8 . ^ , 



ayes secundarios pertinenlia. Flores axillares verllcillali, 

 verticillis trlfloris in axilHs foliorum apice ramorum dcnse 

 confcrtorum. Flos masc. Calyx minulissimus, corolla pal- 

 lide flavesceiis iubo brevi, linibo 5-partIto, laciniis aequa- 

 libus , ovato-lanceolalls, acutis, externe apice parum in- 

 crassato subbarbali«?. Stamina longiludine fcre corollae. 

 Germinls rudimentuiii Intra calycem, — Specimina foemi- 

 nea non vidimus. — - 



2, Ä. aethiopicunt, L. — Diss. nostr. p. 10, 

 A- folüs lernls verlicillatls vel oppositis, lineari-lanceola- 

 tis vel linearis subspathulatis, glabiis, slipula simplici, 

 brevi, acuta, floribus subverticillato-spicalis tetrandris; 

 achaeniis ellipticis, d'orso albide- tuberculato-punclalis, 

 apice calycis dentlbus coronatis. 



Frutex africanus amhrain Spirans. Pluk. Almag. 

 p. 159, Tab. 183. lig. 1! -^ horl. Cliffort. 455. Tab. 27! 



Ambraria. Heister. Fabric. hört. Helmstad, 435! — 

 Wallh. hört. Tab. IX! -^ 



Anthospcrmmn aethiopiatm L. sp. pl. Ed. 2. p. 1511! 

 — Willd, sp, pl. IV. p. 732, — Lam. Encycl. meth. I. 

 p. 201! — Thunb. fl. cap, ed Schult, p. 157! ^ Gaertn. 

 suppl. CarpoL p, 88, Tab. 195! — Yvilld. herb. 1S2S4. 



A. spathulatum' Spreng.^ Syst, Veg. ed. Spreng. I. 

 p. 399,, 



In montibus prope urbem Cap, varia .nllitudine, pa- 

 riler ac in planifie capensi ad Constantia elc. 



Descr. ^^ Radix lignosa, ramasa, Caulis fruticosus, 

 Hgnosus erectus, 2-pedalis et ultra, ramosissimus, cinereo- 

 luscus; rami oppositi vel terni, fusci vel cinerascentes, in- 

 ferne glabri, sub apicem pubcruli, faliosi, Folia ierna 

 verlicillata vel opposita (cum folüs axillaribus paulo mi- 

 nuribus verticillum, vel ut in A, Bergiano 9-phylluiu, vel 

 folüs oppositis 6 - pbyllum monliqntia) linearia, nunc li- 

 nearirlanceolata, nunc basi coarclata, apicem versus paulp 



