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*34j icones plantakum. 



rarius 4-partitus. Starnina 10 ad 20, antlierarum locnlis distinctig 

 obloiigis substipitatis, in alabastro pendulis demum ascendentlbus, 



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ap:ce dehiscentibus. Floris foemmei sepala 4-6, parva, 



sub fructu patentia. Siyli 3, recurvi, crassiusculij indivisi, papilloso- 



plumosi. Capsula parva, pubescens, 3-cocca. 



Fig. 1, Male flower. 2. Anther and portion of filament^ 3. Portion of fruiting 

 spike. 3. Capsule seen from underneath with the persistent perianth. 4. Capsule 

 and styles. 



Mueller considers the tM-o species published in the Niger Flora under Acalypha as 

 varieties of one. If that view he adopted, Baillon's name, Marcya spicaia, would have 

 the right of priority. 



Plate 1282. 



TETRADENIA FEUTICOSA, Benth, 



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LABiATiE, Tribe Satukeine^. 



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T. fruticosa, Bentli. in DC. Prod, xii. 159, single sj^ecies. 



Hab, Madagascar, near Tanararivou, Eelmiger and Bojer^ LyalL 



Frutes^y ramis vix tetragonis cano- vel snbmfo-tomentosis. Folict^ 

 petiolata, ovata v. oblonga, crenata, basi rotundata, mollia, rugosa, 

 snpra viridia tomentoso-pubescentia, subtus cano-tomentosa. Ver- 

 ticillastri 6-10-flori, dense spicati. Spic^ nnmerosae, cylindraceaB, 

 subpollicares, peduncnlatee, ad apices ramorum racemoso-paniculatae, 

 panicula densa floribunda. Flores minuti, sessiles. Folia floralia sub 

 paniculis ramulisque caulinia conformia at gradatim minora, sub 

 pedanculis saramis parva bracteseformia, sub verticillastris minima, 

 bracteae sub floribus minutse v, 0. Calyx minatus, post anthesin 

 decumbens, extus cano-tomentosus. Corolla caljcem duplo superans, 

 lobis 5 latis patentibus subsequalibus, 2 posticis basi connatis. Stamina 

 exserta, patentia, antberarum loculi divaricati mox conflaentes. Disci 

 glandules 4, nunc omnes sequales ovario longiorea, nunc 2 cseteris 

 breviores. Nuculss maturae ignotse. — G. Bentham. 



Fig. 1. Floral leaf or bract suhtending the verticillasters. 2. Calyx. 3. Corolla 

 and stamens. 4. Anthers. 5. Hypogynous disk and ovary. 



