- ■ 487 



400-600 ped. (y. a.) 1. Di(-»e. — Ad Zoulrivier (Ber- 

 gius) ad Olifantrivier (Mnud) in suburbanis circa Cap- 

 stadt (b, d. Charaisso) v. Linuaea 3. p. 49. 

 jP. Dregeanum, noh., oiim inss. iu Hb. Droge, 



Spccimina cum plautae Europaeae forma procumbcnte 

 ünmino couveniunt, excepta iusigni achaejiiorum forma an- 

 »ustiore et superiicie fere lacvi uitente. Vix igitiir propria 

 species. 



OXYGONUM, Bnrchcll, travcls 1. p. 548. Lindl. uat. syst, 

 ed. 2. p. 443. Eudl. gen. n. 1988. 



Flores hermaphroditi (ex Biirch. moüoici, masculi 4- 

 fidi.) Caij/ar iiifiiudil^aliforrais, tiibo brevi ovoideo pnberiilo 

 supra gcrraeii constrlclo^ limbo coroUino glabro patulo, aeqna- 

 liter 5-partito, laciiiiis oblongis acutis. Stamina 8 (an 9?) 

 fauci inserta, aequalia, libera, exserta; filameuta filiformia, 

 glabra, basibus dilatatis contlgua ; autherae 2-loculares, ob- 

 longac, utrinqne eniargiuatae, rimis 2 longitudinalibns de- 

 hiscentes. Germen snperum, elliptico-laiicoolatiim, 3-go- 

 nnm, glabrum. Stylus 3-partitiis, starainibns dlmidio bre- 

 vior, crnribus exsertis pariira divergentibns, filiforraibus, 

 glabris; Stigmata 3 capitiiliformia, atra. Fructus (ex 

 Durch.) objongns, augulis mcmbrauaccis 3-alatus. 



Herbae aunuae? liabitii fere Polygonorum quorundam e 

 sect. Persicaria; foliis sparsls, ihtegTis v. dentatis; ochrcis 

 cjlindricis, truncatis, membranaceis; foliis sparsls ; racemis 

 spiciformibus, terminalibus (v. extraaxillaribus?) apLyllls 

 eimplicissirais; bracleis ochrciforraibns ^ truncatis v. obliquis 

 V. hiuc brcviter acuminatis, plurifloris. 



-1. O. Drcgcanujnf wo6. , glabcrrimura, caule creclo f. ad- 

 sceudentc, pauciramoso, ad nodos hand incrassato; ochrcis 

 seloso-ciliatis, propc margincm folium gcreutibus; foliis 



