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SPERMACOCE. 



Char. ess. Calyx 2 — 5 denlalus, dentibus accesso- 

 riis interjeclis. Corolla infundibuliformis tetrandra. Cap- 

 sula calyce (interdum oblilterante) coronala, bilocularis, 

 bivalvis, dissepimenlo parallelo; loculi monospermi, aller 

 septifrage debiscens, aller dissepimento adnalo clausus. 



1. Spekmacoce hispidä L., Roab. FL ind. 1. p. 379., 

 Blume Bydr. fasc. 16 p. 947., Hb. iVilld. n. 2633. 



Galeopsis zeylanica folio oblongo, flore albo Burrm. 

 Zeyl. p. 103 t. 20 f. 3. (florum pedicelli incaute a pic- 

 tore adjecli videnlur.) 



In sabulosis maritimis prope Cavile, portum insulae 

 Luconiae, ipsi collegimus. 0. 



In horto noslro bolanico colitur. Flores quamvis 

 parvi, tarnen inter congeneres affinesque majoribus ad- 

 numerandi. 



Calyx hirtus, 4dentatus. Capsula birta, ellipsoidea, 

 magniludine fere seminis Cannabis, bivalvis, valvis demum 

 bifidis, segmento quolibet denle calycino superato. Dis- 

 sepimentum parallelum, membranaceum , lenue, post de- 

 hiscentiam alleri adhaerens valvulae, solubile, demum li- 

 berum. Semina oblonga, dorso convexa, facie plana, sulco 

 laliori excavata, brunnea, sub lentc forli tenuissime 

 granulata. 



2. Spermacoce riparia N. 



Ad ripam fluvii RioINegro (Rincon de Gallinas) Brasi- 

 liae meridionalis aliisque locis legil ScIIow. 24.. 



Calyx glaber, irregulariler 2 — 6 dentatus, dentibus 

 minutis. in Capsula matura demum oblilleranlibus. Cap- 

 sula glabra, cbartacea, crassiuscula, sesquilineam longa, 

 cuneala, mulua pressione irregulariler obscure telragona, 

 a dorso (parallele dissepimento) compressa, bilocularis, 

 bivalvis, dissepimento membranaceo tenui parallelo; sua 



