VUicec^.] CXXV. VERBENACE^E. 1153 



BidL Soc. Imp. NaL Mosc, 1863, ii. 215. Miq, FL Imh Bat. ii. 891, ct id Ann. Mas. LugiL Bat. u. 

 97- Benlh. FL Austral \\ 58. G^rtn. Frucf, t 56. Burm. FL Lid. t, 41 {Cornuiia). Wight, Ic. 

 t. 869, U68, H69, U83 ad U85. Bcdd. Fl. Sglv, t U\. Stem, FL Vit. t. 43. 



HoLOCKiLOsiA, Hochst. hi Flora, 1841, 371, est spacics Abyssinica a Sclmuero ad Prevmam relata, 

 ct i'. rf>>'^i/b//f?, RoxIl, affiuis videtiir, CoroUae lobiis anticus tamen in plant-i Ab^'ssinica cit^teris 

 conspiciic longior concaviis, primiim fore forniciitns, et forte hcec species cum Adehsa, JJI., pro 

 soctione di&tincta Premnre habenda. 



43, Adelosa, Bhnne, Mvs, Bot. i. 176. — Calj^x tnbnb)susj 5-fida9, r^equalisj lobis ovatia 

 acuminatis. Corollas tubus calycem superans, fauce nuda ; limbus 5-fiduSj lobis rotuiida- 

 tis 4 exterioribus per paria connatis, qninto intimo fomicato. Stamina 4, sutnnio tiibo 

 aiiixa, iequalia, exserta, filamentis brevissiiais ; anther^e oblongo-linearea, dorso affix*e, 

 locnlis parallelis. Ovarium depresso-globosum, obsolete 4-snlcatanij imperfecte 4-loculare, 

 loculis l-ovulatis ; stylus exsertus, stigmate 2-fido ; ovula medio lateraliter affixa, micro- 

 pyle infera. Bacca 1 turbinate -globosa, depressa, calyce ampliato cincta^ imperfecte 4' 

 locularis, Semiiia in loculis solitaria, peltata, oblonga, compressa, meuibranaceo-margi- 

 nata.— Frutex rani'tHissimuSj glabcr. Folia opposita, approximata, brevissimc petiolataj 

 cuneato^oblonga v, obovata, integerrima t, apice remote aerrata. Flores in pedunculo 

 terminal! pauci, subsessiles, bracteis subulatis cincti, sub calyce 2-bracteolati, Corolla 

 extus glanduloso-puberula, (Char, ex Blum.) 



Species 1, in Ambojjgo ^ladagascari^'e a Pcrvilleo collccta, a nobis non visa, ex descr, evidenter 

 Premnw {Holochilomati) valde affinis. Walp. Ann. jii, 234- 



44. Cornutla, Linn. Gen. n. 7CG. (Hosta, Jaai. Hort. Sduenbr. i. 60, t. 114.)— Calyx 

 parvus, cf»mpanulatus, sinuato-dentatus, fructifer immutatus v. vix auctus. Corollfe 

 tubus cylindraccus, rectus v, curvulus, fcqualis v. -supeme pamm anipliatus ; limbus 

 patens, 4-fidua, lobis 3 ovatis valvatis fequaliter patentibus v, postico subexteriore per 

 aiitiiesin ereetiorej antico intimo cieteris majore patente. Stamina perfccta 2, antica, 

 medio tube affixa, suboxserta ; antlieranim connectivuui crassum, loculi ovoidei divergen- 

 tes V. demum divaricati ; ataminodia 2, postica, flliformiaj'ananthera. Ovarium villosum^ 

 4-Ioculare5 loculis 1-ovulatis ; stylus apice minute insequaliterque 2-iidus ; ovula lateraliter 

 sub apice affixa, Drupa parra, globosa, calyci insiduns, exocari^io succoso, endocarpio 

 duro subosseo integro 4-loculari v, abortu 3-2-loculari, Semina oblonga, exalbnminosa.— 

 Frutiees elati, minute tomentosi v. molliter tomentoso-pubescentes, raniis saspe quadran- 

 gulis. Folia opposita, lata, integeiTima. Cyma^ luxee, floribundie, in paniculam termi- 

 nalem thyrsoideam v. pyramidatam dispositfe. Florea parvuli, violacei v, caerulei. 



Species enuiiienitie 6, nounullae tamen inter se nlmis affincs, Amcricfie tropicas imprimiti Guiana, 

 Indiae occidentalism Columbise, AmericJe centralis et ileiici iiJcola>, in Brasilia v, Peruvia orientali 

 raiiorcs, Schau. in DC^ Prod, xL G81. Boc^^ Btv. Verb^ 137, t. 12 (ic, quoad antheras et eestiva- 

 tiouem corolL-e vix accumta), Gmrfn.f. Fruct, lib t 213. Pi£pp. et EadL Xov. Gtn. et Sp. t. 269 

 {Hosia). Bot. Mag. ^ 2611. Bot. Beg. t. 1204 {Hosta). 



4:0. Gtneliaa, Linn. Gen, n. 703- — Calyx campanulatusj 4-5'dentatus v. sinuato-loba- 

 tu3. CoroUie tubus, baai tenuis, s*uperne valde anipliatus v. in faucem oblique canipanu- 

 latam dilatatus ; limbus obliquus, patens, 5-fidu3 v. lobis 2 postieis in labium posticum 

 connatis 4-fidus, lobo antico ca^teris majore. Stamina 4, didynama, sub fauce aftixa, 

 corolla breviora ; antherce oblongse, loculi.s parallelis apicem versus affixis. Ovarium jam 

 sub anthesi 4-loculare, loculis l-ovulatis ; stylus apice breviter 2-fidu3, lobo postico sfepius 

 minimo ; ovula medio v, altiua lateraliter affixa. Drupa calyci vix aucto iiisidens, plus 

 minus succosa, end()car2>io osseo, 4-locularis v. abortu 2-locuIaris, Semina in loculis soli- 

 taria, oblonga, exalbuminosa, cotylcdonibus crassis, — Arbores fniticesve elati/glabriv, in 

 inflorescentia prsesertim toiiientosi, inermesv. spinis axillaribus divaricatis (ramulis abor- 

 tivis) armati. Folia oppoyita^ integemma. Cynue densse v- laxie, secus ramos paniculas 

 terminalis opposita3, sessilesv. pedunculatie. Florea quam in Ki(ice majores, ca;rulea3 

 pallide violaceiie v. flavje, BracteK parvce v. rariua sub cymis amplfe coloratse. 



