BRUNIACEjE. VI. LINCONIA. VII. AUDOUINIA. VIII. TITTMANNIA. IX. TIIAMNEA. SAMYDE/E. 



of flowers corymbose ; bractcns downy, equal in length to the 

 flowers ; calyx and petals woolly on the outside, fy . G. Na- 

 tive of the Cape of Good Hope. Brunia phylicoides. Thunb. 

 fl. cap. 2. p. 94-. Flowers white. This species differs from 

 the preceding two in the petals being concave and free to the 

 base, inclosing the stamens, as well as in the form of the calyx. 

 The habit of the plant is altogether quite distinct. 



Phylica-like Berardia. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1805. Sh. 1 to 2 ft. 



Cult, For culture and propagation see Brunia. p. 48. 



VI. LINCO'NIA (Lincon, evidently the name of some bo- 

 tanist). Lin. mant. p. 147. Svvartz, in berl. mag. 1810. p. 85. 



D. C. prod. 2. p. 45. Brogn. et Dum. mem. p. 26. 



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

 ovary (f. 8. F. g.), with a 5-cleft limb ; segments short, mem- 

 branous (f. 8. F. a.), smooth. Petals oblong, convolute (f. 8. 

 F. a), inclosing the stamens ; cells of anthers diverging at the 

 base (f. 8. F. b. e.}. Ovary half inferior, 2-celled (f. 8. F. /.) ; 

 cells 2-seeded. Styles 2 (f. 8. F. ?;.). Fruit bicoccous (f. 8. F. 

 m.). Heath-like shrubs, with numerous, erect, fastigiate branches. 

 Leaves spirally inserted on all sides of the branches, spreading, 

 or loosely imbricate, on very short stalks, coriaceous, quite 

 smooth, or a little fringed on the margins, marked with a pro- 

 minent nerve, ustulate at the apex. Flowers solitary, in the 

 axillae of the upper leaves, the whole forming a crowded leafy 

 spike, each flower involucratcd by 4 or 5 bracteas, which are 

 about the length of the calyx. 



1 L. ALOPECUROIDEA (Lin. mant. 216.) leaves spreading a 

 little, linear, acute, almost sessile, with one prominent stiff nerve ; 

 flowers a little longer than the leaves ; bracteas membranous 

 with pilose edges, longer than the calyx. T? . G. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope. Swartz, in berl. mag. 1810. p. 86. 

 t. 4. Brogn. mem. 1. c. t. 37. f. 3. Flowers flesh-coloured or 

 white. 



Fox-tail-like Linconia. Fl. May,Ju. Clt. 181C. Sh. 1 to 2 ft. 



2 L. THYMIFOLIA (Swartz. in berl. mag. 1811. p. 284. t. 7. 

 f. 1.) leaves elliptical, keeled, tipped with black ; bracteas naked. 



fj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, in the interior of the 

 country. Diosma deiista, Thunb. phyt. blsett. p. 25. but omitted 

 in his fl. cap. - as well as the following species. Brunia laxa, 

 Thunb. fl. cap. 2. p. 93. ? Flowers white. 



Thyme-leaved Linconia. Fl. May, Ju. Clt. 1825. Sh. 2 ft. 



3 L. CUSPIDA'IA (Swartz. in berl. mag. 1811. p. 284. t. 7. 

 f. 1.) leaves spreading a little, oblong, obtuse, ustulate at the 

 apex, keeled ; flowers equal in length to the leaves ; bracteas 

 equal in length to the calyx, with fringed, pilose edges. Ij . G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Diosma cuspidata, Thunb. 

 phyt. blsett. p. 24. Flowers white. 



Cuspidate-leaved Linconia. Clt. 1825. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



4 L. ? PERUVIA'NA (Lam. diet. 3. p. 527.) leaves in whorles, 

 linear, sessile, hairy, connate at their base. ^ . G. Native of 

 Peru. Fruit unknown. This is probably a species of Mar- 

 gyricdrpus. It is certainly a very doubtful species of Linconia, 

 being a native of Peru, and the leaves are said to be connate at 

 the base ; it is more likely they are many-parted. 



Peruvian Linconia. Shrub. 



Cult. See Briinia for culture and propagation, p. 48. 



VII. AUDOUI'NIA (in honour of V. Audouin, a profound 

 entymologist). Brogn. et Dum. p. 28. 



