70 TURNERACEZ. I. Turnera. II. Prriauera. 
Brazilian Turnera. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1810. Pl. 4 to 1 ft. 
46 T. inreerirdria (Willd. rel. 1. c.) peduncles 1-flowered, 
axillary ; leaves linear-lanceolate, pubescent, glandless.—Native 
country unknown. Leaves revolute, sessile, strigose above, but 
ciothed with stellate tomentum beneath. Peduncles branched, 
bractless. (ex Spreng. syst. 1. p. 942.) 
Entire-leaved Turnera. PI. ? 
47 T. virea‘ra (Willd. rel. 1. c.) leaves ovate, serrated, pli- 
cate, biglandular at the base; flowers bibracteate; bracteas 
linear-setaceous. ©.S. Native of Brazil. 
Twiggy Turnera. Pl. 4 to 1 foot. 
48 T. concnorrrota (Willd. rel. 1. c.) leaves oblong, doubly 
serrated, tomentose beneath. ©. S. Native of Brazil. The 
rest unknown. 
Corchorus-leaved Turnera. Pl. 4 to 1 foot? 
49 T. Desvau’xu (D.C. prod. 3. p. 348.) stem suffruticose, 
branched ; branches assurgent, hairy ; leaves ovate, obtuse, cre- 
nately toothed at the base, rather pilose beneath ; flowers axil- 
lary, on long peduncles.—Native of Guiana. T. hirta, Desv. 
in Hamilt. prod. p. 33. but not of Willd. 
Desvaux’s Turnera. PI. 1 foot. 
Cult. All the species of Turnéra are elegant plants when in 
flower, and thrive well in any light rich soil. They seed freely 
in this country, and may be propagated by that means: cuttings 
also root freely, under a hand-glass, in heat. The seeds of 
annual species may be reared on a hot-bed in spring ; and some 
of the plants may be planted out into the open border, in a warm 
sheltered situation, where they will probably flower and ripen 
their seeds, if the summer prove dry and warm. 
If. PIRIQUE‘TA (meaning not explained by Aublet). Aubl. 
guian. 1. p. 298. t. 117. Juss. gen. 294. H. B. et Kunth, 
nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 127. D.C. prod. 3. p. 348.—Burghartia, 
Neck. elem. no. 1186.—Bureardia, Scop. ex Schreb. gen. no. 
530. but not of Schmied. nor Duham. nor Neck. nor R. Br. 
—Turnéra species, Lam. and Willd. 
Lin. syst. Pentdndria, Tri-Hexagynia. Calyx campanu- 
late. Style 6, or 3 bipartite ones ; stigmas multifid, flabellate. 
Capsule 3-valved from the apex to the base. Perhaps this 
genus is sufficiently distinct from the preceding. Habit of Tur- 
néra racemosa, but which plant is only furnished with 3 styles, 
not 6. Flowers pedicellate, in the axils of the upper leaves. 
Pedicels bractless, articulated above the middle. 
1 P. vitrdsa (Aubl. 1. c.) leaves ovate-oblong, erosely toothed, 
wrinkled, clothed with rufous villi. ©. S. Native of Guiana, 
in sand by the sea-side. Turnéra rugdsa, Willd. spec. 1. p. 
1504. Poir. dict. 8. p. 145. Turnèra villòsa, Reusch. Co- 
rolla yellow. 
Villous Piriqueta. Pl. 2 feet. 
2 P. romextòsa (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 128.) 
leaves oblong, acutish at both ends, irregularly crenate-serrated, 
pubescent above, clothed with soft hoary tomentum beneath. 
©. S. Native of South America, between Atures and May- 
pures, on the Orinoco. Turnéra tomentdsa, Willd. rel. in 
Reem. et Schultes, syst. 6. p. 678. but not of H. B. et Kunth, 
Corolla yellow. 
Tomentose Piriqueta. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
Cult. The culture and propagation of these plants are the 
same as for the annual species of Turnèra, see p- 70. 
