HYDROLEACE/E. 
floriferous branches dichotomous; flowers solitary, and nearly 
sessile in the forks; corolla shorter than the calyx. ©. S. 
Native of Peru, near Huanaco ; and of Mexico. Nàma tetrándra, 
Pav. mss. Stems branched, reddish, clothed with clammy 
down. Leaves downy and ciliated. Floriferous branches fas- 
tigiate. Sepals linear-spatulate. Capsule ovate, villous. 
Var. B; leaves long-lanceolate ; flowers few. ©. H. 
Dichotomous Nama. Pl. 1 foot. 
4 N. onRicANIFOLIA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 
130. t. 218.) woody; leaves oblong-lanceolate, very obtuse, 
tapering into short petioles; flowers 2-4 together, terminal, or 
in the axils of the superior leaves, pedunculate ; corolla a little 
higher than the calyx. 5. S. Native of St. Jago, in valleys. 
Nàma subincàna, Willd. mss. ex Roem. et Schultes, syst. 6. p. 
189. Hydrólea tenélla, Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. ined. icon. Root 
thick, twisted. Stems tufted, clothed with greyish down, as well 
as the leaves and pedicels. Sepals spatulate, downy. Corolla 
white, downy outside. 
Marjoram-leaved Nama. PI. 1 foot. 
5 N. nurícoraA (Bonpl. herb. ex Choisy, in mem. phys. gen. 
6. p. 114.) suffruticose; leaves ovate, obtuse, petiolate ; flowers 
few, terminal, pedicellate; corolla exceeding the calyx. R.S. 
Native along with the preceding. Stem slender, having the epi- 
dermis separating at the base, clothed with grey down. Leaves 
clothed with velvety down; petioles villous. Flowers inter- 
mixed with leaves. Pedicels villous. Sepals sub-spatulate, 
downy. Capsule small, smoothish. 
Rock Nama. Shrub. 
6 N.rowcIrLÓRA (Choisy, in mem. soc. phys. 6. p. 114.) 
suffruticose ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, acute at both ends, clothed 
with silky, hoary down beneath, on short petioles ; flowers dis- 
posed in loose, few-flowered, leafy cymes; corollas twice longer 
than the calyx. h.G. Native of Mexico. Nama sericea, 
Bonpl. herb. Willd. mss. Roem. et Schultes, syst. 6. p. 189. 
Hydrolea violàcea, Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. Stem 
villous. Leaves ciliated, downy and blackish above; petioles 
villous. Peduncles villous. Sepals spatulate, clothed with silky 
down. Corolla of a bluish violet colour. Stigmas acutish. 
Long-flowered Nama. Shrub dwarf. 
N.B.—Nama evolvuloides, and N. convolvuloides, Willd. mss. 
in Roem. et Schultes, syst. 6. p. 189, is Evólvulus alsinoides. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Z7ydrólea, p. 250. 
IV. WIGA'NDIA (named by Kunth, in memory of John 
Wigand, author of Vere Historie de succino Prussico, et de 
herbis in Borussia nascentibus, Jen. 1590.) H. B. et Kunth, 
nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 126. Choisy, in mem, soc. gen. 6. p. 
115.—Hydrolea species, Ruiz et Pav. Willd. and Lam. 
Lin. syst.  Pentándria, Digynia. Calyx permanent, of 5 
sepals. Corolla funnel-shaped. Stamens exserted. Styles 2; 
stigmas depressedly capitate. Capsule 2-celled, loculicidal-2- 
valved ; dissepiment placentiferous in the middle; placentas 4, 
laminiform, at first combined by twos, but at length free.— 
Usually suffruticose herbs, very hispid and unarmed. Leaves 
alternate, entire. Spikes terminal, panicled, secund. Flowers 
sessile, bractless, violaceous, white or yellow. 
1 W. u'rens (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 3. p. 21. t. 243.) plant 
very hispid; leaves ovate-cordate, doubly serrated, acutish, 
pilose on both surfaces: spikes unilateral, scorpioid; sepals 
linear-lanceolate, very acute, clothed with hispid tomentum on 
both surfaces; capsule hispid or smoothish. )/.S. Native of 
Peru, among broken rocks. Stem angular. Flowers dense, 
disposed in 2 rows. Corolla pale violet. 
Stinging Wigandia. PI. 3 to 4 feet. 
