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ONAGRARI;E. I. MONTINIA. II. HAUYA. III. GONGYLOCARPUS. IV. FUCHSIA. 



TRIBE IV. 



JUSSIE'^E. Fruit capsular (f. 99. /.); cells many-seeded. 

 Tube of calyx permanent, not drawn out beyond the ovarium, but 

 dividing immediately (f. 98. a. f. 99. e. b.~). 



10 Jussias v A. Limb of calyx 4-6-parted (f. 98. a.). Petals 

 4-6 (f. 98. d.). Stamens 8-12. Capsule 4-6-celled (f. 98. 6.). 

 Seeds naked. 



11 PRIEU'REA. Limb of calyx 3-parted. Petals 3. Sta- 

 mens 3. 



12 LUDWI'OIA. Limb of calyx 4-parted. Petals 4. Sta- 

 mens 4. Capsule turbinate or elongated, 4-celled. Style pyra- 

 midal from the apex. 



13 ISNA'RDIA. Limb of calyx 4-parted (f. 99. a. e.). Petals 4 

 (f. 99. 6.). Stamens 4 (f. 99. e.). Style filiform from the base. 

 Capsule obovate or almost cylindrical, tetragonal, 4-celled (f. 



TRIBE V. 



CIRC/EE V JE. Tube of calyx not drawn out beyond the ovarium, 

 but immediately parted and deciduous. Fruit capsular, ovate- 

 globose. Stamens 2, one of which is sometimes converted into a 

 petal. 



14 LOPE'ZIA. Limb of calyx 4-parted (f. 100. .). Petals 4 

 (f. 100. h. b.), irregular. Stamens 2 (f. 100. c.), one of which is 

 only fertile. Capsule subglobose (f. 100. e.), 4-celled. 



15 CIRC^A. Limb of calyx 2-parted. Petals 2, obcordate. 

 Stamens 2. Capsule hispid, 2-celled, 2-valved, 2-seeded. 



( Genera not well known. 



16 PLEUROSTE'MON. Tube of calyx drawn out beyond the 

 ovarium, bifid at the apex. Petals 4. Stamens 8. Stigma 4- 

 lobed. Capsule oval, 4-celled. 



17 ONOSU'RIS. Tube of calyx adhering to the ovarium ; limb 

 2-parted, with the lobes reflexed. Petals 4. Stigmas 4. Cap- 

 sule 4-celled, 4-valved. 



Tribe I. 



MONTINIF/iE (plants agreeing with Montinia in important 

 characters). D. C. prod. 3. p. 35. Fruit capsular (f. 93. .). 

 Seeds imbricate, erect, furnished with a membranous wing. 

 Trees or shrubs, with alternate leaves. This tribe is formed from 

 two genera that are not very well known. 



I. MONTI'NIA (in honour of Laurence Montin, an acute 

 Swedish botanist). Lin. gen. 1432. Gaertn. fruct. 1. p. 170. 

 t. 33. Lam. ill. t. 808. D. C. prod. 3. p. 35. 



LIN. SYST. Dice'cia, Tetrdndria. Flowers dioecious from 

 abortion. Tube of calyx adhering to the ovary (f. 93. a.) ; limb 

 very short, 4-toothed (f. 93. a.). Petals 4 (f. 93. d.}, roundish. 

 Stamens 4 (f. 93. d.), alternating with the petals ; in the female 

 flowers barren. Anthers oblong, oscillatory. Ovary ovate ; in the 

 male flowers abortive. Style bifid (f. 93. b.). Capsule (f. 93. 

 n.), 2-valved, 2-celled, crowned by the teeth of the calyx. Seeds 

 6-8 in each cell, fixed to the central placenta, which is somewhat 

 tetragonal. Seeds girded by a wing. Albumen fleshy. A 

 smooth Cape shrub, with alternate leaves, and small white 

 flowers. This genus differs from all the other genera in Ona- 

 grarice in the seeds being albuminous. 



1 M. A'CRIS (Lin. fil. suppl. 

 427.) J?.G. Native of the Cape 

 of Good Hope, on sandy hills. 

 Pluck, aim. t. 333. Burm. 

 afr. t. 90. f. 1-2. M. cario- 

 phyllacea, Thunb. nov. gen. 1. 

 p. 28. Smith, spicil. t. 15. M. 

 frutescens, Gaertn.fr. I.e. Leaves 

 ovate-huiceolate, acute, glaucous, 

 rather fleshy. Flowers terminal. 

 Fruit with an acrid flavour, (f. 

 93.) 



.^end-fruited Montinia. Fl. 

 July. Clt. 1774. Sh. 1 to 1 ft. 



Cult. Montinia thrives well 

 in a mixture of loam and peat, 

 and cuttings root readily if plant- 

 ed under a hand-glass. 



II. HAU'YA (perhaps a name of Mexican origin). Moc. et 

 Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. D. C. prod. 3. p. 36. 



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

 ovarium at the base, drawn out into a long cylindrical tube, 

 which is cleft to the middle into 4 oblong-linear, acute, depen- 

 dent lobes, which are coloured on the inside. Petals 4, oval, 

 inserted in the top of the calycine tube. Stamens 8, exserted ; 

 anthers oblong, oscillatory. Style 1, filiform, exserted. Stigma 

 thick, capitate. Capsule 4-valved, 4-celled. Seeds numerous, 

 expanded into an oblong wing at the apex. A shrub, with alter- 

 nate petiolate ovate leaves. Flowers large, from white to rose- 

 coloured, sessile in the axils of the upper leaves. 



1 H. E'LEOANS (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon, ined.) Tj . S. 

 Native of Mexico. Branchlets, young leaves, and calyxes 

 clothed with down. Tube of calyx an inch and a half long. 



Elegant Hauya. Shrub. 



Cult. See Montinia for culture and propagation. 



Tribe II. 



FUCHSIE'^E (plants agreeing with Fuchsia in important 

 characters). D. C. prod. 3. p. 36. Fruit baccate. Tube of 

 calyx drawn out beyond the ovarium (f. 94. a.). Elegant South 

 American shrubs, with opposite leaves. 



III. GONGYLOCA'RPUS (from yovyv\o<;,gongulos, round, 

 and capTroc, karpos ; in reference to the shape of the fruit). 

 Schlecht. et Cham, in Linnaea. 5. p. 557. 



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

 ovarium at the base, with the tube drawn out a long way beyond 

 the ovarium ; limb 4-parted ; throat crowned by a ring of glands 

 below the stamens. Petals 4, entire. Stigma capitate. Fruit 

 baccate, 2-celled, 2-seeded ; putamen woody. An annual herb, 

 with alternate, glabrous, ovate-lanceolate, acuminated leaves. 

 Petals obovate-cuneated, caducous, shorter than the calycine 

 segments. Fruit turbinate, about the size of a grain of pepper. 



1 G. RUBRICAU'LIS (Schlecht. et Cham. 1. c.) G>. H. Native 

 of Mexico, about Jalapa. Stems red, furnished with short axil- 

 lary branches. 



Red-stemmed Gongylocarpus. 



Cult. The seeds of this plant will require to be sown in a 

 hot-bed in spring, and when the plants are about 2 or 3 inches 

 high they may be planted out into the open border in a warm shel- 

 tered situation. 



PI. l^foot. 



IV. FU'CHSIA (in honour of Leonard Fuchs, a celebrated 

 German botanist, author of Historia Stirpium in 1542.) Plum, 

 gen. 14. Lin. gen. 126. Lam. ill. t. 282. D. C. prod. 3. p. 36. 



