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BRUXIACE/E. I. BERZELIA. 



Liticnnta, Thamnca, Audou'tnia, Tithnaimia, the flowers are invo- 

 1 iterated by 4 or more bracteas. 



FIG. 8. 



K. 



Synopsis of the Genera. 



1 BERZE'LIA. Calyx adhering to the ovary (f. 8. A. g.) ; 

 segments unequal, gibbous (f. 8. A. e.). Ovary inferior, 1- 

 celled (f. 8. K. g.), 1-seeded. Style simple. Fruit inde- 

 hiscent. 



2 BRU'NIA. Calyx adhering to the half inferior ovary (f. 8. 

 K. g.). Ovary 2-celled (f. 8. B. e. K. g.) ; cells 1 -2-seeded. 

 (f. 8. K. g. B./.). Styles 2. Fruit indehiscent, 1-seeded from 

 abortion. 



8 STAA'VIA. Calyx adhering (f. 8. G. g.}. Petals free (f. 8. 

 G. A. c.). Ovary half inferior, 2-celled (f. 8. G. k. g.) ; cells 

 1-seeded. Style simple. Fruit 2-seeded (f. 8. G. Jc. g.}. 



4 RASPA'LIA. Calyx free (f. 8. C. A.). Petals and stamens 

 inserted in the free ovary (f. 8. C. d. g.}. Ovary 2-celled 

 (f. 8. C. /.); cells 1-seeded. Styles 2 (f. 8. C. e.). 



5 BERA'RDIA. Calyx adhering to the ovary (f. 8. D. i.). 

 Petals cohering into a tube at the base. Ovary half inferior, 

 2-celled : cells 1-seeded. Styles 2. Fruit 2-seeded. 



6 LINCONIA. Calyx adhering to the ovary (f. 8. F. I.). Pe- 

 tals oblong, convolute (f. 8. F. b. e.). Stamens inclosed ; cells 

 of anthers diverging (f. 8. F. /.) below. Ovary half inferior, 

 2-celled ; cells 2-seeded. Fruit 2-seeded (f. 8. F. .). 



7 AUDOUI'NIA. Calyx adhering to the ovary (f. 8. E./.), 

 with large imbricate segments (f. 8. E. a.). Petals unguicu- 

 late. Ovary half inferior (f. 8. E./.), 3-celled; cells 2-seeded 

 (f. 8. E. g.). Style simple (f. 8. E. &.). 



8 TITTMA'NNIA. Calyx with a spherical tube (f. 8. H. a,), 

 adnate to the ovary, with erect scarious segments (f. 8. H. &.). 

 Petals unguiculate (f. 8. H. c.). Ovary inferior, spherical (f. 8. 

 H. e.~), 2-celled ; cells 2-seeded. Ovula fixed to the dissepiment, 

 pendulous. 



9 THA'MNEA. Calyx adhering to the ovary, with lanceolate 

 segments. Ovary inferior, 1 -celled, many-ovulate, covered by 

 the fleshy disk. Ova hanging from the central column. Style 

 simple. 



I. BERZE'LIA (in honour of Berzelius, the celebrated chem- 

 ist). Brogn. et Dum. mem. 1. c. p. 14. Brunia, species of 

 authors. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx adhering to the 



ovary (f. 8. A. g.~), with unequal gibbous segments (f. 8. A. e. i.}. 

 Ovary inferior, 1-celled, 1-seeded (f. 8. A. g.). Style simple, 

 terminated by a small subconical stigma (f. 8. A. c.). Fruit in- 

 dehiscent. Small heath-like shrubs, with short, somewhat tri- 

 gonal, imbricate or spreading leaves. Heads of flowers (f. 8. 

 A. a.) naked, usually crowded at the tops of the branches, with 

 three bracteas at the base of each flower. 



