HO SYLVA TELLUR. 



678. LAGANSA Rumf. Raf, cal. camp. 4ph. 

 lane. pet. 4 subeq. stam. 18-24 disco piano inser- 

 ta, ovar. sess. stylo brevi, stig, obt. siliqua subul. 

 sem. renif. Herba, fol. digit. &c. Type Lag. 

 alba Rumf, Raf. Cleome icosandra L. Lour, 

 auct. 



G79. ARIVELA Raf. diff. 678, petalis ineq. 2 

 divaric. stam. 8-15 ineq. Type A. viscosa R. 

 Cl. do L. auct. Is it a subgenus of Polanisia ? 



680. AUBION R. (n. gr.) diff. Cleome, caL 

 3-5ph. petalis 5, stam. polyandris, siliq. filif, sem. 

 liispida. Herba fol. digit Type A. chelidoni 

 R. Cl. do L, auct. 



681. MELIDISCUS Raf. diff. 580, cal. lin. cilia- 

 tis reflexis, pet. 4 unguic. coalitis latere fissis, 

 stam. 6 ineq. incurvis disco mellifluo piano inser- 

 ta, ovar ped. stig. sessile truncat. Frutex, fol. 

 digit.fi. racem. Type M. gigantea Raf. Cle- 

 ome do L, auct. b. mag. 3137. viridiflora Schr. 

 foliolis 7 cuneatis acutis viscosis. Africa. 



682. THOTTEA Rotb. Bosc. cal. colorato 31o- 

 bo, petalis nullis, disco radiato truncato stami- 

 nif. stam. plura, stig. sess. siliqua 4gona. This 

 G. omitted by many, is near Capparis and Cle- 

 ome, the type was figured by Rotboll in act. 

 Copen. 2 t. 2. 



683. TRIPLOBUS Raf. Tri-phaca Lour. Mo- 

 noic. fl. masc. cal. 5fido colorato, stam. 15 bre*- 

 vis. fl. fern. cal. ut masc. disco stipitato concavo 

 niultiftdo, ovar. trilobo, stylo filif. stig. 31ob. 

 fruct. siliquis leguminif. ternis ventricosispolysp. 

 very singular G. certainly not of Leguminose 

 family, nearer to Cleomides, but the triple fruit 

 is a great anomaly probably type of a new fam- 

 ily TRIPLOBIDES Raf. near Euphorbides and 

 Sterculides. Loureiro name formed of Phaca is 



