SOLANACE#. XXXI. Franciscea. 
parietes. of the capsule at maturity.—Erectish, middle-sized 
shrubs. Leaves alternate, simple, oblong, entire. Peduncles 
permanent, somewhat geniculated, axillary and terminal, brac- 
teate. Flowers bracteate, usually crowded, cymosely racemose, 
rarely solitary, violaceous or lilac, somewhat resupinate. Tube of 
corolla inflated. Receptacle nearly terete, spongy, scrobiculate, 
adnate to the dissepiment. This genus is said to be nearly 
allied to Browállia; but differs in the calyx being campanulate 
and inflated, equally 5-toothed, permanent, &c. 
1 F. untrrora (Pohl, bras. 1. p. 1. t. 1.) branches diffuse, 
spreading ; leaves elliptic, acute; bracteas lanceolate, and are, 
as well as the calyxes, glabrous; flowers solitary. h.S. Na- 
tive of Brazil, among bushes in the province of Rio Janeiro, in 
the road to Sumidorio and Governo, &c. F. Hopeàna, Hook. 
bot. mag. 2828. Lodd. bot. cab. 1332.— Piso, bras. p. 85. 
with a figure.—Margr. bras. p. 69. with same figure. Leaves 
pale green below. Branches greenish, hoary. Corolla with a 
whitish tube, and bluish-violet or purple limb. 
One-flowered Franciscea. FI. June, Aug. Clit. 1826. Shrub 
1 to 3 feet. 
2 F. ratiror1a (Pohl, bras. 1, p. 3. t. 2.) branches very 
short, spreading; leaves broad-elliptic, acutish ; bracteas lanceo- 
late, acuminated, and are, as well as the calyxes, quite glabrous ; 
flowers few, subcymose, terminal. h. S. Native of Brazil, 
at Tejuco, and not far from Rio Janeiro, Leaves canescent, 
. green beneath, 6-7 inches long, and 2 to 2$ broad. Corolla 
violaceous or purple. 
Broad-leaved Franciscea. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 
3 F. acumina‘ra (Pohl. bras. 1. p. 4. t. 3.) branches erectly 
spreading ; leaves oblong, acuminated, attenuated a little at the 
base, glabrous; bracteas lanceolate, acuminated, and are, as 
well as the calyxes, quite glabrous; flowers few, subcymose, 
terminal. b. S. Native of Brazil, in the province of Rio 
Janeiro, among bushes at Mandioca. Branches greenish-brown. 
Leaves ciliated when examined by a lens, yellowish-green be- 
neath. Corolla with a bluish-violet limb. Calyx brownish. 
Acuminated-leaved Franciscea. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
4 F. ramosissima (Pohl, bras. 1. p. 5. t. 4.) branches 
twiggy ; leaves lanceolate, attenuated at the base, rough from 
elevated dots; bracteoles petiolate, oblong, attenuated at the 
base, hairy ; flowers cymose, axillary and terminal h. S. 
Native of Brazil, in the province of Minas Geraes, among 
bushes about Villa Ricca; and on Serra Tingua, in the province 
of Rio Janeiro. Gerárdia Brasiliénsis, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 806. 
Cordóquia obovàta Montevidénsis, Spreng. syst. 3. p. 699. 
Epidermus yellowish-brown. Leaves yellowish-green beneath, 
hairy on the principal nerves. Calyx dark brown, hairy. 
Corolla with a bluish-violet limb. 
Much-branched Franciscea. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 
5 F. CONFERTIFLÒRA (Pohl, bras. 1. p. 6. t. 5.) branches 
erectish ; leaves nearly sessile, oblong, acute, attenuated at the 
base, rather pilose, ciliated; bracteas oblong; bracteoles ob- 
long, attenuated at the base, and are, as well as the calyxes, 
clothed with rusty hairs; flowers cymosely crowded, terminal. 
.h.S. Native of Brazil, in the province of Rio Janeiro, in 
shady places on the road to Villa Fanado, and Villa do Prin- 
cipe.  Epidermis generally brownish-yellow, and pilose at 
top. Leaves yellowish-green above, and brownish-green be- 
neath. 
Cronded-flowered Franciscea. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
6 F. nivAnicA TA (Pohl, bras. 1. p. 6. t. 6.) branches divari- 
cate; leaves on short petioles, oblong-lanceolate, hairy ; calyx 
inflated, clothed with rusty villi; flowers corymbose, terminal. 
b.S. Native of Brazil, in the province of Minas Geraes, 
among bushes at Rio St. Francisco, and on the road to Joao 
Marco. Epidermis whitish-brown. Leaves yellowish, pilose 
XXXII. Browar. 477 
beneath. Calyx yellowish-brown. Corolla bluish-violet. Seeds 
ovate, angular. 
