488 MALVACEAE. XVIII. REDOUTEA. XIX. FUGOSIA. XX. SERRA. XXI. LOPIMIA. XXII. POLYCHUENA. 



FIG. 84. 



1 R. HETEROPHY'ILA (Vent. eels. 

 t. 11.) leaves ciliated, elliptical, 

 rounded at both ends, entire, rarely 

 3-lobed. f? . S. Native of the West 

 Indian Island St. Thomas, and on 

 the banks of the river Orinoco. H. 

 B. et Kunth, nov. gen. and spec, 

 amer. 5. p. 293. Stem erect, 

 smooth, branched. Leaves 3-nerved, 

 beset with scattered scales. Flowers 

 sulphur-coloured,with purple claws, 

 standing on trigonal pedicels (f. 

 84.). 



Variable-leaved Redoutea. Fl. 

 July. Clt. 1822. Shrub 3 feet. 



2 R. TRIPARTITA (H. B. and 

 Kunth, nov. gen. and spec. amer. 

 5. p. 293.) leaves smoothish, deeply 



3-parted ; segments oblong, acute, cuneated at the base, inter- 

 mediate one entire or obsoletely 3-lobed, lateral ones bifid. Tj . 

 S. Native of South America on the banks of the river Amazon. 

 A trailing shrub with yellow flowers. 



Three-parted-leaved Redoutea. Shrub procumbent. 



Cult. These shrubs are easily increased by seeds ; they 

 should be sown in pots, and placed in a hot-bed frame, and 

 when the plants are of sufficient size they should be separated, 

 and planted singly into other pots, or they may be reared by 

 cuttings planted in sand or mould, under a hand-glass, in heat. 



XIX. FUGO'SIA (a name abridged by Jussieu from Cien- 

 fuegosia, instituted by Cavanilles in memory of Bernard Cien- 

 fuegos, a Spanish botanist, who lived towards the end of the 

 sixteenth century.) Juss. gen. 274. D. C. prod. 1. p. 457. 

 Cienfuegosia, Cav. diss. 3. p. 174. t. 72. f. 2. Lam. ill. t. 577. 



LIN. SYST. Monadelphia, Polydndria. Calyx 5-cleft, girded 

 by a 6-12-leaved involucel ; leaflets bristle-like, very short (f. 

 85. a.). Anthers numerous from the sides and lower part 

 of the staminiferous tube (f. 85. d.}. Stigmas 3-4, adglutinate 

 or free, clavated. Capsule 3-4-celled, 3-4-valved, 3-seeded, 

 from abortion. Seeds naked or covered with short wool. 



1 F. DIGITA'TA (Pers. ench. 2. 

 p. 240.) leaves 3-5-parted, with 

 linear blunt lobes ; pedicels 1 -flow- 

 ered ; seeds smooth. T? . S. Na- 

 tive of Senegal. Cienfuegia digi- 

 tata, Willd. spec. 3. p. 723. 

 Flowers yellow, with a red tube, 

 (f. 85.). Stigmas adglutinated. 



Digitate-leaved Fugosia. Shrub 

 1 foot. 



2 F. SULFU'REA (,St. Hil. fl. bras. 

 1. p. 252. t. 49.) leaves roundish, 

 toothed, pvibescent ; stigmas 4, 

 adglutinate ; capsule smooth ; seed 

 solitary, covered with short wool. 



Jj . S. Native of Brazil in the pro- 

 vince of Cisplatine in dry pas- 

 tures. Flowers sulphur-coloured, 

 axillary, solitary. 



Sufyi/iur-coloured-flowered Fugosia. PI. prostrate. 



3 F. AFFI'NIS (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 253.) leaves oblong- 

 ovate, farinosely-tomentose beneath ; stigmas 4, distinct ; cells 

 of ovary 7-8-ovulate. Tj . S. Native of Brazil. Peduncles 

 solitary, axillary, 1-flowered. Seeds solitary from abortion. 



Allied Fugosia. Shrub 1 foot. 



FIG. 85. 



