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 Loasa Hi^piDA. Hispid Loasa. 



Class and Order. 



POLYADELPHIA PoLYANDRIA. 



( Nat. Ord. — LoasejE. ) 



Generic Character. 



Calycis tubus cylindraceus arete ovarium vestiens, sed 

 forsan liber ; limbus 5-partitus, persistens. Pet. 10, ungui- 

 culata, calyce inserta. Stam. innumera (230 — 250) cum 

 petalis inserta, iis breviora, filamentis libera, externis inter- 

 dum sterilibus, antheris oblongis. Stylus filiformis, striis 

 3 — 7 spiralibus notatus et hide stylis 5 — 7 omnino connexis 

 et spiraliter tortis constans. Capsula oblonga, 1-locularis, 

 3 — 7-valvis, placentis totidem seminum series duobus geran- 

 tibus. Semina compressa, numerosa. D C. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Loasa hispida ; hispidissima, foliis alternis bipinnatifidis, 



laciniis calycinis lateralibus replicatis, corolla reflexa. 

 Loasa hispida. Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 13. p. 364. Willd. 



Sp. PL v. 2. p. 1176. Graham in Edin. Phil. Journ. 



Dec. 1830. 

 Loasa urens. Jacq. Obs. Bot. pars 2. p. 15. t. 38. Lam. 



Encycl. v. 3. p. 758. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 2. p. 601. 



Loasa ambrosiaefolia. Juss. Ann. du Mus. v. 5. p. 26. t. 4. 



/. 1. Pers. Syn. PL v. 2. p. 71. Spreng. Syst. Veget. 



v.2. p. 601. 



Descr. Stem round, rooting at the base, flexuose, branch- 

 ed, densely covered with innumerable short, harsh hairs, 

 which seem rough under the microscope, and are scarcely 

 stinging ; higher up, there are a few deep green oblong- 

 spots on the stem, and the hairs are mixed with others which 

 are twice or thrice as long, and stinging, smooth, dark 



brown, 



