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San Francisco [Fbies, n. 473 et 473 a]. - - Tucuman, prov. Oran (incl. 

 Tarija et Chaco) (ex Gbisebach). — Jujuy (Kuntze). - Ile Maurice : 

 naturalisé (JoHNSTON). 



STEMODIACRA Bbowne 



Scordium : Sloane, Calalog. (1696), 66; Jam., I (1707), 175, t. 110, f. 2. — 

 Stemodiacra : P. Browne, Civil, and Nat. Hist. of Jamaica (1756), 261 [Genus 

 indescriptum !] : non recentiorum auctoruru sensu nisi pro parte [vide Stemodiœ 

 synonym.]. — Stemodia : Linné, Systema, Ed. X (1759), 1118, 1374, n. 1154. 

 — Jussieu, in Hort. Trianon (1759), ex Pfeiffer. — Linné, Spec, Ed. II 

 (1763), 881 et 111 (1764), id. -- Adanson, Fam., II (1763), 210. - Gleditch, 

 Systema (1764), 179, n. 737. — Linné, Gênera, Ed. VI (1764), 320, n. 777: 

 Uni. Nat. (1764); Systema, Ed. XII (1767), 422. - Murray, Systema (1774), 

 479. — Scopoli, Introd. ad hisl. nat. (1777), 177. — Reichenbach, Gênera 

 (177S), 322, n. 839. — Murray, Systema (1784), 573. — Tussac, Gênera (1789), 

 IIS, ex Ppeiffer. - - Necker, Elementa, I (1700), 348, n. 543. — Schrerer, 

 Gênera, II (1791), 420, n. 1043. — Gmelin, Systema (1791), 95i, nec auctorum 

 recentiornni sensu, nisi pro parte, post introductionem Caprarim durantifoliœ 

 a Swartz, Obs. but. (1791), 2UI, in Slemodiam genus, quain speciem, quia fre- 

 quentissimam, anctores omnes tacite ab eo tempore quasi generis typum intuiti 

 sunt. [Cf. tamen Gisecke, Prœlectiones (1792), 486-487. — Mouton-Fontf.ville, 

 Syst. d. pi. exlr. et trad. des ouvr. de Linné, III (1805), 125 et Kunth, Synojisis 

 planlarum, II (1823), 118.] 



Calyx 5-partitus segmentis linearibus laneeolatis subsequalibus, 

 pubescentibus glandulosis. 



Corollatubo obconico, labio superiore rotundato subintegro, inferiore 

 trilobo, lobis regulariter rolundatis basi non plicata nec constricta. 



Stamina 4 inclusa, sequalia (vel rarissime 1 inferius + abortiviun), 

 filamentis in connectivuni 2-ramosum furcatis, ramis teretibus oblique 

 extensis, apice antberarnni loculos valde disjunctos dorsifixos ferenti- 

 bus. Stamen quintum totaliter suppressum. 



Stylus apice in stigma vi.r dilatatus. 



Capsula ovata, superne crassior, septicide et loculicide in valvas 4, 

 columnam placentiferam deniuni libérantes, debiscens. Placenta? 2 

 integrœ. Semina parva nunierosa. 



Planta 3 suffrutescentes, viscoso-pubescentes, caulibus dûris subqua- 

 drangularibus, dense foliosis, ramosis, ramis erectis vel rarius 

 procumbentibus ; folia opposita tetrastica, sessilia ainplexicaulia sa'pis- 

 sime uppresm ; bracteolœ calycis segmentibus latiores, iisqueappressa\ 



Genus a Stemodia corolla, staminïbus, stigmate et babitu differt. 



Stemodiacba mabitima (Sloane) Browne 



Scordium maritimum, fruticosum procumbens, tlore cœruleo Si.oane, Cata- 

 logua plantarum quœ in Ins. Jamaica sponte proveninnt (1696), 66; Vuyaye tu... 

 Jamaica with llte nat. Hist., I (1707), 175, t. 110, f. 2. — Stemodiacra mari- 



