NOVARUM STIRPIUM DECAS V. 4» 
Herba verosimillirae annua, erecta v. adscendentl-diffusa , glaber- 
rima ,Sviridi-glauca , ramosa, ramis crassitie pennae corvinae v. fili em- 
poretici mediocris, simplicibus et asymetrice alternatim ramulosis, virgatis, 
semi-bipedalibus visis. Folia carnosa, linearia, obtusa, alterna, remota, 
erecto-patentia v. flaccide patula , nec amplexicaulia, nec decurrentia ; in- 
feriora 2" saepius longa, planiuscula, 1'" ut plurimum lata, versus basim 
magis attenuata; juniora et superiora 1'' potissimum longa ac V 2 '" crassa, 
teretiuscula. Cymae axillaribus saepe auctae, aphyllae, bracteolatae , se- 
mel, 2 iter-iterato-dichotomae, cum pedunculo, longitudine vario, 2 6- 
unciales, demum racemiformes , remotiflorae. Rracteoiae subulatae imo- 
que setaceae, pedicellos calyce 3-plo breviores aequantes v. subsuperan- 
tes , membranaceae, herbaceo - carinatae. Calyx in alabastro oblongus , 
demum ovoideus v. semiglobosus , IV 2 — 2 V 2 '" longus, sepalis ovalibus 
oblongisve mucronulatis , saepe inaequalibus, petaloideo - membranaceis, 
facie enerviis , medio herbaceis, carnosulis, profunde viridibus. Corolla 
saepius nulla v. 5 petala, alba, regularis, calycem potissimum triente su- 
perans , petalorum lamina subrotunda v. latissime ovato-subrotunda , In- 
tegerrima, flabellato - venosa , in unguiculum anguste linearem, glaberri- 
mum, ipsa duplo breviorem rursus coarctata. Stamina 7, aequiloiiga, ca- 
lyce breviora, 5 sepalis alterna, 2 in aestivatione interioribus (sepalis) 
opposita, hypogyna; Jilamentis planlnsculia , intus obsolete carinatis, e 
basi lata ovato-triangulari subulatis, inferius per fimbrias crispatas in 
cupulae speciem connexis. Antherae oblongo - lineares , loculis appositis 
parallelis subliberis , connectivo brevissimo lineari glandulaeformi-incras- 
sato croceo inhaerentes, versatiles. Ovarium lenticulari-compressura , bi- 
loculare, biovulatum , abortu partiali subinde uniloculare uniovulatum, 
ovulis placentae basilari, dorso cuivis carpophylli adnatae, oblique adscen- 
denti , apice in funiculum umbilicalem obsoletissimum liberum productae 
affixis, campylotropis. Sjyli duo filiformes, erecti, longitudiijaliter in- 
tus stigmatosi, loculis oppositi. Fructus dicarpellaris, siccus, subcartjlagi- 
neo-crustaceus, calycem parum superans, carpidiis indehiscentibus, in toro 
obsoletissime conico parallele equitantibus, orbiformibus, faciebus commis- 
suralibus (florum ejusdem racemi) nunc circumalatis planis, nunc exalatis 
concaviusculis, contiguis, demum solutis liberis, delabentibus, dorso gibbo- 
convexis, ruguloso-tuberculatis , medio in cuspidem conicum brevissimum 
horizontalem rectum v. sursum deorsumve curvatum productis, basi cmar- 
glnata foraminulo, transitu contextus cellularis fecnndationem facilitan- 
tis inserviente, instructa; ala marginem faciei commissuralis cujusvis 
carpidii cingens, discum latitudine adaequans, orbicularis, apice et basi 
retusa, pellucida, rigida, haud plicata, nervis 9 13 viridibus radianti- 
bus indivisis v. bifidis, cum peripherico concolori arcuatim anastomo- 
santlbus in fenestras subrotundas, obovatas, rotundato-trapezoideas v. 
triangulares elegantissimas divisa. A^emen plano - ‘convexum , reniforme , 
loculi cavitatem implens , verticale, testa membranacea testacea. Ernhryn 
periphericus cyclicus; cotyledonibus semiteretibus incumbentibus albidis, 
radicula infera. 
4». Pitto(i$|ioi*iiiii llii^reliainiiii Puttcrlick, 1*. foliis ob- 
longo-lancoolalis apice acutis margine integerrimo revolutis, supra 
glabris laevibus nitidis, subtus pallidioribus fulvo-tomentosis , coria- 
ceis, pedunculis in apice ramulorum binis ternisve, singulis e gem- 
ma prodeuntibus unilloris , floribus v iolaceo-purpureis , capsulis bi 
yalvibus crassis polyspermis. 
Habitat in Sova- Hollandia orientali tjelratropica. (Miigel.) 
