— 57 — 



Habitat in Abessinia infra Sellasaquilla in declivibus ad fluvivm Takkazie : Schimper 

 (a. 1838) n. 1260, ad Abbaherrouque in 1800 m. alt. in campis sterilibus : idem (1852) 

 n. 470 ; in montibus 1100 - 1300 m. altis prope Gageros : idem (a. 1854) n. 82 ; ad 

 pedes montium ad fluvium Takkazie prope Purrsarfa ead. alt. : idem (a. 1854) n. 

 2230; in stationis Bogos planitiebus sterilibus: Hildebrandt n. 463. — Flor, et fruct. 

 m. Aug. — Sept. 



2. Streptopetalum Hilde brandtü Urb., perenne, caulibus setas 

 valde iuaequilongas, longiores crassitiem caulis subsuperantes , poste- 

 rius apice tenui flavido excepto aculeiformi - indurescentes et pallide 

 brunnescentes gerentibus ; foliis aequalibus, inaequaliter atque minute 

 serrulatis ; iuflorescentiis folium aequantibus v. multo superantibus, longe 

 pedunculatis; prophyllis manifestis; pedicellis 3 — 6 mm, calyce 16 — 20 mm, 

 petalis 18 — 20 mm longis; fructu ovali obtuso vix 2-plo longiore quam 

 crassiore. 



Wormskioldia Hildebrandtii Urb. et Rolfe in Herb. Kew. 



CauJes erecti v. ascendenti - erecti , 15 — 30 cm longi, 2—4 mm crassi, praeter 

 setas creberrirrias horizontaliter patentes pilis brevissimis patentibus v. deflexis tenuibus 

 albidis dense vestiti. Folia subsessilia v. usque 1,5 mm longe petiolata, lanceolata v. 

 anguste lanceolata, ad apicem rnagis et saepe valde angustata, 7 — 11 an longa, 0,8 — 2 cm 

 lata, 6 — 9-plo longiora quam latiora, utrinque breviter hirta, subtus setulis praesertirn 

 ad nervös interjectis. Inflor escentiae 3— 5-florae; pedunculus 8 — 13 cm longus, 

 1—1,5 mm crassus, brevissime pilosus et breviter setulosus ; flores dimorphi; prophylla 

 bina evoluta alterna, duo ima a flore deorsum remota, fertilia majora linearia 2 — 6 mm 

 longa v. inflmnm foliaceum usque ad 1cm longum, oblongum, caetera 1-2 mm longa 

 linearia v. lineari-subulata ; pedicelli fructiferi erecti. Calyx extrinsecus pubescens 

 et setulosus; tubus = */, — 3 / 5 calycis, 2 mm crassus, intus 5-6 mm longe dense 

 albido-pubescens ; lobi lanceolati, obtusiusculi v. obtusi, interiores margine membranaceo 

 nudi. Petala calycem dimidio superantia , lutea, sub apice 7 — 8 mm lata, superne 

 obovata, inferne sensitn cuneato - angustata et latiuscule unguiculata, glabra. Fila- 

 menta tubo 2 — 4 mm longe adnata glabra inter sese aequilonga, longiora 15, breviora 

 12 mm longa; antherae clausae lineares 3 mm longae, 0,8 mm latae, in '/ g alt. afflxae. 

 Styli glabri aequilongi, apice obsolete multipartiti, longiores 12 mm, breviores 1mm 

 longi, stigmatibus ab antheris 2—2,5 mm longe distantibus. Ovarium oblongum, 

 20— 40-ovulatuui. Fructus 8 — 9 mm longus, 5 — 5,5 mm crassus, dorso setuüs longius- 

 culis albido - flavescentibus et pilis brevibus obsitus , intus subreticulato - impressus. 

 Semina obovato-oblonga, 3m?« longa, fere 1,5 mm crassa, curvata, flava, demum?, basi 

 truncata et hilo breviter conico apiculata, chalaza non prominente concaviuscula, arillo 

 unilaterali margine subintegro v. crenulato. 



Habitat in Africa orientali prope Kitui in Ukamba locis apricis sterilibus m. Maio 

 flor. et fruct. .- Hildebrandt n. 2728. 



III. Piriqueta Aubl. 



Piriqueta Aubl. Guian. 7, 298 ; H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Spec. VI, 127; 

 DC. Prodr. III, 348; Meissn. Gen. 123 (89); Endl. Gen. 915 n. 5057; 

 Griseb. Flor. Brit. West-Ind. hl. 298; Chapm. Flor. South. Un. States 146. - 

 Burkardia Scop. Introd. n. 1027; Schreb. Gen. n. 530, non aliorum. 



