CENT IV. )83 



Com. t. 53. Taeoa. phalifera Riinipli t. 11*2. 

 Schena Rheed lit. 19. Not in Linneus. 



307. Spatulima Raf. Legum, diff. Orobus, 

 Cal. urceolatus, Snervis 5dent. eq. Vexillum 

 elong. emarg. Stylo reflexo Spatulato margi- 

 nato piano subtus pubescens, stigma margine 

 obtuso. FolioUs binis ternatisque sessilib, 

 pedicellis elongatis multijloris. The style or 

 stigma of this G. is quite peculiar. Probably 

 several sp. blended as Orobtis sessilifolhis^ 

 ensifolius, digitatus, pyrenaicus, &.c,, — all re- 

 fered here by Hooker. — Type. 



308. Spatulima angustifolia Raf. Caule flex, 

 striato, foliolis 2-3 mucronatis lin. angustis 

 acutis, stipulis subul. semisagitt. pedic. .3-4floris, 

 fl. pendulis. Crimea, Greece, Sicily, fl. purplish, 

 vexillum darker. Orobiis sessilif. Sm. DC. 

 Hook. b. m. 2796, Or.digitatus? Bieb. Spreng. 



309. Petaloxis Raf. (pet. sharp) Commeli- 

 nea, Cal. 3phyl. Cor. petalis 3 acutis persistens, 

 eq. Stam. 6. subsess. subeq. glabris 3 ext. 3 int. 

 Antheris lin. 21oc. apice 2porosis, Stylo filif. 

 stigma obt. Caps, globosa corolla baccata, 

 31ocul. polysp. Fol. vaginans^fl, racemosis. — 

 Wrongly united to Dichorisandra of Mikan 

 by Hooker, which has 5 Stamens only, in 2 une- 

 qual phalanges, anthers not porose, petals not 

 acute. — It is near my G. Eothinanthes, having 

 same habit. 



310. Petaloxis purpurea Raf. Dichorisan- 

 dra oxypetala Hook. b. m. 272 L Caule tereto 

 striato basi squamoso apice folioso, fol. ellipt. 

 acum. striatis, undul. racemo flexuoso, pedicellis 

 biftoris, petalis ovatis acutis purpureis. — South 

 America, stem simple or forked, raceme termi- 

 nal, pretty purple flowers. 



311. Dimanisa, (Twin uneq.) Raf. Cal. 



