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a . Foliis simplicibus.
13. Z. SPATHULATUM G. Don, General syst. of gard. and bot. I. 771. — Caule pro-strato; foll. simplicib. spathulatis sessilib.; florib. sessilib. parvis luteis. — Crescitad Promontorium viride.
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14. Z. FONTANESII B. 'VYebb et Berlb. Phytogr. Canar. 17. t t. i! — Foll. rotun-dato-clavatis bifoliatis carnosis, pruinoso-lomentosis; pedicellis erectis; petaliscrenatis; ovariis globoso-pomiformib. ecostatis, coccis glabris. — Z. album Dsf.FI. AU. nec L. — Crescit in Canariis.
15. Z. DEBILE Cham. et Schlchtd. Linnaea Y. 45. — Glabrum. Caulis e radice ra-mosa lignescens, teres, crastitie pennae gallinaceae, brevissimus, jam basi deli-quescens in ramos oppositos geminatosve ex eodem latere. Rami herbacei fili-formes tetragoni striati decumbentes, sesqui-bipedales et ultra, ramosi; ramulisalternis; internodiis circiter pollicarib., apices versus 2 l / 2 pollices elongatis. Fo-lia breviter petiolata, petiolo lineam sesquilineamque longo persistente, mucroneacuto subspinescente; foliola tenuia, exsiccata pellucida elliptica, basi paullulumobliqua, antice nempe paullulum excisa, apice acuta v. mucronata, potius acute acu-minulala, uninervia, reticulato-venosa, margine magis pellucido, sub lente fortipunctis prominulis crebris quasi crenulata, non tamen scabra, maxima pollicemlonga, 5 lineas lata, apicem versus ramorum minora, floralia circiter semi-polli-caria. Stipulae membranaceae minutae reflexae diciduae triangulares, acumina-tae, acutae. Flores inter petiolares solitarii, magnitudine circiter Z. Morgsanae;pedunculus filiformis, folium longe superans, circiter pollicaris. Calyx 5-parlitus,laciniis ellipticis, exteriorib. acutis, interiorib. obtusis erosis. Petala calyce terlongiora, late cunealo-obovata obtusa, subemarginata, ungue maculato. Staminacalyce longiora, dimidiae circiter petalorum longitudinis; filamentis basi squami-geris, squama parvula, filamento ter brevior, linearis, truncata, sursum et anticedentata, media supera parte libera. Stylus longitudine staminum. Fructus im-maturus oblongus 5-alatus, stylo 5 lineas longo apiculatus, calyce reflexo sufful-tus. — Crescit in Promontorio bonae spei.
16. Z. HORRIDUM Cham. et Schlchtd. I. c. 46. — Glabrum, erectum: caule validotereti, ligno albo leviter flavicante; cortice cinereo. Ramosissimum: ramis oppo-sitis dichotomisq. erectis, saepius erectis subspinescenlib.; internodiis unguicu-larib.; foll. minutis; florib. conspicuis flavis solitariis, longe pedunculatis. Foliapetiolata; petiolus dilatatus folia subaequans, dimidiae tertiaeq. eorum longitu-dinis mucrone late triangulari brevi inter foliola instructus. Foliola coriaceacarnosa obliqui anguste et late elliptica, extus arcuata et inpetiolum decurren-tia, intus excisa, apice obtusa maxima 4 lineas longa, lineam lata, ut plurimumsesquilineam longa, lineam lata. Stipulae membranaceae minutae, triangularesacutae, basi sphacelatae, apice albae caducae, raro visa. Pedunculus filiformissolitarius semipollicaris longiorq. Flos pentamerus, expansus circiter 9 lineasdiametro. Calyx 5-parlitus, laciniis ovato-obtusis. Petala calyce triplo longiora,lamina late elliptica, in siccis flavida, ungue maculata. Stamina calyce duplolongiora, filamentis basi squamiferis; squamae dimidium fere filamentum aequan-tes, fimbriatae, ad medium adnatae. Stylus stamina paullum superans. Fructuseximie 5-alatus cum alis arcuatis, nervo marginatis, reticulato-Yenosis, sphaeroi-deus, basi et vertice excisus, stylo tres circiter lineas longo apiculatus, calycepersistente reflexo suffultus, axi diamelroq. transverso circiter 4-linearib. — Cre-scit in promontorio bonae spei.
17. Z. M1CROCARPUM Lichtenst. Hb. [Willd. Hb. 8093. - Cham. et Schlchtd. 1. c.J— Caules ramiq. lignescentes teretes, ad genicula paullulum incrassati erecti,internodiis brevib., duas lineas, ad summum pollicem longis, provectiori aetatelaeves; epidermide pallide griseo-lutescenle, juniori statu striati, apicib. pilo—siusculis. Ramuli saepius alterni. Folia petiolata carnosa. Foliola anguste-el-liplica acutiuscula, 4 circiter lineas longa, vix sesquilineam lata, petiolus longitu-