44, ICONES PLANTARUM, 
Pye nig nace acutee, connectivo dorso incrassato, inclusee. Discus wis idus. 
um 2-loculare ; ty filiformis, glaber, ramis 2 brevibus linearibus ; 
éota in loculis numerosa, placentis ‘septo. medio adnatis affixa. Capsulae 
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3-poll. longa, allipsaiden, crasse crustacea, vertice inter lobos calycinos conico 
truncato, 2-locularis, septici - oS polysperma. Seming parva, subcom- 
pressa, angulata angulis in alam productis, umbilico ventrali, testa 
coriacea reticulata. 
xillary The ie ecimens are iatther Sate nor very Darplale but I 
think that the corolla-lobes are strictly contorted. The hairs within the 
corolla-throat are flattened and twisted —J. D. Hooker 
cot a 2. Ovary and calyx. 3. Corolla laid open. 4. Stamen. 5. Seeds :— 
ail mi nified 
Piate 1149. 
LEPTOSCELA RUELLIOIDES, Hook. /. 
Rusracex, Tribe Hevyormpes. 
Leptoscela, Hook. f. in Benth. and Hook. f. Gen. Pl. ii. 59. 
Has. Brazil, in the province of Ihios, Blanchet, n. 2399. 
tte ici ramis strictis gracillimis teretibus, internodiis 
Herba dic 
elongatis. Folia 14-2-poll. longa, opposita, breviter petiolata, ovato- 
lanceolata, acuminata, membranacea, subtus pubescentia. sete ne 
tiolares, breves, membranaceze, multisetose. Flores parvuli, gracile pedicellati, 
in cymas unilaterales exiles fere capillares axillares et ad dichotomias laterals 
dispositi, pedicellis basi setaceo bracteolatis inferioribus v. omni em 
conicus ; limbi lobi 5, subulato-lanceolati, tubo exc juilongi, persistentes. 
Corolla q-poll. longa, infundibularis, fauce glabra ; limba lobi 5 
patentes, valvati. Stamir ina 
filiformibus ; anther dorso affix, lineares, utrin obtuse, 4-exsert 
Discus conicus. Ova 2-loculare ; stylus filiformis, ramis 2 linearibus ; 
ovula in loculis numerosa, placen elongatis septo. medio afhxis inserta. 
apsula +4-po] membranacea, ellipsoideo-oblonga, teres, costulata, 
vertice conico producto membranaceo septicide 2-valvi, longe ultra 
_ calycem productis 2-fidis. Semina immatura numerosa, oblonga v. obovoidea, 
testa ut videtur fungosa. 
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Of this very singular plant, I have seen but two fragments, evidently the tops 
of a tall very slender branching and signet annual herb, quite unlike any Ru- 
biaceous plant known tome, whether in general habit or in infloresce 
individual racemes lengthen much (to 6-10 in.) in fruit, are almost filiform, 
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