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porosz basi sæpe bilobæ, nune ovatæ vel oblongæ obtusæ vel trunca- 
tæ et biporosæ, connectivo basi non producto, inappendiculato vel 
dorso minute tubereulato. Ovarium tubo calycis adh:zerens vel fere 
adhzerens, sspissime 3-loculare loculis alternipetalis, vertice libero 
late exsculptum, glaberrimum, marginibus dilatatis squamiformi- 
bus; stylus filiformis, stigmate truncato vel capitellato. Capsula tubo 
calycis inclusa, vertice latissime exsculpta, sepissime trivalvis, val- 
varum marginibus squamiformibus. Semina minuta, numerosa, ovoi- 
dea pyramidata subreniformia vel clavata, lævia vel aspera, hilo basi- 
lari, raphe simplici vel incrassata sspe excurrente nune in appendi- 
cem tumidam nucleum superantem produeta. 
Herbs vel frutieuli habitu varii, sepe parvuli, glabri hirsuti vel 
subpaleacei, caulescentes vel acaules et scapigeri, Indice orientalis et 
insule Malayanz incole. Folia sepius membranacea, æqualia vel 
interdum valde disparia et heteromorpha, integerrima vel serrulata, 
ssepius 3-5-nervia. Flores sæpius rosei, majusculi vel inter minores, 
siepissime in racemos spicasve scorpioideas dispositi. 
Sect. I. GENUINE Miq. l. e. 561. — Flores 3-meri. Stamina 3. 
pee. 1-6: 
I. Caulescentes ; folia consimilia, in eodem jugo subequalia. 
— Spec. 1-45. 
A. Antheræ breves, apice truncatze vel non rostratæ. — Spec. 1-13. 
1. Anthere fere rectangulares, latissime biporose. 
l. S. brachyandra (Naud.! l. c. 320, tab. 15, fig. ID; caule 
ramisque subfiliformibus, tetragonis, vix puberulis ; foliis late ovatis, 
Obtusis, 3-5-nerviis, minute serrulatis, vix pilosulis. — Triana, l. c. 
tab. VI, fig. 72 f. : 
Caulis vix ramosus, 3-8 cm. altus. Petiolus 2-8 mm. longus. Folia 
` mollia, 8-15 mm. longa, 6-10 mm. lata. Flores racemosi, subsessiles. 
Calyx sparse glanduloso-puberulus, 3 mm. longus. Petala obovata, 
apiculata, 2 mm. longa. Antherz */, mm. longz. Capsula subcylin- 
driea, 6 mm. longa. 
In ins. Luzonia prope Manille (Gaudichaud). 
