HELIOTROPIÜM THYMOIDES, Nob.
H ELIOTROPIÜM, X ourn_|pf- Confer su pra, p. 96.
Sectio ORTÜOSTACHYS, D. C. fil., in Prodr., vo l. 9, p. 53g.
Nuculas exlus convexae, intus angulares, lateribus frequenter \-v ,%-foveolatis. Corollas tubus sub jauce
v. fauce pubes eens. Spiele rectas.
Surdivisio : Spicis bracteatis solitariis. D. C., 1. c ., p. 54a.
HELIOTROPIÜM THYMOIDESy Nob.
Fruticulosum, ramosissimum, diffusum, subincano-puberulum. Foliis petiolatis , lanceolato-
linearibus, integerrimis; inferioribus saepe oppositis v . suboppositis; floralibus caeteris subconfor-
mibus. Racemis dissitifloris, brevibus, depauperatis, foliosis. Pedicellis fructiferis deflexis, arcuatis,
clavato-incrassatis, calyce longioribus. Sepalis linearibus, corollae tubo subaequiiongis. Corollae
lobis subrotundis; sinubus edentulis; fauce barbulata. Nuculis obovatis, laxe puberulis, obsolete
rugulosis.
Suffruticulus palmaris v. humilior, ramosissimns, plus minusve diffusus (v. forsan e rupibus dependens), habitu Thymi
v. Micromerice , partibus herbaceis nunc laxius nunc densius puberulus et subincanussetulis brevissimis, adpressis, subu-
latis, albidis, opacis, complanatis, scabris (sub lente quasi granulosis), rigidis, basi vix aut ne vix incrassatis. R adix descen-
dens,subsimplex; vetula lignosa, corticata, crassitie calami corvini v. tenuior, demum multiceps. R ami v . cadles vetuli
ascendentcs v. decumbentes, lignosi, corticati, aphylli, graciles, i -3 pollices longi. R ami novelli erecti v. asccndentes v.
diffusi, 2-6 pollices longi, fere filiformes, teretes, foliati, nunc simplices nunc paniculati, ramulis axillaribus v. extra-axilla-
ribus. F olia 2-9 (plerumque 3-5) lineas longa (internodiis sequalia v. saepe longiora), 1/2-1 lineam lata, breve petiolata,
integerrima, herbacea, acuta v. obtusiuscula, i-nervia (nervo supra filiformi impresso, subtus crassiusculo carinato), reticu-
lato-venulosa (venulis sub indumento latentibus), marginibus plus minusve revoluta; floralia inferioribus conformia at gra-
datim minora. F lores minuti, pedicellati, laxissime racemulosi, sub anthesi erecti. R acemi terminales et demum oppositifolii
v. laterales, foliati, 3-6-flori, erecti, etiam pnefloratione stricti. P edicelli extra-axillares v..oppositifolii, crassiusculi, sub
anthesi erecti v. ascendentes, perinde deflexi; fructiferi 1-2 lineas longi, clavati. C alyx brevis (sub anthesi vix ultra 1 lineam
longus), accrescens (fructifer sesquilineam longus), campanulatus, quinquepartitus, demum fructu subadpressus. Segmenta
acutiuscula, insequalia, subtrinervia (nervis lateralibus tenerrimis), ciliolata, sestivatione imbricata. Corolla decidua, albida,
hypocraterimorpha, calyce subtriente longior, quinqueloba, extus puberula. Tubus subcylindraceus, quinquies tripliner-
vius, calyce subasquilongus.5;Limbus brevis, rotatus, lobis subsequalibus, undulatis, sestivatione rectis, complicatis. Faux
setulis contiguis creberrimis barbulata. Stamina paulo supra medium tubi corollae inserta, inclusa. F ilamenta capiliaria,
glaberrima, antheris breviora. Antheras basi affixse, erectse, conniventes, ovatse, in cuspidem brevem membranaceajn linearem
obtusam apice penicillato-papillulosam desinentes; cuspidibus prsefloratione apice cohserentibus. Gynophorum planius-
culum, pistilli basi haud amplius. Nectarium cupulare, carnosum, ovarii basin cingens. Pistillum calyce brevius. Ovarium
pyramidatum, subteres, quadrisulcum, quadri-loculare, loculis uni-ovulatis, vertice umbilico centrali styli basin cingente
instructum. St ylus terminalis, brevis, subcolumnaris, crassiusculus, marcescens, tetragonus, glaberrimus. Stigma stylo
subsequilongum, umbilicato-peltatum, e dcpresso-hemisphserica basi conicum, papillulosum, apice obtuso penicillato-hispidu-
lum. F rüctus calyce brevior, depresso-subglobosus, tetragaster, vertice umbilicatus et stylo emarcido apiculatus; demum in
nuculas quatuor solutus. Nuculä minimse (vix ultra 1/2 lineam longse), deciduse, ovoidese, obsolete trigonse (dorso rotundato-
convexo, lateribus compressiusculse, angulo centrali subcarinatse), crassiusculse, cartilaginese, modice incurvse, acutiusculse,
uniloculares, monospermae, opaese, obsolete rugulosse, rufescentes, dorso laxe strigulosse (setulis albidis), lateribus glabrse et