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

 ovary (f. 8. E. /.), 5-cleft; segments large, imbricate (f. 8. 



E. a.). Petals with a long, 2-keeled claw, and a spreading, 

 roundish limb (f. 8. E. b. d.). Ovary half-inferior (f. 8. E. /.), 

 3-celled (f. 8. E. g.) ; cells 2-seeded. Style simple, terminated 



VOL. II. 



by 3 small, papilliform stigmas. A shrub with erect branches. 

 Leaves spirally inserted, imbricate, a little keeled. Flowers 

 purple, crowded into oblong, spike-like, terminal heads. 



1 A. CAPITA'TA (Brogn. et Dum. mem. p. 28. t. 38. f. 1.). 

 ^2 . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Diosma capituta, 

 Thunb. prod. 43. Lin. mant. 210. D. C. prod. 1. p. 7 17. 



Capitate-flowered Audouinia, Fl. May,Ju. Clt. 1790. Shrub 

 1 to 2 feet. 



Cult. See Brunia for culture and propagation, p. 48. 



VIII. TITTMA'NNIA (in honour of J. A. Tittmann, who 

 has wrote on the structure and evolution of the embryo of plants). 

 Brogn. et Dum. mem. p. 29. t. 38. f. 2. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx with a spherical 

 tube (f. 8. H. a.), wrinkled and glandular on the outside, adnate 

 to the ovary, 5-cleft, with scarious, erect segments (f. 8. H. b.). 

 Petals with the claws 2-keeled on the inside, and with ovate- 

 roundish spreading lamina (f. 8. H. c.). Ovary inferior, sphe- 

 rical, 2-celled (f. 8. H. c.~), with a membranous dissepiment, free 

 at the edges ; cells 2-seeded. Ovula pendulous, fixed to the 

 dissepiment. Style simple, conical, crowned by a bidentale 

 stigma. A small shrub with subumbellate, fastigiate branches. 

 Leaves linear, subcylindrical, wrinkled, incurved, erect, imbri- 

 cate, callose at the apex. Flowers axillary, approximate towards 

 the tops of the branches, bent to one side, and calyculated at 

 the base by short scarious scales. 



1 T. LATERIFLORA (Brogn. et Dum. mem. p. 30.). Jj . G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 



Side-Jlowered Tittmannia. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



Cult. See Brunia for culture and propagation, p. 48. 



IX. THA'MNEA (from Oa^coc, thamnos, a shrub). Sol. 

 mss. Brogn. et Dum. mem. p. 30. t. 38. f. 3. 



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

 ovary at the base, but free at the apex, divided into 5 lanceolate, 

 smooth, scarious, imbricate segments. Petals with 2-keeled 

 claws, and an ovate, spreading limb. Ovary inferior, covered 

 by a fleshy disk, 1 -celled, many-seeded. Ovula hanging from 

 the apex of the column. Style simple. Stigma entire. A 

 small shrub with filiform, erect, fastigiate branches. Leaves 

 very small, somewhat rhomboidal, short, blunt, keeled, closely 

 pressed, spirally inserted ; upper ones a little longer than the 

 rest, forming an involucre to the flower. Flowers solitary, ter- 

 minal, white. 



1 T. UNIFLORA (Sol. mss. Brogn. et Dum. mem. p. 31.). 

 ?2 G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 



One-flowered Thamnea. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



Cult. The whole of the plants belonging to this natural 

 order are worth cultivating for their neatness. All the genera 

 require the same treatment. A mixture of peat and sand suits 

 them best, but they will require but a moderate supply of water. 

 Young cuttings planted in a pot of sand, will strike root freely, 

 with a hand-glass placed over them. 



ORDER LXIX. SAMY'DE^E (plants agreeing with Samyda 

 in important characters). Gsert. fil. carp. 3. p. 238. and 242. 

 Vent. mem. inst. 1807. p. 2. p. 142. Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. 

 p. 360. D. C. prod. 2. p. 47. 



Calyx permanent, of 3-7, but usually of 5 sepals (f. 9. a.), 

 connected together more or less at the base into a tube (f. 9. a.). 

 Lobes imbricate in aestivation, rarely valvate, usually petal-like 

 and coloured on the inside. Petals wanting, unless that the 

 coloured inside of the calyx should be considered the lamina of 

 the petals adhering to it. Stamens adnate to the tube of the 

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