BRUNIACEiE. 11. Brxjnia. 



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villous ; heads of flowers terminal, smooth, about the size of a 

 walnut, or larger. T2 . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Brunia globosa, Thunb. fl. cap. 2. p. 90. Flowers wliite, 



G^oio^e-headed Berzelia. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1816. Sh.ltoSft. 



Cult, See Brunia for culture and propagation, p. 48. 



Pine-leaved Brxinia. Fl. May, Ju. Clt. 1789. Sh. 1 to 2 ft. 



5 B. iMBRicA^TA ; leaves imbricate, ovate, cordate, smooth or 

 somewhat ciliated, flat ; panicle composed of numerous racemes ; 

 branches hairy. T2 . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Phylica imbricata, Thunb. fl. cap. 85. Flowers white. 



TVnftncafe -leaved Brunia. Fl. Auif. Nov. Clt. 1801, Shrub 



II. BRU'NIA (in honour of Corneille de Bruin, better known 1 to 3 feet. 



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under the name of Le Brun, a Dutch traveller ; he travelled 

 tlirough Persia to India in 1701 to 1708, and in Asia Minor, 

 Egypt, &c. from 1G73 to lG7i). Lin. gen. 274. (exclusive of 



6 B. ALOPEcuRoiDES (Tliuub. fl. cap. 2, p. 93.) leaves awl- 

 shaped, trigonal, acute, smooth, imbricate, incurved, ustulate at 

 the apex ; heads of flowers terminal, ovate-globoso, dense, 

 Sta'^via). Gaert. fruct. 1. p. 152. t. 30. Thunb. fl. cap. 2. p. 89. naked, smaller than a pea; bractcas shorter than the flowers, 

 — Brunia and Barreria, Adans. D. C. prod, 2. p. 43. Brogn. 

 et Dum. mem. p. 16. 



Lin. syst. Pcnt^ndria, Alonogyma. Calyx adliering to the 

 ovary (f 8. K. g.). Ovary half inferior, 2-celled (f 8. K. g. 

 B. e.) ; cells 1-2-seeded. Styles 2, diverging (f. 8. B. c?.) at 



Tj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers wliite. 



FoX'tail'likeUxwniVi. Fl.Ju. Aug. Clt. 181G. Shrub 1-^ foot. 



7 B.virga'ta (Brogn. et Dum. mem. p. 20.) branches slender 

 in whorles ; leaves closely-pressed to the stem, sessile, lanceo- 

 late-awl-shaped, acute, ustulate at the apex, channelled, quite 



the apex. Fruit indehiscent, 1-seeded from abortion (f. 8. K. //.). smooth; heads of flowers terminal, about the size of a small 



Shrubs more or less branched, with the branches in whorls, 



pea, few-flowered. Tj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, 



erect or spreading. Leaves small, closely imbricate, and flowers on the top of the mountain called Kode-sand. B. verticillata, 



capitate (f. 8. B. a.) in B. alopecuroldes, B. nodijlora^ and B. 

 virgata ; but in B, racembsa and B* jnnifoUaj the leaves are 

 larger, fir or myrtle-like, spreading, and the flowers in panicles 

 (f. 8. K. a.) Flowers furnished with 3 bractcas each, or some- 

 times deficient of the two lateral ones. 



Sect. I. Nobiflo^r^ (from noduSy a knot, hnd Jlos^ a flower ; 

 flowers disposed in close heads or knots). Calyx hairy, with 

 spatulate segments (f. 8. B. 6.). Petals somewhat spatulate (f. 

 8. B. c). Stamens exserted (f 8. B. rf.), unequal. Ovary ^^ 



celled (f. 8. B. e.); cells 2-seeded. Fruit crowned by the per- 

 manent calyx, stamens, and petals. 



1 B. nodiflo'ra (Lin. spec. 28S. mant. 343.) leaves lanceo* 

 late, awl-shaped, trigonal, acute, smooth, closely imbricate, not 

 ustulate at the apex ; heads of flowers globose, size of a cherry. 



on the top of the branches, h 



Good Hope. Wendl. coll. 

 Flowers white. 



Native of the Cape of 



t. 35. — Breyn. cent. 22. t. 10. 



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Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1786. Sh. 1 to 2 ft. 



Thunb. fl. cap. 2. p. 92.? fil. suppl. 158.? Flowers white. 

 Twiggy Brunia. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



8 B. la'xa (Thunb. fl. cap. 2. p. 93.) leaves trigonal, blunt, 

 closely-pressed to the stem, imbricate, smooth ; branches loose, 

 twiggy ; heads of flowers spike-formed, smooth. T? . G. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope, in the interior of the country. 

 Flowers white. 



Zoo^e-branched Brunia. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1805. Sh. 2 ft. 



t Species not sufficiently Icnown^ therefore doubtful to which 

 of the Genera of Bruniacece they belongs but they are most pro- 

 bably referable to thefrst section of the present genus. 



9 B. L^'vis (Thunb. fl. cap. 2. p. 89.) leaves linear, convex, 

 incurved, blunt, imbricate ; heads of flowers terminal, downy, 

 about the size of a filbert. ^ . G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Flowers white. 



