Prismatocarpus.| CAMPANULACE& (Sond.) 585 
1. L. longebracteatum (Sond.); JMicrocodon longebracteatum, Buek! 
in L. Z, Enum. 2367. 
Has. Stony places near Tokay, Tablemountain, and near Babylonschetoorn, 
E.§ Z. Dec. (Herb. Sd.) 
Root 1-2 inches long, white. Stem divided at the base, branches opposite and 
alternate, diffuse, 2-4 inches long, with filiform, often very short ramuli, termi- 
nated by the glomerate flowers. Leaves 4-6 lines long, 1 line wide, floral ones on 
bracteze 6-8 lines long, keeled by the middle nerve, on the margins with minute but 
sharp teeth. Calyx 1} line long, lobes nearly 3-times shorter than the 1o-nerved 
tube, ovate, cuspidate, aristate, ciliated, bimucronulate at top. Corolla tubular, 
narrow, 2 lines long ; lobes short, acute, with some hairs outside. Capsule 1 line 
long, operculated by the conical base of style, which is nearly equal in length to 
the capsule. Dehiscence of capsule unknown. 
XIV. PRISMATOCARPUS, A. DC. 
Calyx 5-lobed, with a cylindrical, elongated, 5-nerved tube. Corolla 
infundibuliform, or subeampanulate, 5-lobed or 5-fid. Stamens 5, 
anthers free. Ovary inferior, 2-celled. Style persistent at the base. 
Stigmas 2. Capsule prismatic or cylindrical, elongated, 2-celled, split- 
ting from the top towards the base into 5 segments. Seeds ovoid, sub- 
compressed, obtuse, dotted, 4. DC. Monog. camp. p. 164. Prismato- 
carpus spec. L’ Her. sert angl. p. 1, excl. the Europ. species, Campanula 
spec. auct. Polemonium spec., Thunb. End. Gen. 3080, 
Subshrubs, rarely perennial or annual herbs. Leaves alternate, often narrow, 
linear. Flowers terminal, solitary, or 2-3 approximate, sessile at the top of the 
peduncles or shortly petiolate, rarely in the axils of the leaves. Name from zpicya, 
a prism, and xapros, a fruit, in reference to the long, prismatical form of the fruit. 
§. 1, Style exserted (longer than corolla) : 
Lys. linear-acuminate, remotely denticled ; fi. crowded 
at the-ends of the branches... ...  .. «1. o o (1) fastigiatus, 
Lvs. narrow-linear, entire; fl. panicled... ... ... .. (2) diffusus. 
ee ar included (shorter than corolla) : 
+ ves numerous at the base, few or none in the upper part : 
Suffrutices, with woody stems : 
Fl. panicled or racemose : 
Lys. spreading, lin.-subulate, ciliate : 
Fl. loosely panicled or : 
cal.-lobes glabrous, as long as the 
tube of corolla... ... .. «+ (3) roelloides. 
FL few, near together ; cal.-lobes vel- 
VObby ae eee eee ive tes eee (4 ltrs; 
Panicle long ; cal.-lobes glabrous, lan- 
ceol., 3 as long as the tube of 
CORO coe ses = ope. oes pen 3 (8) SUbatan: 
Lys. erect, linear, ciliate at base : 
Paniclelong ; cal.-lobes glabr. lanceol.- 
acuminate, half as long as the tube 
Of Corona. Wc ie ee CO) robs; 
F 1. few, racemose ; cal.-lobes glabrous, 
ovate, acute, as long as cor.-tube (7) fruticosus. 
Fl. sessile, spiked : 
Lvs. linear, entire ; bracts entire... .... (8) Ecklonii, 
Lys. lanceolate, 2-4 toothed ; bracts pin- 
wt a Se = oy aoa, 
Perennial or annual herbs : 
Perennial. Lys. linear, flat ; fi. sessile, spiked (11) campanuloides 
