186 GusT. Lindau: 



Buellia hlechioides Sw.f Prodr. p. 93 (1788) et Fl. Ind. Occ. IL 

 1068; Lunan Jam. I. 191. 



Blechum blechioides Hitchc. Baham. jj. 115. 



Blechum erectum BC. mscr. in Herb. BC. 



Biptei'cicanthus jamaiceiisis Nees! in BC. Prodr. XI. 140. 



Ruellia Bkchum L. (non Sw.) in Ehngr. Pug. Jam. PI. in Amoen. 

 Ac. V. 400; Sandmark Fl. Jam. in Amoen. Ac. V. 380. 



Hab. in montosis in Jamaica: Swartz, Bertero n. 2696, "Wilson 

 n. 181 (p. p.), Hitchcock (n. v.). — In Panama semel reperta. 



13. Blechum Browne! Juss. Annua vel suffruticosa, usque ad 

 0,5 m, alta, caulibus ramosis, obtuse quadrangularibus, lineis 2 pubes- 

 centibus, tum glabrescentibus, cystolithigeris; foliis cum petiolo brevi 

 vel rarius usque ad 2 cm. longo piloso, oblongis vel oblongo-ovatis, 

 utrinque angustatis, apice + obtusis, mediocribus 5 — 6 cm. longis, 

 3 — 4 cm. latis, utrinque pilis sparsis albidis instriictis, cystolithigeris, 

 margine integris vel subsinuatis; inflorescentiis spiciformibus, terminali- 

 bus, breviter pedunculatis, folia aequantibus; Acribus in axillis brac- 

 tearum 1 — 3; bracteis ovatis, acuminatis, 12 — 14 mm. longis, ca. 8 mm. 

 latis, margine longe ciliatis; bracteolis 7 — 8 mm. longis, 1,5 mm. latis, 

 ciliatis; calycis laciniis 3 — 4 mm. longis, pilosis; coroUa extus pilosa, 

 alba vel violacea, tubo 12 — 13 mm. longo, basi 1, apice 4 mm. diam., 

 laciniis aequaiibus, ca. 4 mm. diam.; filamentis 2,5 resp. 2 mm. longis, 

 pilosis, basi in filum liberum, ca. ^/^ mm. longum connatis et linea pilosa 

 decurrentibus, antheris 1,5 mm. longis, muticis; pollinis granulis ca. 

 50 — 65 ji< diam.; stylo piloso, 12 mm. longo; Capsula sessili, acuta, 

 7 mm. longa, 4 mm. lata, puberula, dissepimentis se solventibus, basi 

 4 -Sperma; seminibus 2 mm. diam., madefactis mucosis. 



Blechum Brownei Juss. in Ann. Mus. Par. IX. 270 (1807); 

 H. B. K. IL 238; Spreng.! Syst. IL 826; Schlecht.! in Linnaea VL 

 749; Nees! in BC. Prodr. XL 466 (incl. var. ß); Pich, in La Sagra 

 Cub. XL 165; Oriseb.! Karib. n. 960 et Fl. Br. W. L Lsl. p. 453 et 

 PI. Cub. p. 195; Sauv. Fl. Cub. 7i. 1507; Eggers! Fl. St. Croix p. 136 

 et Fl. St. Cr. et Verg. n. 619; Bello Ap. n. 603; Eggers in Bot. Ctrbl. 

 VLLL 58; Hemsleij Biol. LL 508; Stahl! Est. P. Rico VL 244; Gar- 

 diner Baham. Lsl. p. 397 ; 0. Ktxe. Per. jj. 483; Hitchc. Baham. j). 116; 

 Kew Bull! 1893 p. 268; Maxa Nociones p. 80 et Periant. p. 281; 

 Fawc. Prov. listJam. p. 29; Buss! Fl. Ant. Fr. p. 424; Krug Ic. 1. 190!. 



Ruellia BlecMmi Sw.! Obs. Bot. jJ- 243 (1791) et Fl. Ind. Occ. 11 

 1069; Lunan Jam. I. 190. 



Blechum Linnaci Nees in DC. Prodr. XI. 465. 



