LYTHRARIEiE. XXIf. Ginoria. XXIII. Adenaria. XXIV. Grislea. XXV. Lagerstrcemia. 



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Capsule roundish, 4-valved, 4-furrowed, 1-celled ? opening from amer. C. p. 185.) branchlets glabrous ; leaves on short petioles, 

 the apex. Seeds small, mserted in a large, roundish placenta, puberulous on both surfaces, but paler beneath ; flowers usually 

 -A shrub. Leaves opposite, lanceolate. Pedicels axillary, 1- with 4 petals and 8 stamens, f? . S. Native of South America, 



flowered. Flowers large, blue. 



1 G. AmericaVa (Jacq. 1. c). T2 

 the banks of rivers, whereit is called by the inhabitants Rosa 

 id Rio or River-rose, 



Native of Cuba, on 



between Cumana and the Orinoco, and near Caraccas. Perhaps 

 the plant of Locfling, who says the leaves are glabrous, the 

 calyxes 4-toothed, and the flowers secund, is the same as that 



Flowers nearly an inch in diameter, of Humboldt, who says that the leaves are puberulous, the 



with a red calyx and blue corolla- Capsule dark red. 



American Ginoria. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



Cult, An elegant plant when in flower. Its culture and 

 propagation is the same as that for Lawsonia^ p. 722. 



flowers axillary, and calyx 8-toothed. Perhaps both plants 

 have 5 petals and 10 stamens in the flowers. Calyx greenish. 

 Petals hardly conspicuous, flesh-coloured. Stamens long, purple. 

 Secund'^ov^^ered. Grislea. Clt. 1820, Shrub 4 to C feet. 



2 G. 



(Roxb. 



cor. 



hot. rcg. 



XXIII. ADENA'RIA (S^corcv alriv, aden, a gland: in refer- 1, p. 29. t. 31.) branchlets pu- 

 ence to the petals, calyxes, and ovarium being beset with glan- 

 dular dots). H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 185. D. C. 

 prod. 3. p. 91. — Antherj^ium species, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 474. 



Lin. syst. OctO'Decdndria^ Monogynia. Calyx turbinately 

 campanulate, 4-5-cleft; the sinuses not produced into other 

 lobes. Petals 4-5, unguiculate, inserted between the lobes of 

 the calyx. Stamens 8-10, inserted in the base of the calyx, 

 exserted. Ovarium stipitate, 2-celled. Style inclosed; stigma 

 2-lobed. Fruit globose, half covered by the calyx, probably 

 mdehiscent. Seeds angular, very numerous. — American trees. 

 Leaves opposite, quite entire, beset with glandular dots beneath, 

 as well as on the calyxes, petals, and ovarium. Flowers white, 

 disposed in axillary umbels. 



1 A. GRisLEOiDEs (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c.) branches nearly 

 terete, finely hairy ; leaves oblong, acuminated, membranous, 

 glabrous ; umbels on short peduncles. 1^ . S. Native of South 

 America, on the banks of the river Magdalena, near Badilla. 

 Antheryllum grisleoides, Spreng. 1. c. Leaves like those of 



Grislea secunda. Petals spotted with red or brown glands like 



the rest. 



FIG. 107. 



bescent ; leaves sessile, clothed 

 with hoary tomentum beneath, 

 but smoothish above; flowers 

 usually with G petals and 12 sta- 

 mens. Ij . S. Native of the 

 north of Coromandel, on hills 

 (Roxb.), China (Lin.), and the 

 islands of Timor and Java. Ken 



30. Lythrum frutic6- 

 sum, Lin. spec. 641. Woodfordia 

 floribunda, Salisb. par. lond. t. 

 42. Calyx and stamens red. 

 Petals hardly conspicuous, (f. 

 107.) 



Tomentose Grislea. Fl. May, 

 Ju. Clt. 1804. Sh.2 to 6 ft. 



3 G. puncta'ta (Hamilt. ex Smith in Rees' cycl- vol. 17. no. 

 2.) leaves petiolate, lanceolate, smooth ; branches and flowers 



lyx 4 times longer than broad; petals 6 ; stamens 12. 



~ ~ Flowers red. Alabastra 



erect 



Grislea-like Adenaria. Tree 20 feet. 



Tj. S. 

 turbinate. 



Native of the East Indies. 



