SYNOPSIS OF THE HEMIMERIDE.E, 
lata. Stamina 2. Capsula subglobosa sep- 
ticide bivalvis. 
4. DiascrA. Corolla basi bifossulata 
vel bicalcarata. Stamina 4. Capsula sub- 
globosa vel oblonga, septicide bivalvis. 
5. Nemesia. Corolla basi saccata vel 
l-calcarata. Capsula compressa septicide 
bivalvis. 
6. DicLis. Corolla basi 1-calcarata. 
Capsula subglobosa loculicide bivalvis. 
Nees et Mart. 
Calyz 5-partitus. “ Corolle labium su- 
perius brevissime bifidum, inferius trifidum, 
basi deorsum ampliatum in ventrem seu 
saccum obliquum patentem mediaque cir- 
cumscriptione emarginatum, cui labium 
inferius trifidum incumbit." (Nees et Mart.) 
Stamina 4, didynama. Anthere bilocu- 
lares, loculis distinctis divaricatis. Cap- 
sula globosa, evalvis, subresinosa. 
. campestris (Nees et Mart. Nov. 
Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. ll. 43.).— Herba 
erecta, caule tetragono subpiloso. Folia 
opposita, ovato-oblonga, apice serrata. 
Flores axillares, solitarii, pedunculati. 
Has. Brazil, Martius. (v. s.) 
I. THYLACANTHA. 
Il. AxcELoNwiA, Humb. et Bonpl. 
baa Schrad. in Gott. Gel. Anz. 
1821. p 
Aui pues et Mart. Bot. Zeit. 
1821. 1. 299. e 
Calyx ida. vel 5-partitus. Corolla 
et Stamina Thylacanthe. Capsula glo- 
bosa, bivalvis, valvulis integris medio sep- 
tiferis. Semina membrana laxa inclusa. 
Herbe Austro-Americane, erecte vel pro- 
cumbentes. Folia opposita vel superiora 
alterna. Pedunculi uniflori, solitarii, ax- 
illares vel racemosi 
l. A. pubescens, procumbens, molliter 
pubescens, caule tereti, folis petiolatis 
ovatis acutis remote dentatis cujusque 
paris subequalibus, floribus axillaribus. 
Has. Tropical Brazil, Swainson. (v. s.) 
Leaves about an inch long, scarcely op- 
posite. Pedicels short and slender. Flow- 
ers larger than in A. procumbens, smaller 
than in the other species. 
~ 2. A. procumbens (Nees et Mart. Nov. 
Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. 11. 44.) procumbens, 
A TRIBE OF SCROPHULARIACE X. 15 
subglabra, caule angulato, foliis subsessili- 
bus ovali-oblongis acutis serratis cujusque 
paris valde inequalibus, floribus axilla- 
ribus. 
Physidium procumbens, Schrad. l. c. 
Schelveria arguta, Nees et Mart. Bot. 
Zeit. l c. 
Has. Brazil, Martius. (v. s.) 
Larger leaves of each pair about half to 
three quarters of an inch long, the opposite 
ones not half the size. Peduncles very 
short. Calyx with a few long stiff hairs. 
3. A. salicariefolia (Humb. et Bonpl. 
Pl. ZEquin. 2. 92. t. 108.) erecta, pubes- 
cens, folus lanceolatis subserratis floralibus 
infimis subconformibus plerisque ovato- 
lanceolatis dentatis pedunculos subeequan- 
tibus, floribus racemosis. 
Has. Caraccas, Humboldt and Bonp- 
land ; Trinidad, Herb. Hooker. (v. s.) 
A. hirta (Cham. in Linnea 8. 27.) 
erecta, pilis sparsis hirta, foliis lanceolatis 
serratis. floralibus plerisque, late. cordatis 
abrupte acuminatis subintegerrimis pedi- 
cello brevioribus, floribus racemosis. 
Has. Brazil Sello, near Bahia, Salz- 
mann. (v. s.) : 
5. A. integerrima E Syst. Cur. 
Post. 235.) erecta, glaberrima, foliis ob- 
longo-lanceolatis integerrimis, floribus ra- 
cemosis. 
Has. South Brazil, Sello ; Rio Grande, 
weedie. (v. s.) 
Thunb. 
Calyx 5-sepalus, estivatione imbricata. 
Corolle limbus explanatus subbilabiatus 
quadrifidus lacinia suprema brevissime 
emarginata infimaque maximis, lateralibus 
brevissimis latis; fossule 2 flavescentes 
glandulose (?) ad basin labii ripam 
appendices 2, dentiformes, genitalia cin: 
gentes, ad latera faucis. Stamina 2, an- 
theris unilocularibus. 
sa, bivalvis, calycem equans. Semina 
Herbe Austro- Africana annue, difuse 
osita 
vel ramosissime. Fo 
IIl. HEMIMERIS. 
pe sda post anthesin 
flave. 
rolle 
Capsula subglobo- —— 
