FRANKENIACEX. V. Lavrapia. CARYOPHYLLEZ. 
heat, or by seeds. The whole of the species require to be kept 
rather moist during the summer months. 
V. LAVRA'DIA (in honour of the Marquis of Lavradio, a 
distinguished patron of botany ; once Viceroy of Brazil). Vellosa 
et Vand. in Roem. script. lus. et bras. p. 88. t. 6. f£.6. D.C. 
prod. 1. p. 314. St. Hil. in mem. mus. 11. p. 107. 
Lin. syst. Penténdria, Monogynia. Calyx profoundly 5- 
parted (f. 77. a.), spreading, permanent, closed when in fruit. 
Outer petals 5 (f. 77. b.), equal, spreading, ovate, or ovate- 
lanceolate, deciduous. Inner corolla monopetalous (urceolus ?), 
ovate-conical, narrowed at the apex (f. 77. c.) and toothed, per- 
manent, without any filiform appendages between the outer and 
inner corolla, Stamens 5, alternating with the petals of the 
outer corolla, but inclosed within the inner corolla ; permanent 
filaments very short, adhering to the base of the inner co- 
rolla; anthers fixed by their base, elliptical, 2-celled, opening 
lengthwise at the sides. Style erect (f. 77. d.) permanent, 
crowned by a scarcely manifest stigma. Ovary (f.77. e.) 1l- 
celled at the top and 3-celled at the base, many-seeded. 
Capsule ovate, 3-lobed, acute, 3-valved, and empty at the 
top, but with the valves bent inwards at the base, even to the 
centre of the capsule, therefore the capsule is 3-celled at the 
base, dissepiments lunulately truncate, and bearing the seeds 
at the top. Seeds, albumen, and embryo as in Sauvagésia. 
Elegant, smooth, subshrubs. Leaves simple, on very short 
fodtstalks. Stipulas lateral, twin, ciliated, permanent. Flowers 
axillary or terminal, disposed in racemes, rarely in panicles, but 
in both cases they are bracteate ; they are either white or red. - 
Parts of flowers twisted in the bud. 
1 L. ertcoipes (St. Hil. in mem. mus. 11. p. 108. pl. 7. f. 
a.) leaves crowded, small, linear, quite entire, with revolute 
margins ; flowers axillary. h. S. Native of Brazil on the 
top of a mountain called Caraca in the province of Minas Geraes, 
at the height of about 5700 feet above the level of the sea, but 
very rare. The five outer petals are rose-coloured, and the urce- 
olus is purple. 
Heath-like Lavradia. Fl. Feb. Shrub 4 to 4 foot. 
2 L. ELEGANTI ssima (St. Hil. in mem. mus. 11. p. 109. pl. 8.) 
stem alittle branched ; leaves minute, much crowded, in bun- 
dles, elliptically-ovate, very blunt, quite entire, veinless ; racemes 
short, terminal. h. S. Native of Brazil in sandy places on 
M mountains called Serra de Curumatahy in the province of 
Tinas Geraes, near Tejuco, at the height of about 4000 feet 
above the level of the sea, but very rare. An elegant little 
shrub, with pale purple flowers. 
Most elegant Lavradia. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
litt r Vettozi (St. Hil. in mem. mus. 11. p. 110.) stem a 
r e branched ; leaves lanceolate, acute at both ends, serrated ; 
acemes compound, generally few-flowered. h.S. Native of 
ail, on humid places of woods, and in arid places of moun- 
taina ut very rare, in the province of Minas Geraes near foun- 
se at the height of about 3700 feet above the level of the 
ve Lavràdia, Vel. mss. Vand. fl. lus. et bras. p. 15. f. 6. 
and. in Roem, script. p. 88. t.4. f. 6. L. Velloziana, Steud. 
nom. Flowers purple. 
Felloz’s Lavradia. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
sta L. GLANDULO'sa (St. Hil. in mem. mus. 11. p. 112. pl. 9.) 
m a little branched ; leaves much crowded, obovate, very 
nish with dry gland-like serratures, mucronate ; racemes fur 
ished w 
glandular serraturese h.S. Native of Brazil, plentiful on the 
call me in the province of Minas Geraes among stones, espe- 
the Pa A e places called Itambe, Ponte Alta, and Candonga, at 
toe. g t of about 2000 feet above the level of the sea. Flowers 
Coloured. Leaves broad, terminated by a long point (f. 77.). 
