GENTIANACGÉES. 129 
simplices v. ramosæ; foliis oppositis, sessilibus v. amplexicaulibus ; 
floribus ! composite cymosis, pancis v. sæpius erebris, rartus in dicho- 
tomis caulis subsessilibus *. (Africa trop. austr. et insul. or., Aus- 
tralia, Nova Zelandia*.) 
3. Tachiadenus GriseB*, — Flores fere Æxweci; calycis lobis 9, 
dorso carinatis v. alatis. Corollæ tubus longus v. longissimus, superne 
ampliatus; fauce dilatata sæpe intus 5-squamata; limbi lobis ovatis 
tortis. Stamina inclusa; antheris oblongo-linearibus rectis obtusis. 
Germen 2-loculare cæteraque Exaci; siyh laminis 2, ereclis v. adscen- 
dentibus. Capsula septicida; valvarum marginibus inflexis septum 
seminiferum liberantibus. — Herbæ v. suffrutices; foliis oppositis, 
petiolatis v. sessilibus, plerumque 3-nerviis; floribus* terminalibus 
sollariis v. cymosis. (Madagascaria‘.) 
II. CHIRONIEZÆ. 
4. Chivonia L. — Flores hermaphroditi; sepalis 5, liberis v. varie 
connatis, oblongis v. lanceolatis, obtusiusculis (Orphium) v. plus minus 
acutalis, carinatis v. ecarinatis. Corolle subrotatæ tubus brevis v. plus 
minus longe cylindraceus; limbi lobis 5, torlis. Stamina 9, lauci 
affixa; filamentis brevibus, filiformibus v. compressiusculis ; antheris 
oblongo- linearibus, demum rectis v. spiraliter tortis; loculis dorso 
apposilis. Génnion: globosum, ovoideum v. oblongum; placentis 2, 
parietalibus intrusis late 2-fidis. Stylus gracilis, apice stigmatoso dila- 
lalo v. capitato integer. Fructus capsularis; valvis 2, marginibus 
inflexis ovuligeris ; v. raro (Roeslinia) baccatus. Semina , foveolata. 
— Herbæ, suffrutices v. fruticuli, glabri v. rarius (Orphium) pubes- 
centes ; : foliis oppositis sessilibus v. amplexicaulibus ; floribus termi- 
nalibus, solitariis v. eymosis. (Africa austr.) — Vid.p. 114. 
Flavis, parvis v. mediocribus. Zeal. FI. — WELw., in Trans. Linn. Soc., 
+ Belmontia E. MEY. ds cil., 183. —B.H.,  XXVII, 47 fs 
Er n. à. — Ex ochœnium GRISER., 4. Gen. et ve Gent., 200; in Lee Prodr., 
— B 
e ae 55, est Sebææ mo: sepalis carinatis  [X, 81. Une Gen. ol 7 : “ 
- alatis ; sol apice shigmatoso magis elon 5, Albis, roseis Me violaccis, | 
3. ti ap LABI rt ss. Ut. : #67 153 6. Spec. ad 5. 1 —- 407, fig. 3 (Li- 
Cum), — Lawx, JIL.. +. so (Eraeum)  BENTH Ne sus at in Linn. Soc. (1882), 
FL RE VW. 371. , Handb. 25. — À. 5094 
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