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carnosulis aveniis 2 lin. longis semilineam latis, pedicellis axillaribus 
solitariis vel geminis folio 2-3-plo longioribus papillosis, calyce ad 
medium 4-fido, lobis lanceolatis acutis, corollee albe tubo calycem 
paulo superante, limbi segmentis oblongis obtusiusculis tubo brevi- 
n oribus, fauce pilosa, staminibus prope basin tubi insertis inclusis 
stylum basi bifidum æquantibus, antheris flavis apiculatis basi 
cordatis subextrorsis, stigmate capitato integro, capsula globosa 
glabra calyce paulo breviore. 
Corolla semilineam longa.— Crescit in prov. Malwan ; f. Aug. et Sept. 
6. Slevogtia maritima (mihi); glabra, caule adscendente simplici 
tetragono, foliis oppositis subsessilibus lanceolato-oblongis obtusis 
trinervibus approximatis, calycis dracteati lobis obtusis capsula 
longioribus, floribus in axillis oppositis ternis sessilibus. 
Caulis herbaceus, a basi foliosus, pedalis. Folia decussata, glauca, carno- 
sula, deflexa, repente in petiolum brevissimum angustata, 1—2 poll. 
longa, 6—12 lin. lata. Calyx basi bracteatus, campanulato-tubulosus, 
li lin. longus, ad medium 5-fidus, lobis obtusissimis carnosulis, 
albo-marginatis. Corolla alba, tubo exserto intus viridi, limbi lobis 
oblongis obtusis tubo dimidio brevioribus. Filamenta in sacci mi- 
nuti, corolle medio tubo adfixi, margine anteriore inserta, antheris 
breviora, basi dilatata, ibique appendice squamzeformi aucta; inter 
filamenta dentes nulli. Anthere tota longitudine dehiscentes, apice 
apiculatz. Stigma discoideo-capitatum. Bractee sub calyce sin- 
gule, laciniis calycinis breviores. Capsula intra calycem oblonga, 
valvarum marginibus introfferis semiuiferis.— Crescit prope littus in 
provincia Viziadroog. 
This differs slightly from the character of the genus ; is it not rather 
a species of Enicosfema ? The plant is very rare. ; 
Nat. Ord. ACcANTHACEJE. 
1. Cryptophragmium Zatifolium ; suffruticosum glabrum, spicis axillari- 
bus brevibus (2-21 poll.) trichotomis, foliis longissime petiolatis 
subrotundato-ovatis aeuminatis basi truncatis crenulatis, capsula 
calyce quadruplo longiore. 
Caulis 3-pedalis, strictus, quadrangularis, tuberculis parvis exasperatus. 
Folia ampla, inferiora cum petiolo laminam subzequante, 11-12 poll. 
longa, 4—44 poll. lata, basi truncata. Bractee bracteole calycisque 
2 lin. longz ; lacinize subulatze, glabrze. Flores non vidi. Capsula 13-8 
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