324 J. DECAISSE. 



PROBOSCIDEA Schm. 



Calyx spathaceus, subcucullatus, submembranaceus, antice 

 tissus, inaequaliter 5-lobus, basi bracteolatus, bracteis çàlyce 

 brevioribus lineari-lanceolatis. Corolla ringens, tubo ventricoso 

 calycem vix superante, fauce campanulata, limbo 5-lobo, lobis 

 patentibus v. superioribus reflexis. Stamina fertilia 4 didynama, 

 faucem œquantia, quinto rudimentario ; antherae cohaerentes. 

 Stylus stamina superans. Fructus ovatus, plus minusve rostratus. 

 — Herbae annuse viscidae, ramosee, patulae ; foliis oppositis v. 

 alternis, cordatis v. suborbiculari-cordatis, iiitegris v. obscure 

 lobulatîs, graveolentibus. 



1. Proboscidea Jusslei Schmid. 



P. foliis suborbicularibus, integris v. obscure sinuatis, basi 

 cordatis ; corolla pallidissime rubenle v. sordide lilacina, macu- 

 lata, lacinia inferiore introrsum ad faucem barbata; fruclu 

 longe rostrato, uncinato, viscido. 



Proboscidea Jussiœi Schm. ,/con., p. 49, tab. 12 et 13 fi 793). 



Martynia annua L., Sp., p. 862; Gaert., Fruct., II, p. 131, 

 tab. 110. 



Martynia caule ramoso, foliis cordato-ovatis pilosis, Mill., 

 Icon., tab; 286. 



Martynia proboscidea Willd., Sp., vol. III, }). 264; Ait., 

 Kew., II, p. 339; Glox., Obs., p. 1/j ; Bot. May., 1056; 

 DC, Prafr.,IX, p. 253. 



Martynia alternifolia Lamk, EncycL, II, p. 112. 



Hal). in Louisiana, Carolina, etc. 



2. Proboscidea alth^ifolia f. 



P. foliis alternis, cordato-ovatis, sinuato-3-7-lobis ; calyce 

 obliquo, 5-lobo, côrollœ tubo plus duplo breviore. — «Herba 

 rudis, viscosa ; folia omnia alterna. Calyx ui'm Proboscidea Jussiœi 

 sed multo îninor, vix 2 ceiitiui. longus, corollœ tubus 3-4 centim. 



