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SANGUISORBE^E. III. CEPHALOTUS. IV. MAKGYRICARPUS. V. POLVLEPIS. VI. AC*NA. 



FIG. 78. 



drained with sherds, and filled with a mixture of peat and loam, 

 and placed among other alpine plants. They are also to be 

 increased by dividing the plants. The annual species are only 

 weeds, and will grow under any circumstance. 



III. CEPHALO V TUS (from i-e^oXojroc, keplialolos, headed ; 

 because the filaments of stamens are capitate). Labill. nov. holl. 

 2. p. 7. t. 145. Brown, gen. rem. p. 68. t. 4. D. C. prod. 2. 

 p. 591. 



LIN. SYST. Dodecandria, Hexagynia. Calyx coloured, 6- 

 cleft (f. 78. 6.), valvate in aestivation. Petals wanting. Stamens 

 12 (f. 77. c.), inserted in the calyx. Anthers didymous (f. 77. 

 c.), glandular on the back. Ovaries G (f. 78. d. A.), distinct. 

 Styles terminal (f. 78. .). Akenia 1 -seeded. Seed erect. An 

 almost stemless herb, with the leaves all radical and stalked, 

 some of which are elliptical and flat, and others dilated into the 

 kind of leaves called pitchers (f. 78. e.}, which are generally filled 

 with air, which seems as if confined within them by a lid (f. 78. 

 /.), like that of the nepenthes. Scape erect, bearing a panicle 

 of small white flowers at the apex. 



1 C. FOLLICULA'RIS (Labill. 1. c.) 

 1. G. Native of New Holland, on 

 the eastern coast, in marshes. 

 Hook, in bot. mag. vol. 5. new 

 series, with a figure, (f. 78.) 



Fo/licled-\eaved Cephalotus or 

 New Holland Pitcher-plant. Fl. 

 June, July. Clt. 1823. PI. 1 ft. 



Cult. Tliis plant grows best in 

 turfy peat soil, either in a box or 

 pot ; it should be kept rather 

 moist : for this purpose the pots 

 may be kept in pans of water. If 

 moss is allowed to grow on the 

 surface of the mould it will tend 

 greatly to the health of the plants, 

 or moss may be planted on the sur- 

 face of the soil around the plants. 

 There is no known way of increasing the plant except by seed. 



IV. MARGYRICA'RPUS(from pap-yapo>>, margaron, pearl, 

 and icapTroc, karpos, a fruit ; resemblance in white fruit). Iluiz 

 et Pav. fl. per. prod. 7. p. 33. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 

 6. p. 229. 



LIN. SYST. Decandria, Monogynia. Calyx with the tube co- 

 arctate at the apex, and with a 4-5 -parted limb, each segment 

 furnished with a tooth-formed spine on the outside at the base. 

 Petals wanting. Stamens 2. Stigma multifid, feathery. Car- 

 pel 1, converted into a roundish 1-seeded drupe. Seed pendu- 

 lous. A much branched shrub, with impari-pinnate leaves, su- 

 bulate leaflets, and axillary sessile flowers. 



1 M. SETOSUS (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 1. p. 28. t. 8.f. d.) T? . 

 G. Native of Brazil, Peru, Chili, Santa Fe de Bogota, Quito, 

 &c. on arid hills. Empetrum pinnatum, Lam. diet. 1. p. 567. 

 Ancistrum barbatum, Lam. ill. 1. p. 77. The leaves are either 

 piliferous or naked at the apex, and therefore M. selosus and 

 M. lae'vis of Willd. are both referrible to this plant. The fruit 

 is wliite, with a grateful acid taste. An infusion of the plant is 

 used against haemorrhages. 



Bristly Pearl-fruit. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1829. Sh. 2 to 4 ft. 



Cult. This shrub will grow very well in a mixture of sand 

 and peat, and cuttings are easily rooted in the same kind of soil, 

 with a bell-glass over them. 



V. POLYLEPIS (from TTO\V, poly, many, and \tiric, lepis, 

 a scale ; calyx). Iluiz et Pav. fl. per. prod. p. 34. t. 15. H. B. 

 et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 226. D. C. prod. 2. p. 519. 



