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Scorching Monnina. Shrub 6 feet. 



9 M. CESTRIFOLIA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 413. 

 t. 502.) leaves oblong-lanceolate, acute, veiny, leathery, tapering 

 to the base, with revolute margins, and are as well as branchlets 

 glabrous ; racemes many, disposed in crowded corymbs. ^ S. 

 Native of South America near the city of Quito. Hebeandra 

 cestrifolia, Bonpl. 1. c. ? Flowers with blue wings. 



Oestrum-leaved Monnina. Shrub 3 feet. 



10 M. PHYTOLACOEFOLIA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. 

 p. 413. t. 503.) leaves elliptical-oblong, acute at both ends, 

 reticulately-veined, thickish, glabrous ; branchlets rather hairy ; 

 racemes generally in threes. 1? . S. Hebedndra padifolia, 

 Bonpl. 1. c. Flowers with blue wings and yellow petals. 



Var. a ; branchlets rather hairy ; leaves elliptical-oblong, 

 acute at both ends. Native of New Granada near Mariquita. 



Var. ft ; branchlets villous ; leaves oblong, narrowed and 

 acute at both ends. Native of Caraccas on Mount Avila. He- 

 beandra padifolia, Bonpl. 1. c. 



Phytolacca-leaved Monnina. Fl. Ju. Dec. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



11 M. OBSCU RA ; leaves leprous, oblong-lanceolate, with re- 

 volute margins, tapering to both ends ; racemes simple or rather 

 compound, lateral and terminal, loose ; stem much branched. 



f? . S. Native of Mexico. Like M. salicifolia. 

 Obscure Monnina. Shrub 2 feet. 



12 M. DE'PPEI ; pubescent; leaves ovate or roundish, blunt- 

 ish ; racemes corymbose, lateral and terminal, forming a panicle. 



T? . S. Native of Mexico. Flowers blue. 

 Deppe's Monnina. Shrub 1-J- foot. 



* Racemes simple and solitary. 



13 M. XALAPE'NSIS (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. p. 

 414.) leaves oblong, acuminated, tapering to the base, reti- 

 culately-veined, membranous, smoothish ; racemes solitary or 

 in pairs. Tj . G. Native of Mexico near Xalapa. Hebeandra 

 euonymoides, Bonpl. 1. c. Flowers with blue wings. 



Xalapa Monnina. Fl. March. Shrub 2 to 6 feet. 



14 M. KEMOROSA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. p. 410. 

 t. 504.) leaves elliptical-oblong, acute, mucronate, tapering, and 

 revolute at the base, obsoletely denticulated, rather veiny, 

 thickish, glabrous, younger ones as well as branchlets pubescent ; 

 racemes bifid or simple. Jj . S. Native of the province of 

 Quito in thickets. Hebeandra mucronata, Bonpl. 1. c. Flowers 

 with a yellow corolla and blue wings. 



. Grove Monnina. Shrub 2 to 6 feet. 



15 M. MYRTILLOI'DES (Bonpl. ges. berl. 1808. p. 40. under 

 the name of Hebeandra) leaves elliptical, acute at both ends, 

 rather coriaceous, racemes simple. Ij . S. Native of Peru in 

 groves. Wings of flowers blue. 



Myrtle-like Monnina. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



16 M. OBTUSIFOLIA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 

 411.) leaves oblong, obtuse, wedge-shaped at the base, obso- 

 letely veined, rather leathery, and are as well as branchlets 

 glabrous; racemes solitary. J? . S. Native of New Granada 

 near Almaguer. Hebeandra Phylliraeoides, Bonpl. 1. c. Flowers 

 violet and white. 



Obtuse-leaved Monnina. Fl. Dec. Shrub 12 feet. 



17 M. CRASSIFOLIA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 

 411.) leaves linear-oblong, rounded at the apex, obtuse at the 

 base, veinless, fleshy, leathery, glabrous ; branchlets pubescent, 

 leafy ; racemes solitary. 1? . S. Native on mountains about 

 Quito. Flowers with blue wings. 



Thick-leaved Monnina. Shrub 6 feet. 



18 M. REvoLtnrA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. 

 p. 412. t. 501.) leaves oblong-lanceolate, acute, at base bluntish, 

 with revolute margins, veinless, leathery, hairy ; branchlets 

 pubescent ; racemes solitary. J? . S. Native on the Andes in 



the province of Pasto. Hebeandra FIG. 70. 



revoluta, Bonpl. 1. c. Flowers white, 

 with blue wings (f. 70.). 



