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Scarlet Losselia. Fl.? Clt. 1824. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 
3 L. cÆRULEA; leaves nearly sessile, lanceolate or oblong- 
;anceolate, sharply serrated ; flowers usually solitary, on the tops 
of the branchlets; bracteas obovate, mucronately serrated, dia- 
phanous, white, veined with green, smoothish. h.G. Native 
of Mexico, along with the preceding species. — Hoítzia coerülea, 
Cav. icon. 4. p. 44. t. 366. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 8. p. 163. 
Cántua ecerülea, Poir. suppl. 2. p. 80. Stems diffuse. Branches 
clothed with hair-like down. Leaves acutely mucronate, obtuse 
at the base, scabrous above, and hairy on the veins beneath ; 
serratures mucronately awned. Flowers usually solitary, but 
sometimes twin or tern, ex Bonpl. Calycine segments oblong, 
mucronate, 3-nerved in the middle. Corolla blue, glabrous, 
with obovate, spreading segments. 
Blue-flowered Leeselia. Fl.? Clt. 1824. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
4 L. crANDULOsa; leaves ovate-lanceolate, petiolate, spiny- 
toothed ; those of the branches nearly linear; flowers axillary, 
solitary, pedunculate; bracteas lanceolate, obsoletely denticu- 
lated. h.G. Native of Mexico, between Actopan and Salva- 
tierra, where it is called by the natives, Huittzitziltzin ; hence 
the generic name. Hoítzia glandulósa, Cav. icon. 4. p. 45. t. 367. 
Cántua glandulósa, Poir- suppl. 2. p. 80. Stem beset with 
glandular hairs. Calycine segments subulate. Bracteas beset 
with glandular pili on the back. Corolla red. Capsule ovate- 
oblong. 
Glandular Leeselia. Fl.? Clt. 1825. Shrub 2 feet. 
_ 5 L. anisra‘ra; leaves petiolate, ovate, doubly serrated ; 
flowers numerous, crowded at the tops of the branches; brac- 
teas ovate, dentately awned, diaphanous, reticulated with green 
veins, glabrous, outer ones cordate, remote, and smaller. h. G. 
Native of Mexico, between Lagura and Actopan, &c.  Hoítzia 
aristata, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 164. Branches 
glabrous, but the branchlets are downy. Leaves acute, rounded 
at the base, scabrous above, and paler and hairy on the nerves 
and veins beneath; teeth mucronately awned. Calycine seg- 
ments lanceolate, subulate at the apex, l-nerved. Corolla vio- 
laceous; with spatulate, rounded, ciliated segments. 
Awned Leeselia. Shrub. 
6 L. CznvawTE'sn; branches clothed with glandular hairs ; 
leaves nearly sessile, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, sharply serru- 
lated ; flowers twin, crowded at the tops of the branches; brac- 
teas linear, 1-nerved, mucronate, acutely serrulated towards the 
top, and beset with glandular vill. h.G. Native of Mexico, 
with the preceding. Hoitzia Cervantésii, H. B. et Kunth, nov. 
gen. amer. 3. p. 164. H. spicata, Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 
165. Shrub much branched. Leaves scabrous on the nerves 
and veins, on both surfaces; teeth mucronate. Calycine seg- 
ments lanceolate, acutely mucronate, serrulated at apex, marked 
with 3 green nerves. Corolla violaceous; with obovate seg- 
ments. 
Cervantes’ Loeselia. Shrub. 
7 L. conctomera‘ta; branches clothed with glandular villi; 
leaves on short petioles, ovate, sharply serrated; flowers soli- 
tary, crowded into heads at the tops of the branchlets; bracteas 
lanceolate, acutely serrulated, veiny, and clothed with glan- 
dular hairs. 5.G. Nativeof Mexico. Hoítzia conglomerata, 
H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen, 3. p. 165. H. capitata, Willd. 
rel. in Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 370. Shrub canescent. 
Leaves acuminated, narrowed at the base, hairy on both sur- 
faces; teeth mucronate. Calycine segments 5-toothed at top ; 
teeth subulate. Corolla violaceous. 
Conglomerate-flowered Leeselia. Shrub. 
8 L. nevet#routa (Schlecht. et Cham. in Linnea, 6. p. 385, 
under Hoítzia.) stems erect, terete, compressed at the nodi, and 
are, as well as the bracteas, downy; cauline leaves cuneated, 
entire, ovate, acute, serrated, tapering into the petioles ; serra- 
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POLEMONIACEJE. XII. 
