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LYTHRARIE.E. XIII. DIPLVSODON. 



FIG. 106. 



23 D. OVA TUS (Pohl, pi. bras. 

 1. p. 95. t. 69.) quite glabrous ; 

 branchlets compressed, at length 

 terete ; leaves sessile, ovate, acute, 

 ulabrous, feather-nerved ; flowers 

 on short pedicels ; bracteas lan- 

 ceolate, glabrous ; outer teeth of 

 calyx spreading : stamens 1 6. 



I- . S. Native of Brazil, in the 

 provinceof Minas Geraes. Leaves 

 broad. Corolla greyish red. 



Of<i/e-leavecl Diplusodon. Sh. 

 J foot. 



24 D. OBLONGUS (Pohl, pi. bras. 

 1. p. 95. t. 78.) quite glabrous; 

 branches acutely tetragonal ; leaves 

 on short petioles, oblong, quite 



glabrous, having 4-5 veins on each side, which are reddish be- 

 neath ; flowers sessile, much shorter than the floral leaves ; 

 bracteas oblong, with rather ciliated edges ; stamens 12. Jj . S. 

 Native of Brazil, in the province of Goyaz, in dry fields. Co- 

 rolla greyish red. 



Oblong-leaved. Diplusodon. Shrub 3 feet. 



25 D. RAMOSI'SSIMUS (Pohl, pi. bras. 1. p. 94. t. 77.) gla- 

 brous, much branched ; branches opposite, from compressed to 

 terete ; leaves on short petioles, coriaceous, oblong, ciliated, 

 pilose above and glabrous beneath, having 5 veins on each side ; 

 ramcal and floral leaves smaller, and almost sessile, triple- 

 nerved ; flowers on short pedicels ; bracteas lanceolate, glabrous ; 

 outer calycine teeth erect ; stamens 16. T; . S. Native of Bra- 

 zil, in the province of Goyaz, in grassy fields. Corolla greyish 

 red. Leaves more than 2 inches long and 1 broad. 



Much-branched Diplusodon. Shrub 3 feet. 



26 D. STRIGOSUS (Pohl, pi. bras. 1. p. 88. t. 71.) plant beset 

 with hispid villi ; branchlets compressed, at length terete; leaves 

 sessile, ovate, or oblong-elliptic, acutish, rounded at the base, 

 ciliated, strigose, having 7-8 nerves on each side ; flowers almost 

 sessile ; bracteas roundish-elliptic, pilose ; calycine teeth nearly 

 equal ; stamens 24-30. Tj . S. Native of Brazil, in the pro- 

 vince of Goyaz. Calycine lobes beset with scaly strigae. Co- 

 rolla bluish red. Leaves 3 inches long and 2 broad. 



Strigose Diplusodon. Shrub 3 feet. 



27 D. VILLOSUS (Pohl, pi. bras. 1. p. 91, t. 74.) stem and 

 branches villous ; branclilets tetragonal ; cauline leaves on short 

 petioles, upper ones oblong-oval, acute, ciliated, villous above 

 and strigose beneath, having 3-4 nerves on each side ; flowers 

 almost sessile ; bracteas oblong-elliptic, villous, much shorter 

 than the calyx, which is also villous ; outer teeth of calyx re- 

 flexed ; stamens 15-18. P? . S. Native of Brazil, in the 

 province of Minas Geraes. Corolla bluish red. Leaves 9 lines 

 long and 4 broad. Habit of D. lythroides. 



Villous Diplusodon. Shrub 2 feet. 



28 L\ LYTHROI'DES (D. C. prod. 1. c.) stem and branches 

 terete, beset with short spreading villi ; leaves sessile, broadly 

 ovate, acutish, villous, having 4-6 nerves on each side ; flowers 

 almost sessile, aggregate in the axils of the leaves ; bracteas 

 oval, acutish, shorter than the tube of the calyx, which is villous; 

 outer calycine segments erect ; stamens 12, rarely 15. b . S. 

 Native of Brazil, in the province of Minas Geraes. Fried- 

 landia lythroides, Mart. herb. Leaves vary from opposite to 

 3 in a whorl. Flowers large, rose-coloured, sometimes ver- 

 ticillate. 



Var. ft, glabrescens (D. C. 1. c.) branches rather hairy ; leaves 

 glabrous above, hairy beneath on the nerves and on the calyxes. 

 (; . S. Petals deep purple. 



I.yt'. rum-like Diplusodon. Shrub 2 feet. 



