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ONAGRARIiE, I. Montinia. II. Hauya. III. Goxgylocarpus. IV. Fuchsia, 



Tribe IV. 



JussiE*iE. Fruit capsular (f. 



f.) ; cells many-seeded. 



of 



(f. 



1 M. a'cris (Lin. fil. suppl. 

 427.) T2.G. Native of the Cape 

 of Good Hope, on sandy hills. 



Pluck, aim. t. 333. — Burm. 

 afr. t. 90. f. 1-2. M. cario- 



FIG. 93 



*10 JussisV. Limb of calyx 4-6-parted (f. 98. a.). Petals phyllacea, Thunb. nov. gen. 1. 

 4-6 (f. 98. d.). Stamens 8-12. Capsule 4-6-celled (f. 98. bX ?' ^f' ^™'^' ^picil. t. 15. M. 



Seeds naked. 



frutescens, Gaertn.fr. I.e. Leaves 

 ovate-lanceolate, acute, glaucous, 



11 Prieu'rea. Limb of calyx 3-parted. Petals S. Sta- rather fleshy. Flowers terminal. 



Fruit with an acrid flavour, (f. 



mens 3. 



12 Ludwi'gia. Limb of calyx 4-parted. Petals 4. Sta- ^^v 

 mens 4. Capsule turbinate or elongated, 4-celled. Style pyra- 

 midal from the apex. 



^cric?-fruited Montinia. Fl. 

 July. Clt. 1774. Sh. 1 to 1| ft. 



Cult. Montinia thrives well 



^m » 



13 IsNA RDiA. Limb of calyx 4-parted (f. 99. a. e.). Petals 4 in a mixture of loam and peat, 

 (f. 99. b.). Stamens 4 (f. 99. e.). Style filiform from the base, and cuttings root readily if plant- 

 Capsule obovate or almost cyhndrical, tetragonal, 4-celled (f. ^^ under a hand-glass. 

 d9.f.). 



Tribe V. 



II. HAU'YA (perhaps a name of Mexican origin). Moc. et 



Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. D. C. prod. 3. p. 36. 



Calyx adhering to the 



Lin. syst. 



Monogy 



• CiRC^EE^iE. Tube of calyx not drawn out heijond the ovarium, ovarium at the base, drawn out into a long cylindrical tube, 



hut immediately parted and deciduous. Fruit capsular, ovate^ ^'^^^^, 'f <^left to the middle into 4 oblong-linear, acute, depen- 



, , rr. r. y 7 • T ' . 1 . dent lobes, which are coloured on the inside. Fetals 4, oval, 



globose. Stamens 2, one of which is sometimes converted into a inserted in the top of the calycine tube. Stamens 8, exserted ; 



petal. 



anthers oblong, oscillatory. Style 1, filiform, exserted. 



Stigma 



14 Lope'zia. Limb of calyx 4-parted (f. 100. a.). Petals 4 thick, capitate. Capsule 4-valYed, 4-celled. Seeds numerous, 

 (f. 100. //. i.), irregular. Stamens 2 (f. 100. c), one of which is expanded into an oblong wing at the apex.— A shrub, with alter- 



only fertile. Capsule subglobose (f. 100. e.), 4-celled. 



15 Circe'a. Limb orcalyx 2-parted. Petals 2, obcordate. 

 Stamens 2. Capsule hispid, 2-celled, 2-valved, 2-seeded. 



f Genera not well known. 



16 Pleuroste^mon. Tube of calyx drawn out beyond the 

 ovarium, bifid at the apex. Petals 4. Stamens 8. Stigma 4- 

 lobed. Capsule oval, 4-celled. 



17 Onosu'ris. Tube of calyx adhering to the ovarium ; limb 

 2-parted, with the lobes reflexed. Petals 4. Stigmas 4. Cap- 

 sule 4-celled, 4-valved. 



nate petiolate ovate leaves. Flowers large, from white to rose- 



coloured, sessile in the axils of the upper leaves. 



1 H. e'legans (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon, ined.) 

 Native of Mexico. Branchlets, young leaves, and 

 clothed with down. Tube of calyx an inch and a half long. 



Elegant Hauya. Shrub. 



Cult. See Montinia for culture and propagation. 



Tj.S. 

 calyxes 







Tribe II. 



'JE (plants agreeing with Fuchsia in important 

 D. C. prod. 3. p. 36. Fruit baccate. Tube of 



(f. 94. a.y 



Elegant South 



Tribe I. 



American shrubs, with opposite leaves. 



III. GONGYLOCA'RPUS (from yoyyvXoQ, g07igulos, ronni, 

 and Kapirog, karpos ; in reference to the shape of the fruit;. 



montinif;.e 



characters). D. C. prod. 3. p. S5. Fruit capsular (f. 93. a.). 

 Seeds imbricate, erect, furnished with a membranous wing. 



Lin. syst. 



Calyx adhering to the 



Trees or shrubs, with alternate leaves. This tribe is formed from below the stamens. Petals 4, entire. 



Schlecht. et Cham. inLinnaea. 5. p. 557. 



, Monogy. . _^ ^ 



ovarium at the base, with the tube drawn out a long way beyond 



the ovarium ; limb 4-parted ; throat crounedby a ring of glands 



Fruit 



two genera that are not very well known. 



Stigma capitate 



An annual herb, 



baccate, 2-celled, 2-seeded ; putamen woody. 

 Montin, an acute with alternate, glabrous, ovate-lanceolate, acuminated leaves. 



segments 



Swedish botanist). Lin. gen. 1432. Gaertn. fruct- I. p. 170. 

 t. 33. Lam. ill. t. 808. D. C. prod. 3. p. 35. 



Lin. syst. Dioe'ctay Tetrdndria. Flowers dioecious from 

 abortion. Tube of calyx adhering to the ovary (f. 93. a.) ; limb 

 very short, 4-toothed (f. 93. a.). Petals 4 (f. 93. d.), roundish, lary branches. 

 Stamens 4 (f. 93. d.), alternating with the petals ; in the female Red- s temmed Gor\gy\oC2Lr^ns. 



Petals obovate-cuneated, caducous, shorter than the calycine 



grain of pepper. 



i G. RUBRIC au'lis (Schlecht. et Cham. 1. c.) ©. H. Native 



Stems red, furnished with short axil- 



Me 



flowers barren. Anthers oblong, oscillatory. Ovary ovate ; in the 

 male flowers abortive. Style bifid (f. 93. 6.). Capsule (f. 93. 

 fl.), 2-valved, 2-celled, crowned by the teeth of the calyx. Seeds 

 6-8 in each cell, fixed to the central placenta, which is somewhat 



Seeds girded by a wing. Albumen fleshy. — A 

 smooth Cape shrub, with alternate leaves, and small white 

 flowers. This genus differs from all the other genera in Ona- 

 grari<e m the seeds being albuminous. 



PI. U foot. 



tetragonal. 



Cult. The seeds of this plant will require to be sown in a 

 hot-bed in spring, and when the plants are about 2 or 3 inches 

 high they may be planted out into the open border in a warm shel- 

 tered situation. 



IV. FU'CHSIA (in honour of Leonard Fuchs, a celebrated 

 German botanist, author of Historia Stirpium in 1542.) Plu"** 

 gen. 14. Lin. gen. 126. Lam. ill. t.282. D. C. prod. 3- p. S6. 



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