2 A. purpura'ta (H. B. et Kunth, L c.) branchlets terete. Dotted Grislea. Shrub. 



when young puberulous ; leaves oblong, acuminated, purplish, Cult. Pretty shrubs and profuse flowerers. Their culture and 



glabrous, but puberulous on the nerves and veins beneath ; propagation is the same as that for Lawsonia, p. 722. 

 Umbels almost sessile. Tj . S. Native of New Granada, on 

 tjie banks of Smith's and Quilquasa rivers ; and at Guayaquil. 

 Antherylium purpuratum, Spreng. 1. c. 

 Purplish-leaved Adenaria. Tree 20 to 30 feet, 



3 A. FLORIBUNDA (H. B. ct Kuuth, 1. c. p. 188. t. 549.) 

 wanchlets tetragonal, clothed with canescent pubescence, as well 

 ^sthe under side of the leaves, but the upper surface is quite gla- 

 brous ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminated ; umbels on short 

 peduncles. Tj , S. Native along with the preceding species. 

 Antherylium floribundum, Spreng. 1. c. 



Bundle-Jlowered Adenaria. Tree 20 feet. 



Cult. See Lawsonia for culture and propagation, p. 722. 



XXIV. GRl'SLEA (in honour of G. Grisley, a Portuguese 



s^ist; author of Viridariura Lusitanicum, Lisbon, 1C61, 

 8vn ^«^„vK,i 1 , o • V. i^.n j(. is also in Ray's Syl- 



cliem 



D. C. prod. 



°vo. republished by Seguler in 1749. 



J>ge stirpium exterarum). Loefl. itin. p. 245. Lin. gen. no. 



*74. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 184 



3. p. 92.^Woodf6rdia, Salisb. par. lond. t. 42. 



I^iN. SYST. OctO'Dodecdndria, Monogynia. Calyx coloured, 

 tubular (f 107. a.), 8-12-toothed ; the 4 or 6 inner teeth erect ; 

 ^d the 4 or 6 outer ones, or those produced from the sinusei* 

 •iorn-formed and small 



Petals 4-6, oblong, unguiculate, in- white, showy. 



Tribe II. 



LAGERSTRCEMIF^ (plants agreeing with Lagerstrcr'mia 



in important characters). D. C. mem. soc. hist. nat. gen. 3- pt, 



2. p. 70. Lobes of calyx exactly valvate in aestivation. Petals 



numerous, alternating with the calycine lobes, and inserted at 



the top of the calycine tube between its lobes. Stamens inserted 



lower down in the calycine tube than the petals, and twice or 



thrice their number. Seeds expanded into membranous wings. 



Trees or shrubs. 



XXV. LAGERSTRCE^MIA (so named by Linnseus from 



Magnus Lagerstroem of Gottenburg, who procured many curiosi- 

 ties from China, and gave them to the public). Willd. spec. 2. 

 p, 1 178. D. C. prod. 3. p. 93. — Lagerstroe'mia and Munchafisia, 



Lin. gen. 



Lin. syst. Icosdndria, Monogynia, Calyx bibracteolate at 

 the base, 6-cleft ; lobes distinct, but none produced from the 

 sinuses. Petals 6, unguiculate. Stamens 18-30. Capsule 

 6-valved, girded by the calyx, 3-6-celled. — East Indian treeKT 

 and shrubs. Branches tetragonal. Leaves opposite, quite en- 

 tire. Peduncles axillary, usually constituting panicles or 

 racemes at the tops o£ the branches- Flowers purple, red or 



3- 



^e^rted in the top of the calycine tube, between the inner teeth 

 of the calyx. Stamens 8-12 (f. 107. c), exserted, inserted m 

 Je base of the calyx. Capsule globose, inclosed in the calyx.— 

 Jhrubs. Leaves opposite, quite entire, dotted with black glands 

 ^^neath. Peduncles axillary, many-flowered. Flowers red. 

 1 G. sEcu NDA (Loefl. itin. p. 245. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 



Sect. L Laoeestrce^mia (see genus for derivation). Lin. gen. 

 no. 667. Calyx neither furrowed nor plaited. The 6 outer 

 stamens longer and thicker than the rest. 



1 L. I'ndica (Lin. spec. 784.) leaves roundish -ovate, acute, 

 glabrous ; panicle many-flowered, terminal ; petals curled on 

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