Orver CIX. FOUQUIERA‘CEE (plants agreeing with 
Fouquiéra in important characters). D. C. prod. 3. p. 349.— 
Portulaceis affines, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 81. 
Calyx of 5 permanent sepals; sepals imbricated, ovate or 
roundish. Petals 5, combined into a tube, inserted in the bottom 
FOUQUIERACE. 
I. Foveurera. II. Bronnia. 
of the calyx or torus; limb of corolla 5-lobed, regular. Sta- 
mens 10-12, inserted with the corolla, exserted ; anthers 2- 
celled. Style filiform, trifid at the 
apex. Capsule trigonal, 3-celled ; valves bearing dissepiments in 
their middle, which go as far as the centre of the fruit, and there- 
fore the capsule is 3-celled. Seeds compressed, winged, fixed 
to the centre of the fruit or axis, few when the capsule is 
mature, but numerous when it is in a young state. 
straight, in the centre of a fleshy albumen, with flat cotyledons, 
—Trees or shrubs, natives of Mexico. Leaves in fascicles 
when young, in the axils of spines or cushions, quite entire, 
Flowers scarlet, disposed in a ter- 
Ovarium free, sessile. 
oblong, and rather fleshy. 
minal spike or panicle. 
This order is separated from Portulacee by De Candolle, as 
he tells us, (Mem. portul. p. 4.) for the following reasons : first, 
because their petals cohere into a long tube, of the same nature 
as that of gamopetalous Crassulacee ; second, because their 
capsule consists of 3 loculicidal cells, that is to say, which 
separate through the middle, forming 3 septiferous valves ; and 
Embryo | 
thirdly, because their embryo is straight, with flat cotyledons, | 
and stationed in the centre of a fleshy albumen. They approach 
the monopetalous Crassuldcee in the structure of their flowers; 
and Turnerdcee and Lodsee in the form of their fruit. 
Synopsis of the genera. 
1 Fovaure‘ra. Sepals ovate, mucronate, free, 2 exterior 
and 3 interior. 
10-12, hypogynous. 
2 Bronnta. Sepals roundish; limb of corolla erect. 
mens 10. 
Sta- 
I. FOUQUIE'RA (in honour of Peter Edward Fouquiere, 
M.D. of Paris, and Professor of Medicine there). H.B. et 
Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 81. t. 527. D.C. prod. 3. p. 349 
—KEcheveria species, Moe. et Sesse, icon. ined. 
Lin. syst. Decdndria, Monogynia. Calyx coloured ; sepals 
ovate, mucronate, 2 exterior and 3 interior, free. Corolla 
hypogynous ; tube cylindrical, a little arched ; limb spreadingly 
reflexed, nearly regular. Stamens 10-12, hypogynous, €x- 
serted; filaments ciliated below, and cohering together; an- 
thers cordate. Ovulas 18, on each placenta, in 2 rows. 
unknown. 
Flowers scarlet. Leaves oblong, rather fleshy. 
1 F. rormòsa (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c.). v 
Mexico. Echevéria spicata, Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. 
Flowers flesh-coloured, an inch long. Leaves scattered, accord- 
ing to Kunth’s figure ; but according to the figure in the fl. mex: 
they are a little narrower and in fascicles: therefore the 2 figures 
mentioned are very unlike each other. 
Shony Fouquiera. Shrub 6 to 10 feet. 
Limb of corolla spreadingly reflexed. Stamens | 
Fruit | 
A somewhat spinose shrub. Spikes terminal, erect. | 
h. S. Native of | 
Cult. A light rich soil will suit this very showy shrub ; and | 
young cuttings will root freely under a hand-glass, in heat. 
II. BRO’NNIA (in honour of Henry George Bronn, a young 
botanist, who has written on the form of leguminous plants). Be 
et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 83. t. 528. D.C. prod. 3. 
p- 349.—Echevéria species, Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. ; 
Lin. syst. Decdndria, Monogynia. Calyx rmanent i 
sepals 5, roundish. Tube of corolla cylindrical, straight ; lim 
