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Beiträge zur Flora von Afrika. XLVIII. 



rx, Carpidia parietibus crassis lignosis 



non marginala; involucrum post an- 



Ihesin neque lignescens neque auctiim 



calyce aequilongiim vel paullulo lon- 



gius, flores semper singuli axillares 



vel terminales perpauci. 



* Carpidia 7 — 10 mm alla 4 — ö mm 



crassa a tergo concavo carinata et 



foveolato - rugosa, stellato - pilosa, 



fructus calyce non inclusus, in- 



volucri bracteae 1:2—16 tomentosae 



vel villosae lineares; — plantae 



foliis orbicularibus vel obtuse-lo- 



batis, ramis procumbentibus . . . 



** Carpidia 6 — 7 mm alta, 7 mm 



crassa a tergo convexo laevia vel 



regulariter sculpturata, ornamen- 



talia, a lateribus acuto- espinosa, 



glaberrima; fructus calyce inclusus; 



involucri bracteae 6 — 9 tomentosae 



lineares vel oblongo-lanceolatae ; 



— frutices humiles ramis erectis 



foliis ovatis crenatis 



ß. Carpidia parietibus lignoso-coriaceis 

 craspedoto - marginata K — 1 2 mm 

 alta; involucrum strictura post an- 

 thesin lignescens bracteis linearibus 

 12 — 16 nodulosis longe hirsutis ad 

 30 mm longis calyx usque basin 

 fissus lobis lanceolatis, lignescens. . 

 2. Carpidia a carina dehiscentia 3 — 5 mm 

 alta 2 — 3 mm lata plerumque fusca a 

 tergo plane-convexa plerumque distincte 

 carinata, transversaliter nervosa, parie- 

 tibus tenuibus,margine plerumque craspe- 

 doto; involucri bracteae 7 — \\ semper 

 angustissime lineares, saepius nodosae 

 hirsutae calyce plerumque multo lon- 

 giores post antbesin lignescentes. Herbae 

 vel sulfrutices foliis lobatis vel fissis vel 

 ovalibus usque lanceolatis integris . . 

 2. Carpidia margine interno basi soluni per- 

 pauce connala, it 6 mm alta indehiscentia 

 compresse-ovoidea glaberrima apice cornicu- 

 lata a tergo convexo carina rugulosa a late- 

 ribus subplanis reticulata, parietibus vali- 

 dissimis lignosis ; semina tomentosa; — plantae 

 pauciflorae caulibus erectis parce ramosis 

 foliis praemorsis floribus axillaribus singulis. 



B. Carpidia margine 2 — 10 mm lato alato papyra- 

 ceo ; involucri bracteae 5 — 1 5 semper anguste 



Sect. II. Afrolopimia ülbrich 



Sect. VI. Callicarpidium Ulbr 



Sect. IX. Fsciidohibisciis L'lbr. 



Sect. VII, Craspeducarpidium 



[ülbricl 



Sect. V. Praemorsa Ulbrich 



