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Stigma capitalum. Capsula tota inde ab apice dehiscens. — Herbae guia- 

 nenses ramosac, rhizomate tuberoso, sqamis caulinis oppositis, floribus 

 majusculis, ob calycem tribracteolatum Coutoubeae analogae, vix tarnen 

 revera afifines. 



1. Woyria rosea, Adbl. 1. c. — Guiana gallica. 



2. Voyria coerulea, ejusd. 1. c. Ibidem. 



3. Voyria acuminata , Benth. — Guiana anglica. 



LOGANIACEAE. 



SPIGELIA, Linn. 



1. Spiyelia mul lispica, (Steüd. in Flora Ratisb. 1843. p. 764) , herba- 

 cea,caüle elatiore tereti glabro , foliis breviter petiolatis subcoriaceis , Tersus 

 apicem ciliolato-denticulatis , caulinis oppositis, summis ramulorumque 

 tenninalium quaternis, ovato-oblongis oblongisve, altenuato-acutis, basi 

 cuneata in petiolum decurrentibus , venis adscendentibus, spicis terminali- 

 bus 3 — 8, a basi inde floriferis, floribus subunilateralibus, calyce corol- 

 laque (rosea) subinaequalibus, filamentis medio tubo insertis, capsula mu- 

 ricata. 



In Surinamo interiore legerunt cl. Focke atque Hostmann (n°. 851 a et 

 1172). 



Statura grandiore, florutn structura et colore a Sp. anthelmia L. satis differre 

 videtur. Caules 1 — 2-pedales, teretes, striulati, uno duobusve foliorum jugis 

 instructi, superne simplices vel ex summorum foliorum axillis spicas ramulos- 

 cpie apice 4-foliatos spicigerosque proferentes. Folia subtus pallida, margi- 



