i focbaris. 



culi 6, coriacei, inferne ven- 

 tribus coaliti, superne stylo co- 

 ronati, intus debiscentes; semina 

 oumerosa, uncinato-curvata, 

 laevia; embryo hippocrepims. 



1. T. iatifolia (D. Don) 

 Buchenau, [ndei crit. in Abh. 

 Vit. Ver. Bremen II. (186 8) I e! 

 5. — Buiomus latifoliu8 D. Don, 

 Prodi", fl. nepal. (1825) 22. — 

 Butomm lamceolatus Roxb. Fl. 

 in«l. II. (1832) 315; Royle, 

 Illuslr. Ilinial. Mount. (1839) 

 1. ( .)5. — Tenagocharis cordo- 

 fniiii Höchst. 1. c. — T. alis- 

 moides (lochst. 1. c., Intelligenz- 

 blatt, No. 3, 42. — Butomopsis 

 lanceolata Kunth 1. e. 165. — 

 Butomopst8(?) Iatifolia Kunth 

 ibid. — Butomua 8< iirgalensis 

 Perott., s. AI. Br. in Flora (l 843) 

 499 et 784. — BiUomop&is 

 cordofa/na Kunth in Walp. Ann. 

 I. (1 8 49); Micheli inDC. Monogr. 

 IMianer. III. (1881)87; Buchenau 

 in Engler'sBot. Jahrb. II. (1882) 

 468; Durand etSchinz, Consp. fl. 

 AfricaeV. (1895)489 — 769. — 

 Annua (? a cel. Don perennis dici- 

 tur). Rhizoma breve erectum. 

 Caules erecti, teretes, cum inflo- 

 rescentia 8 usque 30 (raro40)cm 

 alli: folia omnia basilaria basi 

 vaginantia caule conspicue bre- 

 viora : vagina sensim angustata, 

 exauriculata; petiolus plerumque 

 sensim in laminam lanceolatam 

 acutam, parallelinerviam tran- 

 siens. Inflorescentia umbelloides 

 1 -usque 1 5- (plerumque 4- usque 

 1 2-)flora ; bracteae hypsophylli- 

 nae, 1 usque 1 ö mm longae ; 

 pedunculi 5 usque 12 cm longi, 

 erecti; sepala late ovata, obtusa, 

 ca. 6 mm longa, viridia, margine 

 membranacea ; petala tenera, al- 

 ba, longiora. FruHus ca. 10 mm 

 longi; semina minuta, elliptica, 

 compressa, castanea, nitida. 



In Sümpfen durch das ganze 

 tropische Afrika und Indien 

 bis zum Gilbert-Flusse in Nord- 

 australien verbreitet. 



Fig. 3. Tenagocharis Iatifolia (D. Don Buchenau. .1 Spetiman 



validum. B Flos apertna (erepto petalo deztro . C Petalum. 

 D Stamen ab interiore facie. E Fructiculus maturus, angulo 

 interno a summo dehiscens. F Semen maturum, castanenm 

 niti.lum. süb lente in.listincte lineol.it um. Specimen a Dr. 

 Steudner lectum: Arasch-Col n. 687). 



