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and Minas Geraes. S. ovata, Mart. fl. bras. 1. p. 36. t. 24. f. 2. 
Calyx reddish or rather violaceous, The five outer petals flesh 
or rose-coloured. The five inner ones red or dark purple, or 
variegated with red and purple, girded on the outside with an 
indefinite number of filiform appendages. 
Var. B, nana (St. Hil. 1. c.) stems hardly the length of a 
finger ; leaves much smaller. 
Racemose-flowered Sauvagesia. Fl. Dec. May. Sh 1 to 2 ft. 
2 S. Sprence'ii (St. Hil. 1. c. p. 99.) stem shrubby, erect, 
hardly branched ; leaves small, lanceolate, acute, remotely ser- 
rated; racemes terminal; segments of calyx unequal, very 
blunt, shorter than the corolla; filiform appendages numerous. 
h. S. Native of Brazil and Guiana in moist meadows. S. 
erécta, Spreng. neue. entd. 1. p. 296. exclusive of the syno- 
nymes. S. serpyllifdlia, Mart. fl. bras. 1. p. 37. t. 25. Flowers 
red ; the five inner petals girded on the outside by an indefinite 
number of filiform appendages. 
Var. B, gracilis (St. Hil. 1. c. p. 101.) stem more slender and 
longer; leaves narrower, less crowded ; racemes few-flowered ; 
pedicels shorter, and are as well as bracteas generally solitary. 
Sprengel’s Sauvagesia. Fl. May. Shrub 4 foot. 
3 S. va’xa (Mart. fl. bras. 1. p. 38.) stem herbaceous, loose, 
elongated, erectish ; leaves linear-lanceolate, acute, serrulated ; 
flowers disposed in terminal racemes; sepals acute. XY. S. 
Native of Brazil in humid meadows. S. rubigindsa, var. /, 
luxdrians, St. Hil. in mem. mus. 11. p. 102. Flowers pink. 
Loose Sauvagesia. Fl. Nov. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
4 S. rupicinosa (St. Hil. in mem. mus. 11. p. 101.) stems 
suffruticose ; leaves lanceolate, narrow, acute at both ends, ser- 
rated; flowers terminal, disposed in racemose spikes, furnished 
with bracteas; segments of calyx hardly unequal, oblong, acute, 
longer than the outer petals; filiform appendages numerous. 
h.S. Native of Guiana and Brazil in dry meadows. An 
erect or decumbent much-branched shrub. Inner petals girded 
on the outside by numerous filiform appendages. 
Rusty Sauvagesia. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
5 S. ere'cta (Lin. spec. 1. ed. 
p. 241.) root fibrous ; stems suf- 
fruticose and usually branched, 
erect, or ascending; leaves lan- 
ceolate, acute at both ends, serru- 
lated; flowers axillary, solitary 
or twin, sometimes in threes ; ge- 
nerally nodding ; segments of ca- 
lyx ovate-oblong, acute, or lanceo- 
late, acuminated, a little longer than 
the corolla ; filiform appendages 
numerous. h.or Y.S. Native 
in humid meadows and ‘on the bor- 
ders of rivulets and fountains as 
well as in marshes throughout South 
America and the West Indies, also 
in Guinea, Madagascar, and Java. 
Jacq. amer. p.77. t. 51. f. 3. St. Hil. mem. mus. 11. pl. 6. t. 
I. A. S. erécta, Aubl. guian. 1. p. 253. t. 100. f. b. Lam. ill. 
II. p.119. t. 140. f. 1 and 2. S. erécta and nutans, Pers. ench. 
l. p. 253. S, erécta, Adima, and nutans, Poir. encyclo. VI. p. 
669, 670. suppl. 5. p. 72. S. erécta, Adima, and Peruviana, 
Reem. et Schult. syst. 5. p. 437 and 438. S. Adima, Spreng. 
neue. entd. 1. p. 294, S. erécta and geminiflora, Ging. viol. 
p. 27. t. II, X. The five outer petals are white, and sometimes 
flesh-coloured. The five inner ones purple at base and white at 
the apex, girded on the outside by numerous filiform append- 
ages. This plant is called Yaoba by the Caribbs, Yerba de 
St. Martin by the Peruvians. This is a truly polymorphous 
plant. 
FRANKENIACEÆ. IV. SAUVAGESIA. 
Var. B, stricta (Mart. fl. bras. 1. p. 38.) root fibrous; stems 
erect, and are as well as the branches very straight. 
