MVRTALES.I 



ONAGRACE.E. 



(2o 



Jussisea peruviana fomi an emollient poultice. Indeed, the Order may be recarded as 

 bemgm general mucilaginous. The Montinias, however, arc acrid, and the root of 

 Jsnardia alternifoha is said to be emetic. Some are asti-ingent, and have been eini.lcved 

 m dyemg black, as, for instance, the Jussiieas Caparosa and scabra in Brazil the 

 wood of Fuchsias is reported to be employed in the same way in Chile, and'jussijEa 

 pilosa as a yellow dye in BvazW.— Mart tus. Several of the Fuchsias bear fruits which 

 are subacid and tolerably good to eat. Many of the genus (Enothera expan.l their 

 flowers only in tlie evening, and hence, being yellow, have been called Eveninrr 

 Primroses. *=• 



I. JuSSIiEA. 



Prieurea, DC. 

 Jussisca, Linn. 



Cubospcrmian, Lour. 



Vifliem, Fl. Fl. 

 Ludwigia, Roxb. 

 Isnardia, L. 



Ludwigia, L. 



TMntia, Thou.nis. 



Ludtcigiaria, DC. 



II. Epilobe.e. 



Gayophytum, Adr. Juss. 

 Sphaerostigma, Sering. 



Onosuris, Raf. 



Chamissonia, Link. 



Heterostemum , Nutt. 



Agassizia, Spach. 



Holostigma, Spach. 

 Meriolix, Ra/. 



Calylophis, Spach. 



GEN 



Oenothera, Linn. 



Onagra, Tournef. 



Anogra, Spacli. 



Baumannia, Spach. 



Allochroa, Fisch. et M. 



Megapterium, Spach. 



Pleurostemon, Raf. 



Pleurandra, Raf. 



Pachylophis, Spach. 



Lavauxia, Spach. 



Hartmciitnia, Spach. 



Kiicijjia, Spach. 



Blennodcrma, Spach. 



Xyloplcurum, Spach. 

 Godetia, Spach. 

 Cratericarpiura, Spach. 

 Boisduvalia, Spach. 



Dictyopetalum, F.et M. 



Pachydium, F. et Mey. 

 Eulobus, Nutt. 

 Clarkia, Pursfi. 



Opsianthus, Lilga. 



ERA. 



j Phceostoma, Spach. 

 ' Eiicharidiuni, F. et Mey. 

 ( liumaenerion, Toiirn. 

 Epilobium. Lin7i. 

 Lysintachion, Tausch. 

 Crossoxtigvui, Spach. 

 Zauschueria, Presl. 



III. MONTI.VE/E. 



Montinia, Linn. 

 Ilauya, 3Iof. et Sfss. 



IV. FUCII.SE.«. 



Fuchsia, Flum. 

 Dorvalia, Commers. 

 Encliandra, Zucc. 

 Brebisso nia , Spach . 

 Lyciopsis, Spach. 

 K ifrschlrigeria, Upach, 

 Spachia, Lilja. 

 EUobum, Lilja. 



Thilco, Feuill. 

 Nahusia, Schneev. 

 Qmlusia, Vand. 

 Schufia, Spach. 

 Skiunera, Font. 



V. CiRCE.K. 



Semeiandra, Honk el A m . 

 Riesenbachia, Pral. 

 Diplandra, Hook el Am. 

 Lopezia, Cav. 



I'isaura, Honnt. 

 Circaea, Tounu-f. 



"VI. GAURB.t. 



Gaura, Linn. 



Gauridiinn, Spach. 



Gongylocar/.us, Schied. 

 et Depp. 



Schizocarya, Spach. 

 Stenosiphon, Spach. 



Numbers. Gen. 28. Sp. 450. 



Position. — Haloragacea3. — Onagrace^. — Myrtaceoc. 



Columeliiacece. 



