Viticece,] CXXV. VEBBENACE^. 1157 



contracto calycia amplissimi patentls fere occlusal apice inmcata d-sulcata v. "brGviter 

 divaricato-4-lobaj parum succosa, endocarpio hand crasso 4-pyreno. Semina oblonga, 

 testa membranacea, exalbuminosa. — Frutices glabri v. cano-pubescentes. Folia opposita, 

 integerrima v. dentata, Cymse ad axillaa folioriim breviter pedunculatte v, ad apices 

 lamorum confertfe, bracteis sa)i>ius parvis. Calyces fvuctifcii in specie typica coccinei 

 ultra poUicem diametro. 



Species adsmit 3, qiiarum xina typica Hiraalaica, inermis, corollBe tube limbo parvo 2-3-pIo 

 longiorc, altera ut videtur congener, a Kirkio in terra Zambesiana Africse tropicBe lecta, hine 

 inde spinis paiTis axillaribus armata, calycibus minus coloratis, corollse tubo brcviore limbo am- 

 pliorc fere Viticis, drupa apice tnmcata 4-goiia r. fere 4-eornuta, tertia Madagasearionsis subdubia, 

 specimen fructiferum absque coroUis, drupa vcrtice fere plana cruciatim lineata, Schau, in 

 DC, Prod, xl 696- Bocq, licv. Verb. 134, t 20. Dene, in Jacqucm. Voy. Hot. t, 110. Hot. Eeg. 

 t. 692. 



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5L Teucrldlum, Jfook, /, FL N, Zeal. i. 203, t. 49. — Calyx late campartnlatns, semi- 

 S-fidus, lobis acutis subfequalibua. Corollas tubus brevisj in faucem latam ampliatus ; 

 limbus valde obliquus, patens, 5-fidus, lobis posticis exterioribus brevioribus, antico pro- 

 ductiore. Stamina 4, didynama, supra basin tubi aftixa, inter loboa posticos corolhie 

 longe exsertaj incurva ; antheras confluentia 1-loculares, deinum explanatoe, medio 

 dorso affixce. Ovarium apice dense villosum, breviter 4-lobum, imperfecte 4-loculare, 

 loculis 1-ovulatis ; stylus exsertus, arcuatus, apice 2-fidus, ramis subulatis apice breviter 

 stigmatosis ; ovula medio lateralitcr affixa. Fnictus parvus, drupaceus, fere ad medium 

 4-lobus, exocarpio temiiter carnosnlo, endocarpio duro 4-pyTeno. Semina lateraliter 

 affixa, in pyrenis solitaria, exalbuminosa. — Herba data, divaricato-ramosa, subglabra, 

 ramis tenuibus 4-'gonis, ad axillaa siepe geminis superpositis. Folia parva, opposita, 

 petiolataj integerrima. Flores parvi, ad axillaa solitarii, breviter pedicellati, bracteolis 

 sub flora lineari-setaceis. 



Species 1, Novje Zelandiffi incola, Walp. Ann. v. 704, 



Genus inter Yiticeas infloreseeutia et liabitu anomaliim et tribum arete cum AJugoidets Labia^ 



tarum connectit, sad ovarium et fructus potius priorum. 



Tribus YI. Cartopteride,^. 



52. Caryopterifl, BungCy Nov. Gen. et Sp, Chin, Mongh, 27. (Barbula, Lour. Fl. Coch, 

 366. Mastacanthus, EiidL Gen. 638.)— Calyx campanulatus, alte 5-fidus, fructifer paullo 

 auctusj lobis lanceolatis- Corollse tubus brevis, cylindraceus ; limbus ampins, 5-fidus, 

 lobis 4 aubiequalibus oblongis obovatisve planis patentibusque, quinto antico intimo lon- 

 giore porrecto concavo v. cucullato margine fimbriato v. crispulo. Stamina 4, didynama, 

 sub fauce aftixa, exserta, filamentis filiformibua v, basi incrasaatia ; anthene connectivo 

 vix conspicuo, loculis parallelis divergentibus v. demum divaricatis apice confluentibus. 

 Ovarium imperfecte 4-loculare, loculis l-ovulatis ; stylus elongatus, apice 2-fidus, lobis 

 subulatia apice stigmatosis ; ovula lateraliter affixa. Capsula calyce brevior, 4-valvis ; valvae 

 a basi deciduie, margine uno a baai inflexo involutoque placentifero semen includeute, 

 pyrenas formant l-spermas a dorso compressas mai^ne uno alatas facie concavas medio- 

 nue insequaliter carinatas, columna nulla in axi persistente. Semina oblonga, erecta, 

 exalbuminosa. — Suffrutices fruticcsvc crecti, s^pe odoratissimi, glabri v* pube minuta 

 cano-tomentosi. Folia opposita, integerrima y, dentata. Cym^e cc-florfe, ad axillas 

 sessiles, v. in thyrsum terminalem dispositie secus ^rhachin oppositfe, Flores caerulei 

 violacei v. rubri, in cyma breviter pedicellati. Bractere minutfe v. 0. 



Species 4 v. 5, una Mongholica, altera Chinee et Japoniae, 2 r. 3 Himalaya incola, Schau. in DC, 

 Prod. xi. 625. Bocq, Rev. Verb, 110, t. 19. Dot. Beg. 1816, t. 2 (Mastacanthus). 



Species omncs bene a Schauero in genus unicum junct^e, etai in typicis corolJce lobus anticus 

 fimbriatua et antberarum loculi paralleli v. vix divergentes, dum in Himalaica lobus anticuh 

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