12 RUBiACE-E. Oldenkindia. 



3-4-plo lougiore, capsuhi subglobosa breviterquadrideutata ^ Kohau- 

 tia Arubica Hodist. in Schijup. exs. Arab, 



Hab. in glareosis graniticis vallis Hebran Arabia^ petreiB (Schimp. 186! et 

 358 !), littore .Egyptiaco maris Rubri prope Kosseir (Schweinf. I), Thebaide 

 superiori (Husson !). Fl. Apr. 



Pl.mta IV2-3 pedalis, folia 1 '/»-1 pollicem longa, coroUa 8 lineas longa e sicco 

 cwrulea. Affinis O. Scnegalcnsi (Kohautm) Gham. radice annuil, calycis lobis 

 apice subulatis, corollai-laciniis lanceolatis acuminatis distincta^. 



Ar. Geogr. Nubia, Arabia tropica. 



4. O. retrorsa, pereuuis, caulibus virgatis elatis rigidulis inferne 

 foliisque pilis papillaribus retrorsum Jiispidis siiperne glabris oppo- 

 site ctdichotome ramosis laxissime paniculatis, foliis brevibus oblougo- 

 lauceolatis acutis, stipulis utrinque in unam bideutatam coalitis, 

 pedicellis tenuibus brevibus, ealycis glabri tubo glo])oso laciniis trian- 

 gularibus sublongiore, corollae tubo tenui superiie ampliato laciniis 

 oblongis obtusis 4-5-plo longiore, capsula globosa brevissime quadri- 

 dentata !^. 



Hab. in monte Chebek Arabise Mascatensis (Auch. 4658 !). 



Ab affmi 0. Schimperi indumento retrorso, foliis 4-5 lineas longis latioribus 

 distincta. 



Ar. Geogr. Regio Scinde Indise bor. (Stocks!). 



SLBORD. II. STELLAT^. 



Fructus rarius baccatus ssepissime nucamentaceus bilocularis loculis 

 mouospcrmis indeiiiscentibus ssepius secedentibus. 



P€TORIA (Pers. Ench. I, pag. 524). 



Flores hermapliroditi. Galycis tubus oblougo-clavatus, limbus bre- 

 viter qiiadrideutatus. Corolla hypocraterimorpha tubo longo superne 

 ampliato apice staminifero limbo 4-partito. Filamenta breviter exserta. 

 Stylus longus subexsertus. Stigma a stylo vix distiuctum brevissime 

 bilamellatum. Fructus baccatus uon bipartibilis oblongus umbilicatus 

 bilocularis. ovulabasilaria erecta anatropa. — Suffrutices foliis petio- 

 latis oppositis, floribus roseis. 



I. P. Calabrica (L. fil. suppl. l"20 sub Asperuld) suffruticosa 

 siccitate uigresceus trunco brevi prostrato, ramis numerosis pumilis 

 erectiusculis papilloso-puberulis, foliis oWongis vel oblongo-Ianceolatis 

 ol)tiisis in petiolum brevem attenuatis margine subrevoluto et subtus 

 ad uervimi medium papillosis, stipulis ufrinque in unam breviter 

 triangularem coalitis, floribus paucis subsessilibus terminalibus 