Revolute-\eaveA Monnina. Fl. 

 Dec. Shrub 2 feet. 



19 M. RUPE'STRIS (H. B. et 

 Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 415.) 

 leaves oblong,somewhat acuminated, 

 mucronate, narrowed at the base, 

 irregularly and undulatedly den- 

 ticulated, reticulately veined, mem- 

 branaceous, smoothish ; branchlets 

 hairy ; racemes solitary, fy . S. Na- 

 tive of New Granada on Mount Sa- 

 raguru. Perhaps Hebeandra celas- 

 troides and ligustrina of Bonpl. 

 1. c. ? Flowers with blue wings. 



Rock Monnina. Shrub 2 feet. 



20 M. CONFE'RTA (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. syst. 1. p. 173.) 

 shrubby ; leaves crowded, oblong, with a very small point ; 

 racemes short, corymbose, terminal. Tj . S. Native in thickets 

 on the Andes. Flowers bluish. Drupe ovate, glabrous. 



Crowded- leaved Monnina. Shrub \^ foot. 



21 M. CARDIOCA'RPA (St. Hil. fl. bras. 2. p. 60. t. 93.) stem 

 suffruticose, hairy ; leaves broad-linear, tapering to the base, 

 very obtuse, and as if they were emarginate, denticulated, full 

 of glandular dots ; racemes spike-formed, loose, solitary ; wings 

 obovate-orbicular, very obtuse ; capsule 2-celled, heart-shaped, 

 smooth, wingless. ^ . S. Native of Brazil. Flowers pale blue. 



Heart-fruited Monnina. Fl. Feb. Shrub 1 foot. 



22 M. SELLOI (Spreng. syst. 3. p. 175.) erect; stem beset 

 with branched pili ; leaves oblong or obovate-lanceolate, tapering 

 to both ends, but much more so at the base, with ciliated re- 

 volute margins ; young leaves pilose on the nerves beneath ; 

 racemes terminal, solitary, elongated ; flowers large. If. . S. 

 Native of Brazil. Perhaps M. tristaniaefolia, St. Hil. 



Sello's Monnina. Shrub 2 to 6 feet. 



23 M. LANCIFOHA ; erect ; leaves lanceolate, finely reticu- 

 lated, with a strong middle nerve ; racemes lateral and terminal, 

 crowded near the tops of the branches. Tj . S. Native of 

 Brazil. Plant smooth. Flowers rather large. 



Lance-leaved Monnina. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



24 M. TUBEROSA ; racemes loose, simple, terminal, or lateral ; 

 leaves ovate-oblong, acuminated, membranous, smooth ; stem 

 suffruticose, climbing ; branchlets pubescent. Tj . S. Native 

 of Brazil. Roots tuberous. Flowers blue. 



Tuberous-rooted Monnina. PI. 1 foot. 



25 M. CROTALARIOIDES (D. C. prod. 1. p. 339.) shrubby; 

 leaves elliptical, acuminated at both ends, lower ones ovate ; 

 branchlets covered with pressed pubescence ; racemes elon- 

 gated. Jj . S. Native of South America. Berry ovate, black. 



Crotalaria-like Monnina. Shrub 2 feet. 



26 M. MEXICA'NA; pubescent, suffruticose ; leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate, acute ; racemes terminal, solitary ; stem branched ; 

 root hard, woody. Tj . S. Native of Mexico. 



Mexican Monnina. Shrub 1 foot. 



27 M. CJERU'LEA ; stem suffruticose, erect, pilose; leaves 

 smooth, but rather hairy on the nerves beneath, oblong, acumi- 

 nated, acute ; racemes solitary, slender, elongated. Tj . S. Na- 

 tive of Mexico. Flowers blue. 



.Bfoe-flowered Monnina. Shrub 1|- foot. 



28 M. LANCEOLA'TA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 339.) suffruticose? 

 leaves lanceolate, acuminated, glabrous ; branches divaricating ; 

 racemes elongated, pedunculated. J? . ? S. Native of Peru. 

 Polygala lanceolata, Poir. diet. 5. p. 498. 



Lanceolate-leaved Monnina. Shrub 1^ foot. 



