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BRUNIACE^. I. Berzeua, 



Linconia, Thdmnea, Andoinnia^ Tittmdnnia, the flowers are i 

 lucrated by 4 or more bracteas. 



invo- 



FIG. 8. 



ovary (f. 8- A. g.), witli unequal gibbous segments (f. 8. A.e.i) 

 Ovary inferior, 1-celled, 1-seeded (f. 8, A. g.). Style simple, 

 terminated by a small subconical stigma (f. 8. A, c). Fruit in. 

 dehiscent. — Small heath-like shrubs, with short, somewhat tri- 

 gonal, imbricate or spreading leaves. Heads of flowers (f. 8. 

 A. a.) naked, usually crowded at the tops of the branches, with 



three bracteas at the base of each flower. 



1 B. 



(B 



mem. p. 15.) leaves 



oi^ate, ustulate at the apex, smooth, spreading, on short petioles; 

 heads of flowers the size of a filbert, terminal, crowded, sub- 

 corymbose ; receptacle hairy ; bracteas clavate, green, smooth, 



' G. Na^ 



ustulate at the apex ; petals spreading, spatulate. 

 tive of the Cape of Good Hope. 



^ 



Var, 



a 



Sf/no2^sis of the Genera. 



flowers 4-cleft, tetrandrous ; petals large, spreading; 

 stamens very long. 



Far. (j ; flowers 5-cleft, pentandrous ; petals smaller than 

 those of the preceding, as well as the stamens shorter. Brunia 

 abrotanoides, Burm. afr. p. 266. t. 100, f. 1. Wendl. colh t. 45. 

 Lodd. bot. cab. t. S55. Flowers white. 



I Berze'lia. 



Calyx 



Southernivood-like Berzelia. 



adhering 



to the ovary (f. 8, A. g.); Shrub 1^ foot. 



Fl. May, July. Clt. 178J. 



segments unequal, gibbous (f. 8. A. e.). Ovary inferior, 1- ^ ^' interme'dia (Schlecht. in Linnaea. 6. p. 188.) much 



celled (f. 8. K. g.\ l-seeded. Style simple. Fruit inde- 



branched, ultimate branches somewhat fastigiate, smoothish; 



leaves linear-trigonal, spreading or reflexed, callous at the tip, 

 jx y 1^ 1 ,, . smoothish ; heads of flowers size of a nut, forming a corymb on 



^ 15RU NiA. Calyx adhermg to the half inferior ovary (f. 8. the lateral branches ; bracteas lanceolate-spatulate, pilose, callous 



hiscent. 



K. g.). Ovary S-celled (f. 8. B. e. 



) ; cells 1-2-seeded. ^^ ^'^^ tip ; calyx pilose ; petals erectish, oblong, obtuse, taper- 



abortion. 



/.). Styles 2. Fruit indeliiscent, 1 -seeded from '"^/^ ^^'^ S^^^- 



h 



Native of the Cape of Good Hope 



Intermediate Berzelia. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



3 B. LANUGINOSA (Brogn. et Dum. mem. p. 16.) branches 



3 StaaVia. Calyx adhering (f 8 G s^ Petals free (f 8 \ r ^f ^.^"^^"'^'^ K^xogn. et i^um. mem. p. lb.; Drancn 



h.cX OvnvvhJir^.J^i 'n.;?7-o ^r^'T^T^^'t --t. fastigme, young ones villous ; leaves triquetrous, spread 



G. h. c). Ovary half inferior, 2-celled (f 8. G. k. g.) ; cells 

 1-seeded. Style simple. Fruit 2-seeded (f 8. G, h. g.). 



ing, callose at the apex, rather pilose ; heads of flowers about the 



size of a pea at the tops of the lateral branches, disposed in a 

 4 Raspa'lia. Calyx free (f 8. C. h.). ' Petals and stamens ^^^tigiate panicle ; bracteas spatulate, smooth, callose at tlie 



apex; petals almost erect, oblong-lanceolate, blunt. T?. G. 

