TC0NE3 PLANTARUM, 55 



Hab. Zambesi-land, J)r. Kirh ! Djur-land (No. 1430). Di\ 



Schweinfiirth ! 



Folia 2-4 poll, longa et lata, sa^pms acuta, dentibus acutis obtasisve 

 ssepe deltoideis ; petiolus ad 3-poll. longus. Flares petiole breviores ; 

 pedunculo communi brevissimo, saspe ramuloso. Sepala ovato-elliptica 

 concava, exteriora acuta, dorso laxe liirsuta, sub fructu persist entia tuni 

 plus minus recurva. Corolla tube calyce 2-3.p]o longiore, limbo 

 5-lobato, lobis late ovato-deltoideis. FTuchis\-'^o\\. diam. — D. Oliver. 



Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Stamen and aiiteposed scale, front and side view. S. Pistil 

 and surrounding disk,- 4. JEstivation of corolla-lobes. 



Plate 1271. 



DIDYMiEA MBXICANA, EooTc. f. 



RuBiACEM, Tribe Galieje. 

 Mooh. f. in Benth. and HooJi. f. Gen. Plan 



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Hab, Mexico 



Bates, Lin- 

 and 3050), 



F. Mueller (No. 1519), Liehmann (Rub. No. 255). 



Herha debibs; habltii Bubice, siccitate aterrima v. fusca, flaccida, 

 Implexo-ramosa, follosa, sparse puberula, ramis ranmbsriue gracihbus 

 fragiUbus 4.goiiis. Folia parva, ^-1 poU. longa, pafcula v. recurva, 

 opposita, subsessib'a v. petlolata, lauceolata v. ovate v. bnean-Ianceo- 

 lata, acuminata, rarius ovata et subacuta, enervia,basi rotundata acuta 

 V. in petiolum angustata.margimbcis SEepius rccurvis ; petiolo rarissime 

 i poll, longo; stipulaj utrinque geminffi, intra-petiolares, snbulatjfi, 

 demum recurvas, persistentes. Flores minuti, axillares, solitarii v. 

 ramulis abbreviatis l-Sni, pedlcello brevissimo in fructu elongato. 

 Calucis tubus turbinatus, lasvis, cum pedicello non articulatus ; Iambus 

 0. Corolla infundibuliforml-campanulata v. subrotata, ad medium 

 4-fida, lobis triangnlari-oratis oblusiuscalis valvatis Stamma 4 mter 

 lobos corolte inserta, filamentis brevibus subulatis ; antherjB dorso 

 affixse, oblongre, obtuste. Discus depressus, ovanum 2-_locuIare ; stylus 

 brevis crassus, ramis 2 brevibus divaricatis, apice et mtus papillosis ; 