. Hil. 1. c. p. 114.) branches clothed 
ith very short branches; bracteas and calyxes with © 
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Sh. 1 to 2 ft. 
FIG. 77. 
Glandular-calyxed Lavradia. Fl. Feb. Mar. 
5 L. carita ris (St. Hil. in 
mem. mus. 11. p. 113. pl. 10.) stem 
much branched; .leaves’ approxi- 
mate, numerous, lanceolate, acute 
at both ends, with glandular serra- 
tures, veiny ; panicle terminal, di- 
varicating, capillary, generally few- 
flowered. h.S. Native of Brazil 
in sandy places on mountains near 
the places called Itambe and Tapan- 
hoa-canga, in the province of Minas 
Geraes, at about the height of 2000 
feet above the level of the sea. 
Flowers red. 
Var. B, glanduldso-pubéscens (St. 
with glandular pubescence ; leaves 
smaller ; stipulas almost simple. 
Capillary-panicled Lavradia. Fl. Nov. to April. Sh. 1 to 2 ft. 
6 L. arpe’stris (Mart. fl. bras. 1. p. 32. t. 22.) leaves ap- 
proximate, linear, quadrifariously disposed, spreading horizon- 
tally, quite entire ; stipulas almost entire, setaceous ; bracteas 
and sepals naked ; flowers panicled. h. S. Native of Brazil 
in the province of Minas Geraes in stony shady places. Corolla 
purplish or rose-coloured. 
Rock Lavradia. Fl. April, May. Sh. 3 to 4 feet. 
7 I..monra‘na (Mart. fl. bras. 1. p. 33. t. 23.) leaves alter- 
nate, almost sessile, obovate, marginate, denticulated, obtuse, 
smooth, ending in a mucrone; stipulas pinnatifid, bracteas and 
calyxes ciliated with glands. h.S. Native of Brazil in the 
province of Minas Geraes. L. Vandellii, Roem. et Schult, script. 
lus. min. p. 88. t. 16. f.b. L. glandulosa, var. 2 rubélla, St. 
Hil. in mem. mus. 11. p. 113. Flowers deep rose-coloured, in 
crowded racemose panicles. 
Mountain Lavradia. Clt. 1826. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 
Cult. These elegant shrubs will thrive well in a mixture of 
loam, sand, and peat, and cuttings will root readily in sand under 
a hand-glass, in heat. 
Cohort III. Ovary solitary. Placentas central. 
Orpver XXVII. CARYOPHY’LLEZ. Juss. 
D. C. prod. 1. p.351. Caryophylleze and Arenarie, Lam. 
Calyx of 4 (f. 79. a.) but usually of 5 sepals (f. 81. 6.), con- 
tinuous with the pedicel, never free, sometimes united together 
into a tube, which is 4-5-toothed, constantly imbricate in zstiva- 
tion, usually permanent. Petals equal in number to the teeth 
or sepals of the calyx, and alternating with them, inserted 
in a more or less elevated torus, unguiculate, with an entire (f. 
80. d. f. 81. b.) or bifid (f. 79. d.) spreading limb, usually 
furnished with petal-like scales at the throat (f. 78. d. f. 79. c.). 
These scales are seldom absent. Stamens equal in number with 
the petals, or double that number (f. 79. e. f. 81.6.), inserted in the 
torus, those that are alternate with the petals are much earlier. 
than the others and free, those that are opposite the petals are 
sometimes adnate to their base, sometimes these last are abortive ; 
filaments awl-shaped (f. 80.c.), sometimes monadelphous at the 
base ; anthers 2-celled (f. 81.e.), birimose, usually inserted by their 
base. Ovary inserted on the top of the torus, simple, ovate, or 
oblong (f. 81. f) 2-5-valved, crowned by an equal number of 
stigmas (f. 81. g-), these are filiform or clavate, distinct from the < 
base, stigmatose and papillose inside. Capsule 2-5-valved, 
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gen. 299. 
