JbLiiT IIORTXrS J-AMAlCENSISr. 3^9- 



oval leaves, aiKl bears large yellow flowers, that l^ave somtwliat the appearance of the 

 jnalvaceons tribe at first sight. Broicrie. Sioanc's plant is tlioufzht to bo a v; iicty oi 

 this, the leaves of which emit a disagreeable smeH on being rubbed. Barliam observes 

 that the flowers opened wide just at eievcn in the forenoon.- 



2. PUMJLEA. DWARF, 



Chamoecisfus urlic^ folic, Jiore IiUco. Sioane, v. 1, p. 2(>2, t;127, 

 f. 6. Almima sub-hifiuta, foUoU^angustis- piojunde serratis. 

 Browne, p. 188. 

 Elowcrs sessile, petiolary, without- glands. 



Hoot annual, branchiiig, thready; stem, herbaceous, from three to six inches high, 

 branched, nearly upright, but ol'to:n dccuurbent, round, hirsute; branches simple, 

 erect. Leaves alternate, distant, broad lanceolate, short, deeply serrate, nerved, hir- 

 sute, clustered towards the ends of the branchlets, spreading; petioles round,- short, 

 hirsute, terminating, fLovver- bearing. Stipules two, linear, erect, at the base of the 

 leaves, .within which is a smijl yellow flower, Fcarceiy open ; flowers terminating, clus- 

 tered, in the centre of the leaves ; calyx corolliferous, connate with the corolla ; seg* 

 ments linear, acute, pressed to the corolla, erect, hirsute. Corolla deciduous ; claws 

 linear, long, roundish at top, veined, orange; border convoluted, so that the corolla 

 is scarcely open ; filaments of the same length with the petals, erect; anthers oblong, 

 blue, germ ovate ; valves of the capsule ovate, acute, revolute ; seeds roundish, com- 

 pressed, wrinkled. It grows in dry sandy fields; flowering towards the end of the 

 year. S^carlz. Browne named this plant pamilea from its smallness ; he says it grew 

 aijout Old Harbour and the foot of Liguanca mountains, is always simple and upright, 

 and never rises more than two or three inches ; the flowers always solitary , from the 

 axila cf the upper leaves. It is to be found in most savannas after rain, 



3. CISTIOIDr.S. . GJSTUS-LIKE. 



GhhmoTcishis caule /lirsttfo, folio oblovgo, emguslo, simtaM, flore hifeo, 

 pcdiculo iiicidente. Sioane, v. 1, p. 202, t. 127, f. 7. Su!>-hir- 

 suta, simpler, foliis linearibus sub-otnatis. Browne, p. 189-, 



Peduncles axillary, leafless; leaves serrate at the top. , 



Koot annual, undivided, long, erect, while, thready ; stem sub-divided, erect, 

 half a foot high, round, hirsute, with alternate sjH'eading branches. Leaves on short 

 petioles, linear-lanceolate, bluntish, spreading,- toothed or serrate, nerved, somewhat- 

 hKpid ; bractes none ; flowers solitary in the axils, peduncled and not sessile on the-- 

 petioles, yellow, smd.ll ; peduncles shorter than the leaves, round, filiform, hirsute; 

 calyx corolliferous ; segments lanceolate, acute; petals con.tign(3us, rounded.^ entire, . 

 slightly striated. Filaments shorter by half ti. an tJie petals from ilie base of the corolla; 

 anthers oblong, vertical, yeUo.v ; germ oMong, sub-irigonal, styles diverging, stigmas 

 pencilled; capsule roundish ; valves ov^tte-revolute; seeds luinule, roundish, ferru* 

 ginous. Sw. 



The stalks come up sometimes single and so n^fimes two or three together, covered 

 with a reddish coloured hair or prickles. Browne says it seldoni- nses- above four 

 kiches. 



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