vu. 
Neue Gattungen der Acanthaceen. 
Von N 
G. Lindau. 
Syringidium Lindau nov. gen. 
Pumila, squarrosa herba ramis pubescentibus, foliis mediocribus, 
. lanceolatis, pubescentibus. Inflorescentia ca. 11/, plo foliis longior, 
racemosa, totis ‚partibus pubescens. Calyx 5-lobatus, corolla basi 
recte cylindrica, deinde amplificata, apice lobis 4, postico apice plane 
dentato. Stamina 2, unilocularia. Pollinis granula subellipsoidea, 
aculeata, cum poris 2. Semina 4. 
S. atropurpureum Lindau n. sp. — Herba squarrose ramosa, 
pumila, repens, ramis pubescentibus. Folia petiolis 5—15 mm longis, 
pilosis, lanceolata utringue angustata, apice acuminata, 4—10 em 
longa, 1,5—2,5 cm lata, utrinque striolata et pubescentia, margine 
pilosa. Inflorescentia ramosa, ca. 1—1!/,; plo longior, totis partibus 
pubescens. Calyx 5-lobus, lobis 6x1 mm, pubescentibus. Corolla 
atropurpurea albo-pubescens, tubi -geniculato-curvati pars inferior 
3 mm longa e basi 21, mm diam. primo parum ampliata deinde ad 
11/, mm Jdiam. contracta, pars superior (supra geniculum) ec. 14 mm 
longa, basi 4 mm, medio 5 mm, apice 3!/, mm diametro, ad apicem 
in lobum posticum c. 1 mm longum, apice 2 dentatum, in parte 
antico in lobos 3, ca. 1 mm longos, rotundatos transiens. Stamina 2, 
unilocularia, 3 mm longa filamentis 10 mm longis. Pollinis granula 
subellipsoidea, aculeata, poris duobus, 54—61 X 42,5—50 p diam. 
Ovarium 21), mm longum, discus !/); mm longus. Stylus 14 mm 
longus. Semina immatura 4. 
Columbia: Im Dep. Santander bei Espiritu Santo im Walde 
an offenen Plätzen, 2500 m ü. M. (KALBREYER n. 1252 — 18. No- 
vember 1879). 
