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19. S. TENERA Roylc, Ulustr. of Hiraal. pl. 250. f t- 45. fig. 2! — Pilosula ubiquesetis longis intermixtis; caule exiguo tenero; foll. submembranaceis oblongis el-lipticis oblusis Irinerviis ciliatis; racemis terminalibus lateralibusque. — Crescitin Himalayae montibus.

20. S. ERECTA W. Jack, Mal. Misc. I. 5. p. 7. ex Blume I. c. — Caule fruticuloso;lineis 2 oppositis pubentib.; foll. Irinerviis lanceolatis, utrinq. acutis serratis hir-sutis; spicis terminalib. paucifloris. — In insula Pulu-Pinang.

21. S. TENUIFOL1A Blume 1. c. — Caule fruticuloso aspero; foll. Irinerviis oppo-sitis (altero parum minori) ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis, basi obtusis subcor-datisve serratis, supra setis sparsis obsitis, infra glaucescentib.; pedunculis ler-minalib. 1-3-floris. — In sylvis primaevis Javae.

Trib. n RHEXIEAE DC. — Endl. 1. c. p. 1210.

6193. DICRAKASTTHEBA Prsl.

(Cham. Linnaea IX. 385.)

I. *D. HEDYOTIDEA Prsl. Symbol, bot. 1. 79. t t. 501 — In Brasilia.

G194. FOTERAYTHERA Bongd.

(Bongd. Mem. d. 1’Acad. imp. des sc. de St. Plrsbrg. VI. Ser. II. 137. t. 8. fig. 1.)

1. *P. PUSILLA Bongd, 1. c. — Crescit in Brasiia.

6195. SFENMJGRA Mart.

(DC. Prodr. 111. 115.)

1. *SP. RUBRICAULIS Mart. — DC. 1. c. — Mart. Nov. gen. et spec. pl. Brasil. III.113. t t. 2551

2. SP. DICIIOTOMA Bth. in Hook. Journ. of Bot. 11,295 f — Annua humilis erecta:caule tetragono, angulis acutis ciliatis; foll. breviterpeliolalis ovalis v. ovato-lan-ceolatis, basi angustatis irinerviis, tenuiter membranaceis, pilis sparsis raris v.nullis; panicula divaricato-dichotoma; florib. 4-meris, 8-andris; anlheris breviterovoideis; capsula biloculari. — Essequibo.

3. SP. DYSOPIIYLLA Bth. I. c. 290. f — Caulib. basi deeumbentib. laxis tetragonisv. alatis hirsutis dicholome ramosis; foll. peliolatis ovalis v. ovato-lanceolatis acu-tis 5-nerviis, basi rotundatis v. cordatis ciliato-serratis, supra et subtus ad venaspilis crebris rigidis hirsutis; panicula brevi laxa; ramis dicholome ramosis; florib.sessilib. 4-meris, 8-andris; anlheris oblongis; capsula biloculari. — Rio Negro.

4. SP.? LATIFOLIA Bth. I. c. — Praecedenti parum major: folia latiora, eviden-tius cordata, saepius 7—nervia; panicula longior; flores breviter pedicellati. —Essequibo.

5. SP. Y1SCIDA Bth. I. c. + — Fruticosa: ramulis et paniculis pubescenti-hirtisviscosis; foll. longiuscule petiolalis ovatis acuminatis, basi cordatis tenuib. mem-branaceis viscoso-pilosulis, margine ciliatis, vix minute serrulatis; panicula py-ramidata multiflora, ramis dichotomis; bracteis minutis; florib. brevissime pedi-cellatis 4-meris, 8-andris; calyce glanduloso-puberulo, dentib. minutis; anlherisoblongis; capsula biloculari. — Guiana.

6. SP. ACUTIFLORA Mart. Beibl. zur Flora XXII. 58-1 —■ Tota pilis parvis glandu-liferis pubens: foll. (basi rotundatis vel acutiusculis, non cordatis) longiusculepeliolatis, ex ovato acuminatis, praesertim antice subtiliter serrulatis; thyrsoterminali oblongo, ramis divaricaio-dichotomis; calyce brevissime et acute qua-dridentato; petalis subulatis, alabastris longe acuminatis. — In Brasilia crescit.

7. SP. TETRAPTERA Miquel, Comm. phylogr. II. 76. t. 10- f. E. — Erecta; cauleramisq. tetragonis letrapteris fusce hirsutis; foll. petiolatis ovatis ellipticisve ob-lusiusculis 5-nerviis, raro cum 2 exiguis nervis accessoriis, ciliato-serrulalis,utrinq. peliolisq. puhescentib.; paniculae contractae patenti-pilosae florib. ple—rumq. ternis breviter pedicellatis. — Surinam.

8. SP. HYDROPHILA Miquel, Comment. phylogr. II. 75. f *“ Suffruticosa, simplex,quadrangularis palenti-rufo-pilosa, sursum ramosa: foll. petiolatis ovato-corda-tis breviter acuminatis denticulatis, 5- v. 7-nerviis, nervis ad apicem fere percur-