38 VERBENACEAE. 



XIIJ. (3687.) CHASCA:VIJ!H E. Mey. 

 (E. Mey. Commenl. plaiil. Afric. auslr. I. 275. — Meisn. Gener. planl. vascul. 1. '290 



II. 199.) 

 Sectio I. APTERYGIDM Wlprs. 



Carpidia cylindrica v. semicylindrica. 

 a. Foliis dentalit. 



1. CH. CERNUUM E. Mey. Comment. planl. Afric. auslr. I. 276. - Foliis cunealis 

 sublruncalis, apice grosse 3-5-dentatis; spicis terminalibus elongalis. ^ 

 Buechnera cernua Linn. Mantiss. plant. 251. — Thnbrg. Flor. Capens. 466? 

 Crescit in Promontorio bonae spei (inler Breederivier el Gamloosrivier.) 



2. CH. CLNEIFOLIUM E. Mey. 1. c. - Maund et Henslow, The Botanist IV. t. 196. 

 — Foliis Dabellalo-cuneatis, apice rotundatis 7-9-dentatis; spicis subterminali- 

 bus elongatis. 2|. — Caules herbacei, praesertira juniores telragoni glabri. Folia 

 breviier petiolala carnosula, sicca nigricantia, orbiculalo-, ovato-, vel obovato- 

 cuneala, apice rotundata , profunde 5-7- 9-denlala enervia, maxima non ullra 

 semipollicem longa et lata, suprema vix 3 lineas longa et sesquilineam lata. 

 Spicae in ramis ramulisque terminales laxiusculae. Flores distantes rhachidi ad- 

 pressae, interstitio longiores, bractea brevissima lanceolata acuta fulcrati, brevi- 

 ter pedicellati. Calyx cum pedicello 3 llneas longus tubulosus quinquedentatus, 

 dentibus brevissimis subulatis , post anlhesin subcontortis, fauce pubescenle, 

 membrana diaphana inter singulos dentes basin calycis usque procurrenle. Calyx 

 fructifer antice longitudinaliter fissus, apice subconstrictus paleaceus. Drupa ex- 

 succa bilocularis calycis fere longiludine rugulosa glaberrima, styli basi apiculata, 

 loculis monospermis. Corolla lubulosa calyce multo longior, limbi subbilabiatim 

 quinquelobi laciniis subaequalibus bnsi constrictis obovalis. Styli filiformis co- 

 rollam aequantis stigma capitellalum. — Buchnera cuneifolia Thnbrg. I. c. — B. 

 cernua Houytt. Syst. VIII, 129. t. 58. fig. 2. — Phryma dehiscens Linn. Supplem. 

 277. — In Promontorio bonae spei. (v. s. sp.) 



3. CH. GARIPENSE E. Mey. I. c. 277. — Foliis ovalis grosse dentato-serratis; spi- 

 cis lerminalibus longissimis. 2|, — Caules slricliusculi lereles (ramulis supremis 

 tereliusculis), medulla copiosa farcli glaberrimi. Folia petiolo semipollicari (su- 

 periora breviori) sufTulta pollicaria (superiora minora), semipollicera lala, elliptico- 

 ovata grosse et inaequaliter serrato-dcntala, illis Chenopodiorura nonnullorum 

 haud dissimilia, e basi distincte trinervia carnosula glabra, cxsiccata nigrescentia. 

 Spicne terminales 5-6-polIicares. Flores brevissime pediccllaii laxiusculi, basi 

 bractca lineari-setacea sufTulli, rhachidi adprcssi. Calyx angiislc linearis tubu- 

 losus glaberrimus laete viridis, siccus paleaceus, apice subulato-5-dentatus, striis 

 inler dentes basin usque 5 membranaccis pellucidis. Calyx cilo antice longitu- 

 dinaliler fissus; corolla tubulosa cernua calyce dimidio longior, ex sicco purpu- 

 rascens. Drupam maturam non vidi. — Crescit in collibus asperis ad lluvium 

 Garip prope Verleptpram in Proraonlorio bonae spci. (v. s. sp.) 



4. CH. PUMILUM E. Mey. 1. c. — Subacaule loraentosum: foliis ovalis inacqualiler 

 inciso-serratis; spicis brevissimis axiliaribus. 2J. — Crescit in Promonlorio bonae 

 spei, in collibus asperis siccis inter filaauwekraiis ct Wilgcrboschfontcin. 



5. CH. MARRUBIIFOLIU.M Fnzl. mss. in Kotschy, Planl. Nubic. no. 32! — Caule 

 teretiusculo oppositc ramoso cano-pubescenle; foliis oppositis petiolatis ovalls 

 oblusissimis grosse serralo-dentatis, ulrinque pubcsccnti-setulosis, infra reti- 

 culato-venosis; spicis terminalibus longissimis mullifloris; calycibus canescenli- 

 virentibus asprellis. 2j, — Sumrailalcs tantiimmodo vidco , sed ejus caules cl 

 rami tercliusculi, praesertim juniorcs cano-villosiili piibcsccnlcs. Folia pcliulala, 

 petiolis scmipollicaribus, basi cuneata, ovalia oliliisissiina, polliccm loiig.i, serai- 

 polliccm lala , grosse, inaequaliter cl obtusc serralo-dciitala , ulrinquc seluloso- 

 pubcscentia, pracserlim ad nervos, infra rcliculalo- vcnosa. Spicae teiniinales 

 pedales cl longiorcs. Florcs numcrosissimi , rbachidi adjircssi, cxaclc sessile», 