Læser, XIII. Cantua. 
tures acuminated, paler beneath, with that part of the stem 
ciliated which runs from the middle of the nerves of the leaves ; 
flowers nearly sessile, solitary, or loosely approximate, each in- 
volucrated by 4-5 bracteas; teeth of bracteas cuspidate; sta- 
mens equal in length to the corolla. kh. G. Native of Mexico, 
in meadows, about Misantla and Colipa. Habit of Labidte. 
Flowers small, purple, or bluish purple. 
Nepete-leaved Loeselia. Shrub. 
9 L. iNsvoLucRA'rA; plant clothed with minute, glandular 
pubescence; leaves petiolate, ovate, acute, doubly toothed, and 
fringed on the margins; bracteas about as long as the flowers ; 
flowers in fascicles. h. G. Native of Mexico.  Phlóx 
involucrata, Sesse et Moc. in herb. Lamb. Calyx with mem- 
branous, acuminated segments. Stem nearly glabrous, slender. 
Involucrated Loeselia. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 
Cult. The species of Leesélia are extremely elegant shrubs, 
particularly while in blossom. A mixture of loam, peat, and 
sand, is the best soil for them; and cuttings will strike root in 
sand, under a hand-glass. 
XIII. CA’NTUA (Cantu is the Peruvian name of one of the 
species.) Juss. gen. ed. Usteri, p. 152. ann. mus. 3. p. 
117. Lam. ill. t. 106. f. 1. H.B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. 
p.161. D. Don, in edinb. phil. journ,—Periphragmos, Ruiz. et 
Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 17. 
Lin. syst. — Pentándria, Monog #nia. Calyx tubular, &- 
toothed, usually cleft to the middle on both sides. Corolla 
funnel-shaped, 3 times longer than the calyx; tube curved a 
little; limb 5-lobed; lobes obcordate, convolute in estivation. 
Stamens inserted in the tube near the base, exserted. Capsule 
oblong, trigonal, with 3 deep furrows opposite the dissepiments ; 
valves coriaceously crustaceous; cells many-seeded ; seeds oval, 
compressed, girded by an oblong, membranous wing. Albumen 
sparing. Radicle shorter than the cotyledons.—Erect, branched 
shrubs, natives of Peru, with the habit of Lycium. Leaves 
alternate, petiolate, elliptic, acuminated, or cuneate-oblong, quite 
entire, or serrated, or rarely pinnatifidly sinuated, downy on both 
surfaces while young, but always on the under surface. Flowers 
terminal, corymbose, rarely almost solitary, as in C. ovata, white 
or purple; in C. buxif ilia, large and showy. 
1 C. pyrironia (Juss. ann. mus. 3. p. 117. t. 7.) leaves 
elliptie, acuminated, quite entire; corymbs dense-flowered ; pe- 
duncles downy ; stamens twice as long as the corolla, which is 
curved. h.G. Native of Peru, near Loxa, where it is called 
Turu by the natives. Lam. ill. 1. t. 106. f. 1. H.B. et Kunth, 
nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 161. Periphragmos flexuó:us, Ruiz. et 
Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 17. t. 131.  Cántua flexuósa, Pers. ench. 1. 
p. 187. Cántua Peruviàna, Gmel. syst. 1. p. 347. Cántua Loxénsis, 
Willd. herb. in Roem et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 369. Leaves fas- 
cicled. Corolla white. Calyx 3-5-toothed, ex Ruiz. et Pav. 
The saliva becomes yellow by chewing the leaves of this species. 
Pear-leaved Cantua. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 
2 C. rng xróLIA (D. Don, in edinb. phil. journ. 1823.) leaves 
ovate-lanceolate, bluntly acuminated, serrated ; corymbs few- 
flowered; peduncles glabrous; stamens shorter than the co- 
rolla, which is curved. h.G. Native of Peru. Periphrágmos 
species, nova Pavon mss, Habit of the preceding ; but differs in 
characters indicated above, and in the larger flowers, in the 
longer capsules, and much larger seeds, 
Tea-leaved Cantua. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 
_ 8 C. quercirérta (Juss. ann. mus. 3. p. 118.) leaves oblong, 
sinuately pinnatifid, acuminated ; corymbs many-flowered; pe- 
duncles clothed with glandular hairs; stamens much exceeding 
the corolla, which is salver-shaped. h.G. Native of Peru, 
where it is called Pipiso by the natives ; and on the Andes, near 
Nabon. H. B. et Kunth, nov, gen. 3. p. 161. Branches 
