188 HISTOIRE DES PLANTES. 
cohærentibus; antheris oblongis, alternatim longioribus latioribus- 
que; tubulis apice oblique hianti-rimosis. Discus eupularis v. annu- 
laris. Bacca subglobosa, æ-sperma. — Frutices glabri; foliis alternis 
persistentibus; petiolo crasso vel subnullo; limbo integro penni- 
nervio v. sæpius 3-0-plinervio; inflorescentis terminalibus v. axilla- 
ribus. (Antillæ, America centr. et austr. trop.") 
97. Anthopterus Fook. ® — Flores fere Thibaudiæ; recepta- 
culo basi haud articulato, 5-ptero ; sepalis 5, 3-angularibus acutis. 
Corolla brevis, late 5-ptera, imbricata. ina 10, subæqualia; 
filamentis liberis v. 1-adelphis. Fructus coriaceus, 5-locularis, 
æ-spermus. — Frutices sempervirentes; foliis alternis v. spurie ver- 
ticillatis, 3-5-plinerviis; floribus axillari-spicatis v. racemosis; pedi- 
cellis basi bracteolatis nuncque sub apice bracteolatis. (America 
austr. andin.) 
58. Themistoclesia K1.* — KFlores® fere Anthopteri; germine 
5-gono. Calyx cupularis, minute 5-dentatus. Corolla tubulosa, nunc 
basi subventricosa. Stamina 10. Fructus siceus coriaceus; semini- 
bus œ, obtuse angulatis, extus cellulosis submucilaginosis. — Fru- 
tices; ramis gracilibus pendulis; fohis alternis subsessilibus ; racemis 
brevibus pendulis e perulis squamosis ortis. (America austr. andin.°) 
59. Sophoclesia K1.7— Flores fere Themistoclesiæ; receptaculo 
tereti; corolla tubulosa. Stamina 4-10, 4, 2-seriata inclusa ; anthe- 
rarum dorso muticarum tubulis liberis, apice breviter v. longe pori- 
cidis. Fructus subsiccus globosus; seminibus œæ, clavato-falcatis, 
extus cellulosis. — Fruticuli epiphytici subscandentes; foliis alternis 
integris persistentibus; nervis 3-5, v. 0; floribus$ axillaribus, soli- 
tariis v. 2-nis, nutantibus. (America andin., Guiana, Antille*.) 
60. Psammisia KL.1°— Flores fere Thibaudie ; calyce supero cu- 
pulari ; dentibus v. lobis latis 5. Corolla tubulosa v. globoso-conica; 
1. Spec. 5, 6. _. Bot. centr.-amer., 11, 7. In Eu ne XXIV, 29. — B. H., Gen. 
272. — WaLp., …. n., II, 1081. Il, 576, 3. 
2. Icon., 1. Le , Gen., II, 568, n. 7. 8. Parpures v. roseis, parvis 
3. Spec. 5, é ok! Icon. t. 1465. — Wa ALP., 9. Spec. ad 10. H00K., /con., L NT. on 
Rep., VI, 415. SEB., FL. brit. W. : 143 (Sphurospermun) 
4. In Linnæa, Fr gué At (part). — BH, — WALP., Rep., Y . M4, . 4 (Sphyro sper- 
Gen., 11, 566,n mum); Ann., LE, 108£. 
5. Parvi v. Frs 10. In Linnæa, XXIV, 42. —B. H., Gen., Il, 
6. Spec. ad 4. War. At IE, 1090. 566, n. ?, — DRUDE, loc. cit., 56 
