24 Priva. 



anthers with nearly parallel cells and fissures; ovary 

 4-celled, the cells 1 -seeded, rising from two 2-celled carpels; 

 style with partly club-shaped, partly toothlike stigma; 

 fruit included, capsular, with two 2- (or by abortion 1-) 

 seeded and 2- (or l-)celled pyrenes. 



Distribution: tropical America, some species in India 

 and Africa, often escaped. 



Capsule obovatc, quadrangular; ribs acute with short, straight 

 pricks, rugulose for the rest; commissures flat. 



1. P. echinata p. 24. 



Capsule obcordiform, with narrowed base, quadrangular; the 

 ribs obtuse, softley aculeate; rugose for the rest; commissures 

 excavated 2. P. leptostachya p. 24. 



1. P. echinata Juss., Ann. Mas. Par. VII, 70, (1806); 

 Miq. Fl. Ind. bat. II, 906; Schauer. DC. Prodr. XI, 

 534. • — A herb; branchlets pubescent; leaves cordate- 

 ovate, apex acute, base cordate with an abrupt triangle 

 narrowing into the petiole; margins coarsely serrate; both 

 sides strigosely rugose-pubescent; upper side shining, lower 

 pale; calyx broadly ovate in fruit, coarctate at the apex, 

 shortly rostrate with hispid hooked hairs; corolla reddish 

 or dark-blue; capsule obovate, quadrangular, ribs acute 

 with short, straight pricks, tugulose for the rest; commis- 

 sures flat. 



Distribution: tropical America and W.-India. 



According to Miquel (1 c.) with soil from Dutch Guyana 

 imported into the botanical gardens of Buitenzorg and escaped 

 from there. Blaauw [De tropische natuur, ed. II, p. 13, (1916)] 

 saw reddish- and dark-blue-flowered Privae along the roads of 

 W. Java. Probably it was this species. 



2. P. leptostachya fuss., Ann. Mus. Par., VII, 70, 

 (1806); Schauer. DC. Prodr. XI, 533; Hook. f. Fl. Br. 

 Ind. IV, 565. — A herb with pubescent branchlets; 

 leaves ovate, with acute apex and subcordate base, which 

 is abruptly narrowed into the petiole with a deltoid nar- 

 rowing; margins coarsely crenate-serrate; both sides more 