4 F. PHLOMIDIFOLIA (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 253. t. 50.) leaves 

 ovate or lanceolate, entire, densely tomentose beneath ; stigmas 

 3, distinct ; cells of ovary 5-ovulate ; capsule villous ; seeds 

 woolly. Tj . S. Native of Brazil in the province of Minas 

 Geraes in fields. Flowers yellow, with a dark-purple base. 



Phlomis-leaved Fugosia. Fl. May. Shrub 1 foot. 



Cult. These plants are hardly worth cultivating except in 

 botanical gardens. They will grow well in a mixture of loam 

 and peat, and cuttings not too much ripened will root readily in 

 sand or mould under a hand-glass, in heat. 



XX. SE'RRA (to the memory of Serra, a Spanish 

 botanist, who wrote upon the plants of Majorca.) Cav. diss. 2. 

 p. 83. t. 35. f. 3. D. C. prod. 1. p. 457. Seme'a, Willd. spec. 

 S. p. 695. 



LIN. SYST. Monadelphia, Decdndria. Calyx 5-toothed, small, 

 girded by a 3-leaved involucel ; leaflets cordate, entire. An- 

 thers about 10, stipitate at the top and upper part of the tube, 

 and with a 4 or 5-crenate membrane under the ovary. Stigmas 

 5. Capsules 2-celled ? 10-seeded. 



1 S. INCA'NA (Cav. 1. c.) Q1F. Native of Arabia in the island 

 of Soccotara. -The whole plant downy, 3 inches high. Leaves 

 cordate, truncate, 3-toothed. Flowers yellowish, axillary, almost 

 sessile. 



Hoary Serra. PL -f to J foot. 



Cult. A plant of easy culture. It can be propagated by 

 seeds. 



XXI. LOPI'MIA (from Xiamfiog, lopimos, easy of decortica- 

 tion.) Mart, in nov. act. bonn. xi. p. 96. D. C. prod. 1. p. 457. 



LIN. SYST. Monadelphia, Polydndria. Involucel longer than 

 the calyx, of 20, bristle-like connivent leaflets. Corolla flat. 

 Column of stamens deflexed. Stigmas 10. Anthers 30-40. 

 Capsule of 5 carpels ; carpels indehiscent, covered with mucilagi- 

 nous glue. Habit of Sida. The bark is used for cordage. 



1 L. MALACOPHY'LLUM (Mart. 1. c.) Tj . S. Native of Bra- 

 zil about Bahia. Sida malacophylla, Link, and Otto, abb. 

 gew. berl. 1. p. 67. t. 30. Shrub clothed with soft starry white 

 pubescence. Leaves orbicular, cordate, coarsely toothed. Flowers 

 axillary, solitary, or crowded at the tops of the branches, scarlet. 

 This plant when growing in its place of natural growth, and 

 when in flower, has much the appearance of Chirbnia frutescens. 



Soft-leaved Lopimia. Fl. Aug. Sep. Clt. 1823. Shrub 1 to 4 ft. 



Cult. This beautiful shrub will do well in a mixture of loam 

 and peat, and half-ripened cuttings will root freely in sand under a 

 hand-glass in heat, or it may be raised from seed, which no doubt 

 will ripen in this country. 



XXII. POLYCHL^E NA (from iro\v, poly, many, x\aiva, 

 chlaina, a cloak, alluding to the many-leaved involucel.) 



LIN. SYST. Monadelphia, Polydndria. Involucel of numerous 

 linear, ciliated leaflets, which are longer than the calyx. Capsule 

 5-celled, pilose; cells 1 -seeded. See:ls angular. Annual plants 

 with serrated leaves and crowded cymose heads of small white 

 flowers, and awl-shaped stipulas. 



1 P. RAMOSA ; erect branched, pilose ; leaves lanceolate, acute, 

 serrated, on short petioles; flowers cymose, terminal. Q. S. 

 Native of Guinea. 



Branched Polychlaena. PI. 1 foot. 



2 P. SI'MPLEX ; simple, hispid ; leaves ovate, acute, serrated, 

 stalked ; flowers terminal, sessile. O- S. Native of Guinea. 



Simple Polychlaena. PI. 1 foot. 



Cult. These plants will grow in any common garden-soil ; 

 however they are not worth cultivating except in general col- 

 lections. 



