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LYTHRARIE^. XIL Heimia. XIII. Diplusodok, 



tlie cells. Seeds wingless, numerous, — Smooth American shrubs. Hypericum angustifblhim. Floral branches short, opposite, and 



Peduncles 1 -flowered. Flowers yellow. 



1 H. sALiciFOLiA (Link et Otto, 1. c. t. 28.) leaves opposite 

 or 3 in a whorl, but the upper ones are usually alternate, on 

 short petioles, lanceolate, acute, tapering at the base ; flowers 

 pedicellate ; capsule ovoid. Tj . F. Native of Brazil ; and 

 Mexico on the declivities of the burning mount Jori^lo. Sweet, bracteas ovate-oblong; stamens? Tj . S. Native of Brazil, in 

 fl. gard. 281. Nesse'a salicifolia, H. B. et Kunth. Ginoria the province of Minas Geraes. Friedlandia angustif olia. Mart, 

 flava, Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. Chrysoliga salici- herb. Habit almost of Hihhhtia angustif olia. Stem much 



slender. Petals reddish-purple. Stamens probably 12. 



Hexandroxis Diplusodon. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



2 D. ANGUSTiFOLius (D. C. 1. c.) quite glabrous; branches 

 rather tetragonal, slender ; leaves linear, with revolute edges, 

 hardly 1 -nerved, obtuse, rather coriaceous : pedicels short ; 



folia, herb. Willd. Ly^thrum flavum, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 454. 

 Flowers yellow. Petals roundish-obovate. 



lVillo7v-leaved Heimia. FL July, Sept. Clt. 1821. Shrub 

 4 to 6 feet. 



branched. Leaves 3-4 lines long, hardly a line broad, greyish 

 as w^ell as the calyxes. Petals and stamens unknown. 



Narrow-leaved Diplusodon. Shrub 1 foot. 



3 D. Cand6llei (Pohl, herb, ex D. C. 1. c.) branches some- 



2 H. MYRTiFOLiA (Hort, bcrol. ex Schlecht. Linnsea. 2. p. what tetragonal ; under sides of leaves as well as the calyxes 

 347.) leaves nearly opposite or alternate, lanceolate, acute, clothed with adpressed villi ; leaves almost sessile, linear, 1- 

 smaller than those of ^. salicifolia ; flowers nearly sessile ; cap- nerved, with revolute margins ; flowers on short pedicels ; brac- 

 teas ovate, acute, longer than the tube of the calyx ; stamens 12. 

 S. Native of Brazil, in the province of Minas Geraes. 



sule globose. Tj . F. Native of Brazil, in the Island of St. 

 Catharine, at the entrance to Rio Janeiro. Lj^thrum ap6talum, 

 Spreng. syst. 2. p. 454. Flowers yellow. 



Myrtle-leaved Heimia. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1826. Shrub 

 3 to 4 feet. 



"8 H. LiNARjJEFoLiA (Hort. ex Loud. hort. brit. p. 479.) leaves 

 linear ; flowers yellow. \ . F. Native of South America. 



Toad-flax-leaved Heimia. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt, 1826. Shrub 

 3 to 4 feet. 



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Habit of a heath. Shrub much branched. Like Z). angustif o- 



liuSf but easily distinguished from that plant by the hairs on the 

 leaves and calyxes. Leaves 3 lines long, but hardly a line broad. 

 De Candolle's Diplusodon. Shrub 1 foot. 



* Leaves 3-nerved ; lateral nerves marginal^ rising from 

 the base. Outer calycine teeth erect. 



4 H. syphiu'tica (D. C. prod. 3. p. 89.) leaves alternate, 4 D. EPiLOBioiDEs(D.C. prod. 3. p. 94,) smoothish; branches n 



nearly terete ; when young as well as the leaves, white from fine, 



erect, crowded, linear-lanceolate, attenuated at both ends ; petals 

 obovate-oblong. Tj . F. Native of Mexico, at Yechpixtla, 



short, velvety down; leaves on short petioles, oblong-linear 



where it is called Hanchinol by the inhabitants. Ginoria syphi- with somewhat revolute edges, 1 -nerved, or the larger ones 3- J 

 litica, Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. This plant is said to nerved; pedicels S-times shorter than the leaves; bracteas ! 

 possess powerful antisyphilitic properties; its expressed juice, linear; stamens 12-15. ^ . S. Native of Brazil, in the pro- i 



taken in doses of 4 ounces, excites violent perspiration and secre- 

 tion of urine, and is said to cure venereal disorders in an incredi- 

 bly short space of time. 



