PORTULACEZ. XIV. Coxosanruus. 
Seeds fixed to the central placenta.—A small smooth herb, na- 
tive of North America. Radical leaves 3, entire, linear-lanceo- 
late, acute. Scape 1-flowered, length of leaves. This genus 
eis hardly known, but it only appears to differ from Méntia in 
the want of petals. 
1 L. autumna‘us (Rafin. 1. c.). 
America, on the banks of the Ohio. 
Autumnal Leptrina. Pl. 4 to 4 foot. 
Cult. The seeds of this plant only require to be sown in the 
open ground, in a moist situation ; and if the plant is allowed 
to scatter its seeds, there will be plenty of plants each year. 
©.B.H. Native of North 
XIV. COLOBA’NTHUS (from xodofoc, kolobos, maimed, 
and av@oc, anthos, a flower; in reference to the want of petals). 
Presl. in reliq. Heenk. 2. p. 13. t. 49. f. 2. 
Lin. syst. Tetra-Hexdndria, Fetra-Pentagynia, Calyx 4-5- 
parted. Petals wanting. Stamens 4-6, alternating with the 
segments of the calyx. Stigmas 4-5. Capsule 4-7-valved, 
many-seeded. Both Bartling and Kunth insert this genus in the 
order Caryophillee, while the stamens are decidedly perigynous, 
and therefore ought to come among the Portulacee. 
1 C. arerioipes (Gill. mss. ex Hook. et Arn. in bot. mise. 3. 
p- 246.) root perennial, with a multiple neck ; calyx 5-parted ; 
segments ovate; capsule 5-valved. 2%. F. Native of Chili, 
at Los Hornillos, E] Paramillo San Isedro, and on the Andes of 
Mendoza. 
Aretia-like Colobanthus. PI. } foot. 
2 C. Quirr’nsis (Bartling, in Presl. reliq. Henk. 2. p. 13. 
t. 49. f. 2.) root annual, with a multiple neck; calyx 5-parted ; 
` segments lanceolate; capsule 5-valved, ©.H. Native about 
Quito, and on the Cordillera of Chili. Sagina Quiténsis, H. B. 
et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 19. 
Quito Colobanthus. PI. 1 foot. 
3 C. sacinoipes (Bartl. in Presl. reliq. Henk. 2. p. 13. t. 
49. f. 1.) root annual, with a multiple neck ; calyx 4-parted ; 
Segments ovate; capsule 4-valved. ©.H. Native of Chili. 
Sagina-like Colobanthus. Pl. + foot. 
Cult. See Portulaca for culture and propagation, p. 75. 
XV. GINGI/NSIA (in honour of M. Gingins, who has 
written upon the genera Viola and Lavandula). D.C. prod. 3. 
P. 862.—Pharnaceum species of authors. 
Lix. syst. Penténdria, Trigynia. Calyx 5-parted ; lobes 
oval, permanent, petaloid on the inside and at the margins. Pe- 
tals wanting. Stamens 5, inserted in the bottom of the calyx, 
and alternating with its lobes ; anthers 2-celled, inserted by the 
se. Ovarium surrounded at the base by a 5-lobed fleshy 
scale. Style wanting. Stigmas 3, crest-formed. Capsule 3- 
valved, 1-celled. Seeds numerous, fixed to the central placenta. 
—Cape subshrubs. Leaves irregularly verticillate, opposite or 
alternate, filiform or linear, furnished with scarious stipulas at 
the base. Peduncles axillary, elongated, bearing umbels of pe- 
dicellate tlowers at the apex ; branches of umbels numerous, 
divided, many-flowered. This genus differs from Pharndceum 
and all the other Caryophyllaceous genera in the stamens being 
Perigynous, and in the leaves being usually alternate ; and from 
all the genera in the order Paronychièæ in the stamens alter- 
nating with the sepals, not opposite them. 
§ 1. Leaves linear. 
1 G. srevicav'zs (D. C. in mem. soc. hist. nat. par. vol. 4. 
Ae a figure. D.C, prod. 3. p. 362.) plant almost stemless ; 
mati si mucronate, crowded in whorls, almost soar sti- 
membranous, ciliately jagged at the apex. k. G. Native 
of the Cape of Good Hope. SPheiniceudi lineàre, Thunb. fl. 
