CENT. VIT. 59 



In S. Africa, the ovary and capsule are ash 

 blue, different thus from petals as in Melom- 

 phis. 



645. Ellokarmos maculatus Raf. Ornithog* 

 arabicuin Red. lil. 63 non L. thyrsoides var. 

 alba hot. reg, 316. Jaq. hort. 28. Miller ic. 129 

 — fol. longis lanceol. planis, racemo pyramida- 

 lis, bract, elongatis, petaHs ovatis acutis albis 

 basi macula fuscata. S. Africa, certainly a pe- 

 culiar sp. not variety. 



616. Ellokarmos aureus Raf. Ornith. do 

 Wild Pers. fol. lane, subdenticulatis, racemo 

 coarctato corymbose. South Africa, several va- 

 rieties of colors, perhaps blended sp. Ornith. 

 miniattim, Jlavescens and flavissimum of 

 Jaquin. 



647. LoMARESis Raf (edge turned) Fetalis 

 G ineq. patentissimiss ovatis, margine revolutis, 

 3 alt. latior, stam. G ineq. subulatis, 3 alt. basi 

 dilatatis. ovar. 3sulcat. stylo brevi crasso, stig- 

 ma capit. globoso vix 31ol30 — Near the last Gr. 

 but simple stamens and stigma. Type L. alba 

 Raf Ornithog. revolutum Jacq. sch. t. 89. Cur- 

 tis b. m. 658. Edvv. b. reg. 315. fol. brevi lan- 

 ceol. scapo racemoso flexuoso, bract, lane, 

 acum.petalis obtusis albis. South Africa. 



648. Melomphis patens Raf Ornithog. co- 

 rymbosum Lind. hot. reg. 906. Fol. lato Tinea- 

 rib, canalic, acutis, scapo tereto, corymbo pau- 

 cifloro, bracteis scariosis albis ovatis amplex. 

 petalis patens, 3 alt. retusis subtridentatis — A 

 fourth sp. of this G. from Chili, wrongly blended 

 with my M. peruviana^!, the syn, of Lindley 

 must be erased, O. Narhonense has also 3 pe- 

 tals tridentate, but the stamens are equal, fl. 

 racemose, is it a .subg. of honcomelos ? to be 

 called Tritriela Raf 



