70 Anton K. Schindler. — Halorrhagaceae. 



minute rugulosa. Flores monoici, in foliorum axillis in dichasia 3 — 7-flora dispositi; 

 terminalis primus plerumque q?, rarissime ^ , longe pedicellatus, pedicello gracillimo 

 incurvo suberecto 7 — 12 mm longo glaberrimo, caljcis tubus bfevis, 8-nervius, rugu- 

 losus, cum lobis glaberrimus, lobis ex ovato acuminatis patentibus vel suberectis 1- 

 nerviis, petala 4, anguste cochleiformia, apice acuta et inflexa, dz 2,2 mm longa gla- 

 berrima, stamina 8, filamentis ± 0,5 mm, antheris ± 4,8 mm longis, stjli 4, sicut 

 foeminei sed breviter papillosi, ovarium 1-loculare, 4-ovulatum, plerumque db reductum; 

 ceteri 2- — 6 sessiles foeminei, ± 0,5 mm longi et ± 0,35 mm lati, calycis tubus 

 breviter obovoideus, 8-nervius, minute rugulosus, cum lobis 4 ex ovato acuminatis 

 minutissimis erectis 1 -nerviis glaberrimus, petala 0, stamina 0, styli 4, apicem versus 

 paullo angustati, capitato-stigmatosi et longe filiformi-papillosi, ovarium 1-loculare, 4- 

 ovulatum. Fructus florum Q globosus plerumque costis miniaceis plane confluentibus 

 miniaceus inferne laevis supra paullo sulcatus verrucosusque apice calycem atratum 

 gerens, nonnunquam costis paullo secretioribus, fructus florum ^ breviter cylindricus 

 apice constrictus 8-nervius, 8-costatus costis in verrucas 2 — 3 interruptis. — Fig. 20. 

 Java: (Blume, Hillebrand). — Herb. Berlin, Leiden. Blüht im März. 



Subgen. II. Afrolaurembergia Schindler nov. subgen. 



Androeceum tetrandrum; flores q 1 longe pedicellati in foliorum axillis glomerati 

 vel flores £$ pedicellati singuli vel terni inter foemineos; folia utrinque ad 3-serrata. 



10. L. repens Berg.! Descr. capens. (1767) 350 t. 5, fig. 10. — Serpicula 

 repens Linn.! Mant. I. (1767) 16 n. 1274 et Syst. ed. 12. (1767) 620 (non Tulasne); 

 Thunb.! Fl. cap. I. (1818) 520; P. DC. in DC. Prodr. III. (1828) 65; Baill. Hist. pl. 

 VI. (1877) 478. — Laurembergia capensis J. F. Gmel. Syst. (1791) 284. — Serpi- 

 cula capensis Baeusch. Nom. ed. 3. (1797) 241. — S. serpyllifolia Burm. Fl. cap. 

 prodr. 30 (err. typ. 26). — S. ihymifolia Burm. 1. c. — S. rubicunda P. DC. 

 Prodr. III. (1818) 65 nee Burch. — Suffrutex vel herba suffrutescens, longe repens, 

 rhizomate lignoso, foliosa, ramosa, ramis erectis foliosis, ±: 0,2 mm longa, radices 

 plurimas proferens, pilosa. Folia alterna 2 / 5 -divergentia, raro subopposita, sessilia sub- 

 ereeta, linearia vel lanceolata vel lanceolato-ovata vel oblonga vel obovata vel spathu- 

 lata, integra vel utrinque vel asymmetrice apicem versus 1 — 3-serrata, dentibus erectis 

 vel suberectis vel patulis, tunc tricuspidata, crassula vel tenuia, usque ad 1 8 mm longa 

 et ad 6 mm lata, glabra vel subglabra vel pilosa vel pilosissima scabrida. Flores uni- 

 sexuales monoici, masculi longe pedicellati, pedicello zb 1 5 mm longo tenuissimo tereti 

 ample piloso in foliorum supremorum axillis in dichasium 1 — 5-florum dispositi, calycis 

 tubus minutissime incrassatus, lobis 4 triangularibus acutis ± 0,5 mm longis et toti- 

 dem latis pilosis, petala 4, cucullata, primum ereeta, demum reflexa et deeidua, ± 

 2,2 mm longa et latere visa ± 0,5 mm lata, pilosissima, stamina 4, episepalea, sed 

 filamentis ineurvis in petalorum cavernas locatis, filamentis gracilibus filiformibus antheris 

 late linearibus db 2,0 mm longis et 0,2 mm latis, stylorum rudimenta 4 minuta 

 tuberculiformia, non papulosa; flores foeminei in foliorum inferiorum axillis sessiles glo- 

 meratim conferti dichasium 1 — 11 -florum formantes, calycis tubus ovoideus, minute 

 8-costatus, lobis 4 triangulari-ovatis pilosis, petala 0, stamina 0, styli 4, alternisepalei, 

 patentes, basi subglobosi, capitato-stigmatosi et papillosi, ovarium primum 4-loculare, 

 demum septis evanidis columella persistente 1-loculare, 4-ovulatum. Fructus nucamen- 

 taceus, costis incrassatis miniaceis integris vel in verrucas singulas 3 vel 4 interruptis, 

 zb 1 mm longus. 



Species distinguitur in formas 6 : 



f. a. typica Schindler. — Folia superiora lanceolata integra, inferiora oblonga 

 vel spathulata integra vel potius utrinque apicem versus 1-serrata vel tricuspidata raro 

 2-serrata, scabra, crassiuscula. 



Am Südrande der Capcolonie an feuchten Stellen neben den Flussläufen vom 

 Tafelberg nach Osten bis Biversdale, Mosselbay, Port Elizabeth und in Natal (Bergius!: 



