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XXXVII. STAURANTHERA, Benth. Scroph. Ind. (1835), p. 57; 
R. Br. in Benn. Pl. Jav. Rar., p. 121. — Miquelia, Blume in 
Bull. Sc. Phys. Neerl., 1 (1838), p. 94. — Quintilia, Endl. Gen. 
(Suppl. 1), p. 1408. — Anomorhegmia, Meissn. Gen. PI. Vasc., 
p. 303. — Cyananthus, Griff. Notule, 4, p. 154. 
Calyx late campanulatus; lobi 5 late patentes, sinubus plicatis. 
Corolla subrotato-campanulata, basi postice breviter calearata aut 
gibba vix saccata; limbus 2-labiatus; lobi 5, parum inæquales. Sta- 
mina perfecta 4; filamenta basi corollæ adfixa, brevia; antheræ 
2-loculares, apice jam ante anthesin cruciatim connexæ, a lateribus 
in conum cohærentes ; loculi basi divergentes, in facie interná a rimis 
longitudinalibus dehiscentes, vix proventu in unum confluentes. Ova- 
rium sessile, subglobosum; discus nullus; stylus brevis; stigma late 
subinfundibuliforme, in margine inæquali lobatum; placentæ alte 
intrusæ, bifidæ, tenuiter vel crasse lamellosæ, undique ovuligerz aut 
axin versus ovarii nuda. Capsula depresso-globosa, calyce stipata, 
evalvis, irregulariter aut subtransversim rupta; placentæ in axi cap- 
Sule relictæ, liberze, sub-4-lobæ, ramosæ, lamellis tenuibus vel cras- 
sis. Semina minuta, obovoidea, levia; testa a cellulis longis subgyra- 
tim reticulata. 
Herbæ humiles, succulentæ, pubescentes. Folia alterna, aut oppo- 
sita altero ad auriculam parvam redueto, falcato-elliptica acuminata, 
inæquilateralia, in altero latere basi rotundata. Cymæ pedunculate, 
laxæ, subracemosse ; bracteæ parvae. 
Species 3, ab Assam usque ad Java et Celebes. 
l. S. umbrosa (C. B. Clarke Comm. et Cyrt. Beng., t. 89); 
foliis specie alternis; corolla parva, basi gibbá vix saccatá; capsulà 
depresso-globosa, placentis in lamellas tenues lobatis. Cyananthus 
umbrosa, Griff.! Notulæ, 4, p. 154, Ic. Pl. Asiat., t. 437. 
Caulis 1-3 dm., interdum divisus, fusco-pubescens. Folia alterna 
(vel folio altero auriculæformi vix distinguendo), longa 2 dm., lata 
7 cm., obscure crenata, suprà glabrata, subtüs saltem in nervis fusce 
Pubescentia; nervi primarii laterales utrinque 8; petioli 5-15 mm. 
Pedunculi 1-4 cm., cum cymis fusco-pubescentes; bracteæ 5-8 mm., 
lineares; racemi 5-8 em.; pedicelli 5-15 mm. Calyx 1 em. in diam., 
semi-5-fidus, subpatelliformis ; lobi triangulares. Corolla 8-10 mm., 
