572 DICOTYLEDONEÆ. MELOTHRIA., 
6. W. linearis (Cogn. in Mart. l. c. p. 34); caule brevi, erecto; 
foliorum lobis linearibus ; floribus maseulis in racemos 4-8-floros foliis 
breviores vel æquales dispositis; calyce pubescente, tubo anguste 
campanulato, dentibus erectis, inzequalibus, tubo 2-3-plo brevioribus. 
Monoica. Caulis a basi ramosus, gracilis, sulcatus, leviter pubes- 
cens, ad 40-50 cent. elatus. Petiolus gracilis, striatus, pubescens, 
1 '/,-3 cent. longus. Folia in petiolum plus minusve reflexa, supra 
leviter pubescenti-scabra, subtus dense hirsuta; lobi acuminati, inte- 
gerrimi vel leviter denticulati rarius crenulati; lobus terminalis 
linearis vel in foliis inferioribus interdum lineari-lanceolatus, 2 ‘4 
cent. longus, in foliis superioribus 3-4 mill. in inferioribus 5-7 mill. 
latus; lobi basilares plus minusve divergentes, 1 '/-3 cent. longi, 
2-4 mill. lati ; pili faciei inferioris e tuberculo erassa albo emergentes: 
sinus basilaris subacutus, sspe latus. Cirrhi filiformes, fere glabri. 
Pedunculus communis masculus filiformis, 2-4 cent. longus, pubes- 
cens, ab */,-1 !/, cent. floriferus; pedicelli pubescentes, erecti, ebrat- 
teati, 1-3 mill. longi. Calycis tubus 3-4 mill. longus, 2 mill. latus: 
dentes lineares, !/,-1 mill. longi. Petala flavescentia, oblonga, acuta 
vel subobtusa, 3-4 mill. longa, 2 mill. lata, utrinque dense papillosa 
præsertim ad apicem. Antheræ oblongæ, glabræ, connectivo loculis 
paulo angustiore. Pedunculus femineus filiformis, pubescens, 1 '/? 
cent. longus. Ovarium oblongum, dense longeque villosum. Fructus 
ovoideus, lævis, leviter pubescens, 1 !/,-2 /, cent. longus, 1-1 "/; cent. 
crassus, utrinque rotundus vel subacutus. Semina cinerea, ovato 
oblonga, marginata, 7-8 mill. longa, 4 mill. lata, 1 '/, mill. crassa. 
In Brasilia meridionali (Sello n. 3586 in herb. Berol.). 
XL. MELOTHRIA, Linn. Hort. Cliff. p. 490 (1737), Gen. ed. 2, p.?? 
ed. 6, p. 24, Spec. ed. 1, p. 35, ed. 2, p. 49; Juss. Gen. p. 3%; 
Schreb. Gen. 1, p. 32; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. 1, p. 35; Willd. Spe 
l, p. 189; Nutt. Gen. 2, p. 228; Ser. in DC. Prodr. 3, P- 315: 
Spach Vég. phan. 6, p. 224; Meisn. Gen. p. 127 (91); Endl. gen. 
p. 936; Torr. et Gr. Fl. N. Amer. 1, p. 540; Rom. Syn. fase. 2, 
p. 9, 27; Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. p. 367; Naud. in Ann. $ 
nat. ser. 4, v. 12, p. MS, v. 16, p. 168, v. 18, p. 195; Benth. Fl- 
Austral. 3, p. 320; Benth. et Hook. Gen. 1, p. 830; Hook. fer 
Oliv. Fl. trop. Afr. 2, p. 562; Cogn. in Mart. Fl. Bras. fase. 18. 
p. 24; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2, p. 625. — Solena Low 
Fl. Coch. p. 514 (1190), ed. Willd. p. 629; Ser. in DO. Prodr. * 
p. 306; Ræm. l. c. p. 11, 33. — Zehneria Endl. Prodr. fl- Nor] 
