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ramulis corymboque pube substellata molliter tomentoso-villosis; corymbo basi ebrac-teato. 6 — Foliorum forma fere V. Lanlanae, sed vix rugosa sunt et margine integer-rima vel obscure et irregulariler sinuata, nec serrata, petiolus 3—^5 lin. longus, laminasubtripollicaris, corymbi .sessiles vel pedunculali, pedunculis ramulisque pube molli fer-rugineis, radii 6—8, calycis laciniae breves obtusiusculae, corolla magnitudine V. Lanta-nae , quam in V. Pichinchensi multo minor. Frutex 10—12-pedalis. — Crescit in sylvisprope Pacho in Columbiae provincia Bogotensi.

5. V. PARV1FLORUM Martens et Galeotti, Bulletin de Pacad. de Bruxelles XI. 243. — Fo-liis petiolatis integerrimis oblongis, utrinque attenuatis, margine subulatis (?), axillisvenarum subtus barbatis; ramulis apice pedunculisque adpresse pilosulis. ^ — An forteV. tinoides DC.? — Crescit in Mexico in humidis prope Zapatepeque in prov. Oaxaca.

Ordo CX. RUBIACEAE Jms.

(DC. Prodr. IV. 341. et 672. — Wlprs, Repert. tot. syst. II. 454. et 941. —;Endl. Gener, piant, p. 520. — Meisn.' Gener, piant, vascul. I. 157. II. 112.)

Subordo I. C' O FEEAVE.tE Endl. 1. c. p. 531.

Ovilla in loculis solitaria vel rarissime gemina. Fructus loculi mono-spermi vel rarissime dispermi.

Tribus I. OPERCULARIEAE Juss. — DC. I. c. p. 614.

3007. OPERCULARI A A. Rich.

(DC. Prodr. IV. 615. — Wlprs. Repert. bot. syst. II. 454.)

1. 0. MULTICAULIS Bartl. in Lehm. Piant. Preiss. I. 369. f — Glabra suffrutescens: cau-libus erectis subangulalis; foliis linearibus; stipulis in vaginam brevissimam utrinquebidentatam concretis; capitulis globosis terminalibus nudis. 2J. — Crescit in Nova IIol-landia ad Princess Royal Harbour.

2. 0. PURPUREA Bartl. I. c. f — Setulis palentissinais hispida: caule erecto ramisquequadrangulis; foliis ovatis oblongisque acutis integerrimis subpetiolatis; stipulis brevissi-mis lanceolatis, basi concretis; capitulis axillaribus terminalibusque nutantibus, pedun-culo longioribus; stylis elongatis. 4 — Crescit in Nova Hollandia locis umbrosis mon-tium continuorum Darlingsrange.

Tribus II. STELLATAE Ray. — DC. I. c. p. 580.

3098/,. MEKICARPAEA Soiss.

(Boiss. Diagnos. piant, novar. oriental. III. 51.)

Flores omnes hermaphroditi. Calycis tubus oblongus, ovario adnatus, la-teraliter subcompressus, longitudinaliter cristis sex membranaceis aculeatispercursus, limbus obsoletus. Corolla supera rotata quadrifida, lobis triangu-laribus acutiusculis. Stamina 4 corollae tubo inserta, filamenta filiformia, co-rolla paullo breviora, antherae erectae luteae. Styli duo brevissimi, ima basiconnati, stigmata globosa. Ovarium inferum biloculare, ovula in loculis soli-taria orthotropa. Fructus lateraliter subcompressus, apice nudus, maturussecedens in duo carpella oblonga, latere interiore profande sulcata, dorsoconvexa et longitudinaliter tricristata, cristis in spinas e basi triangulari re-