Ocimoidea:.] CXXVI. LABIATE. 1173 



Verticillastri laxi, ad 10-flori, in raceinos graciles terniinales dispositij bracteis vix Dorea 

 snperantibua v. imis foliis cauluiia conformibus. Flores minimi. 



Species 2 inter se valde affinos, ciUera per Africam tropicam imprimis occidentaleiii lato dispersa, 



BentK in I)C^ Prod, xii, 47 ; altora Abyfesiuiue et pcuinsula; IndiiE orlcntaiis iucola: Ochnumjlac- 

 cidum, A. Rich,, Walp, Ann. ili. 242, 



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5. AcrocephaluSf Benth. in Hot. Reg, sub t. 1300. — Calyx per antliesin ovatus, fruc- 



tifer elongatuSj tubulosus, basi gibbus, apico 2-labiatuSj labio postioo iniegro v, dcnticu- 

 latOj antico integro emarginato v. 4-dentato, fauce intus nuda, Coroilte tubus brcvis, 

 fauce lata j limbus sub-2-labiatua, labio postico breviter 4-fido aubsequali v. lobis 2 altiua 

 connatisj antico integro vix longiore, lobis omnibua coroUie iuturJuiu subiuqualibus. 

 Stamina 4, declinata, filamentis liberis edentidis. Discus antice in glandulam parvam 

 tuniens. Stylus apico breviter 2-fidus. Nuculai oyoideie v, oblongie, laives, — Herbte 

 sospius annuie, rigidiihe, Vei'ticillastri in speciebus normalibus in capitula terminalia 

 globo5^a rarius denize eylindracea conferti, bracteis stepe 2 v., 4 interdum coluratis capitu- 

 lum involiicrantibus rarins omnibus po^rvis. Flores parvi, mine minimi^ cflerulei v, 

 lilacini (i^arius albi ?), 



.Species normales nobis not£e 10, qu:iriini una per Indiam orieutidem ct Archipelaguni Malayanum 

 latQ dispersa, idtcra Madagasearicnsis, cEeternc omnes Africic tropicse inco'a^. Bcnih. in DC^ Prod, 

 xii, 47- HooJc. Ic. PL t. 4ofi. OUv, in Trans. Linn. Soc^ xxix. 135,/. ^32 ad IZi. His additur 

 A. ajriUtiriSf Bonth,, Hpeeicy. Asj^amiea, vcrLicillastns dense globo^ia ad iixilJ^is foliornm caulinuriun 

 arete Sfssilibus anomala. A. Blumci^ Bentli., ud A. capifafum redncendus est 



6. MoscUosma, Reklib. GonspecU 171; in aduot, (Liimnitzeraj Spreny^ Sy&t ii. 687, 

 excL sp. plur,)^Ca\yx ovoidcus v- campanulatus, fructifer sObJeclinatuSj parum elonga- 

 tus, dente postico v. 3 posticis parum majoribus marginibus non v. vix decurrenti- 

 bus, lateralibua anticis sub^qualibua, fauce intus nuda. CoroUse tubus incluaus v. 

 breviter exsertus, fauce uiuipanulata ; limbus Hub-2-labiatuSj lobis brevibus sub- 

 sequalibus v. 2 posticis altius connatia antico productiore piano v- concaviusculo. 

 Stamina 4, didynama, declinata, tilamentia liberis edentulia ; antheras confluentia 

 l-loculareSj denmm exp]anati*3. Discus a^qualis v, antice in glandulam tunicns. Stylus 

 apico 2-fidu3, lobis nunc brovisaimis, nunc longioribus subulatia subiijxiualibus- NucuL-e 

 ovoideae, compressiusculse, laeves. — Herbse ammai v. perennea. A'"erticillastri G^lO-flori 

 secundi v» co-flori subLoqualeSj in raccmos v, apicas axiUares tenuinalo-sriuu s;upo nuincrosos 

 panicnlatos dispositi, bracteis parvis. Flores minnti, 



Species 6, inter tropicos orbis veteris late dispersa?. Benth. in DC. Prod, xii. 48. Jacq.f, Eel. t, 

 108 (Lkhmannja zw icone). 



In speciebus typicis {M, poJysiachyo, Willd,, ineliiso M. dimidiato^ Bentli,, ct ^f. attstrali, Benth., 

 ab eo parum divrso), verticillastri bixIuscuH socundi floribus 6-10, corolla calycem parum exce- 

 dente, stylus npice subclavatus lobis brevissimis ; in speciobus 3 Africanis {M. midttfioro, Benth,, et 

 M. ripario, Hochst., cum tertia inediia), verticillastri denei aequales saepius 10-a:-fli)ri, copollu fauee 

 umpla calyce 2-3-p!o longior, tubo exserto, lobo antico productiore, et stylus evidentius eisi breviter 

 2-fiduB ; in specie soxta^ 3L myriosiachi/o, Benth., e terra Zanibeziana, flores stricte (iir>ici, $ iia 

 M. multijlori similes, corolla calyce 3-4-plo longiore, spicis tenuibus la^is, ovario abortivo sfylo 

 filiformi integerrimo, flores ? corolla calyee vix dupJo lungior, tubo brevissimo incluso, spicis densis 

 imbrlcatis, stylus exscrtvis loiigiusc'ule 2-fidus, Khiniinum rudipiontL nulla deteximys. Hsec species 

 bene pro seetione {M^rio-stackj/a) distingueuda, 



7. catopheria, Benth. gen, 'nov, (Orthoaiphonis sect. Catoferia, Benth. in DC. Prod. 

 xii. 63.) — Calyx membranaceuSj ovoideus v- tiibulosus, fructifer delloxua, dente postico 

 amplo ovato marginibus refloxis vix v. non decurrentibus, lateralibus c\im anticis in labium 

 inferius integrum v, 4-dentatum coalitis, Corollfe tubus basi tenuis vix u calyce oxsertna, 

 fauce anipla ; limbus 2 labiatua, labio postico latissimo 4-dentato, antico anguato integro 

 piano V- leviter concavo. Stamina 4, didynama, declinata, longissime exscrta, filamentis 

 liberia edentulis ; antlieriu confluentia 1-locularea, demum cxplanati^e. Discus unnularis, 

 fero cupulatus, siniiato-dentatus. Stylus apice stigmatoso s\d)globoso-capitatus vix emar- 



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