Viticece.] CXXV. VERBENACE^. 1155 



Ovarium "breviter 4-lobuni, x^'imnm imperfecte mox perfecte 4-locnlare, locniia l-oviilatis. 

 Fructus di'upaceuSj tanquam notus ad pyrenam unicam magnam obovoideam reductua, 

 exocarpiu carnoso v. succoso, endocarpio duro. Semen j)yreiife confornie, a nobis non 

 visum, — Frutices alte scandontes, glabri. Folia oppoaita, integorrimaj coi'iacea, Cymee 

 floribundie, in paniculam terminalem laxe corymbosam v, ad nodos sessilem dispositre. 

 Florea albij speciosi. 



Species 2, quanim una typica Australiana panicnla terminali, fructus earpello 2-polIic.iri, Btnih, 



Fl. Ai(straL w Q^ ; altera ins. Viti incola congener videtur etsi iuflorcscctitiji dcns^i ad nodos latenlis 

 ct fructns adlnif i^hotus. !5eem. FL Vit. 188| t. 44, escl. tamcn F, amicorum, qufe Chrodendri f^eu 

 THrathyraniki sp. 



48, Ozera, Lahitl. Sert, Aiistr. Caled. 23, f. 28- (Onconia, Spreng. Stjst, Cur, Post, 

 11») — Calyx angusto V, late campanulatus, mombranaceusv. subcoriaceus, 4- rarius 5-fidus, 

 lobis latis valvatis, v, rarius abbreviatns explanatiis coriacexia sinuato-dentatns. Corolbie 

 tubus e basi brevi ampliatus, subcampanulatus v. late cylindraceus, rectus v, valde incnr- 

 vus ; Umbus obliquus v, sub^TqualiSj 4-fiduSj lobas Kiiba?qualibiis v, postico exteriore lon- 

 giore, antieo intimOj interdum angustiore v, loiigiui'e. Stamina perfecta 2, antica, infra 

 medium tubum affixa, longe exserta, sub lobo postico ascendentia incurvaque ; antherre 

 ovatie V. oblongs, loculis parallelis ; staminodia 2, postica, filifornaia, ananthera. 

 Discus crassus- Ovarium 4-lobum, primum imperfecte mox perfecte 4-locularej loculis 

 1-oviilatia ; stylus intra loboa affixusj exsertuSj apice obtusus v, brevissime 2-fidxi3 ; 

 ovula supra medium lateraliter affixa, Drupa usque ad basin partita, pyrenis 4 v, abortu 

 paucioribua a basi distiuctia obovoideis oblungisve, exocarpio carnoso, endocai^i^io parum 

 indurato, lamina placentifera introraum subinToluta. Semen prope basin affixum^ erec- 

 tum, testa membranacea appressa ; embryo semini conformisj extus rugosus, cotyledoni- 

 bua ultra medium in massam carnoso-oleosam concretis apice distinctis v, separabilibus, 

 radicula brevi infera, — Fruticua sit'pe scandentesj gJabri, Folia opposifcaj integerrima, 

 coriacea. Cym^e dichotomt^, in axillis superioribus pedunculate^ v- in paniculam termi- 

 nalem trichotomaui dispositie. Flores pedicellati, majnacnli, albidi v. ocln^oleuci. 

 Bracteai parvi^^, nunc minimie, rarius pcdicellu longiures. Calyces et corollaj forma de 

 specie in speciem valde diversi, 



f Species 10, Xov^ Caledoni;e incolfe, Schau. in DC. Prod, xi. 676. Fensl in Beutsch, Naliirf. 

 rersamvil Bericht, 1843, t. 2, 3- Bocq. Rev. Verh. 124, 1. 19. Vieillardin BulL Soc. BoL Norm, vii. 98. 

 ilAOUTiA, Montrous, in Mem. Acad. Lyon^ x. 241, species unica ex ins. Art Novae Calodonife, ex 

 anctoris descr. est verisimiliter Oxerte species. 



49. Clerodendron, Linn, Gen. n. 789, (Sii>honantha, Ovieda et Volkameriaj Linn, 

 Gen, n- 129, 787^ 788. Volkmanniaj Jacq. Hort. Schcenhr. iii. 48, t, 338, Agricolfea, 

 Schrank in Denkschr, Akad, Wiss, Miiticfi, 1808, 98.) — Calyx campanulatusj rarius tubu- 

 losua, truncatus 5-dentatus v- 5-fiduSj fructifer parum mutatua v, sa)pius auctus aiib 

 fructu patens v, appreasus v, fnictum includcns. CorolLns tubus tenuiter cylindraccus, 

 rectus V, incurvus, seqnalis v, ad faucem leviter ampliatus, saipius elongatus nunc longis- 

 simua rarius calycem breviter excedens ; limbns patens v, aubreflexus^ 5-fidus, lubia aub- 

 ajqualibus v, 2 posticia exterii^ribus paullo brevionbus antieo productioro interdum 

 concavo. Stamina 4, sub fauce affixa, longe exserta, in alabastro involuta ; anthers 

 ovatae v. oblungre, loculis parallelis. Ovarium imperfecte 4-Ioculare, loculis 1-ovulatis ; 

 stylus elongatus, apice breviter et acute 2-fidu3. Drupa globosa v, obovoidea, siepe 

 4rsulcata v, 8ub-4doba, exocarpio valde v, tenuiter snccoso, endocarpio osseo v. cm- 

 staceOj Ifevi v, varie rugoso, in pyrenas 4 distinctas v, rarius per paria coh^erentes 

 secedente, Semina oblonga, exalbuminosa- — Axborea frutieesve interduui scandentes, in 

 nna specie petiolorum basibua persi stent ib\is breviter indurato-spinesccntibus armati, 

 glabri V, pubescentes, rarius molliter tomentosi. Folia opposita v. rarius 3-natim verti- 

 cillata, integerrima v, rarius dentata v, angulato-lubata, Cymse saipius laxiuscuifie, in 

 axillLs superioribus pedimcuratie v. ad apices ramorum paniculatrej v. densce in coiymbum 



