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FRANKENIACE.E. IV. SAUVAGESIA. 



and Minas Geraes. S. ovata, Mart. fl. bras. 1. p. 36. t. 24. f. 2. 

 Calyx reddish or rather violaceous. The five outer petals flesh 

 or rose-coloured. The five inner ones red or dark purple, or 

 variegated with red and purple, girded on the outside with an 

 indefinite number of filiform appendages. 



Var. ft, nana (St. Hil. 1. c.) stems hardly the length of a 

 finger ; leaves much smaller. 



Racemose-Homered Sauvagesia. Fl. Dec. May. Sh 1 to 2 ft. 



2 S. SPRENGE'LII (St. Hil. 1. c. p. 99.) stem shrubby, erect, 

 hardly branched ; leaves small, lanceolate, acute, remotely ser- 

 rated ; racemes terminal ; segments of calyx unequal, very 

 blunt, shorter than the corolla ; filiform appendages numerous. 

 J? . S. Native of Brazil and Guiana in moist meadows. S. 



erecta, Spreng. neue. entd. 1. p. 296. exclusive of the syno- 

 nymes. S. serpyllifolia, Mart. fl. bras. 1. p. 37. t. 25. Flowers 

 red ; the five inner petals girded on the outside by an indefinite 

 number of filiform appendages. 



Var. ft, gracilis (St. Hil. 1. c. p. 101.) stem more slender and 

 longer ; leaves narrower, less crowded ; racemes few-flowered ; 

 pedicels shorter, and are as well as bracteas generally solitary. 



Sprengel's Sauvagesia. Fl. May. Shrub \ foot. 



3 S. LA'XA (Mart. fl. bras. 1. p. 38.) stem herbaceous, loose, 

 elongated, erectish ; leaves linear-lanceolate, acute, serrulated ; 

 flowers disposed in terminal racemes ; sepals acute. I/ . S. 

 Native of Brazil in humid meadows. S. rubiginosa, var. ft, 

 luxurians, St. Hil. in mem. mus. 11. p. 102. Flowers pink. 



Loose Sauvagesia. Fl. Nov. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



4 S. RUBIGINOSA (St. Hil. in mem. mus. 11. p. 101.) stems 

 suffruticose ; leaves lanceolate, narrow, acute at both ends, ser- 

 rated; flowers terminal, disposed in racemose spikes, furnished 

 with bracteas ; segments of calyx hardly unequal, oblong, acute, 

 longer than the outer petals ; filiform appendages numerous, 

 fj . S. Native of Guiana and Brazil in dry meadows. An 

 erect or decumbent much-branched shrub. Inner petals givded 

 on the outside by numerous filiform appendages. 



Rusty Sauvagesia. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



5 S. ERE'CTA (Lin. spec. 1. ed. FIG. 76. 

 p. 241.) root fibrous ; stems suf- 

 fruticose and usually branched, 



erect, or ascending; leaves lan- 

 ceolate, acute at both ends, serru- 

 lated ; flowers axillary, solitary 

 or twin, sometimes in threes ; ge- 

 nerally nodding ; segments of ca- 

 lyx ovate-oblong, acute, or lanceo- 

 late, acuminated, a little longer than 

 the corolla ; filiform appendages 



numerous. Tj . or I/ . S. Native 



in humid meadows and on the bor- 

 ders of rivulets and fountains as 



well as in marshes throughout South 



America and the West Indies, also 



in Guinea, Madagascar, and Java. 



Jacq. amer. p. 77. t. 51. f. 3. St. Hil. mem. mus. 11. pi. C. t. 



I. A. S. erecta, Aubl. guian. 1. p. 253. t. 100. f. b. Lam. ill. 



II. p. 119. t. 140. f. 1 and 2. S. erecta and nutans, Pers. ench. 

 1. p. 253. S. erecta, Adima, and nutans, Poir. encyclo. VI. p. 

 669, 670. suppl. 5. p. 72. S. erecta, Adima, and Peruviana, 

 Rcem. et Schult. syst. 5. p. 437 and 438. S. Adima, Spreng. 

 neue. entd. 1. p. 294. S. erecta and geminiflora, Ging. viol. 

 p. 27. t. II, X. The five outer petals are white, and sometimes 

 flesh-coloured. The five inner ones purple at base and white at 

 the apex, girded on the outside by numerous filiform append- 

 ages. This plant is called Yaoba by the Caribbs, Yerba de 

 St. Martin by the Peruvians. This is a truly polymorphous 

 plant. 



Var. ft, stricta (Mart. fl. bras. 1. p. 38.) root fibrous ; stems 

 erect, and are as well as the branches very straight. 



