320 



Ordo XCIY. WALESHERBIACEAE Do,k 



(\VI|.rs. Ho|i.Tl. l.(,t. svNt. II. 2i.}. V. 775. — M. .). J!o.'iiier , 1 .imil. natur. rogn. veget. 

 .srnt.ps. nionogr. II. \t. 20S — 211. — Pttssilloreunim trib. III. 1)C. Prodr. II!. ;J37.) 



Ordo XCY. LOASEAE Juss. 



(DC. Prodr. III. 339. — Wli.rs. Hepert. II. 223. V. 771).) 



5110. ACROtASIA Prsl. 



(Wlprs. Repert. V. 77G.) 

 1. A. SQir.\LIDA nook. fil. in Transact. of the Linn. soc. XX. 222. — Hispido-pilosa : 

 caulo dpcumliente vage ramoso; ramis angulatini flexuosis divaricatis; foliis parvis 

 ])eti.>Iatis ovatis subacutis lobatis angulatisve ; floribus sessilibus ; calycis tubo sub- 

 cvlindraceo elongato-turbinato , lobis lanceolatis; petalis inaequalibus late obovatis, 

 dorso apicem versus pilosis. Q — Crescit in Charles Island. 



5111. MJEXTZELIA Li/m. 



(DC. Prodr. IIL .343. — Wlprs. Repert. II. 223. [excl. sect. 3.] V. 776.) 

 1. M. GRONOVI.\EFOLIA Fisch., Mey. & Lallem. Ann. sc. n.it. (3. Ser.) V. 378. — 

 Perennis vel basi suB^ruticosa, subpedalis distorta , tota setulis parvis patentissiniis 

 nodulosis apice glochidiatis aliisque setis longioribus simplicibus acutis tuberculo 

 insidentibus bispidissima. Rami saepe trichotomi. F'olia sparsa vel ad raraorum 

 triehotomnrum basin terna , petiolo longo sutfulta , foliis 6rronoi'«ue similia, suborbi- 

 culata, basi leviter cordata, 1% poll. circ. longa lataque (folia ramea minora) palma- 

 tinervia, leviter 7- vel 9-lobata , lobis brevibus ovatis acutis inaequaliter serratis. 

 Flores pedunculati diurni speciosi. Calycis tubus brevis, ovario adnatus rectus his- 

 pidissimus , limbi segmenta lutescentia semipollicaria lineari-lanceolata longeque acu ■ 

 tata , in fructu conniventia persistentia. Petala glaberrima, ima basi cohaerentia 

 subpoHicaria , 4% lin. lata elliptica acutissima, in unguem latum erectum aftenuata, 

 lamina patentissima. Stamina ultra 100, triserialia, ima basi inter se et cum pe- 

 talorum basi connata, caeterum libera recta filiformia subaequilonga, corolla longiora. 

 Antherae rectae (non tortae) parvae, late ovatae , loculis rima laterali dehiscentibus. 

 Stylus elongatus filiforniis indivisus , apice breviter incrassatus et striis 5 stigmatosis 

 (stigmatibus 5 connatis) spiralibus notatus. Capsula cylindraceo-ovata, 4 lin. circ. 

 longa recta, dentibus 5 laciniis calycis oppositis ovatis , apice reflexis dehiscens uni- 

 locularis. Sporophora 5 cum capsulae dentibus alternantia. Semina numerosls- 

 simaminuta, griseo-flavescentia, cylindracea apice basique truncata, longitudinaliter 

 striata. 2j. — Crescit in Mexico. 



511I/i. mrROSPCRJTIA Book. 

 (VVlprs. Repert. V. 777.) 

 1, M. RCDIS S. Schaucr, Linnaea XX. 721. r — Tota setis brevibus densis glochidla- 

 tis longioribusque simplicibus immixtis hispido-scabra : foliis loiige petiolatis (supe- 



