SOLANACEZ, XLIII. Sessea. 
tings, under a hand-glass, or by seeds, which ripen in plenty in 
this country. 
XLIII. SESSEA (named in honour of Martin Sesse, for- 
merly director of the botanic garden of Mexico.) Ruiz. et 
Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 9. t. 115. f. b. and t. 116. 
Lin. syst. Pentandria, Monogynia. Calyx tubular, penta- 
gonal, 5-toothed ; teeth ovate. Corolla funnel-shaped; tube 
twice as long as the calyx, with a globose orifice, and plicate 
limb ; segments straight, ovate, with convolute margins. Fila- 
ments curved at the base, villous. Stigma 2-lobed; lobes un- 
equal. Capsule cylindrical, a little arched, twice as long as the 
calyx, 2-celled, 2-valved; valves bifid. Seeds numerous, im- 
bricate, oblong, compressed, with membranous edges. — Branch- 
ed, fetid shrubs, natives of Peru, with the habit of Céstrum. 
Leaves alternate, entire. Racemes axillary and terminal; pe- 
dicels corymbose. Corollas yellow. 
1 S. sriputa‘ra (Ruiz. et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 9. t. 115. fig. b.) 
leaves lanceolate and cordate ; false stipulas large, ovate, ob- 
tuse, deciduous; racemes axillary and terminal; pedicels co- 
rymbose. }.G. Native of Peru, on the mountains. Leaves 
petiolate : superior ones narrower, ovate, acuminated, 3-5 inches 
long, and 1-2 broad, glabrous above, and clothed with white to- 
mentum beneath. Racemes and calyxes woolly. Corolla vil- 
lous, yellow, twice as long as the calyx. 
Stipulate Sessea. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 
2 S. peps'npens (Ruiz. et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 9. t. 116.) 
leaves cordate-oblong; false stipulas wanting; racemes very 
long, pendulous; pedicels usually 3-flowered. h. Native 
of Peru, on the banks of rivers. Branches pendent. Leaves 
like those of the preceding, but powdery beneath, 3-4 inches 
long, and 2 broad. Calyx powdery. Corolla yellowish, twice 
as long as the calyx. 
Hanging-branched Sessea. Tree 25 to 30 feet. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Céstrum, p. 486. 
XLIV. FABIA'NA (named in honour of Francisco Fabiano, 
of Valencia in Spain, a promoter of botany.) Ruiz. et Pav. fl. 
per. 2. p. 12. t. 122. f. b. Hook. et Arn. in Beech. voy. pt. bot. 
p. 35. 
Lin. syst.  Pentándria, Monogynia. Calyx tubular, 5-an- 
gled, 5-toothed, permanent. Corolla funnel-shaped, with a very 
long tube, and a short, 5-cleft, plicate, revolute limb. Stamens 
5, 2 longer than the other 3. Stigma capitate, emarginate. Cap- 
sule ovate, 2-valved, many-seeded. Seeds wrinkled, dotted.— 
Shrubs, with a habit like Témariz. Leaves scattered, or in 
fascicles, ovate or linear. Flowers terminal, solitary, peduncu- 
late. 
I F. rprica‘ra (Ruiz. et Pav. l. c.) leaves small, ovate, ses- 
sile, concave, scale-formed, imbricate ; flowers terminal, solitary ; 
segments of the limb of corolla short, obtuse, reflexed. b. F. 
Native of Chili, in fields. Pers. ench. 1. p. 176. Poir. suppl. 
2. p. 625. Shrub much branched. Corolla lilac, about an inch 
long. 
Tatricote theses Fabiana. Shrub. 
2 F. panueinosa (Hook. et Arn. in Beech. voy. pt. bot. p. 
35.) branches woolly from white tomentum ; leaves linear, in 
fascicles, very blunt, fleshy, spreading; calyx woolly ; segments 
of the limb of corolla oblong, reflexed. h. F. Native of 
Chili, at Coquimbo. Flowers axillary, pedunculate, hardly the 
length of the leaves. Calyx tubular, 5-cleft, with unequal, 
linear, obtuse segments. Corolla glabrous. Stigma oblong, 
capitate. 
Woolly Fabiana. Shrub. 
