BRUNIACE.E. VL Linconia. VII. Audouixia. VIII. Tittmannia. IX. Thamnea. SAMYDE.^. 



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of flowers corymbose ; bracteas downy, equal in length to the by 3 small, papilHform stigmas. — A shrub with erect branches, 

 flowers ; jcalyx and petals woolly on the outside. T2 . Gr. Na- Leaves spirally inserted, imbricate, a little keeled. Flowers 

 live of the Cape of Good Hope. Brunia phylicoides. Thunb. purple, crowded into oblong, spike-like, terminal heads. 



fl* cap. 2. p. 94. Flowers white. This species differs from 



1 A. capita'ta (Brogn. et Dum. mem. p. 28. t. 38. f. 1.). 



the preceding two in the petals being concave and free to the ^ . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Diosma capitata, 

 base, inclosing the stamens, as w^ell as in the form of the calyx. Thunb. prod. 43. Lin. mant. 210. D. C. prod. 1. p. 717. 



The habit of the plant is altogether quite distinct. 



Phjlica-lihe Berardia. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1805. Sh. 1 to 2 ft. 1 to 2 feet. 



Ca;)?7r/^e-flowered Audouinia. FLMay,Ju. Clt. 1790. Shrub 



Cult* For culture and propagation see Brilnia. p. 48. 



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

 VIII. TITTMA'NNIA (in honour of J. A. Tittmann, who 



D. C. prod. 2. p. 45. Brogn. et Dum. mem. p. 26. 



Lin. syst. Pentdndriay Digynia. Calyx adhering to the 



VI. LINCO'NIA (Lincon, evidently the name of some bo- ^ 



tanist). Lin. mant. p. 147. Swartz, in berl. mas. 1810. p. 85. has wrote on the structure and evolution of the embryo of plants). 

 " ~ - - - or Brogn. et Dum. mem. p. 29. t. 38. f. 2, 



Lin. syst. Penthidria. Monof^ynia. Calyx with a spherical 



ovary (f. 8. F. g.\ with a 5-cleft limb ; segments short, mem- *'^^f (^- ^" ^- ^•)' wrinkled and glandular on the outside, adnate 



" ~ to the ovary, 5-cleft, with scarious, erect segments (f. 8. H. i.). 



Petals with the claws 2-keeled on the inside, and with ovate- 

 roundish spreading lamina (f. 8. H. c). Ovary inferior, sphe- 

 rical, 2-celled (f. 8. H. e.), with a membranous dissepiment, free 

 at the edges ; cells 2-seeded. Ovula pendulous, fixed to the 

 dissepiment. Style simple, conical, crowned by a bidcntate 



A small shrub with subumbellate, fastigiate branches. 



branous (f. 8. F. a.), smooth. Petals oblong, convolute (f. 8. 

 F. a), inclosing the stamens ; cells of anthers diverging at the 

 base (f. 8. F. h. e,). Ovary half inferior, 2-celled (f. 8. F. /.) ; 



cells 2-seeded. Styles 2 (f, 8. F. m.). 



(f- 



stigma. 



wi.)' — Heath-like shrubs,with numerous, erect, fastigiate branches. 

 Leaves spirally inserted on all sides of the branches, spreading, 



or loosely imbricate, on very short stalks, coriaceous, quite , " t i t i • i • i i i • i^ - i • 



smooth, or a little fringed on the margins, marked with a pro- -'^^^^^^ ^^"^^'■^ subcylmdrical, wnnkled, mcurved, erect, imbri- 

 minent nerve, ustulate at the apex. Flowers solitary, in the ^^^^' ^^"^^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^P^^' Flowers axillary, approximate towards 

 axilla of the upper leaves, the whole forming a crowded leafy 7^ /^P^ ^^ ^^^ branches, bent to one side, and calyculated at 

 spike, each flower involucrated by 4 or 5 bracteas, which are ^\^^^ ^Y short scarious scales, 

 about the length of the calyx. 



1 L. ALOPEcuRoiDEA (Lin. mant. 216.) leaves spreading a 

 little, linear, acute, almost sessile, w ith one prominent stiff nerve ; 

 flowers a little longer than the leaves ; bracteas membranous 

 with pilose edges, longer than the calyx, ^i . G. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope. Swartz, in berl. mag. 1810. p. 86. 



t. 4. Brogn. mem. 1. c. t, 37. f. 3. Flowers flesh-coloured or 

 white. 



Sol. 



Fox-tail-Uhe Linconia. 