1 B. ABROTANOIDES (Brogn. et Dum. mem. p. 15.) leaves 

 ovate, ustulate at the apex, smooth, spreading, on short petioles; 

 heads of flowers the size of a filbert, terminal, crowded, sub- 

 corymbose ; receptacle hairy ; bracteas clavate, green, smooth, 

 ustulate at the apex ; petals spreading, spatulate. Jj . G. Na- 

 tive of the Cape of Good Hope. 



Far. a ; flowers 4-cleft, tetrandrous ; petals large, spreading ; 

 stamens very long. 



Vur. /} ; flowers 5-cleft, pentandrous ; petals smaller than 

 those of the preceding, as well as the stamens shorter. Brunia 

 abrotanoides, Burm. afr. p. 266. t. 100. f. 1. Wendl. coll. t. 45. 

 Lodd. bot. cab. t. 355. Flowers white. 



Southcrmvood-lihe Berzelia. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1787. 

 Shrub li foot. 



2 B. INTERMEDIA (Schlecht. in Linnaea..6. p. 188.) much 

 branched, ultimate branches somewhat fastigiate, smoothish ; 

 leaves linear-trigonal, spreading or reflexed, callous at the tip, 

 smoothish ; heads of flowers size of a nut, forming a corymb on 

 the lateral branches ; bracteas lanceolate-spatulate, pilose, callous 

 at the tip ; calyx pilose ; petals erectish, oblong, obtuse, taper- 

 ing to the base. fy . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 



Intermediate Berzelia. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



3 B. LANUGINOSA (Brogn. et Dum. mem. p. 16.) branches 

 erect, fastigiate, young ones villous ; leaves triquetrous, spread- 

 ing, callose at the apex, rather pilose ; heads of flowers about the 

 size of a pea at the tops of the lateral branches, disposed in a 

 fastigiate panicle ; bracteas spatulate, smooth, callose at the 

 apex ; petals almost erect, oblong-lanceolate, blunt. Tj . G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope, and in Madagascar. Brilnia 

 lanuginosa, Lin. hort. clifF. p. 71. spec. 288. Wendl. coll. t. 11. 

 Lodd. bot. cab. t. 572. Pluk. phyt. t. 318. f. 4. Flowers 

 white. 



Woolly Berzelia. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1774. Shrub 1 to 2 ft. 



4 B. RU'BRA (Schlecht. 1. c. p. 189.) branched; branches 

 erect, younger ones rather villous ; leaves linear-lanceolate, 

 rather tetragonal towards the apex, with a strong middle nerve, 

 recurvedly spreading or reflexed, callose at the tip, younger 

 ones rather villous ; heads of flowers size of a pea, terminal or 

 axillary, solitary or aggregate; bracteas somewhat rhomboid- 

 spatulate, pilose, callous at the tip ; petals spreading, oblong, 

 obtuse. Tj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Brunia 

 rubra, Herb. Willd. ex Spreng. syst. 1. p. 782. 



Red Berzelia. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



5 B. CORDIFO'LIA (Schlecht. in Linnasa. 6. p. 189.) branched; 

 branches erect, younger ones pubescent ; leaves subcordate- 

 ovate, bluntish, somewhat marginate, flat, spreading or reflexed, 

 smooth, callous at the tip ; heads of flowers size of a nut, solitary 

 on the tops of the lateral branches ; bracteas subspatulate, pilose, 

 callous at the apex ; petals spreading, oblong-elliptic, tapering 

 to the base, and 2-crested at the apex. Tj . G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. 



Heart-leaved Berzelia. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



6 B. SQUARRO'SA (Schlecht. in Linnaea. 6. p. 189.) leaves 

 lanceolate, reflexed, acute, smooth, ustulate at the apex ; heads 

 of flowers terminal, hairy, smaller than a pea. Jj . G. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope. Brunia squarrosa, Thunb. fl. cap. 

 2. p. 92. 



Squarrose Berzelia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. Sh. 2 to 3 ft. 



7 B. ? GLOBO'SA ; leaves trigonal, incurved, acute, imbricate, 



