438 HISTOIRE DES PLANTES, 
fultis. — Herbæ elatæ ; foliis oppositis petiolatis ; floribus in racemos 
compositos terminales amplos cymigeros dispositis ; bracteis oppositis 
angustis, v. inferioribus foliaceis. (Africa trop., Madagascaria.) — 
Vid. p. A0 
V. ACANTHEÆ. 
46. Acanthus T.— Flores irregulares; calyce 2-labiato; labio 
antico sæpius 2-dentato; sepalis interioribus 2, lateralibus multo 
minoribus. Corollæ tubus brevis subcampanulatus sæpe cartilagineo- 
crassus; limbo postice a basi fisso et antice in labium 3-5-lobum 
expanso. Stamina didynama, fauci affixa; filamentis rigidis, rectis 
v. arcuatis; antheris conniventibus dorsifixis longitudinaliter bar- 
batis, 4-locularibus. Germen 9-loculare; loculis 2-ovulatis ; ovulis 
adscendentibus compressis; micropyle lateraliter infera; stylo 
apice brevissime lateraliterque 2-lobo. Fructus capsularis ovoideus 
v. oblongus coriaceus. Semina 1-4, lævia v. papillosa, inferne reti- 
naculo areuato fulta; embryonis carnosi radicula infera. — Herbæ 
v. frutices; foliis basilaribus v. oppositis, sinuatis, dentatis v. pin- 
natifidis ; dentibus sæpe spinescentibus ; floribus in axillis bractea- 
rum oppositarum v. alternarum solitariis, 2-bracteolatis, in spicas 
terminales densas v. interruptas dispositis. (Orbis veteris reg. calid.) 
— Vid. p. 4192. 
47. Acanthopsis Harv.! — Flores fere Acanthi; sepalis antico 
posticoque latis; antico 6-10-nervi; postico 7-11-nervi. Corollæ 
tubus longiuseulus, supra germen constrictus. Stamina #4, fertilia; 
antheris 1-locularibus ciliatis. — Herbæ humiles v. subacaules (car- 
duaceæ) ; foliis basilaribus v. oppositis; floribus dense spicatis ; 
bracteis imbricatis incisis spinoso-dentatis. (Africa trop. et austr.?) 
48. Blepharis J.% — Flores Acanthi; sepalis 4; antico 2-4-nervi; 
postico 3-nervi ; lateralibus exterioribus latioribus. Corollæ tubus 
1. In Hook. Lond. Journ., 1, 28. — Nes, in 265. — Eno1., Gen., n. 4068. — T. ANDERS:, in 
DE. Prodr., XI, 278. — B. H., Gen., 11, 1089, Journ. Frs Soc., VII, 34; IX, 499. — B- H.. 
n. 43. Gen., 1], 1089, n. _ Acanthodium DEL, 
2. Spec. 2, 3. Fi. Eg., 91,1. 33. — Nees, loc. cit., 213. — Ble- 
3. Gen., 103. — N&es, in DC. Prodr., XI,  pharacanthus N£es, in Lindl. Introd., ed. 2,444. 
