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Habitat in Africa australi. 



4. Monopsis scabra Urb. perennis, caulibus erectis v. ascendenti- 

 erectis non radicantibus, plerumque decimetralibus; foliis in eodem caule 

 nunc alternis, nunc oppositis v. verticillatis, numerosissimis quam inter- 

 nodia multo v. pluries longioribus oblongo-linearibus v. linearibus inte- 

 gris, raro infimis denticulis 1 — 2 praeditis; Acribus in parte caulium 

 supera 1— parcis interrupte dispositis, longe pedunculatis; calycis tubo 

 breviter obconico usque semigloboso pilis curvato-erectis minute pilosulo, 

 raro praeterea hispido; corolla caerulea 12 — 15 mm. longa, petalis an- 

 ticis a posticis fere ad basin liberis; Capsula hemisphaerico-turbinata. 



Lobelia scabra Thunbg. Flor. Cap. 178. 



JDobrowskya scabra DC. Prodr. VII. 355; Sond. I. c. p. 549 (cum 

 synon., sed excl. var. ß. et y. cum synon.) 



Caules simplices v. supra basin ramosi, dense scabrido-pilosiusculi. Folia ses- 

 silia v. subsessilia 0,5 — 1 cm longa, 1—2 mm lata, acuta v. breviter mucronata ad 

 marginein callosum et subtus ad nervum medium v. tota superficie exasperata. Pe- 

 dunculi interdum cauli nonnihil adnati 2,5 — 6 cm kmgi, fructiferi superne saepius 

 flexuosi v. spiraliter torti, minute pilosuli v. praeterea superne quoque parce bispidi; 

 prophylla basi v. paullo supra basin pedunculorum, fol. caulinum subaequantia v. duplo 

 breviora. Calycis lobi lineares acuti 4-5,5 mm longi, corollae J / 3_ 3 / 7 partem 

 aequantes integri. Corolla dorso sub lente minutissime pilosula, saepe quoque ad 

 nervum medium plus minus hirsuta, petalis 2 anticis superne ovato-oblongis , posticis 

 in parte 2 / 5 — V 2 super, liberis, lobis ovatis v. ovato-oblongis acutis v. breviter acumi- 

 natis. Stamina a corolla libera v. ei brevissime adnata, anticum usque ad medium, 

 caetera supra basin et sub antheris libera, ad apicem dense pilosa. Stylus manifeste 

 sigmoideo-curvatus; Stigmata postremo interdum usque ad medium soluta. Capsula 

 recta subrectave 5 mm longa et diametro, nervis crassis. Semina breviter ovalia v. 

 ovata 0,8 — 1 mm longa. 



Habitat in Africa australi. 



5. Monopsis aspera Urb. perennis (?), caulibus procumbenti-ascen- 

 dentibus inferne saepe radicantibus 40 — 50 cm. longis; foliis alternis, 

 infimis confertis v. approximatis, superioribus quam internodia breviori- 

 bus oblongo-linearibus v. linearibus integris v. 2-denticulatis; floribus 

 in caulis parte supera continuis longe pedunculatis; calycis tubo turbi- 

 nato pilis brevissimis sursum curvatis v. adpressis obsito; corolla cae- 

 rulea 5 — 6 mm. longa, petalis 2 anticis a posticis fere ad basin liberis; 

 Capsula subovato-turbinata. 



Lobelia aspera Spreng, neue Entd. III. 222. 



Dobrowskya aspera DC. Prodr. VII. 356; Sond. I. c. p. 550 (cum 

 synon.). 



Caules simplices v. ramosi lineis e foliis decurrentibus striati, pilis minutis 

 retrorsis scabrelli. Folia infima obovato-cuneata v. oblongo-lauceolata, non raro sub- 

 opposita, usque ad 4 mm lata margine utroque plerumque 2 denticulis serrata, superiora 



