

ONAGRARI^. XIV. Lopezia. XV. Circ^a. XVI. Pl 



699 



nov. act. bonn. 9. p. 192.) plant glabrous; stem tetragonal, erect, with a short Inferior radicle. 



nearly sinjple ; leaves ovate, acute, sharply denticulated, some- 

 what acuminated, for the most part opposite, but the upper ones 

 are alternate; racemes short. O. H. Native of Mexico. 



Herbaceous plants. Roots 



Flowers in ter- 



creeping. Leaves opposite, stalked, toothed. 



minal and lateral racemes, covered with uncinate hairs. 



This 



J racemes 

 Sterile stamen white. 



PL i foot. 



Small Lopezia. 



5 L. opposiTiFOLiA (Lag. nov. gen. et spec. p. 1.) plant gla- 

 brous ; leaves ovate, dentately serrated^ for the most part oppo- 

 site, but the upper ones are scattered ; racemes terminating the 

 branches ; 



New Spain. 

 Hort. 



upper flowers nearly leafless. ©. H. Native of 



genus differs from the rest of OnagraricVy in its large fleshy 

 disk, in its solitary, erect ovula, and in the binary division of 

 the flower ; it is connected with this order tlirough Lopezia^ 

 with which it cannot, however, be absolutely associated, and 

 bears about the same relation to Onagrdrice^ as is borne by 

 Haloragece. 



1 C. LuTETiA^NA (Lin. spec. 12.) stem erect, pubescent; 



Schrank, nov. act. bonn, 9. p. 91. L. annua, leaves ovate, acuminated, toothed, opaque and downy, longer 



Opposite-leaved Lopezia. PI. 1 foot. 



6 L. iNTEGiUFOLiA (D. C. prod. 3. p. 62.) plant glabrous ; 

 leaves alternate, ovate-lanceolate, acuminated at both ends, 

 quite entire; racemes leafy, terminating the branches. ©. H. 

 Native of Mexico. Stem angular. Petioles of lower leaves 

 more than an inch lonflf. 

 entire or hardly sinuated, never serrated. 



Sterile stamen white. Leaves quite 



PL 1 to 1| foot. 



serrated 



Entire-leaved Lopezia. 

 - 7 L. minia'ta (D. C. cat. hort. monsp. 1813. p, 121.) stem 

 shrubby, glabrous, terete ; leaves alternate, ovate-lanceolate, 



racemes terminating the branches. Tj . S. Native 

 of New Spain. Lag. nov. gen. et spec. 1814. p. 1. Jacq. fil. 

 eclog. t. 109. L. frut^scens, Rcem. et Schult. syst. 1. (1817.) 

 P» 34. L. fruticpsa, Schrank, nov. act. bonn. 9. p. 91. Sterile 

 stamen the same colour as the petals. mva c^'- k^ 



Vermilion'Rowered Lopezia. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 

 ^ 8 L. hirsu'ta (Jacq. coll. 5. p. 5. t. 15. f. 4.) stem suffru- 

 tescent, hairy, terete; leaves ovate-lanceolate, hairy, subser- 

 ^ted; racemes terminating the branches. 0. H. Native of 

 Mexico. Sterile stameri the same colour as the petals. 



Hairy Lopezia. FL Sept. Nov. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



9 L. pube'scens (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer, 6. p. 92.) 

 stem branched, glabrous, terete, as w^ell as the downy branches ; 

 leaves oval-oblong, acute, pubescent. O.H. Native of Mexico? 



Pubescent Lopezia. PL 1 foot. 



10 L. pu^MiLA (Bonpl. nav. p. 57.) stem simple, hairy, terete; 

 ^fiaves on short petioles, ovate, acute, toothed, upper ones lan- 



than the petioles. 1/ . H. Native of Europe, in moist shady 

 places; plentiful in some parts of Britain. Fl. dan. t. 210. 

 Schkuhr, handb. t. 2. Smith, engl. hot. t. 1026. C. vulgaris, 

 Moench. C. pubescens, Pohl. C. ovalif olia, Gray. The roots 

 are creeping ; and have been considered detersive. Flowers 

 pale red. Anthers and style whitish. Stigma red. 



Far. /3, Canadensis (Lin. 1. c.) stem glabrous. 7/ . H. Native 

 of North America, particularly in Canada, about Lake Huron 

 and Montreal, as well as in the United States. C. Canadensis, 

 Muhl. cat. p. 2. C. Lutetiana, Bigel. fl. host. p. 8. 



Parisian or Common Enchantress Nightshade. Fl. June, Jul. 



