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Urban: 



CLAVIS SPECIERUM. 



Annua. Caules breviter flavido-setulosi. Pedunculi inflorescentiis pluries breviores 



1) St. serratum Höchst. 

 Perennis. Caules setis longis aculeiformibus brunnescentibus obtecti. Pedunculi inflores- 

 centias aequantes v. superantes 2) St. Hildebrandtii Urb. 



1. Streptopetalum serratum Höchst., aunuum, caule setulas sub- 

 aequilongas crassitie caulis 2 — 5-plo breviores flavescentes gerente; 

 foliis infimis antice pinnatifido- v. inciso-crenatis, caeteris crenulatis v. 

 serratis; inflorescentiis folium aequantibus v. plerumque duplo et ultra 

 brevioribus, breviter pedunculatis; prophyllis difficulter conspicuis v. obso- 

 letis; pedicellis 1 — 2 mm, calyce 13 — 15 mm, petalis 7 — 8 mm longis; 

 fructu oblongo breviter et obtusiuscule rostrato, 2 1 / 2 — 3-plo longiore 

 quam crassiore. 



Streptopetalum serratum Höchst. ! in Flora Ratisb. XXIV. II {1841) 

 p. 666. 



Wormshioldia serrata Höchst.! Msc. I. c.\ Walp. Rep. V, 782; Maaw. 

 Mast, in Oliv. Flor. trop. Afr. II, 502. 



Wormshioldia Äbyssinica A. Rieh. Tent. Flor. Abyss. 1, 299. 



Radix palaris tortuosa flbrillosa. Coty ledones oblongae obtusae 8 — 9 mm longae,, 

 2 mm latae, in petiolum 2 mm longum angustatae. Caulis erectus 10 — 30 m altus, 

 1—3 mm crassus , praeter setulas patentes crebemrnas pube tenuissima brevissima 

 patente albida conspersus, siniplex v. inferne raniosus. Folia 2 5 mm longe petiolata 

 v. superiora subsessilia, infima rhombeo-cuneata, caetera lanceolata v. anguste lanceo- 

 lata, ad basin cuneata, ad apicem magis angustata v. longiuscule acuminata, 5 — 10 cm 

 longa, 1 — 3 cm lata, 4 — 7-plo longiora quam latiora, crenulis saepe inaequalibus, nunc 

 subduplicatis , in acumine subdeficientibus , brevissime püosula v. supra subglabra, 

 setulis subtus ad nervum medium saepe intermixtis. Inflorescentiae 3 — 8-florae, 

 (ad ramulos seriales interdum 1-florae) ; pedunculus (usque ad florern infimum) postremo 

 0,5 — 1,2 cm longus, 0,6-0,8 mm crassus, pube caulis; flores monomorphi; prophylla 

 bina evoluta, altero adnascente unilateraliter subopposita, triangularia \. lanceo- 

 lato-linearia tenuia submembranacea, 0,5 — 1 mm longa, inferiora fertilia saepe linearia 

 1,5 mm loDga, margine manifeste serrata v. incisa; pedicelli fruetiferi erecti. Calyx 

 extrinsecus breviter setiformi - pilosus ; tubus = 3 / 4 — 4 / 5 calycis, 1—1,5 mm crassus, 

 intus a basi 4— 5 mm longe dense pubescens; lobi elliptico-oblongi v. oblongo-lineares 

 obtusi, inferiores margine membrauaceo glabri. Petala calycem parte — 2 /& ejus 

 long, superantia, flava, sub apice 3-4 mm lata, obovato-cuneata, glabra. Filamenta 

 tubo 3—3,5 mm longe adnata, quoad libera glabra, omnia aequilonga 11 — 13 mm longa 

 v. bina 3 mm breviora ; antherae clausae rectangulari - oblongae 1,8 mm longae, 

 0,6—0,8 mm latae, in '/s — '/* affixae. Styli glabri, aeqnilongi 9 - 10 mm long), 

 v. unicus 3 mm brevior et antheras fil. brev. aequans, apice obsolete lacero-papillosi. 

 Ovarium oblongum 12— 15-ovulatum. Fructus 8— 12 mm longus, 3—4 mm crassus, 

 0,5 — 1 mm longe rostratus, dorso pilis setif'ormibus brevibus, nunc basi nigrescentibus 

 satis dense obsitus. Semina anguste oblonga, inferne attenuata, curvata, 2,8—3 mm 

 longa, 0,8 — 0,9 mm crassa, flava v. postremo nigrescentia, chalaza prominente coneava, 

 hilo manifesto conico, arillo unilaterali, saepe inferne subamplectente, margine crenulato 

 v. sublacero. 



