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POLEMONIACE X. 
Hr ydrolea spinosa. 
L. Sp. P1 328. 
Villosa et glandulosa-pubescens, armata, foliis ovato-lanceolatis 
prominenter penninerviis, sepalis uninerviis acuminatis, stylis 
elongatis, capsula calycem szequante turgescente scariosa, seminibus 
magnis plurisulcatis. 
Ad promontorium Cape York. E. Dsmel. 
Omnibus partibus major, quam H. Zeilanica; pedicelli robus- 
tiores. Styli 2-23" longi; capsula longius rostellata. Semina 
fulva, ellipsoidea, 1-1" longa, profunde suleata. Spinz axillares 
1i1—5" longz. 
. Specimina H. spinose in Yucatan a Moritzio collecta vix dif- 
ferunt nisi spinis longioribus et magis copiosis. 
Species omissa est in Miquelii opere de plantis Indicis et procul 
dubio in insula Timor provenit, - 
Hydrolea Ceilonica. 
Vahl. Symbol. ii. 46. 
Inermis, glabra v. breviter glanduloso-pubescens, foliis lanceo- 
latis inconspicue nervatis, sepalis acutis basin nervos trinerviis, 
stylis abbreviatis, capsula calyce superata membranea, seminibus 
minutis. « : 
In locis paludosis secus partem australem regionis litoralis 
Carpentarie. F. M. 
Herba 3-3' alta, erecta v. inferne decumbens. —Rhizoma repens, 
fibrillas albas emittens v. ad radicem validam fibrosam abbreviatum, . 
forsan perenne. Caulis teretiusculus, levis, patentim ramosus. 
Folia latius angustiusve lanceolata, integerrima, acuta, utpluri- 
mum 1-2' longa, 13-3" lata, brevissime petiolata, sed floralia 
sessilia et abbreviata. Cyms ramulos terminantes, pauci- v. pluri- 
flore, bracteis foliate. Pedicelli breves v. brevissimi, ad basim 
bracteola 2—4" longa lanceolato-lineari suffulti. Calyx ovatus, 
demum 3—4" longus, 5-partitus ; lacinie equales, lanceolatz, sen- 
sim acutatze. Corolla regularis, quinquepartita, glabra; lobi late 
ovati, obtusi, integerrimi, azurei, sstivatione imbricati, fere 92" 
longi; tubus hyalino-albus, brevissimus. Stamina prope basin 
coroll: inserta ; filamenta alba, lineari-subulata, circiter 1" longa, 
basi dilatata.  Antherz sagittato-hastatz, inter lobulos affixs, 
sulphurez, vix semilineam longs; lobi basi ineurvi. Styli 2 
distincti, setacei, l" longi. Stigmata truncata, glabra. Germen 
ovatum, biloculatum. Gemmulz numerosissimz. | Capsula circiter 
2" longa, late ovata, leviter compressa, bilocularis, septicide bi- 
