77 



Ordo XXI. PITTOSPOREAE R. Br. 



(Putterl. in Wlprs. UepiTt. bot. s.>st. I. 250. II. 770. V. 71.) 



5661. PITTOSPORrM Soland. 



(Wlprs. Repert. I, 350. V. 71.) 



1. P. (?) SERRULATU3I W. Jack in Calcutta Journ. of the nat. hist. IV. p. 195. — 

 Frutex, rami glabri ; folia alterna brevissime petiolata lanceolata acuminata serrulata 

 glaberrima, stipulae lanceolatae acutae citissime diciduae ; pedunculi breyes axillares 

 solitarii 6 — 8-flori, saepe ex axillis foliorum lapsorum oriundi ; Hores luteo-virentes 

 fasciculati breviter pedicellati, bracteae parvae acutae, apice conniventes; corolla 5- 

 partita, petala receptaculo inserta ovato-laiiceolata acuta calyce parum longiora, necta- 

 rium breve 5-Iobum germen ciiigeiis ; slainina 5 iiectarii lobis inserta erecta inclusa, 

 antherae acutae sagittatae, circa stylum coiiiiiveiites ; ovarium superum ovatum unilo- 

 culare monospermum, stylus staminibus parum longior cum ovario tomentosus, stigma 

 simplex; capsula globoso-trigona 3-vaIvis unilocularis, semiiia sex saepe abortiva ro- 

 tunda angulata. — Crescit in Malacca. 



2. *P. TETRASPERMUM Wglit. et Arn. — Wlprs. 1. c. I. 251. no. 7. — Wght. Icon. 

 pl. t. 971. et Spicil. Neilgherr. I. 57. t. 43. 



3. P. GLABRATUM Lindl. Journ. of the hortic. sec. 1. 230. adn. — Foliis subverticll- 

 latis obovatis convesis acutis nitidissimis, quasi vernice obductis integerrimis, subtus 

 glaucis ; umbella terminali sessilipauciflora ; sepalis ovatis acutis ciliatis, coroUa cylin- 

 dracea angusta pluries brevioribus. t) — Crescit in China ad Hongkong. 



5667. PRONaYA Hiigel. 



(Wlprs. Repert. I. 257. II. 770. V. 73.) 

 1. P. ANGUSTIFOLLA Lehm. Linnaea XIX. 403. — Ramis erecto-patentibus virgatis ; 

 foliis subsessilibus sublinearibus apiculatis, utrinque pallide viridescentibus glabris 

 nitidis ; pedunculis subcorymboso-ramosis ; fructu baccato sicco indehiscente cyliii- 

 draceo fusco-viridi. \) — Marianlhns anyitstifoUus Putterl. — Nova Hollandia, 



Ordo XXIL FRANKENIACEAE St. HU. 



(DC. Prodr. I. 349. — Wlprs. Repert. I. 259. V. 74.) 

 5053. FRAXKEXIA Linn. 



(DC. Prodr. I. 349. — Wlprs. Repert. I. 259. V. 74.) 



1. F. AUCHERI Jaub. et Spach, Illustr. pL orient. H. t. 187, f — Suffrutex erectus 

 subpedalis ramosissimus. Caudices vetuli breves glabrijignosi aphylli subnodulosi, 

 cortice ruguloso fuscescente. Caules novelli sparsi vel fasciculati graciles virgati 

 substricti noduloso-articulati teretes foliati, apice in cymam multifloram 2 — 4-radia- 

 tam pluries dichotomam subfastigiatam soluti , ad axillas superiores ramulos floriferos 

 breves (internodiis plerumque vix aequilongos) magis minusve dichotomos agentes, 

 axillis inferioribus ramiUulis sterilibus dense foliosis ut plurimum simplicissimis inter- 

 nodiis brevioribus instructi. Caulis (simulac ramuli et ramilluli) undique et praeser- 

 tim ad nodos setulis retrorsis vel pcitentibus crebris albidis siccitate crispis hispidu- 