29 D. VILLOSI'SSIMUS (Pohl, pi. bras. l.p. 94. t. 77.)stem and 

 branches terete and villous ; cauline and rameal leaves on short 

 petioles, ovate, acutish, cordate at the base, ciliated, clothed with 

 white villi; bracteas oblong-ovate, tomentose ; stamens 18. 

 ^ . S. Native of Brazil, in the province of Minas Geraes. 

 Corolla bluish red. 



Very villous Diplusodon. Shrub 1^ foot. 



i!0 D. STACHYOIDES (D. C. 1. c.) herbaceous ? hairy ; stem or 

 branches tetragonal ; leaves on short petioles, ovate, rather cor- 

 date, acute, having 5 nerves on each side ; flowers on short 

 pedicels ; bracteas rhomboid-ovate, acute, length of calycine 

 tube ; outer teeth of calyx erect ; stamens 16. Ij . S. Native 

 of Brazil. Friedlandia stachyoides, Cham, et Schlecht. in Lin- 

 naea. 2. p. 353. Flowers purplish. 



Stachys-ltke Diplusodon. PI. 1 foot. 



31 D. FLORIBU'NDUS (Pohl, pi. bras. 1. p. 87. t. 70.) branches 

 terete, rather pilose ; leaves sessile, ovate, acute, cordate at the 

 base, pilose, having 4 nerves on each side, rising from the base of 

 the middle nerve ; flowers nearly sessile ; bracteas ovate, acute, 

 pilose; stamens 24 ; outer calycine teeth erect. Jj . S. Native 

 of Brazil, in the province of Goyaz. Flowers bluish-red. Leaves 

 an inch long and 6-7 lines broad. 



Bitndle-jloivered Diplusodon. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



32 D. DIVARICA'TUS (Pohl, pi. bras. 1. p. 84. t. 67.) plant 

 smoothish, and rather glaucescent ; branches terete ; leaves ses- 

 sile, roundish-ovate, cordate at the base, having 5 nerves on 

 each side ; nerves pubescent as well as the branchlets and ca- 

 lyxes ; flowers almost sessile ; branches roundish, tomentose ; 

 outer calycine teeth tubercle-formed; stamens 18. ^ . S. Na- 

 tive of Brazil, in the province of Goyaz, on dry mountains. 

 Corolla purple. 



Divaricate Diplusodon. Shrub 1 foot. 



33 D. MARGINA'TUS (Pohl, pi. bras. 1. p. 83. t. 66.) quite 

 glabrous ; leaves sessile, ovate, or roundish-ovate, cordate at 

 the base, glabrous, pruinose, with purplish edges ; nerves 5-6 

 on each side, rising from the lower part of the middle nerve ; 

 flowers pedicellate ; bracteas ovate ; outer calycine teeth short 

 and spreading ; stamens 30. J? . S. Native of Brazil, in .the 

 province of Goyaz. Corolla purple. Leaves 2 inches long, 

 and 12-13 lines broad. 



Marginate-leaved Diplusodon. Shrub 2 feet. 



34 D. IMBRICA'TUS (Pohl, pi. bras. 1. p. 85. t. 68.) glabrous; 

 leaves sessile, ovate, acutish, cordate at the base, glabrous, prui- 

 nose, dotted when [examined by a lens, imbricated : having 4 

 nerves on each side, rising from the lower part of the middle 

 nerve ; pedicels 1 -flowered, shorter than the leaves ; bracteas 

 oval-elliptic; teeth of calyx reflexed ; stamens 18. Ij . S. 

 Native of Brazil, in the province of Goyaz. Corolla purple. 

 The nerves of the leaves almost agree with those of the follow- 

 ing division of the genus. 



Imbricate-lea\ed Diplusodon. Shrub 2 feet. 



* * * * Leaves palmately many-nerved. 



35 D. GLAUCE'SCENS (D. C. 1. c.) quite glabrous ; branches 

 terete ; leaves sessile, cordate, orbicular, hardly apiculated, co- 

 riaceous, palmately 7-nerved ; pedicels shorter than the leaves ; 

 bracteas ovate, shorter than the tube ; outer calycine teeth 

 linear; stamens 12. Jj . S. Native of Brazil, on mountains 

 at Serro Frio, Itambe, &c. in the provinces of the mines. Allied 

 to D. rotundifbl/us, but is easily distinguished by the smaller 

 bracteas. Leaves 10-11 lines long and 8-9 broad. 



Glaucescent Diplusodon. Shrub I to 2 feet. 



36 D. ROTUNDIFOLIUS (D. C. 1. c.) quite glabrous : branches 

 terete ; leaves sessile, cordate, orbicular, palmately 7-nerved, 



