890 VERBENACEAE. uamau 



teia ovatia obtaata > illo-i< imbricatis. ~-\- Plores lotei raaveolentea, Mia poflicaria, 

 petioli BemlpoHioarea. Habitus et inHtfoaeoiHia Origani tktforanat l.. BnmM in 

 Mi Aicn in rup&raB e*teaxea] Hextitlan prope Real del Monte. 



XXIII. PETIt.lE.l ./"/. 

 [Wlprs. Reperi l\ M 



1. P. OVATA Hartena el Galeotti, Rollet de 1'acad. de Bruxelles \i i 38R - Canle fm- 

 licoso \olubili ; foliis ovato-elliplicis acutiusculis glabria, atrinque scebria, rabtaavenoso- 

 reticolatis; racemis elongalis; laciniis calycinis exteriorJbas lineari-oblongia. ,>^ Gres- 

 i-ii in Mexico in sylvis n^ionis ciliilac prope Vera Croz el Oaxaca. 



2. P. OHTISIFOLIA Bih. Plant. Hartweg. p. 246, no. 1350. Poliia ovaMbua obtnaiaahnis, 

 supra scahro-hiriis, snliius ramiilisquc tomentoso-pubeaeeatQnia; racemie recurvia nralti- 

 lloris; calycie laciniis obovali-oblongis eorollas \i\ aequantibua. 6<~> — Prntex 6— 8-|ic- 

 dalis, folia 2—3 poll. longa, 1—2 poll. laia, subius pnbe copiosa \i\ scabrida caaeaoenUa, 

 petiolo brcvissimo, racemi 9— 12-pollicarcs, a basi lloiilcri, bracteae rabciliatae aeutae, 

 ciio dcciduae, pcdicelli sub anilicsi bilineares, calycis tnbna bilinearis pentagomn pu- 

 hescens, limbi laciniae fere 5 lin. longae, 2'/t— 3 lin. latae, byalinae retiealatae obtnsae in 

 sicco coerulesccntes, appendices faucis breves lanceolato-triangolaree birsuiae, eoroUae 

 laciniae suborbiculalae calycem aeqnantes, ovariom glabrnm, o\ula lalcraliicr afflxa. 

 Crescil in valle fluminis Magdalenae prope urbcm Purificncion. 



3. P. KOIIAITIANA Prsl. Botaniscbe Bemerkungen p. 99. — Differt praccipuc a /'. wrfu- 

 iiili (I. Wlprs. 1. c. no. 4.) foliis longius petiolalis retuso-emarginatis mucronulatis. i>^ 



— Crescit in insula Martinica. 



I. T. SUBSERRATA Chamisso. - Wlprs. I. c. 71. no. 7. -. P. terrata Prsl. 1. c. 



XXIV. CITIIAREXIXUIW Linn. 

 Wlprs. Repcrt. IV. 72.) 

 1. C. AFFINE Martens et Galeotli, Bullct. de 1'acad. de Bruxclles XI. 2. 328. — Glabrum: 

 ramis subquadrangularibus striatis; Foliis coriaceis hreviter peliolatis ovato-ellipticis sub- 

 mucronulatis, basi attenuatis; racemis erectis subpaniculalis; calyoe Irnncato denticn- 

 lato. 5 — Folia tripollicaria, 1— l l /j poll. lala concoloria, raccmi 4— 6-pollicares. — Affinc 

 i . ChomiuonU Wlprs. (I. c. 75. no. 23.), sed folia multo minora non lucida. — Crescit 

 in Mexico prope Vera Cruz in sylvulis ad Antiguam. 



XXXI. TTTEX Linn. 

 (Wlprs. Reperl. IV. 82.) 



1. V. INVOLUCRATUS Prsl. Botanischc Bemerkungen p. 148. — Ramis quadranguli- pe- 

 tiolisque cum rhachi el pedunculis calycibusque tomentosis ; loliis simplicibus ovntis, 

 breviter acumina'is oblusis inlcgerrimis; racemis terminalibus axillaribosqae simplicibus; 

 floribus capilalis involucralis; involucro usque ad basin sexpartito, stellatim expanso lo- 

 mentoso, demum glabrescentc, partilionibus oblongo-lanccolalis oblusis, basi angustatis; 

 calycis campanulali denlibus triangularibus obtusis. ^ — Rami glabri obscure telragoni, 

 folia opposita usque tripollicaria, petiolo Irilineari, coriacca penninervia reliculalo-vciiosa, 

 subtus stellato-pubescenlia, supra glabra, raccmi digitales, rhachis lelragona ad nodos 

 incrassata, pedunculi plerutnque pollicarcs oppositi patenles, involucri segmenta pollica- 

 ria vel longiora coriacea, duobus oppositis quam rcliqua quatuor paullo majoribus, calvx 

 2 lin. longus campanulatus qumquedentatus enervius, inlus albido-tomentosus, corolla 

 et stamina dcsunt. Drupa calyccm non excedens ovalis bilocularis, loculis 1— 2-spermis. 



— An recte hujus generis?? — Seclioncm proprian Chrysoviticem efficere dicitur. — 

 Crescit in collibus ad Maulmine in Martabania. 



2. V. CALIFORNICA Blh. Bot. of Bclch. voy. of the Sulphur 10. — Foliis subrotundis 

 acutiusculis grosse dentatis intcgris vel 3— 5-lobis, basi profundc cordatis, supra glabris, 

 subius ramulisque floccoso-tomentosis. 5 — V. Caribaeu Hook. ct Arn. Bot. Beech. voy. 

 327. (nec DC.) — Crcscit in California ad Rio Sacramento. 



