98 GENRES SAUVAGESIA 
ierminalis. Penspenmum carnosum. Emsrvo rectus, axilis : radicula 
ad umbilicum spectans, cotyledonibus longior. 
Surrrurices glaberrimi, rarissimè herbæ. Fou simplicia, bre- 
vissimè petiolata, aut rard plane sessilia. Srrrurx laterales, geminæ, 
ciliatæ, persistentes. Frores axillares, aut racemosi terminales et 
tunc bracteati, albi vel rosei aut subviolacei. PrærroraTio contorta. 
1. SAUVAGESIA RACEMOSAT (1). 
S. caule suffruticoso, subsimplici; foliis oblongo-ellipticis vel 
ovato-ellipticis aut ovatis, acutiusculis, dentatis; stipularum ciliis 
crispis ; racemo terminali, subsimplici; laciniis calycinis acutis, 
corollà brevioribus ; filis numerosis. 
Ranix fibrosa.Cauzissuffruticosus,sesqui-2-pedalis,simplex autrard 
ramosus, erectus, glaber. Forra alterna, stipulata, subsessilia, 8-15 1. 
longa , oblongo-elliptica vel ovate-elliptica aut ovata, acutiuscula, 
dentata,utrinqué margine calloso-elevata,subcoriacea, glabra ; nervo 
medio proeminente; venislateralibus approximatis, parallelis.Srrruzx 
laterales, geminæ , lineari-lanceolatæ, acutæ, striatæ , marginibus 
membranaceæ , laciniato-ciliatæ; ciliis crispis. Racemr terminales, 
sæpius simplices, rard basi compositi , sessiles, vel breviter pedun- 
culati. Frores pedicellati, bracteati, 1-6 in axillis bractearum : brac- 
teæ foliis conformes, stipulatæ , a basi racemi usquè ad apicem grada- 
üm minores, interdüm nullæ. Penrceru inæquales, filiformes, recti, 
glabri. Carvx profundè 5-partitus, subinæqualis, patulus, in fructu 
clausus , rubescens vel subviolaceus ; laciniis ovatis, acutis, margine 
mémbranaceis, breviter acuminatis. PETALA ExTERIORA 5, hypogy- 
na,cum divisuris calycinis alternantia, iisdemque longiora , patula, 
recurva, obovata, acutiuscula, latè unguiculata, integerrima, 
glaberrima, carnea vel rosea , decidua. PerarA inTErIORA 5, erecta , 
marginibus incumbentia , in tubum conniventia , ovato-oblonga vel 
(1) Le signe f indique les espèces nouvelles. 
