488 
1 R. HETEROPHY' LLA (Vent. cels. 
t. 11.) leaves ciliated, elliptical, 
rounded at both ends, entire, rarely 
3-lobed. h.S. Native of the West 
Indian Island St. Thomas, and on 
the banks of the river Orinoco. H. 
B. et Kunth, nov. gen. and spec. 
amer. 5. p. 293. Stem erect, 
smooth, branched. Leaves 3-nerved, 
beset with scattered scales. Flowers 
sulphur-coloured,with purple claws, 
standing on trigonal pedicels (f. 
84.). 
Variable-leaved Redoutea. 
July. Clt. 1822. Shrub 3 feet. 
2 R. rriartita (H. B. and 
Kunth, nov. gen. and spec. amer. 
5. p. 293.) leaves smoothish, deeply 
3-parted ; segments oblong, acute, cuneated at the base, inter- 
mediate one entire or obsoletely 3-lobed, lateral ones bifid. h. 
S. Native of South America on the banks of the river Amazon. 
A trailing shrub with yellow flowers. 
Three-parted-leaved Redoutea. Shrub procumbent. 
Cult. These shrubs are easily increased by seeds; they 
should be sown in pots, and placed in a hot-bed frame, and 
when the plants are of sufficient size they should be separated, 
and planted singly into other pots, or they may be reared by 
cuttings planted in sand or mould, under a hand-glass, in heat. | 
Fl. 
XIX. FUGO'SIA (a name abridged by Jussieu from Cien- 
Juegosia, instituted by Cavanilles in memory of Bernard Cien- 
fuegos, a Spanish botanist, who lived towards the end of the 
sixteenth century.) Juss. gen. 274. D. C. prod. 1. p. 457.— 
Cienfuegòsia, Cav. diss. 3. p. 174. t. 72. f. 2. Lam. ill. t. 577. 
Lin. syst. Monadé!phia, Polydndria, Calyx 5-cleft, girded 
by a 6-12-leaved involucel ; leaflets bristle-like, very short (f. 
85. a.) Anthers numerous from the sides and lower part 
of the staminiferous tube (f. 85. d.). Stigmas 3-4, adglutinate 
or free, clavated. Capsule $8-4-celled, 3-4-valved, 3-seeded, 
from abortion. Seeds naked or covered with short wool. ° 
1 F. pierra ra (Pers. ench. 2. 
pe 240.) leaves 3-5-parted, with 
linear blunt lobes ; pedicels 1-flow- 
ered; seeds smooth. h.S. Na- 
tive of Senegal. Cienfuégia digi- 
tata, Willd. spec. 3. p. 723. 
Flowers yellow, with a red tube. 
(f. 85.). Stigmas adglutinated. 
Digitate-leaved Fugosia. Shrub 
1 foot. 
2 F. surru'rea(St. Hil. fl. bras. 
I. p. 252, t. 49.) leaves roundish, 
toothed, pubescent; stigmas 4, 
adglutinate ; capsule smooth; seed 
solitary, covered with short wool. 
h. S. Native of Brazil in the pro- 
vince of Cisplatine in dry pas- 
tures. Flowers sulphur-coloured, 
axillary, solitary. 
Sulphur-coloured-flowered Fugosia. 
FIG. 85. 
Pl. prostrate. ' 
3 F. arri nis (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 253.) leaves oblong- 
ovate, farinosely-tomentose beneath ; stigmas 4, distinct; cells 
of ovary 7-8-ovulate. k. S. Native of Brazil. Peduncles 
solitary, axillary, 1-flowered. Seeds solitary from abortion. 
Allied Fugosia. Shrub 1 foot.. 
MALVACEÆ. XVIII. Repovrea. XIX. Fucosra. XX. Serra. XXI. Lopmra, XXII. POoLYCHLÆNA. 
4 F. pntomipiroria (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 253. t. 50.) leaves 
ovate or lanceolate, entire, densely tomentose beneath; stigmas 
3, distinct; cells of ovary 5-ovulate ; capsule villous; seeds 
woolly.. h. S. Native of Brazil in the province of Minas 
Geraes in fields. Flowers yellow, with a dark-purple base. 
