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3887. DIASCIA LnJc. et Otlo. 



(Lnk. el Otto, Icon. select. plant. hort. bot. Berolin. 7. l. 2. — Meisn. Gener. plant. 



vascul. I. 305. II. 216. — Bth. in Hook, Comp. Bot. Magaz. II. 16.) 



Sectio I. BRACHYCARPAE Bth. 1. c. 16. 



Pedicelli axillares v. superiores subfasciculati. Folia basi angustata. Capsula 

 ovoidea v. globosa, valvula aUera saepissime majore. 



1. D. HETERA^'DRA Blh. 1. c. — Foll. carnosulis profunde pinnatifidis, laciniis in- 

 feriorura ovalis, superiorum oblongis; sepalis ovato-oblongis oblusis; coroUa 

 bifossulala; slaminib. inferiorib. elongalis difformib. sterilibus. ©? 2|.? — Crescit 

 in Promontorio bonae spei. 



2. D. (HEMIMERIS Thnbrg. FI. Capens. 485.) DIFFUSA Blh. I. c. - Foll. pinnati- 

 fidis subpinnalisectisve, laciniis ovatis latis; sepalis late lanceolalis acutis; co- 

 rolla bifossulala; filamentis inferiorib. medio bifurcatis; lacinia altera anlherifera, 

 altera membranaceo-dilalala. 2|.? — Hemimeris peduncularis Lam. Dict. III. 105., 

 Illuslr. gen. t. 532. fig. 3. — Paederoia Bonae spei Linn. Spec. pl. 207? — Pluk. 

 Phytogr. t. 320. fig. 5. — Crescil in Promontorio bonae spei prope Cap Town, Sal- 

 danha Bay, Willeboom. 



3. D. ELO?<GATA Blh. I. c. — FoU. infimis pinnatifidis, laciniis ovatis, superiorib. 

 pinnatisectis, laciniis oblongis linearibusve; sepalis late lanceolatis acutis; corolla 

 bifossulata; filamentis inferiorib. medio geniculatis integris membranaceo-dila- 

 latis. — Diascia Bergiana Hb. union. itin. no. 223. — J3. parviflora : — Crescit 

 in Promontorio bonae spei (Olifants river, Brackfontein in Clanwilliam, Paarlberg). 



4. D. PACHYCERAS E. Mey. mss. ex Bth. 1. c. - FoII. pinnalifidis, laciniis ovalo- 

 triangularib. obtusis; sepalis late subcordato-ovatis acuminatis; corolla basi bi- 

 saccata; filamenlis inferiorib. medio incurvis dilatatis. 2|. — Flores nutantes mi- 

 nusque aperti quam affinium. — In Promontorio bonae spei (Hol river). 



5. D. RUNCINATA E. Mey. mss. ex Blh. I. c. — Foll. runcinato-pinnatifidis v. si- 

 nuato-dentatis, laciniis ovalis oblongisve integris denlatisq.; sepalis late cordato- 

 dilatatis subulato-acuminatis ; corolla bifossulala; filamentis omnib. subulalis. 2|, 

 — Folia floralia pauca parva. Flores parvi. — Crescit in Promontorio bonae spei 

 (Zilverfontein, ^emaqualand). 



6. D. CUNEATA E. Mey. mss. ex Bth. I. c. 17. — Foll. infimis runcinato-pinnati- 

 fidis, floralib. obovatis oblongisve cunealis sinuato -dentatis; sepalis late lanceo- 

 lalis acuminalis; corolla bifossulata; filamentis omnib. subulatis. 2|- — Crescit in 

 Promonlorio bonae spei (Uiienhage, Zondag river, Zwatlkops river). 



Sectio IL LEPTOCARPAE Btb. 1. c. 17. 



Pedicelli axillares v. suneriores subfasciculati. Folia basi angustata. Capsula 

 oblonga sublinearis. 



7. D. BERGL\NA Lnk. et Otto, Icon. select. pl. bort. Berolin. 7. t. 2. — Blh. I. c. — 

 FoII. oblongis sinuato-dentatis, basi angustatis; sepalis lanceolatis acuminalis; 

 corolla bifossulala. 2|.? — Habitus D. runcinatae, sed capsula gracilis qualuor li- 

 neas longa. Sepala angusla, basi saepe coalita. — Crescit in Promonlorio bonae 

 spei (Clanwilliam). 



8. D. THUNBERGIANA Spr. Syst. veget. II. 800. — Bth. I. c. — Foll. oblongis si- 

 nuato-dentatis, basi angustatis; sepalis lanceolatis acuminatis; corolla longe bi- 

 calcarata. 2f — Habitu, foliis, calyce capsulisque adeo accedit ad praecedentem, 

 ut absque floribus difficilis sit distinclioni. — Antirrhinum longicorne Thnbrg. Fl. 

 Capens. 483. — Nemesia longicomis Pers. Synops. II. 159. — Crescit in Promon- 

 torio bonae spei (Clanwilliam, Wupperlhal, Olifants river, Brackfontein etc). 



9. D. TAINYCERAS E. 3Iey. mss. ex Bth. 1. c. — Foll. pinnatifidis, laciniis ovalis 

 oblongis linearibq.; sepalis basi latissimis, apice subulato -acuminatis; corolla 

 longe bicalcarata. 2|-? — Habitu coroUaque ad praecedentem accedit, differt foliis 

 calycibusque. Capsula ignota. — Crescit in Promonlorio bonae spei (Modder- 

 fontein in Nemaqualand). 



