206 Peponiferae. 



38. Ceratiosicyos. 



N. uh E. In EchJ. & Zft. En. pl. Afr. austr. extratrop. 281. — Meisn. 1. c. 124. ( 90. ) — 

 Harvey in Ann. of nat. hist. III. 421. t. 10. — Endl. 1. c. 5106. — IfTp. 1. e. 775. 



Caiilis procumbens, subscandens; fo- C. Ecklonii iv. ofe E. 1. c. — Harv. I. c, 



lia elabra, 3— 7fida, serrala, longe .~ '^'p- 1- <=• . . 



„*:^i.^*« \y-1o«,I. .1,^00 1..«;.,:!., .^^V. Ad prom. 6onae spei in nemonbus „ad Kro- 



petiolata, glandHlosa lacinilS acu- kakumma, Adow et OHfantshoek'^ (Uiten- 



minatis; racemi follO breviores: flo- hagc), tum in „Atbany ^i Kafferland.'-'- 



(Caulis teres, tenuis. Petioli canaliculati, 

 erecto-patentes, lobo medio laminae duplo bre- 

 viores. Stipulae nullae. Folia basi profunde 

 cordata , utplurimum 7Ioba , lobis lateralibus 

 ovatis acutis , basin versus sensim altioribus 

 et diminutis , terminali elongato ovato-lanceo- 

 lato, longe acuminato, sinubus angustis rotun- 

 datis a lateralibus separato ; omni ambitu ar- 

 gute et aequaliter duplicato-serrata , 7nervia, 

 nervis alterne penniveniis. Racemi masculi 

 gemini; pedunculi patentes , teretes, dimidio 

 inferiore nudi , apice 4 — Sflori, pedicellis al- 

 ternis erecto-patentibus, bractea lineari-Ian- 

 ceolata acuminata duplo breviore suffulti.) FIo- 

 res 3'" longi, virentes, glabri, masculi sub- 

 inflati, ad Behen calycem quodammodo acce- 

 dentes. (Involucellum floris (/ foliolis 5 pa- 

 tentibus linearibus acutls calyce triente bre- 

 vioribus. Calyx ad '/.5 circ. longt. 5fldus, 

 laciniis triangulari-ovatis acutis. Staminum 

 »' 5 filamenta brevissima; antherae erectae, 11- 



neares, apice retusae. Coronula centralis sta- 

 minibusve inter.jecta e processubus 6 — 8 bre- 

 vibus subulatis subcarnosis acutis coloratis. 

 (Pedunculus Q. duobus masc. interjectus, eos 

 longitudine aequans , nudus , uniflorus ; calyx 

 absque involucello, basi angustattis, campa- 

 nulatus, ad dimidiura fere in lacinias 5 ovato- 

 lanceolatas acuminatas reflexas divisus. Sti- 

 pes ovarii calyce triplo longior , filiforrais, 

 sursum paulatim incrassatus et in ovarium 

 cylindraceo-fusiforrae stipite 3 — 4plo et cras- 

 sitie sua 8— lOpIo longius abiens. In extre- 

 mitate ovarii valde attenuata stigmata sita 

 sunt 5 ex attennata basi in lobos duos oblon- 



fos obtusos horizontaliter divergentes subre- 

 exos partita.) Coronula e processubus 3—4 

 subulatis brevibus luteis fundo perianthii in 

 ambitu podogynii insertis. Capsula cum sti- 

 pite suo fere 3poII., viridis, striata, chartacea 

 (5 — 6ies longior quam lata). Semina lineae 

 mediae singulae valvulae parum elevatae lon- 



fis funiculis inserta, pisi raediocris ambitu. 

 Ibumen intra tunicas seminis distans coni- 

 cum , chalazae affixum, nudura. 



Numerus partium saepius 4narius. Glan- 

 dulae extra tubum stamineum sitae. Stamina 

 semper tot quot laciniae , subinde perparia 

 irregulariter coalita. (Harv.) 



39. A c li a r i a. 



Thb. Prodr. Fl. Cap. 14. c. ic. — Harv. & Arn. 1. c. 420. t. 9. — Endl. 1. c. 5107. — 



Meisn. 1. c. 356. 8/1. 



Herba erecta, gracilis. Folia alterna, A. trag^odes Thb. I. c. et Fl. Cap. ed. 

 petiolata, exstlpulata, profunde tn- g'-", ^^- - ifm Sp^pL^lV. 1. 327. - 



fida, loblS oblongO-lanceolatlS acutlS ^.d prom. bnnue spei prope „vun Sfadesri- 

 cuneatis incisis. Flores axillares, Dier" aliisque interioris Africae regio- 



subbini, cernui, breve pedunculati. g^",^-^ herbaceus, mox ramosus, glaber, 



palraaris usque pedalis (gracilis, teres, fili- 

 formis, sparsim hispidulus): rami alterni, ag- 

 gregati, angulati, Uexuoso-erecti, virgati, ra- 



