. R U B I A C E A E 3ir 



Procl. uuica (Callipeltis CucuUaria), braclois, frucUis fovcntibus, complicatis, 

 mcrioaipiis inviccm (eorum allcro aborticulc) nou scccdcntibus, a Galio 

 miirali (liHcrl, scd bi characlcres spccifici ncc gcncrici babcri qucunt, co 

 vcl maf,'is quod iu ipso Galio niurali mcricarpioruui allcrum, pcrinde ac in 

 nbis cjusdoiu ordinis gcncribus, iu biiciu idcnlidcm aborlivum, mcricarpio 

 fcrliU alquc maluro mov strictc adbacrcal. Accedunt aba mcmorala quibus 

 Galiuni murale ad CaUipellidem acquius quam ad Galium pcriinct. Genus 

 aulciu Aspera Moekcii., priorilalis jurc, Callipcltidi forcl anleponcndum , 

 si adjcctivas voccs, ad Gcncrum significalioncm, atUiibcrc Uccrct. 



CCIII. VALANTIA 



Vabautia Linn. Gen. ed. Schkeb. n.° iSyS. {excl. sp.). Tourn. in Act. Acad. 

 Pai-. (1706) p. 85. tab. 7. jMich. Nov. pb gcn. p. i3. tab. 7. VaiUantia DC 

 Fb fr. 4- P- ^^^- '^- RicH- in Mcm. soc. Ilist. nat. Par. 5. p. i34- lab. 1 1. ic. 2. 

 Flores, pedicellis basi invicem accretis, teniaii, laterales ma- 

 sculi, intermedius hcrmaphroditus et fertihs. Corolla rotala, flo- 

 rum mascidorum 3-flda, calice obsoleto: hermaphroditi 4-fida, ca- 

 licis margine irregttlariter denticulato. Styli 2; stigmatibus capitatis. 

 Fructus 3-4-cornis, constans scilicet trinis pedicellis in pedimcidum 

 commttnem basi accretis et cum eodem induratis, compressis, de- 

 flexis, inferiori margine ciUolatis , dorso submuricatis hispidisve j 

 laieralibus subfalcaiis, steribbtis , indivisisj intermedio recurvato- 

 annulato, mono-dispermo, nunc indiviso et fructus 3-cornis: nunc 

 e dorso, post anthesim , in cornu accessorium abcunte , qitare fru- 

 cius 4-cornis. — Herbae annuae. Folia 4-na- Pedunculi brevissimi, 

 ad verticillos, utrinque, soliiarii, bini ternive. 



593. VALANTIA MURALIS 



V. fructibus ^-coruibusj cornu dorsali tereti-couico, ascendente 

 patulove, nudo, apice fimbriato. 



Valantia muraUs Likn. Sp. p. 1^90. Willd. Sp. 4- P- 947- Saus-Marschl. 

 Aufziibb der in Korsik iu Bot. Zeit. (i834) p. 3g. Zeraph. Fb mcUl. Thes. 

 p. 77. SiDTH. ct S.M. Fb gracc. Prod. i. p. gS. cl Fl. graec. 2. p. 28. 

 Tenor. Fb nap. 3. p. i^i. et Sylb p. 70. Sebast. cl Maur. Fb rom. Prod. 

 p. 80. Savi Bot. cu-. I. p. 125. MoRis cl DeNot. Florub Caprar. p. 64- 



