LOASEZ. 
cine lobes small, acute. ©. H. Native of Peru and Chili, 
about Valparaiso. Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 5. t. 444. ined. Scales 
petaloid, equally and bluntly 3-lobed. Flowers small. 
Three-lobed-leaved Loasa. PI. 1 foot. 
2 L. AcERIFÒLIA (Juss. l. c. p. 24. t. 1. f. 2.) leaves nearly 
opposite, cordate at the base, 5-7-lobed; lobes acute, toothed; 
pedicels shorter than the floral leaves ; ‘calycine lobes oblong, 
acuminated. ©? H. Native of Chili and Peru. Loasa viti- 
folia, Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 5. t. 443. ined. L. tricolor, Ker. 
bot. reg. 667. Scales:as in Z. triloba, but the calycine lobes 
are twice the length. Flowers with yellow petals and red scales. 
Maple-leaved Loasa, PI. tr. 
3 L. BRYONIÆFÒLIA (Schrad. cat. hort. gætt. 1823. pl. rar. 
hort. goett. with a figure) leaves cordate, lower ones 5-lobed, 
stalked, upper ones 3-lobed, almost sessile; all the lobes are 
sinuately lobed; pedicels exceeding the floral leaves; lobes of 
calyx a little toothed, acuminated. ©. H. Native of Chili. 
Stem erect, bristly. Flowers yellow, hardly smaller than those 
of L. acerifolia. Stigma blunt. Seeds without aril; hylum 
lateral. 
Bryony-leaved Loasa. PI. 1 foot. 
4 L. nrripa (Lam. dict. 3. p. 581.) leaves cordate at the base, 
many-lobed ; lobes acute, toothed, lower ones usually pinna- 
tifid ; pedicels axillary ; calycine lobes oblong, toothed, shorter 
than the petals; wings of the corona very small, toothed, and 
stalked ; stamens much shorter than the petals ; style straight, 
shorter than the stamens; sepals erect, much shorter than 
the pear-shaped fruit. ©. H. Native of Chili and Peru, 
on the mountains. Juss. ann. mus. 5. p. 25. t. 2 f. 2. 
Trat. tabl. 1. t. 23. Hook. exot. fl. t. 83. bot. mag. 2372. 
Ruiz et Pav. fl, per. 5. t. 445. Petals spreadingly reflexed, 
yellow, red at the base; scales red. Lobes of leaves bluntish. 
Stems prostrate. 
Var. B; leaves more deeply lobed; lobes narrower.—Chili, 
about Valparaiso. L. tricolor, Lindl. bot. reg. 667. 
Shining Loasa. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1822. Pl. tr. 
5 L. sacrrra`ra (Hook. et Arn. in bot. mise. 3. p. 238.) stems 
twining, pubescent ; leaves all petiolate, opposite, cordately- 
Sagittate, acuminated, with rather lobed margins: the lobes 
crenated ; peduncles axillary and terminal, few-flowered ; caly- 
cine lobes ovate-oblong. ©. ©. H. Native of Chiloe. There 
has none of the stinging hairs, so peculiar to this genus, been 
observed on this species. 
Sagittate-leaved Loasa. Pl. tw. 
6 L. evonea‘ra (Hook. et Arn. in bot. mise. 3. p. 239.) stems 
much elongated, nearly simple, shining; leaves remote, oppo- 
Site, petiolate, cordate at the base, 5-7-lobed ; peduncles axil- 
lary, few-flowered, twice the length of the leaves; calycine 
lobes broadly ovate, shorter than the petals, which are red; fruit 
hemispherical. ©. H. Native of Chili, about Coquimbo. 
Elongated-stemmed Loasa. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 
T L. prosrra’ra (Gill. mss. ex Arnott, in Cheek, edinb. journ. 
3. p. 274.) stems prostrate, flexuous ; leaves opposite, sessile, 
cordate, ovate, deeply angular ; peduncles axillary, 1-flowered, 
about twice the length of the leaves; calycine lobes lanceolate, 
longer than the fruit, and about equal in length to the petals ; 
valves of capsule closely beset by long, rigid hairs ; seeds egg- 
shaped, large, with a smooth testa. ©. H. Native of Chili, 
on La Cuesta de los Manantiales, Cerro de San Pedro Nolasco, 
&c. Plant covered with long, rigid, stinging hairs. 
Var. B, Cumingii (Hook. et Arnott, in bot. mise. 3. p- 239.) 
Segments of leaves bipinnatifidly and sinuately toothed. About 
alparaiso, and on the mountains near Aconcugua. In the spe- 
cies the segments of the leaves are simply and sinuately toothed. 
