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23 D. ova'tus (Pohl, pi. bras. 

 1. p. 95. t. 61).) quite glabrous ; 

 branchleis compressed, at length 

 terete ; leaves sessile, ovate, acute, 

 glabrous, feather-nerved ; flowers 

 on short pedicels ; bracteas lan- 

 ceolate, glabrous ; outer teeth of 

 calyx spreading ; stamens 1 6 . 



LYTHRARIEiE. XIII. DirLrsoDON. 



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FIG. 106. 



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Native of Brazil, in the 



of Minas Geraes. Leaves 



broad. Corolla greyish red. 



Oua^^-leaved Diplusodon. Sh. 

 1 foot. 



• 24 D. OBLONGUS (Pohl, pi. bras. 

 J. p. 95. t. 78.) quite glabrous; 

 branches acutely tetragonal ; leaves 

 on sliort petioles, oblong, quite 



Lythrum-like Diplusodon. Shrub 2 feet. 



29 D. viLLOsi'ssiMus(Pohl, pi. bras. l.p. 94. t. 77.)stem and 



branches terete and villous ; cauline and rameal leaves on short 



petioles, ovate, acutish, cordate at the base, ciliated, clothed with 



white villi ; bracteas oblong-ovate, tomentose ; stamens 18. 



T2 . S. Native of Brazil, in the province of Minas Geraes. 



Corolla bluish red. 



Very ui/Zow^ Diplusodon. 



30 D. sTACHYoiDES (D. C. L c.) herbaceous? hairy; stem or 

 branches tetragonal ; leaves on short petioles, ovate, rather cor- 

 date, acute, having 5 nerves on each side ; flowers on short 

 pedicels; bracteas rhomboid-ovate, acute, length of calycine 



Shrub l4 foot. 



tube 



^ 



Native 



outer teeth of calyx erect ; stamens 16. 

 of Brazil. Friedlandia stachyoides, Cham, et Schlecht. in Lin- 

 tiaea. 2. p. 35S. Flowers purplish. 



Stachys-like Diplusodon. PI. 1 foot. 



31 D. floribu'ndus (Pohl, pi. bras. 1. p. 87. t. 70.) branches 



glabrous, having 4-5 veins on each side, which are reddish be- terete, rather pilose ; leaves sessile, ovate, acute, cordate at the 

 neath ; flowers sessile, much shorter than the floral leaves ; base, pilose, having 4 nerves on each side, rising from the base of 



the middle nerve ; flowers nearly sessile ; bracteas ovate, acute, 



. S. Native 



bracteas oblong, with rather ciliated edges ; stamens 12. ^ 



Native of Brazil, in the province of Goyaz, in dry fields. Co- pilose; stamens 24; outer calycine teeth erect. Tj 



roUa greyish red. 



Shrub 3 feet. 



of Brazil, in the province of Goyaz. Flowers bluish-red. Leaves 

 an inch long and 6-7 lines broad. 



dle-florvered 



Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



32 D. DivARXCATUS (Pohl, pL bras. 1. p. 84. t. 67.) plant 

 ^.^oothish, and rather glaucescent ; branches terete ; leaves ses- 

 sile, roundish-ovate, cordate at the base, having 5 nerves on 



Mu 



Leaves morethan 2 inches long and 1 broad. 



Shrub 3 feet. 



Corolla greyish tive of Brazil, in the province of Goyaz, on dry mountains 



Corolla purple. 



' Divaricate Diplusodon. Shrub 1 foot. 



33 D. marginVtus (Pohl, pi. bras. 1. p. 83. t. 66.) quite 



^ , Q , glabrous; leaves sessile, ovate, or roundish-ovate, cordate at 



sessile, ovate, or oblong-elliptic, acutish, rounded at the base, the base, glabrous, pruinose, with purplish edges; nerves 5-6 



26 p. STRiGosus (Pohl, pi. bras. 1. p. 88. t. 71.) plant beset 

 with hispid villi; branchlets compressed, at length terete; leaves 



ciliated, strigose, having 7-8 nerves on each side ; flowers almost 

 sessile; bracteas roundish-eUiptic, pilose ; calycine teeth nearly 



on each side, rising from the lower part of the middle nerve ; 

 flowers pedicellate ; bracteas ovate ; outer calycine teeth^ short 



equal ; stamens 24-30. Tj . S. Native of Brazil, in the pro- and spreading ; stamens 30. Tj . S. Native of Brazil, in the 

 vince of Goyaz. Calycine lobes beset with scaly strigae. Co- 



rolla bluish red. 