LIN. SYST. Penta-lcosdndr/a, Monogynia. Calyx per- 

 manent, with a turbinate 3-4-angled tub;-, furnished above with 

 spine-formed teeth ; the throat contracted, and the limb 

 3-4-parted. Petals wanting. Stamens 5-20, inserted in the 

 throat of the calyx. Anthers woolly. Carpel 1. Style filiform. 

 Stigma pencil-formed. Drupe clavate, 3-4-angled, dry, inclosed 

 within the calyx ; angles unequal, alternating with the denticu- 

 lations of the calyx. Seed pendulous. Shrubs, with compound 

 leaves, and with the stipulas adnate to the petioles. Flowers 

 racemose. 



* Leaves trifoliate. 



1 P. INCA'NA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 0. p. 227.) 

 leaflets 3, crenated, clothed with hoary tomentum beneath, as 

 well as the calyx ; racemes axillary, few-flowered, about equal 

 in length to the leaves ; flowers pentandrous. Jj . S. Native 

 of South America, on the banks of Rio Blando near Guachucal, 

 in the province of De los Pastos. 



Hoary Polylepis. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



2 P. VILLOSA (H. B. et Kunth, I. c. p. 228.) leaflets 3, cre- 

 nated, clothed with hoary villi beneath, and on the calyxes ; 

 racemes many-flowered, exceeding the leaves ; flowers usually 

 icosandrous. Tj . S. Native of Peru, near Caxamarca, where 

 it is called Quinuar. 



Villous Polylepis. Shrub 12 to 20 feet. 



* * Leaves pinnate. 



3 P. LANUGINOSA (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c. p. 228.) leaves of 

 2-4 pairs of nearly entire, rather emarginate leaflets, clothed 

 with silky woolly down beneath, as well as the calyxes ; racemes 

 hardly exceeding the leaves. Tj . S. Native of South America, 

 at the bottom of mount Chimborazo near Calpi. Perhaps suffi- 

 ciently distinct from the following. 



Woolly Polylepis. Shrub C to 12 feet. 



4 P. RACEMOSA (Ruiz et Pav. syst. 1. p. 139.) leaves impari- 

 pinnate ; leaflets obovate or oblong, crenated, emarginate ; 

 flowers racemose, icosandrous. Jj . S. Native of Peru, among 

 broken rocks towards Quinua, Caxamarquilla, and Pillao. De 

 Candolle received a specimen from Bonpland, which he gathered 

 near Caxamarca, and which is referrible to P. racembsa, and 

 distinct from P. lanuginosa in the leaves bearing 4-6 pairs of 

 distinctly sub-emarginate leaflets, not 2-4, as in that species. 



Racemose-flowered Polylepis. Shrub. 



Cult. See Margyricarpus for culture and propagation. 



VI. AC^E'NA (from aKaiva, aJcauiQ, a thorn ; in reference to 

 the calyx being armed with glochidate bristles). Vahl. enum. 1 . 

 p. 273. D. C. prod. 2. p. 592. 



LIN. SYST. Di-Tetrdndria, Mono-Dlgynia. Calyx furnished 

 with 2 scales at the base, tubular, usually armed with glochidate 

 bristles ; limb 4-parted. Corolla none. Stamens 2-10. Carpels 

 1-2, dry, 1-seeded, inclosed within the tube of the calyx. Seed 

 pendulous. Styles terminal. Stigma plumose. Humble ever- 

 green herbs or subshrubs, with impari-pinnate leaves, serrated 

 leaflets, and spicate racemes or heads of small flowers. Anthers 

 large, purple. 



SECT. I. EUC^E'NA (from en, good, and aceenn; genuine 

 species). D. C. prod. 2. p. 592. Acae v na, Lin. mant. 200. 

 Jacq. eclog. 1. p. 55. Calyx armed all around with glochidate 

 bristles. 



1 A. LAPPA'CEA (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 1. p. G6. t. 103. f. a.) 

 flowers racemose, distant, tetrandrous or pentandrous ; stem 

 erect ; leaflets oblong, serrated. Tj . F. Native of Peru, on 

 the rocks of Tarma. 



Burdock Acaena. PI. -| foot. 



