234 VERBEXACEAE. 



Tribus II. VITICEAE Schauer in DC. 1. c. 620. 



XVIII. SPHAEAODESMA Jack. 

 (Schauer in DC. Prodr. XI. 622.) 



1. SPH. GRIFFITHIANA Wght. Icon. plant. Ind. or. IV. tab. 1477. — Raraulis tetragonis 

 subpubescentibus. ad nodos dense pilosis ; foliis oblongo - lanceolatis, basin versus 

 subcuneatis, apice acuminalis, utrinque glabris, exceptis venarum axillis fasciculato- 

 pilosis ; paniculis brachiaiis laxis, inferne foliosis : bracteis lanceolatis acutis quam 

 pedunculi brevioribus; pedunculis flliformibus involucrum circiter aequantibus iisque 

 pilosis; involucri phyllis inaequalibus subscariosis lineari- spathulatis obtusis ; calyce 

 campanulato quinquefldo piloso-tomentoso, lobis apice bidentatis cum dente reflexo in 

 sinubus; corolla glabra. — Sph. Jackiana Wght. — Congea Jackiana Wall. — In India 

 orientali ad Mergui. 



2. SPH. TRIFLORA Wght. I. c. tab. 1478. ~ Ramulis glabris vel velutino - puberulis ; 

 foliis breviter petiolatis lanceolatis, utrinque acuminatis, acutis glabris vel junioribus 

 inconspicue velutinis, in venarum axillis non barbatis ; panicula ampla brachiata, ad 

 divisiones ultimas usque foliosa ; bracteis ovatis pedunculisque brevibus rigidis, in- 

 volucris calycibusque velutino - pubescentibus ; involucri phyllis valde inaequalibus 

 ellipticis, basi atlenuatis, apice obtusiusculis ; umbellis trifloris; calyce tubuloso quin- 

 quelobo 10-nervio, loborum nervis latioribus, lobis triangulari-acutis, tubo intus pu- 

 bescente ; corolla exserta pubescente, fauce pilosa ; staminibus stylisque exsertis. — 

 Habitat in peninsula Indiae orienialis Malaccensi. 



t Ieonea addendae. 



SPH. BARBATA Schauer in DC. I. c. 623. no. 4. — Wght. 1. c. tab. 1474. (Sph. ferruginea 



Wght.) 

 SPH. JACKIANA Schauer in DC. I. c. 622. no. 2. — Wght. 1. c. tab. 1476. (Sph. acuminata 



Wght.) 

 SPH. WALLICHIANA Schauer in DC. 1. c. no. 1. — Wght. 1. c. tab. 1475. (Sph. pentandra 



Wght.) 



XVIlla- ADELOSA Blume. 



(Blume, Mus. bot. Lugd. Batav. pag. 176.) 



Calyx tubulosus quinquefidus aequalis. Corolla tubo calycem supe- 

 rante, fauce nuda, limbi quinquefidi lobis inaequalibus, intimo fornicato. 

 Stamina 4, sumrao corollae tubo inserta exserta aequalia, brevissima, 

 antherae oblongo-lineares telragonae erectae, baseos emarginatae 

 dorso affixae, biloculares, loculis parallelis, longitudinaliter dehiscen- 

 tibus. Ovarium depresso-globosum obsolete quadrisulcatum, dissepi- 

 mentorum marginibus utrinque inflexis incomplete quadriloculatum. 

 Ovula in loculis solitaria, oophoro medio affixa anatropa, micropyle 

 deorsum directa. Stylus filiformis exsertus, stigmate bifido. Bacca (?) 

 turbinato-globosa depressa, calyce ampliato cincta, incomplete quadri- 

 locularis. Semina in loculis solitaria peltata oblonga compressa mem- 

 branaceo-marginata. — Frutex ramosissimus in Ambango indigenus: 

 foliis opposilis approximatis brevissirae petiolatis, petiolis linea puberula 



