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bosa, calyce coronata, bilocularis, polysperma, matu- 



ritate intra calycem loculicide bilabiata hians. Semina 



aplera, angulata, granulata. 



His autem characteribus species consociantur habitu 

 caeterisque parum convenientes. Quas disjunximus, pro- 

 priisque donavimus nominibus formae, an unius ejusdem- 

 que generis secliones, an genera sint dicendae, doceat, qui 

 et reliquas recensebit formas. Sic americanae Kunthii (in 

 Nov. Gen. et Sp.) species oligospermae jam habitu ab 

 asiaticis abhorrent. 



I. HEDYOTIS. 



Typus : Hedyotis aurlcularia L., primaria generis Lin- 

 naeani species. -Character recognoscendus : e collatione 

 auctorum: corolla tubulosa, fauce barbata, stamina exserta, 

 antherae minutae orbiculares. Ex autopsia: Capsula ovoi- 

 dea, basi latior, verlice altenuata, laciniis calycinis coro- 

 nata, basi sinu acuto conjunctis, ereclis, connivenlibus ; 

 oligosperma in ff. nervosa Link, Willd. herb. 2602 (H. 

 auricularia L.?), polysperma in ff. paniculata Link, W. 

 herb. 2603 (ff. fruticosa L.?) — Stirpes fruticulosae et 

 herbaceae , spermacoceoides, floribus glomeratis saepius 

 axillaribus (verticillatis), rarius paniculalis. 



1. Hedyotis angustifolia N. 



Ex insula Luconia unicum retulimus specimen fructi- 

 fcrum 0. 



Species jam ob defeclum florum ulterius inquirenda. 

 Radix annua, ramosa, parva, parce fibrillosa. Caulis a basi 

 trichotome divisus et deliquescens. Rami subradicalcs 

 erecli, digitales, subsimplices , filiformes, tetragoni, nodis 

 2 — 4 instructi; juniores versus nodos et in angulis hir- 

 telli; vetustiores glabrescunt. Folia semipollicem longa, li- 

 nearia angustissima acuta, marginibus revolutis, pilis brevi- 

 bus antrorsis scaberrima. Stipula folia connectens mein 