Strigose Diplusodon. 



Leaves 3 inches long and 2 broad. 



Shrub 3 feet. 



province of Goyaz. Corolla purple, 

 and 12-13 lines broad. 



Leaves 2 inches long; 



) 



Marg 



Shrub 2 feet. 



34 D. iMBRicA^TUS (Pohl, pi. bras. 1. p. 85. t. 68.) glabrous; 

 branches villous ; branchlets tetragonal ; cauline leaves on short leaves sessile, ovate, acutish, cordate at the base, glabrous, prui- 

 t)etioles, upper ones oblong-oval, acute, ciliated, villous above nose, dotted when Examined by a lens, imbricated : ^^^^8,, 

 and strigose beneath, having 3-4 nerves on each side ; flowers nerves on each side, rising from the lower part of ^^\"^J^^^^^ 

 almost sessile; bracteas oblong-elHptic, villous, much shorter 

 than the calyx, which is also villous ; outer teeth of calyx re- 



almost sessile; bracteas oblong-elliptic, villous, much shorter nerve; pedicels 1-flowered, shorter than the leaves; bracteas 



oval-elliptic; teeth of calyx reflexed ; stamens 18. Iz • ^' 



^ ^ - Corolla purple. 



flexed; stamens 15-lS. 



{)rovince of Minas Geraes. 

 onff and 4 broad. 



h. S. 



Native of Brazil, in the 



Leaves 9 lines 



Corolla bluish red. 



Habit of D. lythrotdes. 

 Villous Diplusodon. Shrub 2 feet. 



28 D. LYTHRofDEs (D. C. prod. 1. c.) stem and branches 

 terete, beset with short spreading villi ; leaves sessile, broadly 

 ovate, acutish, villous, having 4-6 nerves on each side ; flowers 

 almost sessile, aggregate in the axils of the leaves ; bracteas 

 oval, acutish, shorter than the tube of the calyx, which is villous; 

 outer calycine segments erect ; stamens 12, rarely 15. b . S. 



Native of Brazil, in the province of Goyaz. i, r n w 



The nerves of the leaves almost agree with those of the tollow 



ing division of the genus. 



Imbricate'leaxed Diplusodon. Shrub 2 feet. 



• * * • 



Leaves palmately many-nerved. 



Native of Brazil, in 



M 



landia lythroides. Mart. herb. Leaves vary from opposite to 

 3 in a whorl. Flowers large, rose-coloured, sometimes ver- 



35 D. glauce'scens (D. C. L c.) quite glabrous ; br^ches 



terete; leaves sessile, cordate, orbicular, hardly apiculatea, 



riaceous, palmately 7-nerved ; pedicels shorter than the lea . 



t. ^ .. r . . ...^ .J,^ t^be; outer calycme teeth 



Native of Brazil, on moun ains 



Fried- linear; stamens 12. h 



ticillate. 



bracteas. 



ro rno, itambe, dec. m tne provnii;c& wx w.^ . -- ij^ 



rotundif alius, but is easily distinguished by the sum 

 as. TiParf>« 10-11 linps lonff and 8-9 broad. 



Far. /3, glabrhcens (D. C. 1. c.) branches rather hairy ; leaves Glaucescent Diplusodon. Shrub I to 2 feet. ,^ 



glabrous above, hairy beneath on the nerves ant! on the calyxes. 36 D. rotundifolius (D. C. 1. c.) quite glabrous: Dran 



»? . S. Petal 



terete; leaves sessile, cordate, orbicular, palmateJy 



^ 



«e 



Oi/on^-leaved Diplusodon. 



25 D. RAMosi'ssTMus (Pohl, ph bras. 1. p. 94. t. 77.) gla- 

 brous, much branched ; branches opposite, from compressed to 



terete ; leaves on short petioles, coriaceous, oblong, ciliated, smoothish, and rather glaucescent ; branches terete ; leaves ses- 

 pilose above and glabrous beneath, having 5 veins on each side ; , 



rameal and floral leaves smaller, and almost sessile, triple- each side ; nerves pubescent as well as the branchlets and ca- j^^ 

 nerved; flowers on short pedicels ; bracteas lanceolate, glabrous; lyxes ; flowers almost sessile; branches roundish, tomentose; 

 outer calycine teeth erect ; stamens 16. T2 • S. Native of Bra- outer calycine teeth tubercle-formed ; stamens 18. Tj . S. Na- 

 zil, in the province of Goyaz, in grassy fields. 

 red. 



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