Prostrate Loasa. Pl. prostrate. f 
8 L. rs’rrpa (Gill. mss. ex Arn. in Cheek, edinb. journ. 3. p. 
III. Loasa. 63 
274.) epidermis of stem loose, and shining ; leaves opposite, all pe- 
tiolate, ovate, coarsely toothed ; panicles opposite, axillary, much 
longer than the leaves; pedicels short, in the forks, about equal 
in length to the flowers ; calycine lobes linear-oblong, one half 
shorter than the petals. ©. H. Native of Chili, among loose 
debris, on the banks of the El Rio del Yeso, near Arroyo de 
San Nicholas, at the elevation of about 5000 feet, &c., where it 
is called by the inhabitants Cavalluna. The plant is most nearly 
allied to L. sclareefolia, Juss. but that does not appear to have 
the loose epidermis on the stem, and the leaves are much larger. 
The pedicels in the forks of the panicle are elongated. 
Pale Loasa. Pl, prostrate. 
9 L. taterirra (Gill. mss. ex Arnott, in Cheek, edin. journ. 
3. p. 275.) stems almost wanting ; leaves opposite, on long pe- 
tioles, pinnate ; segments roundish, crenated, lobed ; peduncles 
twin, l-flowered, terminal, about equal in length to the leaves ; 
calycine lobes oval, exceeding the tube, but one half shorter than 
the corolla. ©. H. Native of Chili, at Los Imposibles, near 
the foot of the descent from the Planchon towards Chili, and in 
El Valle de Tray Carlos, at the base of the volcano of Pateroa, 
at an elevation of 9000 feet. This species is readily distin- 
guished by its large flowers of a brick red colour, and by its 
very short stems and radical branches, each of which bear 1 or 
2 pairs of opposite leaves, and between the upper pair of which 
arise 2 1-flowered peduncles, terminating the branch. Seeds 
with a strongly reticulated testa like the next species ; and as in 
it the hairs are short and not stinging. 
Brick-coloured-flowered Loasa. PI. prostrate. 
10 L. pinnatiripa (Gill. mss. ex Arnott in Cheek, edinb. journ. 
3. p. 275.) stems nearly erect ; leaves opposite, on long petioles: 
radical and lower ones pinnate : segments pinnatifid, with round- 
ish approximate lobes; upper leaves pinnatifid ; peduncles axil- 
lary, usually 1-flowered ; calycine lobes ovate, much shorter 
than the corolla, and half the length of the fruit. ©.H. Native 
of Chili, at La Cuesta del Inga, at an elevation of about 9000 
feet. Plant with short rigid, but not stinging hairs. 
Pinnatifid-leaved Loasa. Pl. 1 foot. 
11 L. pisse’cra (Hook. et Arn. in bot. misc. 3. p. 240.) stem 
erectish, strong, a little branched at the apex, with a loose white 
epidermis; petioles opposite, lower ones elongated, becoming 
gradually shorter to the top of the stem; leaves tripinnatifid, 
with the ultimate segments ovate-obtuse ; pedicels short, rising 
from the forks of the stem; calycine lobes narrow-oblong, not 
half so long as the petals. ©. H. Native about Valparaiso, 
Los Ogos de Agua, and Aconcugua. 
Dissected-leaved Loasa. PI. 1 foot. 
12 L. HETEROPHY' LLA (Hook. et Arn. in bot. misc. 3. p. 228.) 
stem prostrate, dichotomous ; leaves opposite, on short petioles ; 
lower ones small, hastately triangular, coarsely toothed : lower 
floral ones nearly reniform, 5-lobed, with the lobes nearly equal, 
and furnished with 1 or 2 teeth each; but the middle lobe of the 
uppermost leaves is rather lengthened; peduncles in the forks 
longer than the leaves ; calycine lobes oblong-lanceolate, about 
equal in length to the petals; fruit conically hemispherical. ©. 
H. Native about Valparaiso? and at Los Ogos de Agua. The 
stem is rarely pubescent; but the branches, particularly in their 
upper part, and the turbinate tube of the calyx, are provided 
with long sharp spreading hairs. 
Variable-leaved Loasa. Pl. prostrate. 
13 L. acanturroria (Lam. dict. 3. p. 579.) leaves cordate at 
the base, pinnatifid; lobes acuminated, sinuately toothed ; pe- 
dicels axillary, and also from the forks, solitary, 1-flowered ; 
lobes of calyx narrow, acuminated, reflexed, equal in length to 
the petals, which are bidentate. ©. H. Native of Chili. Juss. 
ann. mus. 5. p. 25. t. 3. f. 2. L. nitida, bot. mag. 2372? L. 
cymbæpétala, Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 5. t. 442. b. ined. Ortiga 
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