2 W. Ko’nruu (Choisy, in mem. phys. gen. 6. p. 116.) plant 
very hispid; leaves ovate-cordate, doubly crenated, pilose on 
III. Nama. 
IV. Wicanpia. V. Conon. 251 
both surfaces obtuse; panicles terminal, branched; sepals 
linear-lanceolate, acutish, clothed with hoary tomentum ; capsule 
densely clothed with hoary hairs. %. A. Native of Mexico, 
near Tasco. Wig. ürens, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 
127, but not of Ruiz et Pav. Hydrólea auriculàta, Moc. et 
Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. Hydrólea ürens, Willd. herb. no. 
5459. Leaves clothed with rusty tomentum above, as well as 
the petioles. Corolla pale violet, clothed with silky hairs out- 
side. 
Kunth’s Wigandia. Shrub 6 feet. 
3 W. Caracassa‘na (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 
128.) plant hairy; leaves elliptic-cordate, doubly crenated: 
teeth acutish, and are, as well as the tips of the leaves, clothed 
with hairy tomentum on both surfages; spikes secund, revo- 
lute at the apex; sepals linear-lanceolate, clothed with hoary 
tomentum; capsule hardly clothed with hoary down. R.S. 
Native near Caraccas,  Hydrólea móllis, Willd. rel. in Roem. et 
Schultes, syst. 6. p. 190. Very nearly allied to the preceding. 
Leaves longer and acuter, clothed with rusty tomentum above, 
as well as the petioles. Corolla villous outside, violaceous. 
Caraccas Wigandia. Shrub 12 feet. 
4 W. cníseA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 129.) 
plant very hairy ; leaves ovate-cordate, acutish, irregularly and 
doubly serrated, pilose on both surfaces: teeth acute; spikes 
panicled, secund, revolute at top, very hispid; sepals linear- 
lanceolate, very hispid; corolla showy. kh. S. Native of 
Quito, near Alausi; and on the banks of the river Pozuzo. 
Hydrólea crispa, Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 3. p. 22. t. 244. f.a. 
Nicotiana ürens, Plum. amer. p. 204. t. 211. Wigándia pruri- 
tiva, Spreng. syst. l. p. 865. Leaves long and broad, hoary, 
tomentose. Corolla large, yellow, ex Humb., campanulate, 
hoary from down outside. 
Curled-leaved Wigandia. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 
5 W. wacnoruY'LrA (Cham. in Linnea, 6. p. 382.) stinging ; 
stem branched; spikes scorpioid, thin, bractless; flowers ses- 
sile, subalar, on short pedicels. h. S. Native of Mexico. 
Plant 6 feet high. Flowers blue. 
Large-leaved Wigandia. Shrub 6 feet. 
6 W. wersa'cea (Choisy, in mem. soc. phys. 6. p. 117.) plant 
villous; leaves lanceolate, entire, acute at both ends, attenuated 
into the short petioles ; flowers disposed in loose, corymbose pa- 
nicles; sepals linear-lanceolate. %.? S. Native of Monte- 
Video. Leaves 1-2 inches long. Sepals acute. Capsule 
glabrous. Hydrólea Megapotámica, Herb. Kunth, ex Otto. 
Herbaceous Wigandia. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
T A species hardly known. 
7 W. scorrioipzs (Choisy, in mem. soc. phys. 6. p. 117.) 
plant downy; leaves ovate-cordate, toothed, acutish, clothed 
with white tomentum beneath ; spikes loosely panicled, revolute ; 
sepals acutish, downy. t. G. Native of Mexico. Hydrólea 
scorpioldes, Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. Leaves petiolate. 
Panicles terminal. Flowers superior. Corolla violaceous, with 
a short tube, and a spreading, 5-cleft limb. 
Scorpion-like Wigandia.  Pl.? 
Cult. The species are all very pretty when in flower. A 
mixture of loam, peat, and sand, is the best soil for them; and 
young cuttings will strike root readily in sand, under a hand- 
glass, in a little bottom heat. 
V. CO'DON (from xwv», kodon, a bell; shape of corolla.) 
Lin. gen. edit. Reich. no. 563. Schreb. gen. 715. Juss. 
gen. 424. Gzeertn. fruct. 2. p. 88. t. 95. D. Don, in edinb. 
phil. journ. July 1833. 
Lin. syst.  Decándria, Monogiynia. Calyx 10-12-parted ; 
segments subulate, erect; alternate ones smaller. Corolla tubu- 
lar, longer than the calyx, torulose at the base, and furnished 
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