618 



vigatis cortice seccdento, foliis brevitcr peliolatis eliipticis vel 

 obovato -ellipticls aculis, basi subciineatis, serratis ciliatis- 

 qne, tri — quinqueiiervüs, iitrinr|UP appresse hirtis, floribns ple- 

 rumque axillaribiis breviter pediinciilatis, calycis ovalis laci- 

 iiiis linearibus birto-ciliatis, petaüs virgineis apice iiniseto- 

 sis , florentibus oblougis, antherarum conuectivo basi arcuato- 

 recorvo bicalcarato. 



Crescit in Savana arenosa ad pl, rinquieliidp. Flor«'3 

 piirpurei. 



Comolme veronicaefoliae Benth. et microphyllae ejusd. 

 in HooJc» Journ. II, p,295. aftiuis, sed notis iudicatis luto 

 distiiiguenda. Folia niajora 1 1/3 — 2 cont. longa, iraa basi 

 integerrima, caetenira grossiuscule serrata, subtus paliida. 

 Flores axillares aut in ramnlis paiicifolialis terminales. Ca- 

 Ifjx 6 — 7 mm, longus, corolla fere 1 cent., caly.v matu- 

 rus ovato- globosus, tuhus lacinias lineares uninerrias ri- 

 liatas circiter aeqnans. Capsula racmbranncea biloctilaris, 

 dissepimcnto crassiuscnio; semina coclilcata striata. 



Spennera Mart. 



1. Spennera dijsophyUa Benth.? in Hook. Journ. II. 

 p. 296. Sed flores non omnes sessiles, raedii seil, in Iri- 

 fnrcationibns sessiles vel breviter peduuciilati , laterales fere 

 semper pednncniati. 



Crescit in Savana ad pl. la Prosperite. 



2. Spennera fragilis DC. Prodr. I.e. p. 115; ex pbrasi 

 brcviore haud differt, 



Crescit ad ripas Parakreek propc pl. Bfrlyn. Frulix 

 {oliis snblus violaceis, fl* albis. 



