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inferiora alterna, superiora subopposila, breviter petiolata lanceolata acuminala, 

 basi longe altenuata, integerrima aut sinuato-denticulata, cum petiolo quadripol- 

 licaria, ullra pollicem lata. Folia superiora sensim minora deinde in bracteas 

 abeunt angusle lanceolatas. Flores axillares pedunculati pseudooppositi bibrac- 

 teali, pedunculi pollicares bispidi, apice bibracteolati, bracteolis lanceolatis pa- 

 tentibus retlexisve. Calyx 9-10 lin. longus, dein auctus ullra pollicaris campanu- 

 lato-pentagonus 5-fidus, laciniis triangularibus submucronulatis. Corolla glabra 

 fere sesquipollicaris oblique subventricoso-campanulato-infundibuliformis, lobis 

 ovalibus obtusis integerrimis. Capsula^ubglobosa paullulum compressa, diametro 

 semipollicari. Semina elongato-cuneiformia V/i lin. longa. — Lyncea hispida 

 Cham. et Schlchtd. Linnaea V. 109. f VIIL 24. — Crescit in Mexico in sjivaticis 

 prope Hacienda de la Laguna. 



2. M. (PHYSOCALYX Cham. et Schlchtd. Linnaea VIIL 23. f) RHINANTHOIDES 

 Bth. \. c. — Scaberrimum: foU. oblongis subdentatis, basi vix angustatis; pedun- 

 culis calyce breviorib. medio bracteatis. 2^. — Spithamaeum, bipedale v. elatius, 

 facie et inflorescentia iJAinan^^o haud dissimile: caulis erectus superne ramulosus 

 dense pilosus. Folia pseudo-opposita, basi trinervia, marginis subsinuali dentes 

 triangulares haud crebri interdum obsoleli, caulina maxima subtripollicaria, vix 

 semipollicari lalitudine, folia superiora sensim minora. Pedunculi axillares so- 

 liJtarii uniQori [Vi-Vi poll. longi) medio bibracteati, bracleis lanceolalis parvis. 

 Calyx extus scaber, intus molliter pubescens, quinquestriatus et quinquedenlatus, 

 dentibus triangularibus acuminulato-mucronatis, dorsali paullulum minori, florifer 

 tubuloso-campanulatus semipollicaris, fructifer valde inflatus physaloideus, ad 

 pollicis longiludinem vix excrescens. Corolla limbo calycem superaf, tubus brevis 

 curvatulus, limbi laciniae subaequales rotundatae obtusae ciliolatae. Capsula a 

 calyce inclusa eoque multo minor compresso-globosa, semina minuta oblonga. 

 Calyx purpurascenti-nigrescens. Corolla purpurascens. — Crescit in Brasilia. 



3. M. SCABRUM Bergius, Flor. Capens. 162. t. 3. fig. 4. - Bth. 1. c. — FoII. lanceo- 

 lalis, basi latiorib. denlalis scabrisj pedunculis calyce longiorib. medio bractealis. 

 21- — Gerardia JSigrina Linn. fil. Supplem. 278- — Nigrina viscosa Linn. Mantiss. 

 planlar. 42. — Crescil in Promontorio bonae spei. 



4. M.? ZEYHERI Hook. Icon. plantar. t. 255. — Foll. ovatis subtrifido-lacinialis 

 scabris; florib. in axillis superiorib. foliorum bibracteatisj laciniis calycinis lan- 

 ceolatis; anlherarum loculis longissime recurvis; ovario hinc gibboso. 2j. — In 

 Promontorio bonae spei crescit. 



3993. ESTERHAZYA Milian. 



(Mikan, Delect. faun. et flor. Brasil. t. 5. — Meisn. Gener. plantar. vascul. I. 308. II. 

 219. — Blh. in Hook. Compan. bot. Magaz. I. 203.) 



1. E. (VIRGULARIA Mart. Nov. gener. et spec. pl. Brasil. III. 7. t t. 203.) CAMPE- 

 STRIS Spix et Mart. Reise durch Brasilien I. 397. — Bth. I. c. — FoII. lanceolatis 

 y. oblongo-lanceolatis mucronulatis, basi contractis uninerviis, floralib. pedun- 

 culos superantib.; racemis subsimplicibus. 6 — Frutex pluricaulis tri-quadripe- 

 dalis irregulariter ramosus. Rami obscure tetragoni, ramuli similes oppositi aut 

 alterni , foliorum cicatricibus exasperati. Folia alterna aut frequentius opposita 

 decussata brevissime petiolata l-r/i-pollicaria, 3-4 lin. lala lanceolata v, lanceo- 

 lalo-oblonga, ulrinque attenuata, mucronulata minutissime serrulato-scabra v. in 

 exsuccioribus subcrenulala, nilida opacave glaucescentia. Racemi terminales 

 simplices v. rarius ob divisiones ramorum ramosi. Pedunculi axillares 4-5 lin. 

 longi ebracteali. Calyx campanulato-cyathiformis (3 lin. longus) dentibus trian- 

 gularibus magnitudine variis. CoroIIa poliicaris v. longior carnea coccineo-ma- 

 culala (versus limbum frequentius), extus tenuiter lanata. Capsula in calyce din- 

 lius persistente, deinde irregulariler fisso ovata nigricans; semina numerosa 

 irregulariter subcuneato-quadrala. — Crescit in Brasiliae campis, locis subtur- 

 fosis ei in arenosis irriguis (ad praedium Stae. Barbarae baud procul a flumine 



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