80 ICONES PLANTARUM. 
PLATE 1099. 
IPOM@A HABELIANA, Oliv. 
CoNVOLVULACES. 
I, Habeliana, Oliv. sp. nov. ; glaberrima, caule prostrato subtereti levi, 
foliis lanceolatis v. * ovalibus acutis _. ucronatis basi obtusiusculis v. 
cuneatis leviter undulatis membra , hervo crassiusculo _—_— lo, pedun- 
culis axillaribus 1(—2 ?)-floris folio ) > beardr — sepalis inzequalibus ovato- 
oblongis obtusis exterioribus ‘bees ribus, corolla alba calyce 4-5-plo longiora 
infundibuliformi tubo longo, staminibus exser tis 
Has. On inland rocks, Hood Island, iene Dr. Habel! 
Folia 4-6 poll. longa, 1-2 poll. lata; petiolus 3-1} poll. Pedunculus 
1-14 poll., ee = poll. Sepala interiora ¢ poll.; corolla 3-3} poll. 
longa.—D. Out 
Fig. 1. Corolla = open. 2. Detached stamen. 8. Ovary. 4. Stigma. 5, Trans- 
verse section of ov: 
Puate 1100. 
PASPALUM BURCHELLII, Munro, mss. 
GRAMINEX. 
- Burchellii, Munro, mss. in Herb. Burchell. Bras. n. 6844; an- 
nuum ; culmo erecto glabro (4-10 poll.), foliis linearibus attenuatis vagi- 
nisque "patentim pilosis, racemis (}—$ poll. longis) 4-5 alternis distichis inter- 
stitia seepius longioribus falcato-recurvis, axi partiali membranaceo-alato 
spiculas obvolvente, fronte septulo rominulo angusto alternatim pedicellos 
2-fidos geniculatos setigeros emittente, spiculis imbricatis sub-2—3-serialibus 
plano-convexis, gluma vacua —— fl. neutro, awct.) plana hy: sos oblanceo- 
lato-oblonga, exteriore (gluma superiore, auct.) deficiente, gluma florigera 
concava extus tuberculata, palea infra medium late udupican 
Has. Near Goyaz, Dr. Burchell ! 
In general habit approaching P. falciferum, Trin., in the absence of empty 
oe P. Gardneriarum, Nees in Kew Journ. Bot. ii. (1850) 103.—D. 
LIVE 
Fig. 1. Raceme. 2. Spikelet closed. 3 and 4. Same laid open. 5, Genitalia. 