Smooth Brunia. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1822. Shrub 2 feet. 



10 B. r>Eu'sTA (Thunb. fl. cap. 2. p. 90.) leaves trigonal, 



o n \,. ^ /CI 11 1 • T- n 1A/^ \ V 1 ^ blunt, smooth, black at tlie apex, imbricately-spreaamg heads 



« B. PAssERixoiDEs (Schleclit. mLmnsea. 6. p. 190.) dichoto- en \ ' - t .t i \. ♦! oU« \.f o «^o u r 



mondv Kro>, 1,11,1 i.11 1 -.1. of flowers termmal, smooth, about the size ot a pea. ri . It. 



mousiy branched ; branches erect, slender: leaves mmute, ob- ^-^ . n ^^ n \n i ti ri ..^.. ..i.u/ 



ovifo nli;>.*' 1 J 1 • 1 • . J J 1 ^ i.1 \^ Native of the Cape ot Good Hope, ilowers white. 



ovate-elhptical, densely-imbricated, and pressed to the stem, „ ., /,. . ,., / * ru xqcw qu or. 



callous at the points, concave outside, puberulous at first, but at Burncd-\oa.c<l I run.a H. June, Aug. CI . 1 80i S 2 . 



length becoming smooth and shining -heads minute, few-flow- 1^ ^- ^°^^«^-^ dlnmb. fl. cap. 2. p. 91.) lca^es tngonal, 



ered, terminal, solitary. 

 Hope. 



Passerina-Uke Brunia. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



lu i,nming, ULC1U8 mmuLt;, i^^-^^v>-. 3^^^^]^ spreading, obtuse, ustulate at the apex ; heads of flowers 

 b. G. Native of the Cape 01 Crood , . * / • 1^ i n 1 1 * *i ^ u« ^p « ^.^ 



^ ^ frlnhncp tprminnl. anH nvi I;irv. kpssiIo. ai)OUt tlie size at a PCa. 



globose, terminal, and axillary, sessile, about the size of a pea. 



Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers white. 



^ 



ifled 



Clt. 1 820. Shrub 1 to 3 ft. 



Sect. II. Alopecuroi'dea (from aXwrj?^, alopex, a fox, and 12 B. capite'lla (Thunb. fl. cap. 2. p. 91.) leaves trigonal, 



ovpa,oura, a tail ; disposition of flowers like a fox tail). Calyx smooth, spreading, ustulate at the apex ; heads of flowers ter-^ 

 with scarious, smooth segments (f. 8. K. c). Petals ovate (f. 8. minal and axillary, about the size of a pea. Tj . G. Native of 

 K. a.), inclosing the stamens. Ovary 2-celled (f. 8. K. ^.) ; cells 



Fruit crowned by the calyx. Petals and 



y 7 — ^v^v^»aa^ 



1 or 2-seeded. 



stamens caducous. 



, 8 B. EACEMo'sA (Brogn. et Dum. mem. p. 18.) leaves spread- 

 ing, sessile, ovate, acuminated, somewhat cordate, 3-nerved, 

 rather pilose ; flowers panicled ; panicle composed of dense, 

 distant, rather leafy racemes. ^ . G. Native of the Cape of 

 <JOod Hope. " ' 

 2. p. 37. 



Phylica racembsa, Lin. mant. 209. D. C. prod. 



Beckia cordata, Burm. prod. 12. 



"ftacemose-flowered Brunia. 

 ^hrub 5 feet. 



Flowers white. 

 Fl. May, Sept. Clt. 1790. 



the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers white. 

 Small-headed Brunia. Slirub 1 to 3 feet. 



13 B. ARACHNOiDEA (Wendl. coll. 2. p. G2.) leaves linear, 

 thin, acuminated, somewhat trigonal, cobwcbbed, fuscous at the 

 apex, spreading, crowded ; heads of flowers globose, small. Tj . 

 G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers white. 



Cobwehbcd Brunia. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1820. Sh. 1 to 3 ft. 



14 B. ERicoiDES (Wendl. coll. 2. p. 57.) leaves linear, short, 

 acute, trigonal, pilose in the middle, brown and callose at the 

 apex, spreading ; heads of flowers globose, about the size of a 

 cherry. Ij . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers 

 white. 



■ Y."V^""^'^ (Brogn. etDum. mem. p. 19.) leaves spread- 



"ig a httle, sessile, linear, blunt, 1-nerved, quite smooth, coria- Jleath-like Brunia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1804. Sh. 1 to^3 ft. 



jeous, flat; panicle dense, composed of rather simple racemes; 15 B. macuoce'i'Hala (Willd. ex Sprenjr. syst. 1. p. 782.) 



Tj.G. Native of the Cape of leaves linear-lanceolate, crowded, hairy, erectly-spreading ; heads 



of flowers terminal, solitary. ^ . G. Native of the Cape of 



Good Hope. Flowers white. 



nowers scarious, approximate. 



uooil^ Hope. Phylica pinifolia, Lin. fil. suppl. 153. Beckia 

 '^iricana, Burm. prod. 1 2 . Flowers white. 



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