 Native of tlie Cape of Good Hope, and in Madagascar. Brunia 

 lanuginosa, Lin. hort. cliff, p. 71. spec. 288. Wendl. coll. 1. 11. 

 Lodd. bot. cab. t. 572.— Pluk. phyt. t. 318. f. 4. Flowers 



inserted in tlie free ovary (f 8. C. d. g.). Ovary 2-celled 

 (f. 8. C. /,.); cells 1-seeded. Styles 2 (f. 8. C. e,). 



5 Beka'rdia. Calyx adhering to the ovary (f 8. D. i.). 

 Petals cohering into a tube at the base. Ovary half inferior, 

 2-celled ; cells 1-seeded. Styles 2. Fruit 2-seeded. 



6 LiNCONiA. Calyx adhering to the ovary (f. 8. F. I.). Pe- 

 tals oblong, convolute (f 8. F. 6. e.). Stamens inclosed ; cells 



/.) 



Ovary half inferior, 



2-celled ; cells 2-seeded. Fruit 2-seeded (f. 8. F. ?/?.). 



7 Audoui'nia. Calvx adhorinrr to thp 



/) 



with large imbricate segments (f. 8. E. n.). Petals unguicu- 



late. Ovarv half fnTprior (f. R. K 



Uvary half mfcnor (f. 8. E./.) 

 (f. 8. E. g.). Style simple (f. 8. E. 6.). 



\vhite. 



7f 00% Berzelia. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1774. Shrublto^ft. 



4 B. RUBRA (Schlecht. 1. c. p. 189.) branched; branches 

 erect, younger ones rather villous ; leaves linear-lanceolate, 

 rather tetragonal towards the apex, with a strong middle nerve, 

 recurvedly spreading or reflexed, callose at the tip, younger 

 ones rather villous ; heads of flowers size of a pea, terminal or 

 axdlary, solitary or aggregate; bracteas somewhat rhomboid- 

 spatulate, pilose, callous at the tip ; petals spreading, oblong, 

 obtuse. T2 . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Brunia 



cells 2-seeded rubra, Herb. Willd. ex Spreng. syst. 1. p. 782. 



Jled Berzelia. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



8 Tittma'nnia. Calyx with a spherical tube (f. 8. H. a.), ^ ^' cordifo'lia (Schlecht. in Linneea. 6. p. 189.) branched; 



H. c), 2-celled; 

 pendulous. 



9 Tiia'mnea. 



) 



) 



branches erect, younger ones pubescent ; Leaves subcordate 

 ovate, bluntish, somewhat marginate, flat, spreading or reflexed, 



segments. Ovary inferior, 1-cellcd, many-ovulate, covered by 



Ovary inferior sohericil (f S -v^^^, ^luncisn, somewnat margmate, llat, spreadmg or renexcu, 

 ary inierior, spherical^ (t. 8. g^o^th, callous at the tip ; heads of flowers size of a nut, solitary 



Uvula hxed to the dissepiment, on the tops of the lateral branches ; bracteas subspatulate, pilose, 



callous at the apex ; petals spreading, oblong-elliptic, tapering 

 to the base, and 2-crested at the apex. Tj . G. Native of the 



lanceol 



Cape of Good Hope. 



the fleshy disk. Ova hanging from the central column. 



simple. 



Style 



He 



Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



I. BERZE LI A (in honour of Berzelius, the celebrated chem- of tCcll"!T^±^i7L''^i^!^^ ^^^^^ li^!. 



6 B. SQUARRo'sA (Schlccht. in Linnaa. 6. p. 189.) leaves 

 lanceolate, reflexed, acute, smooth, ustulate at the apex ; heads 

 -" " " ~ Native 



ist). Brogn. et Dum. mem. 1. c. p. 14. — Brunia, species of 

 authors. 



Lix. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx adhering to the 



of the Cape of Good Hope. Brunia squarrosa, Thunb. fl. cap- 



2. p. 92. 



Squarrose Berzelia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1 820. Sh. 2 to 3 ft. 

 7 B. ? GLOBo'sA ; leaves trigonal, incurved, acute, imbricaW 



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