— 275 - 



1,5— 2 cm longa, 1,6-2 mm lata acuta v. breviter acuininata, margine calloso pilosulo- 

 exasperata. Pedunculi 2,5 — 3, postremo ad 6 cm longi, patentes v. divaricati, recti 

 subrective minutissime pilosuli; prophylla basi pedunculorura ipsa v. perpaulhim supra 

 basin, anguste linearia, fol. caulinis duplo et ultra breviora. Calycis lobi lineares 

 acuti 2,5— 3 mm longi corollam vix dimidiani aequantes integri. Corolla dorso dense 

 pilosula, petalis 2 anticis superne ovato-oblongis, posticis in parte '/a superiore liberis, 

 lobis ovatis apiculatis. Stamina a corolla soluta, anticum fere liberum, caetera supra 

 medium connata, superne pilosula. Stylus manifeste sigmoideus; Stigmata postremo 

 profuudiuscule soluta et arcte revoiuta. Capsula 5—6 mm longa, 3,5—4,5 mm diametro. 

 Semina elliptica vix 0,6mm longa. 



Habitat in Africa austraU. 



6. Monopsis stellarioides Urb. annua (ex Sond.), caulibus 30—60 cm. 

 longis, nervis e foliis decurrentibus retrorsum setuloso-scabris angularis; 

 foliis omnibus oppositis, inferioribus lanceolatis, caeteris anguste lanceo- 

 lato-linearibus remote et minute serrulatis, quam internodia subbrevio- 

 ribus; floribus in parte caulium supera 1 — parcis interrupte dispositis 

 longe pedunculatis ; corolla caerulea 11 — 12 mm. longa, petalis 2 anticis 

 cum posticis 2,5 — 3 mm. longe connatis; Capsula obovoidea v. obconica. 



Dobrowshya stellarioides Presl Prodr. Lob. p. 10; Sond. I. c. p. 550. 



Caules simplices v. parce ramosi, flaccidi. Folia acuta brevissime petiolata 

 2,5-3 « longa, 2,5— 4 mm lata, margine subcalloso dense retrorsum scabra, dentibus 

 albicantibus margini accumbentibus. Pedunculi floriferi 2,5 — 3,5cm longi erecti, 

 praesertim superne retrorsum setuloso-scabri; prophylla basi eorum, fol. caulinis fere 

 duplo minora lanceolato-linearia iutegra v. denticulis 2 obsita. Calycis tubus ob- 

 conicus; lobi 6 m?n longi lineares acuminati integri corollae V 3 — V 3 partein aequantes. 

 Corolla dorso sub lente brevissime pilosiuscula et ad petalorum nervum medium hir- 

 suta, petalis anticis superne ovatis, inter sese vix 1 mm longe connatis, posticis in parte 

 2 /o super, liberis, lobis obovatis apiculatis. Stamina circiter ad medium libera, superne 

 connata et intus atque ad margines sub antheris papilloso-pilosula. Stylus aequi- 

 crassus subrectus. Capsula (ex Sond.) 6 mm longa. 



Habitat in Africa austraU. 



Obs. Specimen a Sanderson prope Port Natal lectum cl. Sonder benevole 

 mihi misit. 



7. Monopsis Schimperiana Urb. perennis, caulibus 25 — 35 cm. longis 

 procumbentibus inferne radicantibus, glabris v. ad strias e foliis decur- 

 rentes retrorsum scabriusculis ; foliis alternis v. plerisque oppositis sub- 

 oppositisve, lanceolatis v. oblongis, crenato-serratis ; floribus interrupte 

 dispositis longe pedunculatis; corolla flava 8 mm. longa, petalis 2 an- 

 ticis cum posticis usque 0,7 mm. longe connatis; Capsula obovato- v. 

 elliptico-turbinata. 



Parastranthus stellarioides Vatke in Linnaea 1874. p. 717. 

 Lobelia stellarioides Hemsley in Oliv. Flor, of trop. Afr. III. 470. 



Caules plures plus minus ramosi. Folia subsessilia v. breviter petiolata api- 

 culata, majora ad 2,6 cm longa et ad &mm lata, crenis margini saepe arcte accum- 



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