Erect Sauvagesia. Fl. May to Oct. Clt. 1823. Pl. tol ft. 
6 S. Aprma (Aubl. guian. 1. p. 251. t. 100. f.a. Mart. fi. 
bras. 1. p. 37.) root creeping; stem herbaceous, procumbent, 
branched ; branches flexuous ; leaves lanceolate, somewhat spa- 
tulate, acute, serrulated ; peduncles filiform, axillary, solitary ; 
segments: of the calyx ovate, setaceously-acuminated. 2. 
S. Native of Brazil on rocks at the river Niger, also in 
Guiana. M. Aug. St. Hilaire considers S. erécta and S. Adima 
to be identical, but Martius considers them specifically distinct. 
Perhaps S. Adima of all authors is the same as this plant. 
Flowers red. Adimais the name of the plant in Guiana. The 
negroes and creoles of Guiana use the leaves of this plant, as 
well as those of S. erécta, instead of spinach ; they are mucila- 
ginous; the roots are supposed to be emetic. 
Adima Sauvagesia. Pl. procumbent. 
7 S. TENELLA (Lam. ill. 2. p. 119.) stem herbaceous, weak, 
generally simple ; leaves sessile, linear-lanceolate, rarely toothed ; 
stipulas small; flowers axillary or terminal ; outer petals a little 
longer than the calyx ; filiform appendages five or fewer. ©. S. 
Native of Guiana in moist places. St. Hil. in mem. mus. Il. 
p. 105. pl. 6. t. 1. f. 8. Flowers pale red.. 
Weak Sauvagesia. Fl. July. Clt. 1820. Pl. 4 foot. 
8 S. uingarirorra (St. Hil. in mem. mus. 11. p. 106. pl. 6. 
t. 2. f. a.) stem suffruticose, 4 inches high; leaves linear- 
acute, rarely serrated; flowers axillary; petals a little shorter 
than the calyx ; filiform appendages 5. hk. S. Native of Brazil 
in the sandy part of the province of Minas Geraes called Dis- 
tritodos-Diamantes, near the place where the diamonds which 
are vulgarly called Servico do Rio Pardo are found, at the height 
of about 4000 feet above the level of the sea, but very rare. 
S. pusilla, Mart. fl. bras. 1. p. 35. t. 24. f.1. Flowers white or 
rose-coloured. Sepals ciliated at the apex. 
Linear-leaved Sauvagesia. Shrub 4 to 4 foot. 
+ Species not sufficiently known. 
9 S. ertcopes (Ging. mss. et D.C. prod. 1. p. 316.) stem 
simple; leaves crowded, linear-lanceolate, with very entire, Te 
volute margins ; stipulas bristly, awl-shaped ; racemes aad 
mous ; sepals ovate, acuminated, 3-times shorter than the petals. 
©. 4.8. Native of Brazil in moist places. S. péndula, Mart. 
ex Steven. in litt. Flowers pinkish. 
Heath-like Sauvagesia. Fl. June, Aug. PI. 4 foot. 6 
10 S.? rruricdsa (Mart. in litt. et D.C. prod. 1. p. 516.) 
stem much branched, covered with lanceolate, bristly-pectinal® 
permanent stipulas ; branches fastigiate; leaves crowded at i mi 
top of branchlets, linear, acute, with sharp, serrulated, revou f 
margins; peduncles axillary, 1-flowered. k. S. Native 0 
Brazil on rocks. Flowers pinkish. 
Shrubby Sauvagesia. Fl. Feb. Sh. 1 foot. 316.) 
11 S. saxicrrdt1a (Ging. mss. and D. C. prod. 1. Pp- “ute 
stems branched, ascending ; leaves lanceolate, with rio e a 
quite entire margins; stipulas awl-shaped, awned, entire ‘vlowe wa 
solitary, almost sessile. h. S. Native of Brazil. ow 
pink? Perhaps a species of Lavradia. 
Willow-leaved Sauvagesia. Shrub 3 foot. | | or 
Cult. Sauvagésia is a genus of elegant little ae vial in 
shrubby plants. The annual species should be sown t s 7 n 
pots in a mixture of loam and peat in the month of Marc ’ antil 
then placed in a moderate hot-bed, where they may ren ato 
they have ripened their seeds, or they may be remova ubby 
the stove when the plants are of sufficient size. The i a the 
kinds require the heat of a stove, and should be plante eee 
same kind of soil as recommended for the annual spes vip 
They may be either increased by cuttings under a hand-g 
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