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NAT. ORDER. — PEDALINEfi, 



bly branclicd ; leaves villous, viscid, opposite fobed, and cordate at 

 the base ; stanieus four, two of them sterile ; flowers thyrsoid, in the 

 forks of the stem, tkooping ; corolla with a white tube, tinged with 

 purple, and spotted with red and yellow ; limb pale-red, with a shin- 

 ing purple spot at each segment ; upper lip reflexed. Native of 

 Mexico, at Vera Cruz, and near Campeche. 



Martynia Zanquchnrica. Zanzibar Mart}niia. The stem of 

 this plant rises from one to two feet in height; leaves pinnatified, 

 pilose ; flowers axillaiy, solitary, and of a pale purple color ; beaks 

 of capsules secund ; calyx pilose, with lanceolate, nearly equal, de- 

 ciduous, expanded segments ; corolla ringent, with a large, roundish, 

 gibbous tube, and a short limb ; upper lip trifid, obtuse, the middle 

 segment emarginate ; the lower lip ovate, longer, entire ; fruit bisul- 

 cate on botli sides, foiu'-beaked, four-celled, one-seeded, and two-valv- 

 ed. Native of Zanzibar. Flowers in July and August. 



3Iartijnia liitca. Yellow-flowered Martynia. Tliis plant rises 

 only from one to two feet high ; the stem is branched and clothed with 

 glandular doY^^l ; the leaves stand opposite upon the stamaned branches, 

 cordate-orbicular, toothed, and clothed with glandular do^-n ; beaks 

 much longer than the pericarp ; calyx involucred by two bracteas ; 

 corolla large, funnel-shaped, orange yellow, clothed with blood-color 

 inside. Native of Brazil. Flowers in August. 



This genus was named, accorcUng to Houston, in honor of John 

 Martyn, professor of Botany at Cambridge : author of Historia Plan- 

 tarimi Variaram, and several other works : editor of Virgil's Georgics 

 and Eclogues. Born Sept, 1699, died 1768. 



Pro])agati(m and Culture. The seeds of the species should be 

 reared on a hot-bed, as other tender annuals ; and when transplanted 

 into other parts, they should be kept in the hot-house or green-house, 

 until the seed is ripened. A light rich soil suits them best. 



