— 58 — 



— Burghartia Neck. Eiern. II, 377. — Burcarda J. F. Ghnel. Syst, 

 nat. II, 514. — Erblichia B. Seem. Bot. Her. 130; Benth. et Hook. 

 Gen. I, 807; Triana et Flanell. Prodr. Flor. Novo-Granat, in Ann. d. 

 scienc. nat. V. Ser. XVII, 189. — Turner ae sect. Piriqueta Poir. in 

 Lam. Encycl. VIII 145. — Turner a pro parte v. spec. Linn. Spec. 

 Plant. I ed. 271 et Gen. n, 376; Poir. I. c. 141; PC. Prodr. III, 346; 

 Camb. in St. Hü. Flor. Bras. mer. II, 154; Harv. in Harv. et Sond. 

 Flor. Cap. II, 599; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. I, 806; Baill, Hist. 



Plant, IV, 321. 



Sepala sub inedio in tubuni infundibulifornien v. obconico - cam- 

 panulatum, ad insertionem filamentoruni nudum v. callis semiorbiculari- 

 bus v. ligulatis notatum 10-nervem coalita, rarius plane libera , sub 

 fauce Corona nierabranacea plerumque difficulter conspicua, ad peta-lorum 

 basin latere interiore continua et manifesta 0,8—2 mm longa, superoe 

 v. usque ad medium fimbriata v. dilacerata exornata. Petala calycis 

 fauci inserta, inferne cuneata vix unguiculata , praeter coronam nuda. 

 Filamenta e tubo calycino 0,2 — 1 mm longe supra basin abeuntia, 

 glabra subglabrave, rarissime inferne pubescentia; antherae basi solem- 

 niter emarginatae v. profunde excisae, apice truncatae v. leviter emargi- 

 natae, raro apiculatae v. mucronatae. Styli glabri subglabrive, apice 

 manifeste multipartiti, rarissime interne pubescentes et margine stigmatoso 

 obsolete fimbriati. Fructus breviter globosi usque elliptici, breviores 

 v. duplo longiores quam crassiores , a medio paene usque ad basin 

 dehiscentes, dorso tuberculati v. laeves, interdum in medio valvarum 

 sulcati. Semina irregulariter pluriseriata, recta v. curvata, reticulato- 

 striata, areolis reticuli 1- v. non porosis , in hiluni subito contracta, 

 arillo unilaterali , longitudine semen aequante v. breviore , margine 

 crenato v. sublacero. 



Herbae annuae, perennes, suffruticosae, frutices v. arbores, pube 

 valde varia, saepius pilis stellaribus ferrugineis v. aureis et setulis (secer- 

 neniibus) patentibus vestita. Stipulae nullae v. evolutae. Folia forma 

 varia , glandulh basalibus et petiolaribus prominentibus carentia , sed 

 interdum juxta marginem inferum subtus glandidoso - impresso v. crenis 

 apice glanduliformibus v. glanduliferis. Inflorescentiae axillares 1-florae, 

 raro more cincinni plurißorae, pedmiculis liberis, prophyllis evolutis v. 

 deficientibus, ßoribus erectis. Petala lutea, rosea, purpurea, caerulea v. 

 raro alba venis purpureis. — Species 19, Americam a Mexico et Carolina 

 sept. usque ad Buenos Aires inhabitantes , 1 Africae Capensis, 2 Mada- 

 gascariae incolae. 



Obs. Si prophylla deficiunt, pedicellus est pars pedunculi ab articulatione usque ad 

 calycem. 



