416 Dr. Puancuon on Meliantheze, 
axim inter se concreta vidi; Cl. Ad. de Jussieu, contra, ovarium M. majoris superné in- 
completé septatum descripsit et delineavit. An ideó character illud inconstans? An 
stirps que Cl. auctori in hortis innotuit a vero M. majore, L., specificé diversa? 
Sp. 1. Melianthus major, L.—M. petalorum laminis densé pubescentibus. 
a. Gibbo calycis conspicuo, subscrotiformi. 
Melianthus major, L. sp. ii. p. 892, et Herb.! Sims, Bot. Mag. tab. 45. 
8. Gibbo calycis obtusissimo et lato vix conspicuo. An sp. distincta? sed foliis deficienti- 
bus, ibi non definienda. 
Hab. Ubique in cultis colonize Capensis; ex Eckl. et Zeyh. Varietatem 8. prope Cape Town 
. legit cl. Hook. fil. ; | 
Sp. 2. M. Himalayanus, Wall.—M. petalorum unguibus glabris. 
M. Himalayanus, Wall. Cat. No. 1190. 
Hab. In Indiz superioris ditione Kamaon (Vid. sicc. in herbb. Soc. Linn. Lond. et Lindl.). 
Gen. II. DIPLERISMA. 
Melianthi sp., L. et Auct. subseq. 
Cuar. Dir. Calyx nec conspicuè gibbosus nec intüs intra aream a disco limitatam exca- 
vatus. Petali antici ne quidem rudimentum. Capsula utrinque obtusa, vix ac ne vix 
4-loba. | : 
Rami foliaque presertim subtàs pube adpressá canescentes. Stipulz 2, subulate, laterales, 
libere. 
Sp. l. Diplerisma minus, Planch.—Melianthus minor, L.; Vahl, Symb. iii. p. 85. 
. Hab. In Colonize Capensis provinciis occidentalibus, maritimis. Saldanha Bay, prope Com- 
post, Thunb.—Langevaley, district. Clanwilliam, versus littus maris, lat. circit. 32° 30^, 
infra altit. 1000 ped., Drége in Herb. Hook. 
Petalorum lamin basi utrinque ligula lineari auctze. 
Sp. 2. D. comosum, Planch.— Melianthus comosus, Vahl, l.c. 
Hab. In Colonia Capensi; Langevaley, in Carro infra Bockland et alibi, Thunb. ; Zuure- 
berg, dist. Albany, Burke in Herb. Hook.; Graafreynet, in scopulosis et petrosis mon- 
tanis, alt. 3000-4000 ped., August, Drége, No. 7716. Ad ripam arenosam fluminis — 
Camtoursrivier, distr. Uitenhage, tüm in lateribus montium prope Philipstown (ceded 
territory), Eckl. et Zeyh. Enumer. 
Trib. II. BEnsAME E. 
Flores non resupinati. Calyx haud magnus, nec conspicue irregularis, laciniis 2 anticis inter 
T pss minis concretis, Petala 5, calyce majora, antico ceteris paulló angustiore, 
omnia libera et subzequidistantia, crassa, Stamina 4-5. Ovarium 4-5-loculare, loculis 
