616 |. DICOTYLEDONEX. LEANDRA. 
recta vel rarius leviter incurva, raphe laterali vel basilari, interdum 
apice appendiculata. 
Fruti 
rutices vel arbusculæ rarius suffrutices, sæpe hispido-pilosi vel 
setosi, rarius pubescentes velutini vel sericei, interdum glaberrimi, 
Ameriez tropiez praecipue Brasiliæ incolee. Rami ramulique teretes 
- rarius tetragoni. Folia siepius magna et petiolata, :equalia vel rarius 
paulo inzequalia, ovata oblonga vel cordata rarissime lanceolato-linea- 
ria, integerrima vel serrulata, 3-9-nervia. Paniculæ terminales, rarius 
alares vel demum axillares. Flores parvi, secus ramos oppositos pani- 
cule solitarii fasciculati seriati vel capitati, ebracteati vel braeteati, 
sessiles vel pedicellati, albi rosei vel luteoli rarius purpurei. 
CONSPECTUS SECTIONUM. 
I. Semina non appendiculata, 
~ À. Flores ad md raenloruas panieule dense capitati, bracteis majus- 
culis involuotnü.. c osi. oSite e iH da eV i, Qus CERT I. Leandraria. 
B. Flores in ramis quem egens vel rarius subfasciculati, fascieulis 
ebracteatis vel minute bractea 
l. Rami paniculæ non dati: semina szpius angulato-pyrami- 
data et lzvia 
a. Paniculæ omnes vel fere omnes terminales. 
T Rami setis patulis rigidissimis armati; calyx setosus, ssepius 
sib limbo cónstFicius oseo a V IELUSSAAT LEES. c IL Niangs. 
ft Rami glabri vel pilosi; calyx non setosus, campanulatus vel 
tubulosus. 
a. Calyx dense pilosus vel hirsutus, rarius sparse pilosus vel 
xni Uu D MU C M er S NU Nd II. Carassans. 
B. Calyx glaber vel furfuraceus 
b. Pauieulte primum terminales demum axillares vel alares..... V. Chsetodon. 
2. aniculæ patuli, indie semina ovata, tuberculata., VI. Secundiflorz. 
II. Semina un acuta curva membranacea ad apicem instructa.... VII. Tscbudya. 
Sect. I. LEANDRARIA, DC. 1. e. 153; Cogn. l. e. 78 (genus Lean- 
dra Mult. Auct.) — Flores ad apices ramulorum paniculæ dense 
capitati, bracteis majuseulis involuerati. Semina lævia, sæpius nitida, 
inappendieulata, plus minusve angulato-pyramidata. — Spec. 1-17. 
I. Folia basi rotundata et sæpius plus minusve emarginato-cordata. — 
Spec 
A. Folia sessilia, semiamplexicaulia. — Spec. 4-4. 
l. Calycis dentes exteriores brevissimi. 
l. L. pectinata (Cogn. l. c. 78, tab. 17); ramis teretiusculis, bre- 
