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leis ovatis obtusis villosis imbricatis. Q — Flores lutei suaveolentes, folia pollicaria,petioli semipollicares. Habitus et inflorescentia Origani Majoranae L. — Crescit inMexico in rupibus calcareis Mextitlan prope Real dcl Monte.
XXIII. PETRAEA Jcq.
(Wlprs. Repert. IV. 70.)
1. P. OVATA Martens et Galeotti, Bullet, de 1’acad. de Bruxelles XI. 2. 328. — Caule fru-ticoso volubili; foliis ovato-ellipticis acutiusculis glabris, utrinque scabris, subtus venoso-reticulatis; racemis elongatis; laciniis calycinis exterioribus lineari-oblongis. — Cres-cit in Mcxico in sylvis regionis calidae prope Vera Cruz et Oaxaca.
2. P. OBTUSIFOLIA Bth. Piant. Hartweg. p. 246. no. 1359. — Foliis ovalibus obtusissimis,supra scabro-hirtis, subtus ramulisque tomentoso-pubescenlibus; racemis recurvis multi-floris; calycis laciniis obovali-oblongis corollas vix aequantibus. &r\ — Frutex 6—8-pe-dalis, folia 2—3 poli, longa, 1—2 poli, lata, subtus pube copiosa vix scabrida canescentia,petiolo brevissimo, racemi 9—12-pollicares, a basi floriferi, bracteae subciliatae acutae,cito deciduae, pedicelli sub anthesi bilinearcs, calycis tubus bilinearis pentagonus pu-bescens, limbi laciniae fere 5 lin. longae, 2 1 /*—3 lin. latae, hyalinae reticulatae obtusae msicco coerulescentes, appendices faucis breves lanccolato-triangulares hirsutae, corollaelaciniae suborbiculalae calycem aequantes, ovarium glabrum, ovula lateraliter affixa. —Crescit in valle fluminis Magdalenae prope urbem Purificacion.
3. P. KOHAUTIANA Prsl. Botanische Bcmerkungen p. 99. — Differt praecipue a P. volu-bili (cf. Wlprs. 1. c. no. 4.) foliis longius peliolatis reluso-emarginatis mucronulatis.
— Crescit in insula Marlinica.
4. *P, SGBSERRATA Chamisso. — Wlprs. I. e. 71. no. 7. — P. serrata Prsl. I. c.
XXIV. CITIIAREXYLIM IAnn.
(Wlprs. Kepert. IV. 72.)
1. C. AFFINE Martens et Galeotti, Bullet, de 1’acad. de Bruxelles XI. 2. 328. — Glabrum:ramis subquadrangularibus striatis; foliis coriaceis breviter petiolatis ovato-ellipticis sub-mucronulatis, basi attenuatis; racemis erectis subpaniculalis; calyce truncato denticu-lato. 6 — Polia tripollicaria, 1—1'A poli, lata concoloria, racemi 4-6-poIliearcs. — AffineC. Chamissonis Wlprs. {!. c. 75. no. 23.), sed folia multo minora non lucida. — Crescitin Mexico prope Vera Cruz in sylvulis ad Antiguam.
XXXI. VITEX Linn.
(Wlprs. Bepert. IV. 82.)
1. V. INVOLUCRATUS Prsl. Botanische Bemerkungen p. 148. — Bamis quadrangulis pe-tiolisque cum rhachi et pedunculis calycibusque tomentosis; foliis simplicibus ovatis,breviter acuminatis oblusis integerrimis; racemis terminalibus axillaribusque simplicibus;floribus capitatis involucratis; involucro usque ad basin sexpartito, stellatim expanso to-mentoso, demum glabrescente, partitionibus oblongo-lanceolatis obtusis, basi angustatis;calycis campanulati dentibus triangularibus obtusis. £ — llami glabri obscure tetragoni,folia opposita usque tripollicaria, petiolo trilineari, coriacea penninervia reticulato-venosa,subtus slellato-pubescentia, supra glabra, racemi digitales, rhachis tetragona ad nodosincrassata, pedunculi plerumque pollicares oppositi patentes, involucri segmenta pollica-ria Yel longiora coriacea, duobus oppositis quam reliqua quatuor paullo majoribus, calyx2 lin. longus campanulatus quinquedentatus enervius, intus albido-tomentosus, corollaet stamina desunt. Drupa calycem non excedens ovalis bilocularis, loculis 1—2-spermis.
— An recte hujus generis?? — Sectionem propriam Chi-ysovilicem efficere dicitur, —Crescit in collibus ad Maulmine in Martabania.
2. V. CALIFORNICA Bth. Bot. of Belch. voy. of the Sulphur 10. — Foliis subrotundisacutiusculis grosse dentatis integris vel 3—5-Iobis, basi profunde cordatis, supra glabris,subtus ramulisque floccoso-tomentosis. 6 — V. Caribaea Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. voy.327. (nec DC.) — Crescit in California ad Rio Sacramento.