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lu Africa Capensi (loco haud mcraorato) Icglt Dregc, 

 No. 7367. 



Species distiuctissiinaj habitii fcrc Passerinac laxae, 

 Fraticiilus ( radice nou snppetcute) sesqnipcdalis, laxe rarao- 

 siis, caiile tereli, glabro, lacviuscnlo, fusco v. lugricaiitp, 

 basi crassitie peiinae colnmbiuae, sursum deliquesccutc, iu- 

 teniodiis plernmqiie 3 — 4 liii. longis, raraulis apicc puberii- 

 lis. Foliu orania opposita ( ncc summa verticillata) scssilia, 

 intemodiorum longitndlne v. paulo lougitfra (vixliiicis 5 lou- 

 giora, Ya — 1 lin. lata) snbacerosa, snpra caualiculata, sub- 

 euervia, concolora, eciliata. Flores alii vere axillares, alii 

 raraulos brevissimos tenninautes, omucs solltarii, sessilcs v. 

 pcdicello vix conspicuo ( 1/4 — 1/3 liu. longo) siiffalti, 2 — 

 21/3 lin. longi, extus adpresse pilosiusculi, limbo intus ru- 

 bello glabro, ante explicationem oblongo acutiuscnculo lubo 

 duplo crassiore, tubo ovarinm vix superaute. Glandulae 

 8 ovali - subrotundae, in faucc imraediatim infra staminura 

 infcriorum inscrtionera sessiles, coronula dense pubcsccnte 

 subjecta. Njio^ calycis basi merabranacca glabra fusca gla- 

 bresccntc plus minus laccra apice clausa et acutiuscula la- 

 xinsculc tecta, ovata, circ. 1 Y2 liu. longa. Pedicellorum 

 apices dilapsis iloribus miuutß albo -barbati. 



LACHNAEA L. (Char. rcforra.) 

 Lachnaeae, Gnidiae et Passcrinae sp. auct. 

 Flores hermaphroditi. Calyar infundibuliformis, utrln- 

 qnc tomcntosHS v, villosus (rarins intus glaber) tubo angu- 

 sto brevi v. clongato basi domum iuflato et supra ovarinm 

 circnmscisso-dcciduo, lirabi 4-partiti lobis patcntibus acqua- 

 libus V. inaequalibus. Stamina fcrtilia 8, duplici scric 

 fauci inserta, filamentis couspicuis, superioribus lougioribus 

 cxscrtis calycis lobis autepositis, infcrioribus brevioribus etiam 

 oxscrtis aut anthcras tantum ante siuus semiexsorcntibus. 



