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FRANCOA* appendiculata. 



Sowthistle-leaved Francoa 



OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Francoaceje Ad. de Jussieu in ann. sc. nat. vol. 25. p. 9. 

 (Galacineas Don. Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 161.) 



FRA NCOA Cav. — Calyx 4-partitus, liber. Petala totidem. Stamina 8, 

 hypogyno-perigyna, alterna breviora, glandulis totidem interjectis. Ovarium 

 4-loculare, polyspermum, stigmatibus 4 sessilibus. Capsula membranacea, 

 septicido-4-valvis, polysperma. Semina integumento duplici ; exteriore laxo 



corrugate Herbee subacaules ( Americans). Folia radicalia, pinnata, 



lyrata. Flores longe racemosi. 



F- appendiculata; racemis subsimplicibus calycibusque tomentosis. 



F. sonchifolia. « Cav. ic. v. 6. p. 77. in obs." Spreng. syst. 2. 262. Ad. 



Juss. in ann. sc. v. 3. p. 192. t. 12. 



Misc 



p. 249. 



F - appendiculata. " Cav. ic. v. 6. t. 596." Spreng. syst. I. c. Graham 



in bot. mag. t. 3178. Don in brit. fl.-garden, t. 151. Hooker and 

 Arnott I. c. 



Llaupanke amplissimo sonchi folio. Feuillee chil. v. 2. L 31. 



Capsula membranacea, oblonga, basi calyce persistente vestita, 4-locula,ris , 

 4-yalvis, septicido-dehiscens, axi nullo separabili. Semina numerosissima, 

 winutissima, griseo-testacea, oblonga, integumento duplici; exteriore laxo, 

 corrugato, facile separabili, reticulato ; interiore nucleo arete adh<erenti, 

 striato, apice chalaza castanea insignito. Embryo minutus, hilo proximus, 

 *n basi albuminis carnosi locatus. 



A pretty herbaceous plant 

 Chile, by the sides of hills ai 



__, found abundantly in various parts of 

 and in rather moist situations. In this 



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protection in the winter : it, however, thrives better if constantly 

 ke pt in a greenhouse, especially if it be planted in the open soil, 

 whfere it o*n Kn frnDiir nvr^ncAfl tn Yicrht and air. without which the 



* So called by Cavanilles after a Spanish Botanist of the sixteenth 

 century, named Francisco Franco. 