Phlomis-leaved Fugosia. Fl. May. Shrub 1 foot. 
Cult. These plants are hardly worth cultivating except in 
botanical gardens. They will grow well in a mixture of loam 
and peat, and cuttings not too much ripened will root readily in 
sand or mould under a hand-glass, in heat. 
XX. SE’RRA (to the memory of — Serra, a Spanish 
botanist, who wrote upon the plants of Majorca.) Cav. diss. 2. 
p- 83.t. 35. f. 3. D.C. prod. 1. p. 457.—Serree‘a, Willd. spec. 
3. p. 695. 
Lin. syst. Monadélphia, Decdndria. Calyx 5-toothed, small, 
girded by a 3-leaved involucel; leaflets cordate, entire. An- 
thers about 10, stipitate at the top and upper part of the tube, 
and with a 4 or 5-crenate membrane under the ovary. Stigmas 
5. Capsules 2-celled?2 10-seeded. 
1 S. rnca‘na (Cav. l. c.) ©? F. Native of Arabia in the island 
of Soccotara. The whole plant downy, 3 inches high. Leaves 
cordate, truncate, 3-toothed. Flowers yellowish, axillary, almost 
sessile. 
Hoary Serra. 
Cult, 
seeds. 
Pl. 4 to 4 foot. 
A plant of easy culture. It can be propagated by 
XXI. LOPI’MIA (from Awmipoc, lopimos, easy of decortica- 
tion.) Mart. in nov. act. bonn. xi. p. 96. D. C. prod. 1. p. 457. 
Lin. syst. Monadélphia, Polydndria. Involucel longer than 
the calyx, of 20, bristle-like connivent leaflets. Corolla flat. 
Column of stamens deflexed. Stigmas 10. Anthers 30-40. 
Capsule of 5 carpels; carpels indehiscent, covered with mucilagi- 
nous glue. Habit of Stda. The bark is used for cordage. 
1 L. matacopuy’tium (Mart. l. c.) h.S. Native of Bra- 
zil about Bahia. Sida malacophylla, Link, and Otto, abb. 
gew. berl. 1. p. 67. t. 30. Shrub clothed with soft starry white 
pubescence. Leaves orbicular, cordate, coarsely toothed. Flowers 
axillary, solitary, or crowded at the tops of the branches, scarlet. 
This plant when growing in its place of natural growth, and 
when in flower, has much the appearance of Chirdnia fruléscens. 
Soft-leaved Lopimia. Fl. Aug. Sep. Clt. 1823. Shrub 1 to 4 ft. 
Cult. 'Fhis beautiful shrub will do well in a mixture of loam 
and peat, and half-ripened cuttings will root freely in sand under 4 
hand-glass in heat, or it may be raised from seed, which no doubt 
will ripen in this country. 
XXII. POLYCHLE NA (from zodv, poly, many, xàaiva, 
chlaina, a cloak, alluding to the many-leaved involucel.) 
Lin. syst. Monadélphia, Polydandria. Involucel of numerous 
linear, ciliated leaflets, which are longer than the calyx. Capsule 
5-celled, pilose ; cells 1-seeded. Seeds angular. Annual plants 
with serrated leaves and crowded cymose heads of small white 
flowers, and awl-shaped stipulas. 
1 P. ramòsa ; erect branched, pilose ; leaves lanceolate, acute, 
serrated, on short petioles; flowers cymose, terminal. ©. 
Native of Guinea. 
Branched Polychlena. Pl. 1 foot. 
2 P.si’MpLex ; simple, hispid ; leaves ovate, acute, serrated, 
stalked ; flowers terminal, sessile. ©.S. Native of Guinea. 
Simple Polychlena. Pl. 1 foot. ‘ 
‘ult. These plants will grow in any common garden-soil ; 
however they are not worth eultivating except in general col- 
lections, 
