274 



tiiDDitl , oppositi , 2 — 3 ccut. loDgl , divaricato -dicliotorol, 

 hracteis bracteolisque ininiitis tcneris lanccolatis actimina- 

 tis; flores In iiltimis raraulis 2 — 3, qiioriim diio laleralps 

 scssiles vol snbsessllt's ex axilla hracteolae, terminaiis pe- 

 dicellatns. Calijcis tubus oblongns 4-deiitalus. Petala ca- 

 lyce bis loiigiora. Stamina 8. Capsula globosa, calycis 

 limbo truinato glabrinsctilo instnicla. Semina nnraerosa fusivi 

 echiiuilala. 



4. Spcnneral anomaJa, Pusilla, herbacea, annua? canle 

 ramisqiie fetragonis calycibusque 4-dentalis 8-nervulosi« pi- 

 lis capitolla(is hirtellis, illis ad nodos villosnlis, foliis bre- 

 viter petioialis lanceolato-ellipticis utrinqne aenlis glabrius- 

 rnlis minutissime serrnlato-ciliatis trinrrviis, racoinis sim- 

 plicibus ramos raniulosqne terminantibus solitariis Tel geini- 

 nis, bracleis opposilis sessilibiis eliipticis minulis, inia sat- 

 tem florifera, Acribus snbsessillbus, staminibus 8, capsnia 

 glöbosa membranaeea bivalvi, valvis cum dissepimentis tolis 

 deeiduis, columella iibera fungosa scminifora elliplira, sur- 

 sura in rostrum sterile produfla , seminibns semicochlearl- 

 formibns echiuulatis, 



Crescit in Para Surinam!, ad Osembo, m. Aprili frneti- 

 ferä. 



Herba snccnlenta, basi radicans, spithamea, parce ra- 

 niosa, rami apice in racemos termiuali. Pili capitellali prac- 

 sertim ad anguios oaulis et ramorum, patnii; ad nodos villi 

 longiores. Folia P/a — 2*/2cenf. longa, inferiora laliora 

 et breviora, superiora angustiora, omnia serrulato- ciliata, 

 provectiore aetate repanda. Nervi valde tenues. Racemi 

 1-pleruraque 3 cent. longi ; bractcae oppositae glabriusculae 

 cljipticae minutae. Flores alterni, iina seil, braclea vacua, 

 ila ut racenius sit inflorcscenlia dicholoma; ramo nno oon- 

 tiuuante, altero llorcnte in pedicellura brevissimnm mntalo. 



