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€) LOASEAE.i 



1. Raphisanthe (Lilja I, c. ). Calycis limbus supe- 

 rus , ovario quinque - costato adiixiis, laciuiis oblongis, 'pin- 

 nato-incisis, petala 5 ad basin calycis inserta, cucullata, 

 dorso apiceque compressa, breviter dilatato anguiciilata, squa- 

 mulae 5, breveSj petaloideae, cupuliformes , cariuatae, conni- 

 ventes, apice trilobae, petalis alternautes, iii utroque latere 

 iuteriore duo circa stijlum arcuato conniventia ^ trique- 

 tro carinata, hirsuta^ basi producta cornua nectariferay 

 stamina pluriina, fertilia cum petalis iuserta, iu plialanges 

 b, iisdem adpressa, sty.us hirsutus, rectus, basi lainina quin- 

 que fornicata , Stigma integrum, triquetrum^ Capsula cy- 

 liudrica, spiraliter costata_, uullocularis, 3-valvis nervis pla- 

 ceutiferis, semiua plurima , minutissima , dorso placentorum 

 adfixa, Herba Americaua racemosa, scandeus, subliguosa, 

 piloso prurieus, foliis oppositisj exstipulatis, petiolatis pin- 

 natifidis, laciniis oblougis, acutis, iiiciso-dentatis, üoribus 

 axillaribus, loiige peduuculatis aute aestivationera peutago- 

 nis, pedunculis unifloris cum ovario hirsutissirais, laciuiis 

 calyciuis patentibus, petalis lateritiis, squaraulis flavis apice-* 

 que sauguineis. Species: 



1. ß. lateritia (Lilja 1. c. ) Loasa Hook. L, aurantiaca 

 Host. Cajophora lateritia Klotzsch sec. Otto et Dietr. 

 Lilja fl. suppl. 1. p. 54, 



2. Cheysostoma (Lilja 11. suppl. 1. p. 33). Calyx supe- 

 ras, basi urceolatus, 5-partitus, persistens, capsulam demum 

 eorouaus, petala 5, ovata, mucrouata, apice couvoluta, cum 

 staminibns basi calycis inserta, stamina uumerosa, arcuato 

 suhinjiexa^ libera, Jilamentis inferne planis, antheris 

 ovatis y spiraliter contortis , Stylus rectus, fiiiformis, apice 

 3-striatus, Capsula cylindrico-obconica, carnosa, apice pla- 

 na, unilocularis et subtrivalvis, intus splendidissime nigricans, 



