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altus, basi simplex, apice ramosissimus ramis erectis. Folia inferiora 

 caduca, alterna, hirta, ovato-oblonga, obtusa, basi attenuata, crenata, 

 limbo 2-3 cm. longo, petiolis 5-i5 mm. longis ; folia superiora minora, 

 5-ro mm., petiolis 1-2 mm. Bracte^e inferiores foliiformes, superiores 

 lanceolatae vel lineares. Flores breviter pedicellati, in racemos spici- 

 formes, terminates ac interruptos. Calyx villosissimus, campanulatus, 

 4-5 mm. longus, profunde 5-lobatus, lobis inaequalibus, quorum 3 lan- 

 ceolato-acuti, 2 lineares subfiliformes. Corolla 4-5 mm., calycem vix 

 superans ; labio superiore concavo, vix bilobato ; inferiore 3-lobato, 

 lobis ovatis, obtusis, subaequalibus, medio emarginato. Antherse duae, 

 quorum loculus unus sterilis. Stylus apice abrupte dilatato ; stigma 

 cyathiforme. Capsula glabra, globosa, apice attenuata et apiculata, 

 calyce paulo-brevior. Semina ovoidea, tenuiter reticulata. 



Indo-Chine. 



5. Vandellia elata Benth. var. n. chinensis Bonati. 



A specie typica differt : foliis basi cuneatis, brevioribus, brevius 

 petiolatis, calyce ampliore. Caules 12-0 cm. alti, erecti. Folia 7-8 mm., 

 petiolis 2 mm. longis, pedunculis io-i5 mm. Calyx apud alabastrum 

 5 mm. ; post anthesin 6-7 mm. Capsula oblonga, calyce paulo brevior. 

 Appendix filamentorum longiorum comparative ampla, obtusa, piiosa. 

 Habitu satis a sp. typica differt ; sed non, censeo, species distincta 

 videri potest. 



Chine. Kouy-tcheou : Pitt-fa, n* 2 16 [Cavalerie]. 



6. Vandellia spathacea Bonati, sp. n. 



Species annua. Radix fibrosa. Caulis ascendens, debilis, j 5 cm. longus, 

 glaber, angulosus, ramosus, ramis gracilibus, filiformibus. Folia radi- 

 calia?... caulinaria opposita, glabra, membranacea, sessilia, semi-am- 

 plexicaulia, linearia, obtusa, aliquando mucronata, circa i5 mm. 

 longa, i-i,5 mm. lata, integra. Bracteae foliaceat, late basi dilatata*, 

 spathaceae. Flores inferiores in axilla foliorum solitarii, longe pedun- 

 culati (1 cm.); superiores in axilla bractearum ternati vel quatenu, 

 pedunculis brevioribus (2-4 mm.). Calyx cylindricus, glaber, membra- 

 naceus, 5 mm. longus, angulis 5 eminentibu^. breviter 5-lobatus, lobis 

 inaequalibus ; lobo superiore filiformi, 1,5-2 mm. longo, lateralibus 

 multo brevioribus, anguste lanceolatis, acutis. Tubus corollae calycem 

 asquans, cylindricus, angustus, ad faucem dilatatus; labio supertore 

 2 mm. longo, obtuso, vix vel usque ad medium fisso; inferiore 12 mm. 

 longo, profunde trifido, lobis truncatis, glabris, sinuosis, emarginaris. 

 Stamina longiora cum appendice circinali, 1 mm. longa. — Stigma 

 oblique truncatum. — Capsula ac semina... 



Cochinchine : Gnia-tong [Thorell. 



