schombuiigk's guiana plants. 105 



majoribus. Petala 5, basi tubo stamineo adnata, postica et 

 lateralia oblonga, in unguem angustata, inter se subeequalia, 

 anticum amplum, carinseforme, integrum v. apice brevissime 

 cristato-lobatum. Stamina 5 fertilia, filamentis basi in tubum 

 coalitis, apice longe liberis, antheris unilocularibus apice 

 transversim dehiscentibus, filamenta sterilia brevia 1 — 3 inter 

 fertilia interjecta. Ovarium oblique oblongum inaequaliter 

 biloculare, ovulis in quoque loculo solitaviis pendulis. Fruc- 

 tus carnosus, globoso-trigonus, abortu unilocularis. Semen 

 pendulum, estrophiolatum, pilis longis sericeis sursum (ver- 

 sus hilum) tendentibus obtectum. Albumen carnosum. 

 Cotyledones foliaceae, tenues. Radicula brevis ad hilum 

 spectans. — Frutices Africae tropiege, foliis (SecuridaccB) ovatis 

 acuminatis, racemis brevibus axillaribus paucifloris. 



595. Krameria ixina, Ij. DC. Prodr. v. i. /;. 341. — A single 

 specimen in fruit only, gathered by Schomburgk in the ex- 

 pedition to Roraima. — Gardner's n. 2042, from Piauhj, is 

 K. latifolia, Moric, and n. 925, from Pernambuco, is a 

 species allied to K. tomentosa, St Hil., but probably new. 



Droseraceje. 



596. Drosera dentata (sp. n.); foliis radicalibus brevissime 

 peliolatis subexstipulatis orbiculato-spathulatis, apice obtu- 

 sissime dentato-ciliatis, supra margineque ciliato-glanduiosis, 

 scapo erecto tenui glabro foliis rhachique multoties longiore, 

 calycibus profunde 5-fidis obtusis glanduloso-pubescentibus. 

 — Species pusilla. Folia vix semipollicaria, petiolo brevissi- 

 me dilatato margine prope basin utrinque ciliis I — 2 eglan- 

 dulosis aucto. Stipulas prseter cilias petioli nullas video. 

 Scapus gracilis, 4 — 6-pollicaris. Flores 3 — 5, Bractese 

 brevissimse. Pedicelli breves. Laciniae calycinse oblongae, 

 obtusae. Stylus 5-partitus, stigmatibus brevissime penicillato- 



multifidis. Semina ovoidea, leviter tuberculata Moist 



savannahs, British Guiana, Schomburgk, n. 102. 



VlOLACE^. 



597. Calyptrion Auhletii, Ging. in DC. Prodr. v. \. p. 289. 

 British Guiana, Schomburgk, n. 214 in the earlier sets. 



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