330 J. DECAISSE. 



PEDALÏUM D. Royen. 



Calyœ parvus , 5-partitus , laciniis subaequalibus, superiore 

 breviore angustioreque. Corolla tubulosa, tubo inferne parum 

 incurvoet constricto, limbo 5-fido, lobis rotundatis, infimo ma- 

 jore. Stamina 5 ; quatuor fertilia didynama, q-uintum effœtum 

 rudimentarium ; antheree rotundatse reniformes. Stylus filifor- 

 mis; stigma bifîdum. Fructus nucamentaceus, exsuecus, inde- 

 hiscens v. superne parum dehiscens, ovato-pyramidatus, des- 

 siccatione subtetragonus, spinis 2-i conicis ad basin stipatus, 

 3-4-locularis, loculis2-spermis. Se/mna pendula,anatropa; testa 

 arido-membranacea, quasi saccata, granulosa ; membraua interna 

 tenuis. Embryo cotyledonibus ovatis. — Herbae indicée v. afri- 

 canse, annuas, succulentae, odorem moschi fuudentes mucilagi- 

 neque scatentes; folia petiolata, ovato-rotunda, dentato-incisa, 

 basi trinervia etsubcuneata; flores breviter pedicellati, axiliares, 

 ad basin glandulis nigris cartiosulis stipati, bracteolis setaceis 

 destituti. 



1. Pedalium Murex L. 



P. glaucum ; foliis rotundatis v. ovato-rotundis, shiuato- 

 crenatis v. dentatis, basi cuneata trinerviis; floribus axillaribus, 

 subsessilibus, solitariis, -flavidis, fauce introrsum fusco lineolata; 

 fructibus semipollicaribus , subpyramidato-tetragonis, cornibus 

 vel spinis iinfra médium instructis; seminibus testa tenui cru- 

 stacea pallide fusca obtectis. — Herba parva, 10-20 centim. 



Pedalium Murex h., Sp., 892: Burm., PL Intl., p. 139, 

 tab. 45, fig. 2 , pessima quoad floris positionem ; Gaert., Fruct,, 

 I, p. 276, tab. 58; DC, Prodr., IX, p. 256. 



Cacu-Mullu Rheed, Malab., 10, tab. 72. 



Hyoscyamus maritimus, fructu Tribuli aculeato, monospermo. 

 Burm., Thés. ZeyL, p. 122. 



Iïab. in India oriental!, etc. 



