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* APTOSIMUM depiessum. 



Depressed Ap tosimum . 



DIDYNAMIA A'NGIOSPERMIA. 

 Nat. ord. ScROPiiULARrACE.E. 



APTOSIMUM, Burchell. — Calyx cainpanulatus , semi 5-Jidus, basi 

 bibracteatus. Corolla tuho basi contracto, extra calycem amplo, limbo 5-Jido, 

 subbilabiato, laclniis rotundatis planis subcEqualibus. Stamina didynama, 

 declinata. Antherae extnsvillosce, subbiloculares, loculis confluentibus,rimd 

 unicd transversali dehiscentibus, staminum superiorum minoribus, scape 

 cassis. Stylus simplex, stigmate brevissime bilobo. Capsula brevis, basi 

 subglobosa, apice compressa, obcordata, dissepimento contrario, apice breviter 

 loculicidc et septicide dehiscens. — Suffrutices rigidi saepius prostrati, vel 

 densissime caespitosi. Flores axillares sessiles. Bentham MSS. 



A. depressum (Burch. Trav. 1. 260.) ramis glabris vel breviter lanuginosis, 

 foliis confertissimis petiolatis obovatis glabris corolla multo brevioribus, 

 calycibus extus glabriusculis iiitus lanatls capsulas emarginatas vix superan- 

 tibus. Bentham MSS. 



Ruellia depressa. Thufib.? 



Ohlendorffia procumbens. Lehm. Index Sem. pi. Eckl. 



Caulis fruticosus, terrce appressus, in supina parte densissime ramu- 

 losus, ac foliis spathulatis, petiolatis, maxime conferlis tectus. Folia 3-4 

 lineas longa, baud opposita sed spirata, crassiuscula, obtusissima, brcvi-mu- 

 cronata, glabra. Calyces in inferiori parte ramulorum, brevi-pedicellati, 

 axillares, longitudine foliorum, chartacei, pallidi, ad 3 bijidi, extus Iceves, 

 glabri, nilidi, laciniis acuminatis patentibus intus dense albo totnentosis. 

 Bracteolae duce, breves, lineares, pubescentes ad basin calycis. Corolla 8 

 lineas longa, extus pubescens, ccerulea, tubo brevi angusto, limbo infundi- 

 buliformi brevi spatio qidnquejido, laciniis cequalibus patentibus brevibus. 

 Stamina inclusa ; filamenta glabra ; antherae ante dehisccntiam cordatce. 



* From a privative ; and Trrojaipoc deciduous, because of tlie capsules 

 which remain on the stem long after the seeds have fallen out. — Burchell. 



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