474 i DICOTYLEDONEJE. BARTHEA., 
Rami graciles. Petiolus gracilis, 6-12 mm. longus. Folia rigidius- 
cula, subtus pallida, non vel vix disparia, 2 '/,-4 em. longa, 1-2 em. 
lata. Cymæ ad apices ramulorum terminales axillaresque; peduncu- 
lus filiformis, apice pauciflorus, 2-4 em. longus; pedicelli 3-5 mm. 
longi, basi minute bracteolati. Calycis tubus 1 '/, mm. longus; lobi 
brevissimi. Petala obovato-lanceolata, 5 mm. longa. Antherz exsertze. 
Stylus capillaris, 7-9 mm. longus. 
In China australi (Seemann in hb. Hort. Petrop.). 
LXIX. BARTHEA, Hook. f. in Benth. et Hook. Gen. Y, 151 (1867); 
Triana, Mélast. 166. — Brediz spec. H. Baill. Hist. des Pl. VM, 
13 et 48. 
Flores 4-meri. Calycis glaberrimi tubus obpyramidato-campanu- 
latus, tetragonus; limbus dilatatus, lobis brevibus triangularibus, 
dentibus accessoriis nullis. Petala obovata, apiculata, glaberrima. 
Stamina 8, inæqualia; antherz majores lineari-elongatz, obtuse, 
minute l-porosz, sigmoideo-incurvze, connectivo basi non producto, 
antice longe 2-setoso, postice in calcar crassum adscendens, porrecto; 
minores breves, ovoideo-oblongze, recurvæ, connectivo antice bisetoso 
postice minute calcarato. Ovarium calyci adhzerens, 4-loculare, ver- 
tice setosum et glandulosum; stylus filiformis, arcuatus, stigmate 
punctiformi. Capsula clavata, 4-valvis. Semina ignota. 
Frutex ramosissimus, glaberrimus vel partibus novellis glanduloso- 
furfuraceis. Folia petiolata, subcoriacea, leviter disparia, oblongo- 
lanceolata, caudato-acuminata, integerrima vel minute denticulata, 
3-5-nervia. Flores terminales, majusculi, albi extus rosei, solitarii vel 
3-5-ni. 
B. Chinensis, Hook. f.! l. c. 751; Triana, l. c. tab. VI, fig. 61. 
— Dissochz»ta ? Barthei Hance! in Benth. Fl. Hongk. 115. 
Rami erecti, graciles, teretiusculi. Petiolus 5-8 mm. longus. Folia 
basi subacuta, 3-7 em. longa, 1-2 */, em. lata. Pedicelli basi bracteo- 
lati, 5-8 mm. longi. Calycis tubus 8 mm. longus; lobi obtusiuseuli, 
2 mm. longi. Petala 1 !/,-2 cm. longa. Antherze majores 10-11 mm. 
minores 3-3 */, mm. longe. Stylus 1 '/, em. longus 
In China prope Canton (Fortune n. 167); in ins. ooon (Barthe, 
Harland, Lamont, Hance). 
