RHIZOPHORE^. IV. Cassipourea. ONAGRARIvE. 



675 



province of Para, Legnotis Cassipourea, Swartz, fl. ind, 970. of filamentose substance, an inferior polyspermous ovarium, a 



Petals white. . tetrasepalous tetrapetalous flower, with a definite number of 



Guiana Cassipourea. Shrub 6 to 7 feet. , I'l^ii^.i-r i i 



3 C. ELLi^PTicA (Poir. suppl, 2. p. 131.) leaves elliptic, acu- ''"^""'' ""^ ^ '^"S^" ''^^^ ' ^T '^ "'' ""' "'" 

 minated at both ends, quite entire, on short petioles ; flowers ^^"^^ anomalous variations, such as Ctrca^'a and Lopczia, which 



distinctly pedicellate ; petals rather palmately fringed. T2 . S. a^e however easily reconciled to the usual structure of the ord^r. 



Native of Jamaica, on the higher mountains. Legnotis elliptica, Most of the genera are pre-eminently beautiful, as Epilohmm^ 

 Swartz, prod. 84. fl. ind. p. 969. t. 17. Petals white. 

 £//?pizc-leaved Cassipourea. Tree 10 to 30 feet. 



4 C. Madagascarie^nsis (D. C. prod. 3. p. 34.) leaves on 

 short petioles, toothed ; flowers pedicellate; pedicels rising from 



(Enotlii 

 deners. 



The properties of Onagrarice are but little known. The 



an urceolate bractea each ; petals fringe^ at the apex. ^2 . S. leaves of Jussicea Peruviana are used as an emollient poidtice, 



Native of Madagascar. Richse^ia, Pet. Th. nov. gen. mad. p. 

 25. no. 84. 



Madagascar Cassipourea. Shrub 6 to 10 feet. 



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•f A species not sufficiently known. 



5 C. Congoe'nsis (R. Br. congo, p. 58.). Tj . S. Native of 

 the west coast of Africa, on the banks of the Congo. Petals 

 less divided than the rest of the species. 



Congo Cassipourea. Tree or shrub. 



Cult. Loam and peat is a good soil for the species of Cassi- 



pureay and cuttings root readily in sand, under a hand-glass, in 



heat. 



and the root of (Enothera biennis as a sort of salad. The valves 

 and dry capsule of (Enothera tetraj^tera contract when the at- 

 mosphere is dry, but when moist they expand. 



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CEnothera 



Synopsis of the genera. 



Tribe I. 



Montinie\e. Fruit capsular. Seeds imbricatCf erects fur- 

 nished with a membranous wing. Trees or shrubs, with alternate 



leaves. 



1 Monti'nia. Flowers dioecious from abortion. Tube of 



Ona- calyx adhering to the ovarium (f. 93. a.), with a very short 



4-toothed limb (f. 93. fe.). Petals 4 (f. 93. d.). Stamens 4. 



Haloragi^. D. C. prod. 3. Style bifid (f. 93. c). Capsule 2-valved. 



p. 35.— Onagrae, Juss. gen. 317. exclusive of numerous genera. 2 Hau'ya. Calyx adhering to the ovary at the base, and 



■Epilobi^ceae,Vent. tabl. 3. p. 307. — Calecanthemarum gen. Lin 

 Tube of calyx adnate to the ovarium the whole length (f. 93. 

 ^*j) or only adhering to it at the base (f. 94. a.), and drawn out 

 beyond the ovarium at the apex (f. 94. a.) ; limb 2-4-lobed, 

 tut usually 4-lobed (f. 93. a. f. 94. a. f. 96. a. f. 98. a.) ; lobes 

 valvate in aestivation. Petals equal in number to the lobes of 



drawn out into a long tube at the apex, which is 4-lobed. Pe- 

 tals 4. Stamens 8. Capsule 4-valved. 



Tribe II. 



FucHSiE^^. Fruit baccate. 



of 



the ovarium (f. 94. a.). Trees or shrubs, with opposite leaves. 



the calyx (f. 95. b. f. 96. b. f. 97. 6. f. 98. d.\ and alternating S Gongyloca'rpus. Calyx adhering to the ovarium at the 



^ith them, for the most part regular, twisted in aestivation, in- base, and drawn out into a long tube at the apex, which is 4- 



serted in the top of the tube of the calyx (f. 95. b. f. 96. b. f. parted.- Petals 4. Stamens 8. Fruit baccate, 2-celled, 2- 



97. b. f. 98. d.\ rarely wanting. Stamens sometimes equal in seeded, indehiscent. 



number to the petals (f. 93. d. f. 99. e.), but usually twice that 4 Fu'chsia. Calyx 4-lobed (f. 94. a.). Petals 4. Stamens 8. 



Dumber (f. 95. b.); filaments free, filiform ; anthers oblong or Ovary 4-valved, 4-celled. 



Tribe III. 



ovate. Ovary many-celled, usually crowned by a cup-shaped 

 gland. Style filiform. Stigma capitate (f. 95. c.) or lobed (f. 

 ^6- c. f. 97. a.). Fruit capsular (f. 96. d. f. 99./), baccate 

 w drupaceous, 2 or 4-celled. Seeds many in each cell, rarely 

 solitary, fixed to the central placenta. Albumen wanting, (f- 96. a.). Slamens twice the number of the petals (f. 94. d. 



J 



ONA'oKEiE. Fruit capsular^ many^seeded (f. 95, d. f. 96. d.). 

 Seeds not winged^ Tube of calyx drawn out beyond the ovarium 



^^ the endopleura is sometimes tumid, and appearing like albu- f» 9^* ^0' 

 ^en. Embryo straight, with a long terete radicle and 2 short 



5 Epil6bium. Limb of calyx 4-parted. Petals 4. Capsule 



cotyledons Herbs or shrubs. Leaves simple, alternate or op- tetragonal, 4-celled.^ Seeds pappous. 



Posite, entire, toothed, or pinnatifid, feather-nerved. Flowers 

 axillary, and disposed in terminal spikes or racemes. 



This ordei^ is distinguished from Lythrariece in the calyx 

 '^jfig adnate to the ovarium, and from Haloragie^ in the style 

 *^^"g filiform, in the seeds being exalbuminous, and never pen- 

 ^"lous in the cells. It is also distinguished from Myrt^ecs in 

 ^^e leaves being destitute of pellucid dots, in the stamens being 

 ^^finite in number, not indefinite ; and from Loase(^ in the seeds 



:ing 



6 Gau'ra. Limb of calyx 3-4-parted. Petals 3-4. Ovary 

 3-4-sided, 1-celled. Seeds naked. 



7 CEnothe^ra. Limb of calyx 4-parted (f. 96. a.). Petals 

 4(f. 96. 6.). Capsule oblong-linear (f. 96. d.), bluntly tetrago- 

 nal or clavate, 4-celled. Seeds naked. 



8 Gayophy'tum. Limb of calyx 4-parted. Petals 4. The 

 4 stamens opposite the petals barren. Capsule 2.celled. Seeds 



naked. 



9 Cla'rkia. Limb of calyx 4-parted. Petals 4, tripartite 



Tlie order is generally known by its pollen cohering by a kind (f. 97. h.). Capsule 4-celled. Seeds not pappous 



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