SELAGINE^ 5ot 



III. Hebenstreitia Lin: gen: ed: Schreb: n. io33. = Spr: 

 syst: n. 21 13. excl: nonnullis stirpib: = Choisy 1. c. 

 p. 22. t. 1. n. 1. = Lam: ill: t. 52 1. 



» Cal: spathaeformis monoscpalus superius floris la- 

 » tus occupans apice emarginatus. Cor: basi tubulosa 

 » apice sub-unilabiata. Stam: 4. corollam fere supe- 

 )) rantia. Caps: 2-locularis loculis ovato-cylindricis non 

 )) sponte separabilibus non inflatis. (Ghar: ex Choisy). )> 



Obs: Genus constans ex Auctor: 10-12. stirpibus, 

 modo ex cl: Choisy 3. , ceteris vel ad novum Dis- 

 chismatis genus ob calycem 2 - sepalum , vel ad H. 

 dentata? varr: amandatis. SufFrutices foliis alternis 

 sparsisve, floribus spicatis, bracteis integris glabris. 



1. H clentata = L. sp: 878. Glabra erecta fasti- 

 giato-ramosa , folia linearia , bractese lineari-lanceo- 

 latse , spica laxa , corolla calyce multo longior mul- 

 ticolor. Variat foliis ubique vel apice tantum denta- 

 tis, vel integris (H. integrifolia L.). = 2. H. tenui- 

 folia = Reich: in bot: en: t. 1 33. ex Schrad: Poly- 

 cenia hebenstreitioides Chois: 1. c. p. 21.? Ann: Ere- 

 cta glabra , folia alterna linearia iutegerrima semi - 

 pollicaria cum aliis fasciculatis duplo triplove bre- 

 vioribus commixta, spica terminalis elongata, bractea? 

 ovato-lanceolatae acuminatse flores alternos sub-aequan- 

 tes. Planta culta in h. Bipul: e semiuibus missis a 

 cl: Martio sub allato nomine differt a Polycenia he- 

 benstradoidea Guoisy , cum qua confusa, characteri- 

 bus allalis; nec ico ejusdem t. 11. f. 1. quadrat cum 

 nostra nisi fructificationis organis^ an igitur Polyce* 

 nia^ species altera? 