Syj)hilil\c Heimia. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



Cult. The species of Heimia are very pretty shrubs when in 

 flower ; they only require to be sheltered from frost in winter ; 

 this may be done by mats, if the plants are planted against a ceolate, glabrous ; stamens \k. 



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south wall in the open ground ; and if in pots they should be 

 placed in the greenhouse. Cuttings of them strike readily either 

 in sand or mould under a hand-glass. 



vince of Minas Geraes. Fiiedlandia epilobioides, Mart. mss. \ 

 Petals of a rose-purple colour. Habit of Epilohtum Dodom^ /. 

 Willow 'herb-like Diplusodon. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



5 D. puncta'tus (Pohl, pi. bras. 1. p. 89. t. 72.) quite gla- \ 

 brous, branches rather tetragonal, slender ; leaves sessile, lanceo- i 

 late, marginate, rather dotted, somewhat coriaceous; bracteas Ian- i 



■ - Tj . S. Native of Brazil, in the i 

 province of Goyaz. Corolla bluish-red. Pairs of leaves re- I 

 mote, 6 lines long and 2 broad. Outer calycine teeth tubercle- I 

 formed. 



Dotted-lesLved Diplusodon. Shrub 1 foot. 



6 D. THYMiFOLius (D. C. prod. 1. c.) branchlets tetragonal ; 



XIII. DIPLUSODON (from ^ittXooc, diploos, double, and ^ , , ,, . , . , ^ , , , ., 



ohv^ oSovToq, odous odontos, a tooth ; a double row of teeth in ^^^^ surfaces of leaves and calyxes rather downy ; leaves aimo^^i 



the calyx). Pohl. pi. bras. 1. p. 82. Friedlandia, Schlecht. et ^^^^^^^^ oblong, obtuse, 3-nerved, the lateral nerves almost mar- 



Cham, in Linnaa. 2. p. 348.— Dub^'a, D. C. diss. ined. 1827. S^"^^ 5 pedicels shorter than the leaves ; bracteas obJong, oD- 



Nesa^'a species of Kunth. 



LiK, SYST. Dodecdndria, Monogynia. Calyx bibracteate at 

 the base, hemispherically campanulate (f. 106. a.), 12-nerved; 

 limb Ig-cleft (f. 106. 6.), the 6 inner segments largest and erect. 



and the 6 outer ones, or those from the sinuses, smaller. Petals lines long and 1 line broad. 



tuse, shorter than the calycine tube ; stamens 12. 12 . S. Na 

 tive of Brazil, in the province of Minas Geraes, in the dry 

 fields near Tejuco, at the height of SOOO feet. Friedlandia 

 thymifolia, Mart. herb. Petals rose-coloured. Leaves 2-3 



6 (f. 106. e.), inserted in the calycine tube, and alternating 

 with the erect segments of the calyx. Stamens 12-36, equal, 

 inserted in the lower part of the tube of the calyx, exserted. 

 Capsule globose, covered by the calyx, 2-celled, 2-valved, many 

 seeded. Seeds oval, compressed, girded by an obscure thickish 

 wing. — Shrubs, with quite opposite decussate entire leaves, and 

 racemoselypanicled inflorescence. 



Leaves linear ^ l-nerved. Outer teeth of calyx erect. 



1 D. hexa'nder (D. C. prod. 3. p. 94.) glabrous; branches 

 terete; leaves oblong-linear, with revolute edges, obtuse, on 

 short petioles ; flowers on short pedicels ; bracteas oblong ; 

 stamens 6 ? T? . S. Native of Brazil, in the province of Minas 



Geraes. 



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Habit nearly of 



Thyme^eavedDiiplusodort. Shrub 1 foot. 



* * * Leaves feather-nervedj rarely feather -veined. 



7 D. viRGA^Tus (Pohl, pi. bras. 1. p. 90. t. 73.) glabrous ; 

 branches tetragonal ; leaves nearly sessile, lanceolate, attenuated 

 at the base ; bracteas oblong, glabrous ; pedicels short ; stamens 

 18. T?. S. Native of Brazil, in the provinces of ^M mas 

 Geraes and Goyaz. Friedldndia albiflbra, Mart. 

 8-9 lines long, and 3-4 broad. Flowers white. 



Twiggy Diplusodon. Shrub 4 feet. 



8 D. MYRSiNi^TES (D. C. 1. c.) quitc glabrous; branches tetra- 

 gonal ; leaves oval or obovate, acote, narrowed at *^ ^^^' 

 with the lateral veins nearly obsolete ; pedicels ^^^^^^^^^ ,| 

 than the leaves; bracteas oval-oblong, obtuse 



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