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REICHERTIA ROSEA KRST. 
Tetrandria Monogynia L. TAB. XXIX. A. Gentianeae Juss. Bartl. Griseb. Endl. 
ScuuLTESIA sTENOPHYLLA GmiskB, nec Manr. DC. prodrom. IX. p. 67. ex pt. 
RxrcukRTIA. Kansr. bot. Zeit. 1848, 
Character genericus emendatus. 
Flores tetrameri; calycis tubus oblongo -urceolatus, limbus 4 fidus, lobis acuminatis in dorso carinatis vel alatis. Corolla 
infundibuliformis, fauce nuda, marcescens. Stamina 4, corollae tubo inserta, aequilonga vel rarius inaequalia; filamentis infra me- 
dium membranaceo-alatis, ala utrinque superne in dentem erectum, liberum expansa, inferne filamentorum basin, ut pluri- 
mum adnatam, utrinque marginans. Antherae erectae immutatae inclusae. Ovarium uniloculare, placentis parietalibu sbilamellatis 
multiovulatum ; ovula analropa vaga; stylus teres persistens stigma bilamellatum. Capsula bivalvis, valvis navicularibus in margine 
placentiferis; semina obovata funiculis demum incrassatis sustentata; testa reticulata; embryo ovatus in axi albuminis carnosi, cauliculo 
magno, radicula et cotyledonibus minutissimis. — 
Character differentialis. 
R. foliis oppositis 1— 1'/, pollicaribus sessilibus, oblongo-lanceolatis acuminatis; ala calycina semiovata tranverse nervosa; 
stamina aequilonga; filamenta infra medium membranaceo - alata, ala utrinque superne in dentem erectum, liberum, in apice exci- 
sum expansa. 
Character naturalis. 
Herba annua, glabra, 2— 3 decim. alta, ramosa; caule dichotomo tetragono, angulis aeutis haud alato, erecto, ramis strictis 
fastigiatis, floribus terminatis. Folia opposita, decussata, 3— 4'/, centim. longa, sessilia, semiamplexieaulia, oblongo - lanceolata, 
acuta vel acuminata, integerrima, quintupli-septupli-nervia. Flores regulares, tetramerl, hermaphroditi. Flos caulem prima- 
rium terminans, alaris, breve pedicellatus, flores superiores in basi bibracteati ; pedicelli 1—3 m. m. longi; bracteae foliaceae ealyei 
subaequantes , ovato -lanceolatae, acutae. Calyx liber, tubuloso- urceolatus , quadrialatus, persistens, limbo quadrifido, lobis lineari - 
subulatis, corollae subaequalibus, vel eandem paullo superantibus, nervis mediis in alam supra tubum continuam extensis; ala semi- 
ovata, transverse nervosa, nervis anastomosantibus. Corolla hypogyna infundibuliformis, hyalina, glabra, rosea, marcescens, 
tubo sursum dilatato, limbo quadrilobo, lobis spathulatis, tubo subduplo brevioribus, integerrimis, reticulatim nervosis, aestivatione 
dextrorsum tortis, sub vernatione patentibus. Stamina quatuor fertilia, aequilonga; tubo corollae ad medium usque adnata, in- 
clusa, lobis corollinis alterna; fillamenta infra medium utrinque expansa in membranam, in apice cuspidatam, in parte adnata fila- 
mentorum liberam; antherae dorso supra basin sagittatam affixae biloculares, rimis duabus longitudinalibus introrse dehiscentibus, 
post dehiscentiam immutatae, Pollen magnum tetra&drum reticulatum. Ovarium liberum ellipsoideum uniloculare multiovulatum ; 
stylus simplex, teres, inclusus, persistens; stigma bilamellatum, lamellis. subreniforme - quadratis, reflexis, tandem evanescentibus ; 
ovula placentis parietalibus bieruribus, funiculis brevibus inserta, obovata, horizontalia, anatropa. Capsula ellipsoidea, stylo termi- 
nata, calyce eorollaque indusiata, ab apice ad basin bivalvis; valvis styli basi diutius persistente primum connatis, tandem liberis, 
spermophora marginibus carpellorum inserta, membranacea undique seminibus tecta; seminum funieulis auctis sustentatoram testa 
reticulata; embryo ovatus, in centro albuminis ecarnosi, subsimplex, cotyledonum vestigia verticem terminantia. 
Habitat in collibus graminosis, siceis, prope Puerto-Cabello et Valenzia altitud. 50 — 500 metr. 
SPECIES ALTER A. 
TAB. XXIX. B. 
Reichertia linarifolia Krst. differt: herba spithamaea, foliis linearibus oppositis, calycis ala semiovata transverse striata, 
filamentis infra medium alatis, alae cuspide apicali acuminata, in basi denticulo praedita. 
Habitat planitiem Maracaibensem circa pagum Perija. 