Divaricate Franciscea. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
7 F. uyprancexroérmis (Pohl, bras. 1. p. 7. t. 7.) stem a 
little branched; leaves oblong, acute, cuneiform at the base, 
quite glabrous; bracteas lanceolate, pilose, ciliated and scale- 
formed, aggregate; calyx hairy; cymes of flowers terminal, 
hemispherical, large. h. S. Native of Brazil, in the pro- 
vince of Rio Janeiro, among bushes ; in shady places at Olana 
and Sumidorio, and on the way to Rio Parahybuna. This is 
the most elegant species of the genus, with the aspect of Hy- 
drángea horténsia. Leaves yellowish-green beneath, subverti- 
cillately aggregate, broad, a foot long. Racemes corymbose, 
terminal. Corolla of a beautiful bluish-violet. 
Hydrangea-like Franciscea. Shrub 1 to 3 feet. 
8 F. macrorny’rra (Cham. et Schlecht. in Linnea, 2. p. 601.) 
leaves oblong, acuminated, cuneiform at the base, rugosely 
veined, downy beneath; bracteas scale-formed, ciliated, and 
are, as well as the inflated calyxes, clothed with glandular 
down ; tube of corolla twice as long as the calyx; cymes 
terminal, compound, many-flowered, rather loose. .S. Na- 
tive of tropical Brazil. Very like F. hydrangeeférmis. Leaves 
nearly a foot long, and 33 broad. 
Long-leaved Franciscea. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 
9 F. paucrrrora (Cham. et Schlecht. in Linnea. 2. p. 600.) 
leaves obovate-oblong, acuminated, cuneated at the base, on 
short petioles, glabrous ; bracteas leaf-formed ; bracteoles scale- 
formed, and are, as well as the calyxes, inflated, loose, and 
clothed with glandular down; tube of corolla hardly exceeding 
the calyx ; cymes terminal, few-flowered, simple. h.S. Na- 
tive of the South of Brazil, Sello. Leaves 63 inches long, 
ciliated with glandular hairs in the young state. 
F'ew-flowered Franciscea. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 
Cult. The species are much more showy than those of 
Brunfélsia ; and are more free flowerers ; they are also more 
hardy, but require almost similar treatment. 
XXXII. BROWA'LLIA (named by Linnaeus, in honour of 
John Browallius, bishop of Aboa, who defended the sexual 
system of Linnaus, against Siegesbeck, in a book entitled 
* Examen epicriseos, &c." Aboa, 1739, and Leden, 1744. 
8vo.) Lin. gen. no. 773. Schreb. gen. no. 1036. Geertn. 
fruct. t. 53. Juss. gen. 123. ed. Usteri, p. 138. Lam. ill. 
535. D. Don, in edinb. phil. journ. july, 1829. 
Lin. syst. Didyndmia, Angiospérma. Calyx membranous, 
tubular, 10-ribbed, 5-toothed, more deeply cleft on both sides: 
teeth obtuse, keeled. Corolla salver-shaped, resupinate from 
the contortion of the peduncle; tube 15-nerved, ventricose at 
top; limb oblique, 5-lobed: lobes obtuse, emarginate, plicate 
in sestivation; upper segment (but more properly the lower 
one) larger, and 3-nerved; the others l-nerved. Stamens 4, 
didynamous, without any rudiment of a fifth; filament flattened, 
bearded at top. Anthers of the upper filaments reniform : of 
the lower ones parallel with the filaments, having the upper cell 
the smallest, and sometimes abortive. Ovarium surrounded at 
the base by a large, cup-shaped, fleshy disk. Stigma 2-lobed, 
4-tubercled, with 2 excavations on the back for the reception of 
the upper anthers ; lobes glutinose, depressed at top. Capsule 
oblong, 2-celled, 2-valved, many-seeded ; valves bipartible ; 
dissepiment contrary.  Placentas 2, fleshy, scrobiculate, in- 
serted into the dissepiment. Seeds angular, scrobiculate from 
depressed dots. Albumen fleshy, white. Embryo terete, 
straight, with short rounded cotyledons.—Herbs or shrubs, 
with alternate leaves, and axillary and terminal blue or white 
flowers. 
1 B. viscosa (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 2. p. 373.) 