XV. Ginemsta. XVI. AYLMERIA. 83 
cap. 274. but notof others. Stems very short. Leaves rather 
spreading, unequal. 
Short-stemmed Ginginsia. Pl. 4 foot. 
2 G. etonea‘ra (D.C. l.c. with a figure; prod. l. c.) leaves 
alternate, linear, crowded at the tops of the branches; stipulas 
linear-elongated, ciliately jagged ; peduncles more than 3-times 
longer than the stem. h. Native of the Cape of Good 
Hope. Pharndceum incdnum, Lin. mant. p. 358. but not of 
others. Pharnaceum lineàre, Andr. bot. rep. t. $29. Flowers 
whitish. 
Elongated Ginginsia. 
to 4 foot. 
3 G. aura’yt1a (D. C. prod. 3. p. 363.) caulescent ; leaves 
linear, crowded in whorls ; whorls distant ; stipulas small. h . G. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Pharnaceum lineare, Andr. 
bot. rep. t. 326. Ait. hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 2. p. 174. Flowers 
of an orange-copper colour. Branches shrubby, white. This 
species differs from Pharn. linedre of Thunb. in the stems being 
suffruticose, not herbaceous, and elongated, not short. 
Orange-flowered Ginginsia. Pl. 4 to 4 foot. 
Fl. May, June. Clt. 1795. Pl. 4 
§ 2. Leaves filiform. 
4 G. a’tBens (D. C. 1. c.) plant caulescent ; leaves filiform, 
mucronate, irregularly whorled or alternate; stipulas small. 
h. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Pharnaceum 
albens, Thunb. fl. cap. p. 274.2 Pharn. lineare flore albo, Andr. 
bot. rep. t. 329.? but the leaves are linear in Andrews’s plant, 
not filiform. Flowers greenish on the outside, but yellowish 
inside and on the edges. 
Whitish Ginginsia. Pl]. 4 to } foot. 
5 G. conrz’rra (D.C. l. c.) plant caulescent ; leaves oppo- 
site, crowded, terete, mucronate; stipulas cut into many seta- 
ceous hairs, one half shorter than the leaves. h.G. Native 
of the Cape of Good Hope. Lam. ill. t. 214. f. 3. Pharna- 
ceum incanum, Thunb. fl. cap. 273.? Sims, bot. mag. 1883. 
but not of Lour. 
Crowded Ginginsia. Fl. May, Oct. Clt. 1782. Pl. } to} ft. 
6 G. prurnosa ; stems branched, thickish; branches pale 
from membranous stipulas; leaves crowded, filiform, acute, 
terete, fleshy, mealy or pruinose. h. G. Native of the Cape of 
Good Hope. Pharnaceum pruindsum, Haw. pl. succ. p. 15. 
Pruinose Ginginsia. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt.1817. Pl. 4 to} ft. 
7 G. microrpny’tia (D. C. 1. c.) plant caulescent; leaves 
terete, obtuse, in fascicles at the nodes, the rest scattered ; sti- 
pulas woolly ; branches scattered, divaricate. h.G. Native 
of the Cape of Good Hope. Pharnaceum microphyllum, Lin. 
fil. suppl. 185. Thunb. fl. cap. p. 272. Molliigo microphylla, 
Ser. in D.C. prod. 1. p. 329. Said to be very like G. conférta. 
Small-leaved Ginginsia. Pl. 4 to 4 foot. 
8 G. TERETIFÒLIA (D. C. 1. c.) plant caulescent; leaves fili- 
form, mucronate, whorled on the branches; stipulas unknown ; 
branches opposite, divaricate. h. G. Native of the Cape of 
Good Hope. Pharnàceum teretifòlium, Thunb. fl. cap. p. 274. 
Molligo teretifòlia, Ser. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 393. Stem a foot 
high. Leaves half a line long. Peduncles shorter than the 
leaves. 
Terete-leaved Ginginsia. Shrub 1 foot. 
Cult. A mixture of loam, peat, and sand will answer the spe- 
cies of this genus ; and the pots in which they are grown should 
be well drained with sherds. The best way of propagating 
them is by seeds. 
XVI. AYLME'RIA (in honour of Aylmer Bourke Lambert, 
F.R.S. F.S.A. and V.P.L.S. the celebrated botanist, to whom 
we owe many obligations in the prosecution of the present work). 
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