XXV. PHYSOSTEMON. 73
1. PHYSOSTEMON lanceolatum. t xlv.
P. erectum, foliis lineari - lanceolatis, capsulis elongatis linearibus aubtcrctibus.
stylo persistente brevissimo.
Radix annua, perpendicularis, fibrosa, extns sordide flavescens. Caulis herbaceus, erectus, pe-
dalis vel sesquipedalis, ramosus, angulosus, sulcatns, rubenti- virens, sursum viridis. Rami simplices,
erecti, tenues, virgati, angulati.. Folia alterna, petiolata, inferiors lineari-lanceolate, summa line-
aria, omnia basi subrotunda Scuminata, integerrima, utrinque laete viridia, pollicaria vel sesqui-
pollicaria; petioli breves compressi, ad folii basin subarticulati, in rami angulum deeurrentes.
Floruh racemi terminales, laxi, simpïic||| multiflori, tri-sexpollicares. Peduhculus angulatus,
sulcatus; PED1CELL1 breves, tenues, singuli bractea minuta setacea arida sufliilti, sub anthesi patentes,
fructiferi nutantes. Calycis foliole ovato - lanceoîatà, acuta, tenuiter venosa, glabra, viridia,
petalis duplo breviora. ■ Petaja ovato -rhombea, breviter unguiculata,, acutiuscula, integerrima,
flava. Stamika sex. FilamentA subulata,. glabra, ovario e fs tjjo longiora, rubenti-'pallida ; quatuor
inferiore aequalia, declinata, duo superiors erects parum minora, infra apicem in apophysin
subgloboso - discoideam inflatam incrassata. Aktherae erectae, olivaceo - viridès, oblongàé. Ova-
eiom subfusiforme, glabrum, excurrens in stylum brevem subiilatum rectum persistentem. Stigma
subcapitatum. Capsula linearis, subteres, striata, subtorulosa, stylo coronata, pollicaris v e l |f s |.
quipolliearis. Rbceptaculum persisteps, fiHforme, intus trophospermiis persistentibus - dentatum.
Semika numerosa, reniformia, rugis transversalibus et açiïleis brevibus angulosis scabra, brunnea,
magnitudine ciiÿiter seminis Brassicae.
Habitat in graminosis depressis supra solum armarium, non prbçpl a famine S. Fran-
cisci, in Provincia Pemambucana prope praedia Terra noua et Bom Jardim.
Floret Aprili, ©.
Exp lic .T a l.X L F . Fig. 1. Flos magn. n tt. 2; JPetalum. 3. -Calyx.- 4. Flos auctus absque corolla.
5. Ovarium magis nutum.- 6- Capsula magn. nat. « Eadem aucta. 8|l |e m > magn. nat.- 9, Idem auctum.
2 . PHYSOSTEMON t e n u ifo l ium . t Tab. XLVI.
P. totum glabrum, caule erecto, foliis lineari - subulatis, capsulis ovatis stylum
aequantibus.
Radix annua, perpendicularis, subsimplex, extus sordide flavescens intus alba.- Caulis erectus,
jam a basi ramosus, pedalis vel sesquipedalis, basi cortice griseo- flavescente teetus, sursum
viridis, angulatus, striatus. Rami erecto-patentes, simplices, tenues, virgati, angulati, striati.
Folia sparsa, sessilia, lineari - subulata, acuta, utrinque glabra et laete .viridia, sesqui - bipollica-
ria. Flobum racemi terminales, laxi, multiflori, t r i - sexpollicares. Pedurculus angulatus, striatus-
PEDicELLi filiformes, patentes vel nutantes, singuli bractea seu folio florali ipsis longiore suffulti, quatuor
ad sex lineas longi. Calycis foliola aequalia, lanceolata, acuta, nervosa, giabra, corolla breviora
Corolla congenerum maxima, aurea. Petala adscendentia, ovato-rhombea, breviter unguiculata
acutiuscula, integerrima, glabra., Stamikum filamekta sex, subulata, glabra, petalis et stylo br<J
viora: duo inferiora declinata ovarium superantia, quatuor superiora apice incrassata in apophysin
globosam, cui anthera oblonga olivaceo - viridis insidet. Ovarium ovatum, basi attenuatum
compressum, glabrum. ’ Stylus adscendens, arcuatus, longitudine petalorum, subulatus, glaber.