May 



2 L. THYMiFOLiA (Swartz. in berl. mag. 1811. p. 284. t. 7. 

 f- 1.) leaves elliptical, keeled, tipped with black; bracteas naked. 



^ .G. "" ' 



country. Diosma deusta,*Thunb. phyt. blaett. p. 25. but omitted 



Native of the Cape of Good Hope, in the interior of the ^^ ^ ^^^^y '}'^}^ 1 -celled, many-seeded 



JjJ "^s fl. cap, as well as the following species. Brunia laxa, 

 fhunb. fl. cap. 2. p. 93. ? Flowers white. 



1 T. LATERIFLORA (Brogu. ct Dum. naem. p. 30.). \i 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 



Side-Jlowered Tittmannia. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



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



IX. THA'MNEA (from Qa^voQ^ thamnos, a shrub), 

 mss.' Brogn. et Dum. mem. p. 30. t. 38. f. 3, 



Lin. syst. Pentdndria^ Monogynta. Calyx adhering to the 

 ovary at the base, but free at the apex, divided into 5 lanceolate, 

 smooth, scarious, imbricate segments. Petals with 2-keeled 

 claws, and an ovate, spreading limb. Ovary inferior, covered 



Ovula hanging from 



Stigma entire. — A 



Leaves 



the apex of the column. 



small shrub with filiform, erect, fastigiate brancljes. 



Style simple. 



me 



very small, somewhat rhomboidal, short, blunt, keeled, closely 

 ^^May^Jur' Clt. 1825. Sh. 2 ft. P^^^^ed, spirally inserted ; upper ones a little longer than the 



3 li. cuspida'ta (Swartz. in berl, mag. 1811. p. 284. t. 7. 

 *• 1.) leaves spreading a little, oblong, obtuse, ustulate at the 

 apex, keeled ; flowers equal in length to the leaves ; bracteas 

 ^ual in length to the calyx, with fringed, pilose edges. T} • G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Diosma cuspidata, Thunb. 

 Pnyt, blaett. p. 24. Flowers white. 



rest, forming an involucre to the flower. Flowers solitary, ter- 

 minal, white. 



^ 



1 T. uNiFLouA (Sol. mss. Brogn. et Dum. mem. p. 31.). 

 . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 One-Jlowered Thamnea. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 

 ^^^ ^^^ ^ ^^^^^ Cult. The whole of the plants belonging to this natural 



Cu^pirfaf Aaved LinconS/'cTtl 1825. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. ^^^^1: ^^^ ^'^'^^ cultivating for their neatness. All the genera 



4 L.? Peruvia'na (Lam. diet. 3. p. 527.) leaves in whorles, 

 ^near, sessile, hairy, connate at their base, ^i . G. Native of 

 l^eru.^ Fruit unknown. This is probably a species of Mar- 

 gyricarpus. It is certainly a very doubtful species of Linconia, 



th^^K ^ ^^^}^^ ^^ Veru, an J the leaves are said to be connate at 

 the base ; it is more likely they are many-parted. 

 Peruvian Linconia. Shrub. 



require the same treatment. A mixture of peat and sand suits 



them best, but they will require but a moderate supply of water. 

 Young cuttings planted in a pot of sand, will strike root freely, 

 with a hand-glass placed over them. 



Order LXIX. 



DE^ 



Cult. 



See Brunia for culture and propagation, p. 48. 



in important characters). Gaert. fil. carp. 3. p. 238. and 242. 

 Vent. mem. inst. 1807. p. 2. p. 142. Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. 

 p. 360. D. C. prod. 2. p. 47. 



^y^^-^AUpOUI'NIA (in honour of V. Audouin, a profound Calyx permanent, of 3-7, but usually of 5 sepals (f. 9. a,), 



connected together more or less at the base into a tube (f. 9. a.). 

 Lobes imbricate in aestivation, rarely valvate, usually petal-like 

 and coloured on tlie inside. Petals wanting, unless that the 

 coloured inside of the calyx should be considered the lamina of 

 the petals adhering to it. Stamens adnate to the tube of the 



H 



8. 



entymologist). lirogn. ct Dum. p. 28. 



ov /f *^* ^^^^""^''^"> Monogynia. Calyx adhering to the 

 £ ^^. ^ X) .^■)' ^"cleft ; segments large, imbricate (f. 



r^' °j' 1 ?^*^^ ""'^^ a ^ong. 2-keeled claw, and a spreading, 

 3!""lf wi""^ (f. 8. E. h. d.). Ovary half-inferior (f. 8. E. /), 

 •ce led (f. 8. E. g.) ; cells 2-seeded, Style simple, terminated 

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