Erect Sauvagesia. Fl. May to Oct. Clt. 1823. PL to 1 ft. 



6 S. ADI'MA (Aubl. guian. 1. p. 251. t. 100. f. a. Mart. fl. 

 bras. 1. p. 37.) root creeping; stem herbaceous, procumbent, 

 branched ; branches flexuous ; leaves lanceolate, somewhat spa- 

 tulate, acute, serrulated ; peduncles filiform, axillary, solitary ; 

 segments of the calyx ovate, setaceously-acuminated. J/ . 

 S. Native of Brazil on rocks at the river Niger, also in 

 Guiana. M. Aug. St. Hilaire considers S. erecta and S. Adima 

 to be identical, but Martius considers them specifically distinct. 

 Perhaps S. Adima of all authors is the same as this plant. 

 Flowers red. Adima is the name of the plant in Guiana. The 

 negroes and Creoles of Guiana use the leaves of this plant, as 

 well as those of S. erecta, instead of spinach ; they are mucila- 

 ginous ; the roots are supposed to be emetic. 



Adima Sauvagesia. PI. procumbent. 



7 S. IENE'LLA (Lam. ill. 2. p. 119.) stem herbaceous, weak, 

 generally simple ; leaves sessile, linear-lanceolate, rarely toothed ; 

 stipulas small ; flowers axillary or terminal ; outer petals a little 

 longer than the calyx ; filiform appendages five or fewer. O- S. 

 Native of Guiana in moist places. St. Hil. in mem. mus. II. 

 p. 105. pi. 6. t. 1. f. ft. Flowers pale red. 



Weak Sauvagesia. Fl. July. Clt. 1820. PI. | foot. 



8 S. LINEARIFOLIA (St. Hil. in mem. mus. 11. p. 106. pi. 6. 

 t. 2. f. a.) stem suffruticose, 4 inches high ; leaves linear- 

 acute, rarely serrated ; flowers axillary ; petals a little shorter 

 than the calyx ; filiform appendages 5. Ij.S. Native of Brazil 

 in the sandy part of the province of Minas Geraes called Dis- 

 tritodos-Diamantes, near the place where the diamonds which 

 are vulgarly called Servico do Rio Pardo are found, at the height 

 of about 4000 feet above the level of the sea, but very rare. 

 S. pusilla, Mart. fl. bras. 1. p. 35. t. 24. f. 1. Flowers white or 

 rose-coloured. Sepals ciliated at the apex. 



Linear-leaved Sauvagesia. Shrub -j to -J- foot. 



t Species not sufficiently known. 



9 S. ERICOI'DES (Ging. mss. et D. C. prod. 1. p. 316.) stem 

 simple ; leaves crowded, linear-lanceolate, with very entire, re- 

 volute margins ; stipulas bristly, awl-shaped ; racemes dichoto- 

 mous ; sepals ovate, acuminated, 3-times shorter than the petals. 

 O- % S. Native of Brazil in moist places. S. pendula, Mart. 

 ex Steven, in litt. Flowers pinkish. 



Heath-like Sauvagesia. Fl. June, Aug. PI. ^ foot. 



10 S.? FRUTICOSA (Mart, in litt. et D. C. prod. 1. p. 316.) 

 stem much branched, covered with lanceolate, bristly-pectinated 

 permanent stipulas ; branches fastigiate ; leaves crowded at the 

 top of branchlets, linear, acute, with sharp, serrulated, revolute 

 margins; peduncles axillary, 1 -flowered. Tj. S. Native of 

 Brazil on rocks. Flowers pinkish. 



Shrubby Sauvagesia. Fl. Feb. Sh. 1 foot. 



11 S. SALICIFOLIA (Ging. mss. and D. C. prod. 1. p. 316.) 

 stems branched, ascending ; leaves lanceolate, with revolute, 

 quite entire margins ; stipulas awl-shaped, awned, entire ; flowers 

 solitary, almost sessile. Tj . S. Native of Brazil. Flowers 

 pink ? Perhaps a species of Lavradia. 



Willow- leaved Sauvagesia. Shrub ^ foot. 



Cult. Sauvagesia is a genus of elegant little annual or 

 shrubby plants. The annual species should be sown thinly in 

 pots in a mixture of loam and peat in the month of March, and 

 then placed in a moderate hot-bed, where they may remain until 

 they have ripened their seeds, or they may be removed into 

 the stove when the plants are of sufficient size. The shrubby 

 kinds require the heat of a stove, and should be planted in the 

 same kind of soil as recommended for the annual species. 

 They may be either increased by cuttings under a hand-glass in 

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