72 Anton K. Schindler. — Halorrhagaceae. 



dichasia usque ad 1 5-flora dispositi ; terminalis primarius breviter pedicellatus, herma- 

 phroditus, pedicello zb 1 mm longo tereli glaberrimo; caljcis tubus ±0,5 mm longus 

 el zb 0,4 mm diametro metiens, minutissime 8-costatus, ovoideus, glaberrimus, lobis 



4 ereclis triangularibus acutis zb 0,2 mm longis et totidem lalis; petala 4, cucullata, 

 db 1,5 mm longa, glabra; stamina 4, antheris zb 4,2 mm longis; styli 4 breves, 

 apicem versus attenuati, capitato-stigmatosi, erecti; ovarium primum 4-loculare, 4-ovu- 

 latum, demum 1-loculare, 4-ovulalum; reliqui flores sessiles aborlu petalorum stami- 

 numque feminei. Fructus nucamentaceus zb 0,6 mm longus totidemque diam. metiens 

 1-locularis, 1-spermus, 8-costatus, costis bene distinctis subtripartitis pallide ferrugineis. 



Mauritius, an feuchten und sumpfigen Stellen (Bouton). — Herb. D.C. 



13. L. oppositifolia Schindler n. sp. — Herba suffrutescens, repens, lignosa, 

 opposite foliosa et basim versus ramulos brevissimos e foliorum axillis proferens, apicem 

 versus florifera, ascendens, glaberrima. Folia omnia opposita, sessilia, lanceolata, inte- 

 gerrima, apice acuta, basim versus minute angustata, usque ad 1 2 mm longa et ad 

 1,5 mm lata, crassiuscula, coriaceo-rugulosa, glaberrima, suberecta vel patula. Flores 

 in foliorum axillis glomeratim conferti, in dichasia ad 1 5-flora dispositi; primarius 

 binique secundarii hermaphroditi, primum breviter demum primarius certe longe pedi- 

 cellati, pedicello demum 1,5 mm longo glaberrimo; calycis tubus zb 0,4 mm longus 

 et zb 0,3 mm diam., ovoideus, 8-costatus glaberrimus, lobis 4 triangularibus zb 0,2 mm 

 longis et totidem latis acutis; petala 4, cucullata, zb 1,4 mm longa et 0,5 mm lala, 

 glabra, stamina 4 antheris zb 1,2 mm longis late linearibus; styli 4 breves, erecti, 

 capitato-stigmatosi; ovarium primum 4-loculare 4-ovulatum, demum 1-loculare; reliqui 

 flores abortu petalorum staminumque feminei sessiles. Fructus nucamentaceus 8- 

 costatus, costis pallide ferrugineis bene distinctis in verrucas ternas subdissolutis, zb 

 0,6 mm longus 1-locularis, 1-spermus. 



Mauritius (Neraud). — Herb. Deless. 



14. L. veronicifolia (Bory) Schindler. — Serpicula veronieaefolia Bory! Voy. 

 III. (1804) 174; Willd. Spec. IV. (1805) 330; P. DC. in DC. Prodr. III. (1828) 65; Tul. 

 in Ann. sc. nat. 4. ser. VI. (1856) 126. — Suffrutex repens, lignosus, ramosus, foliosus, 

 ramis floriferis erectis, zb 0,15 mm longus, radices plurimas filiformes e caule pro- 

 ferens, glaber. Folia opposita, sessilia, oblongo-ovata, basim versus angustata, apice 

 acutiuscula, integerrrima vel apicem versus minute 1 -serrata, zb 1 1 mm longa et zb 



5 mm lata, crassa, coriaceo-rugulosa, glaberrima. Flores in foliorum axillis conferti, 

 in dichasia usque ad 1 5-flora dispositi, terminalis primus hermaphroditus, breviter pedi- 

 cellatus, pedicello zb 1,5 mm longo tereti glaberrimo; calycis tubus urceolato-ovoideus, 

 dz 0,6 mm longus et zb 0,5 mm diametro metiens, 8-costatus glaberrimus, lobis 4 

 triangularibus acutis paullo concavis zb 0,4 mm longis et totidem latis glaberrimis; 

 petala 4, cucullata, zb 1,3 mm longa et 0,5 mm lata; stamina 4, episepalea, antheris 

 dz 1,0 mm longis; styli 4, breves, suberecti, capitato-stigmatosi et papillosi; ovarium 

 primum 4-loculare, 4-ovulatum, demum columella persistente 1-loculare; flores ceteri 

 sessiles petalis staminibusque abortivis feminei. Fructus nucamentaceus 8-costatus, costis 

 subintegris bene distinctis nonnunquam subincisis, 1-locularis, 1-spermus. 



Isle de Bourbon (Bory de Vincent). — Herb. Deless. 



Nota. Species in Java non occurrit. Obscrvatio cl. Clark ci in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. II. 

 (1878) 432 (»S. veronieaefolia Bory of Java<) erronea est. 



15. L. angolensis Schindler n. sp. — Suffrutex minutus vel herba suffrutescens, 

 longe repens, caulibus ascendentibus, foliosus, ramosus, usque ad 0,25 m altus, patulo- 

 pilosus. Folia alterna vel subopposita vel pseudoverticillata, sessilia, inferiora late ovata 

 vel elliptica, superiora lanceolata vel lineari-lanceolata, apice rotundata, raro lanceolato- 

 oblonga, plerumque zb 5 mm longa et zb 1,2 mm lata, integra, raro ad 2,5 mm lata, 

 nonnunquam ad 12 mm longa et 1,8 mm lata, tunc apicem versus minute utrinque 

 1-dentata, minutissime adpresse pilosa. Flores in foliorum axillis conferti, in dichasia 

 ad 1 5-flora dispositi; terminalis primus saepeque etiam secundarii ambo hermaphroditi, 



