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Habitat in Abessinia infra Sellasaquilla in declivibus ad fluvium Takkazie: Schimper 

 (a. 1838) n. 1260, ad Abbaherrouque in 1800 m. alt. in campis sterilibus: idem (1852) 

 n. 470; in montibus 1100-1300 m. altis prope Gageros: idem (a. 1854) n. 82; ad 

 pedes montium ad fluvium Takkazie prope Purrsarfa ead. alt. : idem (a. 1854) n. 

 2230 ; in stationis Bogos planitiebus sterilibus : Hildebrahdt n. 463. — Flor, et fruci. 

 m. Aug. — Sept. 



2. Streptopetalum Hildebrandtii Urb., perenne, caulibus setas 

 valde inaequilongas, longiores crassitiem caulis subsuperantes , poste- 

 rius apice tenui flavido excepto aculeiformi - indarescentes et pallide 

 brurmescentes gerentibus ; foliis aequalibus, inaequaliter atque minute 

 serrulatis ; inflorescentiis folium aequantibus v. multo superautibus, longe 

 pedunculatis; propbyllis manifestis; pedicellis 3 — 6 mm, calyce 16 — 20 mm, 

 petalis 18 — 20 mm longis; fructu ovali obtuso vix 2-plo longiore quam 

 crassiore. 



Wormskioldia Hildebrandtii Urb. et Rolfe in Herb. Kew. 



Caules erecti v. ascendenti - erecti , 15 — 30 cm longi, 2—4 mm crassi, praeter 

 setas creberrimas horizontaliter patentes pilis brevissimis patentibus v. deflexis tenuibus 

 albidis dense vestiti. Folia subsessilia v. nsque 1,5 mm longe petiolata, lanceolata v. 

 anguste lanceolata, ad apicem magis et saepe valde angustata, 7 — 11 cm longa, 0,8 — 2 cm 

 lata, 6 — 9-plo longiora quam latiora, utrinque breviter hirta, subtus setulis praesertirn 

 ad nervös interjectis. I nflor escentiae 3— 5-florae; pedunculus 8 — 13 cm longus, 

 1 — 1,5 mm crassus, brevissime pilosus et breviter setulosus ; flores dimorphi; prophylla 

 bina evoluta alterna, duo ima a flore deorsum remota, fertilia majora linearia 2 — 6 mm 

 longa v. infimum foliaceum usque ad 1 cm longum, oblongum, caetera 1-2 mm longa 

 linearia v. lineari-subulata ; pedicelli fructiferi erecti. Calyx extrinsecus pubescens 

 et setulosus; tubus = 4 /7 — 3 / 5 calycis, 2 mm crassus, intus 5-6 mm longe dense 

 albido-pubescens ; lobi lanceolati, obtusiusculi v. obtusi, interiores margine membranaceo 

 nudi. Petala calycem dimidio superantia, lutea, sub apice 7 — 8 mm lata, superne 

 obovata, inferne sensiui cuneato - angustata et latiuscule unguiculata, glabra. Fila- 

 ment a tubo 2—4 mm longe adnata glabra inter sese aequilonga, longiora 15, breviora 

 12 mm longa; antherae clausae lineares 3 mm longae, 0,8 mm latae, in */, alt. affixae. 

 Styli glabri aequilongi, apice obsolete multipartiti, longiores 12 mm, breviores 7 mw 

 longi, stigmatibus ab antheris 2—2,5 mm longe distantibus. Ovarium oblongum, 

 20— 40-ovulatum. Fructus 8 — 9 mm longus, 5 — 5,5 mm crassus, dorso setulis longius- 

 culis albido - flavescentibus et pilis brevibus obsitus , intus subreticulato - impressus. 

 Semina obovato-oblonga, 3 mm longa, fere 1,5 mm crassa, curvata, flava, demum?, basi 

 truncata et hilo breviter conico apiculata, chalaza nou prominente concaviuscula, arillo 

 unilaterali margine subintegro v. crenulato. 



Habitat in A frica orientali prope Kitui in Ukamba locis apricis sterilibus m. Maio 

 flor. et fruct. : Hildebrandt n. 2728. 



III. Piriqueta Aull. 



Piriqueta Aubl. Guian. 7, 298; H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Spec. VI, 127; 

 DC. Prodr. III, 348; Meissn. Gen. 123 (89); Endl. Gen. 915 n. 5057; 

 Ginseb. Flor. Brit. West-Ind. hl. 298; Chapin. Flor. South. Un. States 146. — 

 Burkardia Scop. Introd. n. 1027; Schreb. Gen. n. 530, non aliorum. 



