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IV. Rhopalephora*) Hsskl. 



Cf. Bot. Ztjr. XXri. (lS(i4) p. 58 etc. — Cliar. Gen. Panicula ter- 

 minalis; peri^ouii foliola persisteutia, externa reflexa, intcrua majora bre- 

 viter uiiguiculata*, staniina 3 anteriora fertilia, sterilia uulia; filameuta 

 imberbia; antherae binae aefjuales, connexivo augusto, tertia diftormis, 

 connectivo lato basi lunatim exciso, subdeltoideo; germen obovato-oblongum, 

 substipitatum, altero latere rectum, 5-loculare: gemnnilae in loculi.s .soli- 

 tariae; stylus obliquc insertus elougatus, hamato incurvus, stigma sub- 

 peltatum; cajLsula stipitata obovato-clavata, 2-Jocularis, 2-valvis; valvae 

 inaequales, j)ostica angustior lineari - lanccolata plajia, antica coucava 

 navicularis ; semen saepe unicum, aUero abortivo, oblongum semi-ovoi- 

 deum, radiato-costulatuni. 



1. Rh. Blumel Hsskl. 



Cf. Hsskl. in Bot. Ztg 1. c. o9 etc. — Commelina pulchra Bl. in 

 sched. hrb. Lgd. Bat. — C. (Aneilema) monadelpha Bl. in sched. et 

 Enum. 4. 13; A. Dtr. Spec. H. 412. 93; D. Dtr. Syn. I. 175. 93; — 

 Aneilema Kth. En. IV. 70. 24; Miq. Flor. III. 537. 8. — C. conspicua 

 ZoII. syst. Verz. 64. 3 et in sched. herb. ven. Nr. 1251 — (nec Bl. En. 4. 12. 

 A. Dtr. ]. c. 413. 94; D. Dtr. I. c. 94; — Aneilema Kth. 1. c. 69. 23; 

 Miq. 1. c. 7.) 



Diagn. Herl)a ima basi procumbens. dein erecta , caule simplici 

 aut apice furcato, foliis petioiatis ovato-oblongis s. ovatis, acuniinatis, 

 nunc acutissimis, glabriusculis niargine scabris, panicula terniinali rara, 

 ramis divaricatis, capsula minute hirsutula chartacea, plumbeo-fusca. 



Variat nunc tota minor. 



Herbae glabriusculae, basi procumbentes et ad uodos 3 — 4 in- 

 feriores radicantes, doin erectae, strictiusculae, fructigerae 10 — 21" altae. 

 Caulis teretiusculis , siccando angulatus ct sulcatus, apicera versus fur- 

 catus aut semel dichotome ramosus, rainute puberulus, deiu glabratus, 

 uodosus, ad nodos (ut videtur in siccis) paulo incrassatus, vix 1'" crassinr; 

 internodia 9'" — 2" longa, basi vaginis cincta, vix geniculatim juncta ; ra- 

 dices ad nodos inferiores tenues fuscae Hexuosae. 1" et ultra longae, 

 ultra medium fibrillis tenuibus plus minus deiisis toctae. Vaginae laxae. 



p. 23) el A. prolensum ad Pilelocarpum Hsskl. (vid. p. 15 pertincnti Traderrantia pani- 

 culala Rub. ad Flos-scopae Lour. (cf. infra gen. XVI. 3). 



i. L. Schomburgkianus Hsskl. (Di lli jrorarpus? Knlli. I.c. 662. 2 '•■ l)Flur.I. c. .389 Obs. 



2. L. Pclersii Hsskl. Pet. Rcise I. >.. ubi desrrpt., id. Flor. I. c 389. 



.3. L.? radicans Hsskl. Flor. I. r. 



4. L. Dregeanus Hsskl. Flor. I. r. 



5. L. Tacazzeanus Hsskl. in Pel. Reise I. c. 531. ubi desrript.; id. Flnr. I. c. 390 



6. L. stenorrhachys Hsskl. Flor. 1. c. 389. 



7. L? bcniniensis Hsskl. Flor. I. r. 

 *) po7ta>.r,<^)opd = claviger. 



