Thunbergia L. — Nomaphira Bl. — Dipteracanthus Nees. 5QI 



Char. Spec. cf. Stetul. Nomclt. cd. II. Hsskl. Catal. 604. 2. RueUia re- 

 pcns L. Bl. Bijdr. 794 ; — an hacc forsan majori jure ad Ruelliam 

 avstraleia 11, Br. Prdr. I. 335. l ducenda? 



Descrpt. Herbae procumbentes, 12 — 18 poll. longae, 

 basi nunc rcpentes, in graminosis ad vias prope Bataviam 

 frequentes, ramosae; rami adscendenti-erecti, nodosi, genicu- 

 lati, subtetragoni, bisulcati, 8 — 24 poU. longi, pilis singulis 

 patentibus, praeprimis apicem versus obsessi; internodia basi 

 subincrassata, 1 — 3 poll. longa, viridia, nunc lucido-violacea 

 prope basin; stipularum loco margo ciliatus, ciliis albidis, 

 deciduis; petioli oppositi, patentes, semi-teretes, 0,3—0,5 poll. 

 longi, luride atro-virides, pilis adpressis, albidis strigulosi, 

 dein glabrati: /olia oblongo-. s. ovato-lanceolata, acuminata, 

 basi acuta aut obtusa, subconcava, 1,5 — 2,0 poll. longa, 0,7 — 

 1,0 poll. lata, ima ovata, obtusa aut subrotunda, 1,0 poll. 

 longa, 0,8 poU. lata, rigida, pilis adpressis scabro-hirta, dein 

 subglabrata, margine integra, setulis antrorsum adpressis sca- 

 bro-ciliata ; flores axillares solitarii, rarius gemini subsessiles, 

 sat magni matutini, folio breviores, basi bracteis binis folia- 

 ceis ovatis s. obovatis, basi in petiolum atteriuatis, 0,5 poll. 

 longis, 0,2 poll. latis persistentibus, in fructu excescentibus 

 0,8 poll. longis, 0,3 poU. latis suffulti; calyx piHs adpressis, 

 albidis strigosus, 5-partitus, sub-5-gonus, 5-carinatus ; laci- 

 niae lineari-subulatae, nervo medio ex anguUs pedunculi bre- 

 vissimi, crassi, angulati, viridis progredienti, margine tener- 

 rimae , membranaceae, albido - ciUatae conniventes, 0.3 poU. 

 longae, persistentes, fructus stipiti, basi attenuato, arcte ad- 

 pressae, vegetae ; ciliae sunt pili acutissimi, basi crassiusculi, 

 plerumque e ceUuHs 3 — 4 compositi, basi ceUidis pluribus 

 minoribiis eievatis circumvaUati (ad instar fig. 87 in Schld. 

 1. c. I. p. 268) ; corolla infundibuliformis caduca ; tiibus albidus 

 calycis longitudine, a latere comprcssus, antice 0,2, postice 

 0,3 poU. longus, 0,1 poU. latus, lucidus, intus giaber; limhus 

 inflatus, tubo plus duplo longior, 0,8 poU. longus, diametro 

 transversaU apice 0,8 poU., Hlacinus infuudibuliformis, subae- 

 qualis, 5-fidus. a ventre et dorso subcompressus, 5-, sub-10- 