3 F. viscdsa (Hook. et Arn. in Beech. voy. -pt. bot. p. 36.) 
clothed with clammy down; leaves scattered, narrow-linear, 
XLIV. FABIANA. 
XLV. Laurer., XLVI. LawARKIA. 487 
spreading, obtuse, channelled on the back ; peduncles terminal ; 
fruit-bearing ones erect. h. Native of Chili, near Ba- 
rasca, where it is called Pichanilla. This comes very near F. . 
thymifólia, St. Hil. Capsule 2-valved ; margins of the valves 
bent in so as to form 2 cells, and bifid at apex. Receptacle 
central, becoming free from the dissepiment, and split through 
the middle, entire at the summit. 
Clammy Fabiana. Shrub. 
4 F. ruvurrFüLIA (St. Hil. in mem. mus. 12. p. 317. t. 9.) 
plant hairy and clammy ; leaves small, linear, nerveless, scat- 
tered, bluntish ; peduncles subaxillary, at first erect, but at 
length bent. h.S. Native of Brazil in the province of Rio 
Grande do Sul. Corolla yellow at bottom, and dirty purple 
above. 
Thyme-leaved Fabiana. Shrub 3 to 1 foot. 
Cult. These are very singular shrubs ; they will grow in any 
light rich earth. They are rather hardy, and may be grown in 
the open air during summer; and they probably would stand 
our winters if protected. by a mat, or the haulm of herbaceous 
plants, during frosts; and they will be readily propagated by 
cuttings, under a hand-glass, or by seed. 
XLV. LAURERIA (meaning unknown to us.) Schlecht, 
in Linnza, 8. p. 518. 
Lin. syst.  Pentándria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-parted, alately 
pentagonal, permanent. Corolla tubular, with a short, 5-lobed, 
straight limb. Stamens 5, inclosed, villous at their insertion ; 
anthers linear, fixed by the base. Stigma bilamellate. Capsule 
2-celled, 2-valved ? Seeds numerous, full of impressed dots, 
fixed to short lamelliform processes or placentas, which are 
attached to the dissepiment. Embryo cylindrical, curved.—A 
shrub, with alternate leaves, beset with stellate hairs. Flowers 
lateral, solitary. 
1 L. Mexica‘na (Schlecht, l. c.) 5 .G. Native of Mex- 
ico, at the Hacienda de La Laguna. Leaves ovate or broad-lan- 
ceolate, 4-6 inches long, and 2-3 broad. 
Mexican Laureria. Shrub 6 feet. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Céstrum, p. 486. 
XLVI. LAMA'RKIA (named in honour of Jean Baptist 
Monet de la Mark, author of * Flore Francaise. 3 vols. 
Paris, 1778. ‘“ Encyclopédie Méthodique Botanique." 4 vols. 
4to. Paris, 1783—1796, (but vol. 5 to 8 of this work is by 
Poiret, Paris, 1804—1808. He is author of many other 
works on botany, and other branches of natural history.) Rom. 
et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 28. Markea, Richard. in act. soc. hist. 
nat, par. 107. 
Lin. syst.  Pentándria, Monogynia. Calyx long, tubular, 
pentagonally prismatic, semiquinquefid. Corolla nearly funnel- 
shaped ; limb spreading, equally and bluntly 5-parted. Stamens 
equal, leugth of tube. Capsule oblong, terete, coarctate at top, 
many-seeded.—A glabrous shrub, with oblong-obovate, acumi- 
nated, shining leaves, which are bluntly rounded at the base. 
Corollas scarlet. 
1 L. cocer'nza (Richard. l. c. under Márkea. Poir. suppl. 3. 
p.293.) h.S. Native of Cayenne. 
Scarlet-flowered Lamarkia. Shrub. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Céstrum, p. 486. 
+ Addenda to Order Solanacee. 
1 Sora‘num querciroLium (Schum. pl. guin. p. 121.) suffru- 
ticose, unarmed ; leaves twin, ovate, somewhat repand, clothed 
with stellate down; racemes simple, infra-foliaceous, distich. 
h.S. Native of Guinea. Stem 2 feet. Leaves 4-8 inches. 
Corolla white, size of those of S. dulcamàra; segments ovate- 
lanceolate. Berry tomentose, 2-4-celled, size of a plum. 
