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MUSEUM BOTANICUM LUGD.-BAT. 
ceolato-ofoideum , costatum, ore bidentatum. Stigma terminale, filiforme", 
subcurvatura , in latere incurvo tomentosulum , deciduum. Caryopsis ovoi- 
dea , perigonio ad latera alis quatuor semiovatis membranaceis in margine 
pubescente nervo cinctis , duabus inter se oppositis latioribus , inclusa. — 
In campis prope oppidum Mangalor in terra Canara et aliis locis In- 
diae orientalis. 
56*. PoBzolzfa abys§Intca Bl..* caule subramoso angulato 
pilosiusculo; foliis trinerviis plurimis alternis (infiimis oppositis) 
petiolatis ovatis v. elliptico-oblongis (1 — 2| poli., | — 1| poli, 
lat., pet, I — I poli.) acuminatis basi acutis supra pilis sparsis 
obsitis subtus canescenti-tomentosis; glomerulis androgynis (pau- 
cifloris); floribus masculis triandris; perigonio fructifero nervoso-' 
striato ore obsolete bidentato. — - Margarocarpus Schimperianu& 
Wedd, in Sc, nat, 4™® Ser. 1. 205. 11. — ■ Parietaria 
abyssinica Hochst. Herb. Un. itin. Schimp. Jhyss. 1433. 
et in A. Rich. Tent, FL udbyss. II. 250. — Herba spitbamea ad 
sesquipedalis. Caulis fere simplex, medio tantum in ramos paucos alter- 
nos 1 — 3 poli, longos simplices erecto-patentes folia brevius petiolata 
gerentes divisus, ex basi repente nuda ascendens, obtuse quadrangularis, 
ut petioli pube brevi densfl pilisque sparsis patentibus albidis obsessus. 
1'olia inferiora satis longe petiolata, infimis duobus obtusiusculis opposi- 
tis, reliquis alternis, satis remota, membranacea, nervoso-venosa, supra 
punctato-asperula et maxime in marginibus pilosiuscula, subtus tomento 
arachnoideo canescentia. Glomeruli axillares, pauciflori, bracteis involu- 
cralibus subulatis membranaceis pubescentibus cincti. Perigonium mascu- 
lum profunde tripartitum, extus subpubescens ; segmentis ovatis, mucro- 
natis, concavis. Stamina 3; filamenta lineari-subulata , perigonio longiora, 
glabra , antheris subrotundo-didymis. Pistilli rudimentum minutissimum , 
subulatum. Perigonium femineum nrceolato-ovoideum , ovarium arctissime 
obtegens, apice obsolete bidentatum, pubescens. Stigma terminale, fili- 
forme , leniter curvatum , longitudine ovarii , altero latere dense papillo- 
sum, deciduum. Caryopsis compresso-ovoidea , perigonio accrescente ner- 
voso-striato pubescente arcte involucrata. — In Abyssinia, in rupibus 
vallis Mai-Mezano pagi Djeladjeranne. 
i” 1”M’ Folia opposita v. stthopposita. Floros masculi tetrandri 
rarissime triazidri, 
563. Pouzolzla mScrophylla Wight: procumbens, diffusa, 
ramosissima; ramis angulatis pilosiusculis ; foliis trinerviis oppo- 
sitis breviter petiolatis supra pilosulis subtus dense appresse 
pubescentibus, nunc subconformibus ovatis (5 — 81in., 3 — 5 lin. 
lat., pet. 1— 2| lin.) acutis v. obtusis, nunc magis dissimilibus, 
superioribus nempe longioribus ovato-ellipticis lanceolatisve f 1 J 
poli., I — 5 poli, lat, pet. 2 — 3| lin.) acutis v. subacuminatis; 
inferioribus et ramulorum minoribus ovalibus v. subrotundo -obo- 
vatis; glomerulis androgynis (multifloris); floribus masculis tetran- 
dris rarissime triandris; perigonio fructifero angulato-costato aptero 
V. (juadrialato (alis rotundatis conchaeformi-conniventibus) cura 
