102 FLOR. TELLUR. 



to the generic distinctions ! Hooker can hardly 

 make out the genera ot" his new Orchidea, and 

 Lindley bases his genera on inconspicuous 

 characters, instead of plain, striking distinc- 

 tions. 



38G. Zelonops, Raf. {Zelon^ Datepahn) Pal- 

 ma, diff. Phenix Stam, G, Stylis 3, Ovar. 3sperm. 

 Drupa monosp. — The Date palm to which it 

 has been wrongly united has 3 Stamens and 

 1 style ! — Type Zelonops pusilla, Raf, Foi. 

 pinnatis inermis, foliolis linearib. Caule pusillo 

 pedale vel bipedale. — Small dwarf palm of In- 

 dia and Anam. It is Phenix pusilla Lour. 

 Gaertn. t. 24. Ph. farinifera Roxb. Cor. t. 74. 

 Smith et Auctoris. 



387. PiARiMULA, Raf. (thick stigma) Cal. 

 bipart. Cor. tubulosa ineq. 41oba, Stam. 4 ineq. 

 Stigma incrassato. Semen unicum. Fol. oppos. 

 fl. capitulis pediinc. cum periantho. — Type the 

 Phyla chinensis of Loureiro, which has the 

 habit of Verbena nodiffora : the name Phyla 

 is objectionable meaning leafy like Phyllis of 

 Lin. — Piarimula chinensis^ Raf. Fol. ovato 

 lanceol. glabris, apex serratis, fl. violaceis longe 

 pedunculatis, perianthis spatulatis. — In China. 



388. PiLOPus, Raf vel Bertolonia, 1812.— 

 Types all the several blended species miscalled 

 Verbena and Zapania or Lippia and Blaeria 

 nodijlora, and akin, which are in utter confu- 

 sion. I wrote in 1812 their monograph and sent 

 it to Sir James Smith, calling tlie G. Bertolo- 

 nia, which name has since been employed for 

 another Genus ; I therefore substitute now Pi- 

 lopus^ xne;2inmg peduncled head^ \{ need^nX. See 

 my monograph of N. American Sp. in my new 

 flora. The Genus differs from all those blended 

 in Verbena by creeping habit and calix bilabiate 



