294 ILVLORAGEAE. loudonia. 



diptfro; pctalis tluobus } staiiiiiiilms f. rlililius quatuor. 2^. V — A A. aurea Lindl. dif- 

 fi^rt llorilius i|uidi-ni licrniaiiliniclKis, mmI t:.il\cis (ubo tflra|itero, |if(alis (|ua(uor et 

 staniiiiilius fir(ililius ocd) ; a L. lioei {(JlUchrocunjuii liuei Kndl.) (lnribus diuicis 

 (niu.sc. ijjiioti), calvcis foemiiiei tubci (ctraiitcro, corolla iiulla , 6(ainiuibu8 fiterilibus 

 duodecim. — Crcscit iii ISova Hollaiidia australi. 



6I39/2. OVXXKUA Li)in. 

 (Wlprs. Ueiiert. II. 100. V. 0:2.) 



1. *i;. (Misandra) ]MAOELL.VMC.\ Lam. — Hombr. &Jaquinot, Voy. au Pol.Sud. (IJot. 

 jilian. dic.) tab. 31. fig. a. — Ilook. Antarct, voy. of Tcrror and Erebus '274. — G. 

 Falklandica Hook. — (llepert. II. 100. no. 6.) — Dysemune iiUeyrifulia Uiiks. & 

 Soland. mss. 



2. G. LOIJATA Hook. fil. 1. c. '274. — Dioica: caule repente radicante; petiolis rufo- 

 uilusis ; foliis rotundatis profuiide 5 — 7-lobis coriaceis, nervis subtus |iiIosis, lobis ro- 

 tundatis obtusisintegerrimis, mar;;iiiibus obscure ciliatis ; staminibusspicato-racemosis, 

 antberis late oblongis. 2|. — Caules simpliciusculi elongati, 3 — (j unc. longi validi, 

 crassitie peniiae corviiiae, glaberrimi subangulati, fibras plurimas crassas valde elon- 

 gatis emit(eiites , versus apicem reliciuiis squamosis s(ipularum vetus(arum ob(cc(i. 



Pe(ioli '4 1 unc. longi, pilis rufis subscariosis (ec(i , basi in stipulam vaginaiUem 



dilatati. Lamina '4 — \'o uiic. lata virldis, sub(us pallidior. Pedunculus exemplaris 

 masculi '/4 uiic. loiigus , racemum parvum s(aminum gerens. An(berae Iu(eae. — 

 Dysemone lubata Bnks. c& Soland. mss. — Crescit in Herraite Island , Cape Horn. 



Ordo LXXXffl. LYTHRARIEAE Jnss. 



(DC. Prodr. UI. 75. — Wlprs. Reper(. bot. syst. II. 101. et 910. V. G73.) 

 6144. PEPLIS Li)in. 



(DC. Prodr. III. 76. — Wlprs. Repert. U. 101.) 

 1, P. HISPIDULA Durieu, Revue botaniqueII.43I. — Erectasimplex vel parum ramosa, 

 haud radicans: foliis se.ssilibus, inferioribus oppositis oblongo-linearibus, superioribus 

 appro.\iinate alternis ellipticis oblongisve ; floribus axillaribus solitariis subsessilibus, 

 brevissimebrac(eatis; calycisc^Tindracei dentibus interioribus deltoideis, exterioribus 

 dimidio brevioribus coiiicis; capsula inclusu c^^lindracea, st.vlo brevisupera(a; sdgraate 

 crasse hemispliaerico, dense papillosobirto. ©— Herba humilis tenera, caule filiformi 

 quadrangulo calycibusque hirtellis. Folia margine passimque dorso hirtella, facie gla- 

 berrima. Florum subsessilium bracteae setaceae, calvcis partcm quartam , |iassim 

 Vix octavam longae. Dcntes calycini 10 — \'2. Petala vel pauciora miniina sub- 

 rotunda flammea. l'"ilamen(a (ot quot stamina inclusa, supra basin tubi calycini iu- 

 serta. Capsula calycem subaequilonga, iii deiites 4 apice dchiscens. Semina (ut spe- 

 cierum omnium affinium) obovata glaberrima laevissima rufa, hiiic plana, illiilc con- 

 ve.xa, cotyledones cordato-subrotuiidae, longitudine radiculae in ellipsem iucrassatae. 

 — Crescit prope Oran in uliginosis exsiccatis. 



6151. CUPHEA Jcq. 

 (DC. Prodr. HI. 83. — Wlprs. Repert. II. 105. V. 674.) 



1. C. MINI.VTA A. Urongn. mss. in Van Hout(e , FI. der Gvvchshsr. U. Hft. I. t. 0. — 

 Caule erecto; ramis virgatis hispidis ; foliis subsessilibus ovatis integerrimis, utrinque 

 hirtis asperis ; floribus apice ramorum racemosis uno latere versis, extra axillam sub- 

 sessilibus solitariis; calyce duodecimcostato hirto cylindrico, gibbo dorsali parvo; pe- 

 talis duobus subrotundis undulato-crispis; staminibus undccim , tribus longioribus 

 glabris styloque exsertis, octo dease villosis subindusis. 2J. — Paxton , Magaz. of 



