ON ZYGOSTIGMA, 288 
folia longioribus. Folia radicalia cum caulinis infimis ovato-lan- 
] ub 
ceolata obtusa palmatinervia sub anthesi marcescentia evanes- 
centia; cetera circiter 6 mm., erecta serene anguste lineari jan: 
ceolata ac ata ervia, ne ed us prominente, m 
uminata 8-ner rvo medio subt 
gine sat revoluta; phylla floralia minora subsimilia. Ramifi adits 
florifera determinata laxa; pedunculi 24-7} ctm., bis interdum 
terve stricte dichotomi uniflori erecti. Calyx 12 mm., superne 
attenuatus; segmenta patula ee linearia acuminata 3-nervia, 
edi 
nervo mediano carinato-prominente. Corolla 24 mm. rosea sub- 
coriacea demum nance d apewph ‘thes cylindricus nervosus tenuis 
imb m brevior, calycem paullo excedens; lacinie elliptico- 
exserte demum subtorte. Capsula valvulis late introflexis fere 
bilocularis, a corolle tubo aucto marcesente circumvelata. Semina 
fusca gyroso-rugosa late areolata. 
Syn.—Sabbatia australis Cham. & Schlecht., in Linnea, i. p. 194 
1826). 
( Hab. Brazil: Caldas and curr Branca, in the province of Minas 
tree 1867 (Regnell, iii. n. 895", in herb. Holm., ex O. A. Malme 
Fl. Phanerog. Brasil. p. 20, in Bihang t. Kongl. aycusk, 
Vovonsk. Acad. Handling. xxiv. n. 6 [1898]) —Uruguay : Braxuelo 
(Sello in Herb. Kew., duplicates of original type-specimens in Herb. 
Berolin.), Montevideo (Howard in Capt. King exped., Herb. Mus. 
Brit. ex. herb. Miers, n. Kb er and dupuente in Herb. Kew), on 
in lat. 34° 54’, 1888 (sable = Herb. K w.)5 and without ‘locality, 
collected between 1816 and 1821 (St. Hilaire, n. Pras in Herb. 
Kew., the earliest vrailable ‘speitnns) Tn a ‘Rio de la 
Plata (Sello in Herb. Berolin.).—Paraguay : ar ied ain of San 
Blas Ne : moe exs. 1p. fis), n. 2749, in Hanis Boiss., ap. 
the luxuriant form twelve or thirte the examples 
og by Glaziou (n. 9246), wecccoenas in the Botanic Garden 
io de Janeiro, the calyx is divided into four segments instead 
the branching ‘right up to the flower, where 
median nerve of the segments of the calyx. 
The earlier records are given as Brazilian, at the time when 
Uruguay was a province of il. 
2. ZyGosTiGMa unirLoruM Griseb. 1. c. 
Annuum. Radix tenuis filiformis subsimplex fusceseens. Caulis 
14-2 dem., teres uniflorus; internodiis inferi me quam folia 
previoribus, superioribus quam folia multum | ongioribus. Folia 
