Fl. Bras, is, 173, t. 32. 

 Z'occi. licr. Ver'}. Ill, f. IG, P(ui. Mag. xv. 7^, cum ic. in FL dis ScrrcSt I. 361, r^x^iia. 



