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phylla basalia v. pedunculis magis evolutis ad medium inserta, fol. caulinis duplo v. 

 pluries minora lanceolato-subulata v. lineari-setacea. Calycis tubus anguste v. ob- 

 longo-turbinatus v. obconicus, glaber v. brevius v. longiuscule pilosus; lobi lanceolati 

 v. lanceolato-lineares acuminati integri v. denticulis 1 — 2 subulatis aogustis obsiti, 

 2-5 mm longi, corollae V 4 — 2 /s partein aequantes. Corolla dorso ad petalorum ner- 

 vös medios plus minus hirsuta, petalis 2 anticis ovalibus v. ovali-oblongis v. ovato- 

 oblongis, posticis in parle V 3 — 2 A> raro '/a superiore solutis, lobis ovatis v. ovato-ob- 

 longis acutis. Stamina a corolla libera v. ejus basi obsolete adnata, evidenter paullo 

 recurvata, anticum in parte V 2 — 2 / 3 > caetera in V 3 — V 2 inferiore (excl. basi iraa) et sub 

 antheris libera, superne intus et ad marginem plus minus pilosa. Stylus sub- 

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

 recta 1—Smm longa, 4 — 5 mm diametro. Semina elliptica 0,7 — 0,8 m»» longa. 



Üabitat in Africa australi. 



9. Monopsis variifolia Urb. perenuis, caulibus 5 — 10 cm. longis erectis 

 v. ascendenti-erectis non radicantibus, glabris; foliis alternis linearibus, 

 superioribus paullatim niajoribus, internodia pluries superantibus, parce 

 pinnatifido-dentatis; floribus in apice caulium 1 — 3 sessilibus; corolla 

 flava 11 — 13 mm. looga, petalis 2 anticis cum posticis in parte 3 — 4-ta 

 inferiore coalitis. 



Lobelia variifolia Sims Bot Mag. t. 1692 (form, monstr. stigmate 

 trißdo). 



Parastranthus variifolius Don Gen. Hist. III. 716; Sond. I. c. 531 . 



Caules simplices, raro superne ramosi, rigidi valde striati. Folia erecta valde 

 approximata dense imbricata acuminata, superiora 0,8- 1,2 cm longa, 0,5 — 1 mm lata, 

 inl'eriora integra, omnia intus sulcata, extrinsecus crasse carinata, intus et margine ad 

 basin tantuni v. superne quoque pilosa. Pedunculi nulli; prophylla basi calycis in- 

 serta subulata folio canlino 3-plo breviora. Calycis tubus turbinatus, satis v. den- 

 sissime pubescens; lobi 3,5- 5 longi anguste lanceolati v. subulati valde acuminati 

 integri corollae V 3- V 2 partem aequantes. Corolla dorso minute, ad nervös petalorum 

 medios manifestius pilosula v. hirsuta, petalis posticis in parte 3- v. 4-ta superiore 

 liberis, lobis ovatis v. ovato-oblongis apice subacutis. Stamina corollae basi manifeste 

 adnata, anticum fere ad medium liberum, caetera praeter fissuras breves et angustas 

 supra basin et sub antheris obvias piloso-ciliatas connata. Stylus obsolete sigmoideo- 

 curvatus v. subrectus, inferne pilosus. 



Habitat in Africa australi. 



