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V. montana J. D. Hook, in Florae Tasmann specilegio. Lond, journ. of hot. 

 1847. p. 265. 



Hampshire Hills. Marlborough and Western Mountains (3000'). Gunn. Lau- 

 rance. v. v. Auct. Vidi spec. Auctoris in Herb. J. W. Hook. (Herb. Caes. 

 Vind. Rob. Gunn. V. D. L.) 



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Herba depressa. Radix crassa, fibris descendentibus aucta, collo brevissimo. 

 Folia e collo orta, stellalim-palentia, terrae adpressa, 1-2 unc. longa, pilis palulis 

 plus minusve hispidula vel glabrata, subcoriacea, luride-viridia. Scapi folio brc- 

 viores. ter pluriesve divisi, calycesque patentim pilosi. Bracteae lineares, vel li- 

 neari-oblongae. Corolla uuilabiata, mine dorso fissa et subbilabiata, basi Integra, 

 ovario adnata. Stamina libera. Capsula parva, glaberrima, loculis 2-4-spermis. 



XVII. DIASPASIS. 



Calyx ovarii tubo adnatus, limbus abbreviatus, 5-fidus. Co- 

 rolla subregularis, hypocrateriformis, tubo 5-partito genitalia 

 includente, lobis alatis adscendentibus, unguibus basi connexis 

 supra pube brevissima capitata instructis Antherae liberae, im- 

 berbes. Ovariwn uniloculare, dispQmrnm.Indusium stigmatis ore 

 nudum. Nux corticata, sive drupa exsucca, raonosperma, se- 

 mi-bivalvis. Herba erecta, subramosa, glabriuscula. Pedicelli 

 axillares, uniflori apice bracteas duas, foliiformes gerentes. 



Proximum genus Scaevolae Auctorum, sed jam anno 1810 

 in Prodrome tamquam proprium genus propositum. 



Rob. Brown, prodr. 586. G. Don. gen. sijst. 3. p. 730. Endl. gen. 3039. 

 Diapasis Pair, suppl. 2. p, 468. de Cand. prodr. VII. 504. 



Est unica species : 



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