198 DICOTYLEDONEJE. TIBOUCHINA. - 
miles, lineari-subulatze rarissime oblongs et truncatz, uniporosæ, 
arcuatæ aut sigmoideæ, connectivo infra loculos breviter vel longius 
producto, basi antice bituberculato vel bilobato, sæpissime inappen- - 
diculato. Ovarium liberum vel sæpius infra medium septis antheras 
in przefloratione inflexas separantibus calycino tubo adhærens, vers a 
tice hispidum vel setosum, 5-loculare (4-loculare in floribus 4-meris); | 
stylus filiformis, arcuatus vel sigmoideus, glaber vel pilosus, stigmate 3 
punetiformi. Capsula 5-4-valvis, calycis tubo persistente vestita. Se- 
mina coehleata, creberrime minuteque tuberculata rarissime foveo- 
lata. E 
Frutices et suffrutices rarius herbæ vel arbores, habitu vario, 
Americæ australis tropiez praecipue Brasilize incoli. Folia sepius 
ampla, coriacea, petiolata, ovata vel oblonga, integerrima, 3-7-ner- 
via. Flores ut plurimum ampli, solitarii vel sepissime in pauieulas i 
terminales trichotome ramosas dispositi, purpurei rosei vel violacet 
rarius albi, interdum bracteis concavis involucrati. 
CONSPECTUS SECTIONUM 
I. Antheræ apice 1 ttenuato-subulatz. 
A. Calycis lobi dud. 
l. Flores ad apices ramulorum pauci pedicellati, 
bracteis 2 in calyptram ecueullatam conflatis 
obvoluti 
p P pores pru a I. Diplostegia (sp. 1-2]. 
2. Flores ad apices ramulorum pauci, juniores 
bracteis 2-4-6 caducis duplieatis involucrati.. II. Involuerales (sp. 3-45). 
3. Flores in panieulas multifloras dispositi pedi- 
cellati, pedicellis braeteolis 1 vel 2 angustis 
vel tasoa deciduis stipati non vere involu- 
Poed a I EE rau N III. Pleroma (sp. 46-94). 
B. T his persistentes 
l. Flores ut plurimum congesti involucro duplici 
calyeulati, vel fascieulati fascieulis bracteolis 
brevibus cinetis. 
a. Frutices aut arbores ramosi ut plurimum (im- 
primis calyce) MISAN 
EE? IV. Lepidotæ (sp. 95-96). 
B. Calyx basi involucro duplici ci 
que bracteis 2 Gomintis constante.... V. Eutibouchima (sp. 97-98). 
H Staminum pesedimm ad insertionem &la- 
sepius longe pilosa....,............ VI. Barbigeræ (sp. 99-109). 
b. Herbz simplicieaules (imprimis oes caly- 
cemy pie, o y a. .. VIL Simplieicaules (sp. nona 
