Tysonia, Caccinia. 89 



Species exclusa. 



L. anchusoides Lehm, in Hamburg. Gartenzeitung VI. (1850) 352 = Adelocaryum 

 anchusoides Brand. 



10. Tysonia Bolus. 



Tysonia*) Bolus in Hook. Icon. plant. XX. (1 890) t. 1 942 ; Gurke in Engl. u. Prantl, 

 Pflzfam. IV. 3a. (1893) 106; Dalla Torre et Harms, Gen. Siphon. (1904) 426; C. H. 

 Wright in Thiselton-Dyer, Fl. Cap. IV. 2. (1904) 12 {Tysonia F. Muell. in Chem. a. 

 Drug. Austr. (Okt. 1, 1906) est genus Compositarum). 



Calyx usque ad basin partitus. Corolla campanulata lobis late ovatis. Stamina 

 medio tubo corollae inserta corollam superantia. Stylus calyce longior. Nuculae a stylo 

 liberae, dense glochidiatae, seminibus haud perlucentibus. — Herbae foliis basalibus 

 maximis longe petiolatis, cincinnis terminalibus. — Species unica. 



T. africana Bolus! 1. c. ; Gurke 1. c. ; C. H. Wright 1. c. — Caulis ei*ectus glaber 

 fistulosus, ca. 1 m altus. Folia basalia late ovata, usque ad 42 cm cum petiolo longa, 

 18 cm lata, 9 — 1 1-nervia, =b distincte sericeo-hirtella, apice acuta, basi abrupte in 

 petiolum contracta; folia caulina inferiora breviter petiolata, superiora sessilia, oblonga 

 vel lanceolata, minora. Cincinni in paniculam amplissimam dispositi, pedicellis calyce 

 longioribus; sepala lanceolato-oblonga, 3 mm longa, uninervia, ciliata; corolla alba vel 

 luteola, limbus fere usque ad basin partitus tubum aequans; fornices magni trapeziformes; 

 antherae ovatae filamentis multo breviores; Stylus 4 mm longus. Nuculae late ovatae, 

 7 mm longae, cicatrice triangulari; embryo i 1 /^ mm longus, cotyledonibus orbicularibus, 

 radicula minima. — Fig. 1 1 . 



Natal: Hill side; Polela (Wood n. 973); bei Bulwer (Wood n. 8115); am 

 Fuße der Drakensberge (Wood n. 3557, nach Wright). — Griqualand East: an 

 Bächen bei Glydesdale (Tyson n. 2117; Original). — Blühend im März in Höhen von 

 etwa 2000 m ü. M. 



ii. Caccinia Savi. 



Caccinia**) Savi, Cose botaniche (1832) 1, t. 1; Endl. Gen. Suppl. I. (1840) 1403; 

 DC. Prodr. X. (1846) 166; Boiss. Diagn. pl. nov. Orient. XI. (1849) 132; Fl. Orient. 

 IV. (1875) 277; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. II. (1876) 846; Baill. Hist. pl. X. (1891) 380; 

 Gurke in Engl. u. Prantl, Pflzfam. IV. 3a. (1893) 99; Dalla Torre et Harms, Gen. 

 Siphon. (1904) 426; Popow in Fl. caucas. crit. IV. 2. (1913) 103. — Anisanthera 

 Raf. Fl. tellur. III. (1836) 80. 



Calyx ad 2 / 3 vel 3 / i longitudinis suae partitus, fructifer valde auctus. Corolla 

 cylindrica, tubo elongato. Fornices magni. Stamina summo tubo corollae ad basin 

 fornicum inserta, antherae ex tubo corollae exsertae, inaequales, maiores filamentis 

 brevibus multo maiores. Stylus filiformis. Nuculae valde variabiles, nunc turgidae nunc 

 fere compressae, plerumque 1 vel 2, laeves vel glochidiatae. — Herbae perennes foliis 

 alternis, cincinnis terminalibus. 



Species 6 in Asia mediterranea et centrali. 



Sect. I. Eucaccinia Boiss. 



Eucaccinia Boiss. Fl. or. IV. (1875) 277; Gurke in Engl. u. Prantl, Pflzfam. IV. 3a. 

 (1893) 100. — Phyllobotrys Bunge, Heliocarya (1871) 6. — Oymnobotrys Bunge 

 I. c. 8. — Omnia stamina recta. 



* »J am glad of Iho opportunity to dedicate this genus to Mr. W. Tyson, whose diligent 

 collections in the little known districts of Upper KafTraria have added rauch to our knowledge 

 of the botany of that region.« (Bolus I. c.) 



**) »Caccini, Mateo, nobile fiorentino del principio del sec. XVII. Teneva un orto scel- 

 tissimo a Firenze in Pinti, nel quäle aveva dall 1 estero introdotte molte rare piante che com- 

 municava a suoi corrispondenti e specialmente a Clusio« (Saccardo, La Botanica in Italia I. 

 [4 895] 41). 



