BARNADESIA.
SYNGENESIA . » q u a l i s . L i n n .
O r d o n a t u r a l i s , CORYMBIFER/E. J v s s .
CHARACTER GENERICUS.
"Vid. Joss., Genera plantarían, peg. 178.
SPECIES.
BARNADESIA S P IN O SA .
Foliis supra pubescentibus, subtus subsericeis; floribus paniculatis.
A r b o r ramis subangulatis, fuscis, glabris, spinosis, spinis ad basim
ramulorum geminis, rectis, pollicaribus. Folia sparsa, subsessilia,
in raraulis abbreviatis fasciculatim congesta, basi stipulis duabus
subulato-spiniformibus instructa, obovato-oblonga, acuta, basi
cuneata, integerrima, coriacea, reticulato-venosa, utrinque
tenuissime pubescentia, 10 aut n lineas longa, 4-4J lineas lata.
Flores in apice ramulorum terminales, subpaniculati. Perianthium
ovato- cylindraceum, polyphyllum, subpollicare, foliis numerosissi-
mis, densissime imbricatis, ovato-oblongis, acutis, pungentibus ,
integerrimis, coriaceis, externe fusco-pubescentibus, margine
rufescenti-villosis, interioribus multo longioribus, linearibus.
Receptaculum planum, densissime pilis aureis obsitum. Flosculi
decem aut undecim, perianthio longiores, omnes hermaphroditi,
conformes. Corolla incarnata, externe sericeo-hirsuta, decem
lineas longa; tubo cylindraceo, limbo bilabiato; labio exteriore
oblongo, apice tri- aut quadrifido, plano, bi- aut trinervi, interne
glabro, tubum subsequante labio; interiore capillaceo, exteriore
breviore. Filamenta monadelpha ; antherae eonnatse, exsertae.