Britain. 



PI. 1 to 1| foot. 



2 C. ALPENA (Lin. spec. 12.) stems ascending, smoothisli ; 



of petioles, mem- 

 branous. It. H. Native of Europe, in moist, shady, stony 



leaves cordate, toothed. 



shining, 



length 



Plant 4 or 6 inches high. 



places ; plentiful in some parts of the north of England and 

 Scotland, and almost throughout all North America. Smith, 

 engl. bot. t. 1057. Lam. ill. t. 16. f. 2. C. cordifolia, Stok. 

 mat. med. 26. Flowers pale red. Fruit less hispid than those 

 of the preceding species. 



Far, (3, intermedia (Ehrh. beitr. 4. p. 42.) stem erect, simple, 

 smoothish ; leaves repandly denticulated, acuminated. If . H. 

 Native of Europe, in mountainous and shady places. Sturm, fl. 

 germ, with a figure. This plant grows to the height of C Lu- 

 tetiana but it differs from it in the leaves being cordate, as in 



C. alptna. 



Alpine Enchantress Nightshade. Fl. July, Aug. Britain. 



PL I to 1 foot. 



Cult, The species of Circce^a will grow under any clrcum- 



' l^^late, pilose on both surfaces ; racemes terminal ; flowers on 



^^'^g pedicels. ©. H. Native of Mexico, on hills between stance, and are easily increased by the runnmg roots, which 

 ^uanaxuato and Santa Rosa. Bracteas shorter than the pedi- render them a great pest in gardens, unless confined by some 



eels. -^ ■ 



Clt. 1824. 



PI. I foot. 



Calyx glabrous. 



Dwarf Lopezia. Fl. July, Sept. 



^ult. All the species are elegant border annuals, when in 

 ^^wer, and most of them will live through many winters, and 

 become sufFrutescent, if sheltered from the frost. They are of 

 easy culture, the seeds only requiring to be sown in the border 

 ^ K- J" spring, or sown on a hot-bed to forward the plants, 

 J^"ich may afterwards be planted out in the open border. A 

 'gnt soil and warm situation suit them best. 



means. 



t Genera belonging to Onagrarice, but are not sufficiently 

 known. 



XVL PLEUROSTFMON (from TrXei/pov, pleuron, a side, 

 and arripoy, stemon, a stamen ; in reference to the stamens being 

 all at one side of the flower). Rafin. adn. 1820. D. C.prod. 3. 

 p. 64. — Pleurandra, Rafin. fl. lud. 1817. p. 95. but not of 



Labill. 



L 



CiRCiE'A (Circe, in mythology, the famous enchantress; 

 *^ reference to the fruit, which lays hold of the clothes of pas- 

 f!kPi^^' from being covered with hooked prickles, as Circe is 



" ' to have done by her enchantments). Tourn. inst. t. 155. 



'*"• gen. no. 24. Lam. ill. t. 16. Gsertn. fruct. 1. p. 114. oval, 4-celled, many-seeded. 

 *• 24. 



Monogy 



Tube of calyx drawn 

 Petals 4, spatulatc, 



fabled 



Li 



SYST. uctanaria, 

 out beyond the ovarium, bifid at the apex. 



all on one side. Stamens 8, and are as well as the style at that 



Stigma 4-lobed. Capsule 



This genus 



side of the flower opposite the petals. 



Seeds unknown. 



J4. D.C. prod. 3. p. 63. 



Lin. syst. Diandria, Monogynia. Calyx deciduous, tubular, 

 JJ* a 2"parted limb. Petals 2, alternating with the lobes of 

 the calyx. Stamens 2, alternating with the petals, inserted into 

 "le calyx. Disk large, cup-shaped, filling up the whole of the 

 ^oe of the calyx, and projecting beyond it. Ovarium 2- celled, 

 lf\ an erect ovulum in each cell. Style simple, arising out 

 V' the disk. Stigma emarginate. Capsule 2-celled, 2.valved, 

 ^•seeded. Seeds solitary, erect, without albumen. Embryo 



CEnothera, from the calycme tube 



being drawn out beyond the ovarium. 



1 P. ALBUM (Rafin. 1. c). ^ • F- Native of Louisiana. CEno- 

 thera, no. 2. Robin, louis. p. 490. Stem shrubby, 7 feet high. 

 Branches terete, twiggy. Leaves sessile, narrow, entire, acute. 

 Flowers white, on short pedicels ; genitals exserted. 



White- flowered Pleurostemon. PI. 7 feeU 



Cult. 

 border. 



be 



4u 2 



