PARONYCHIEjE. X. POLYCARP^A. 



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p. 240. Mollia, Willd. hort. berol. 1. p. 11. Lahaya, Rcem. et 

 Schultes, syst. 5. p. 402. Hyala, Lher. mss. Anthyllis species, 

 Adans. Polia, Lour. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogyma. Calyx more or less deeply 

 5-parted, permanent ; lobes membranous, flatfish, neither keeled 

 nor mucronate. Petals 5, inserted in the bottom of the calyx, 

 and opposite its lobes. Style one, 3-furrowed at the apex. Cap- 

 sule 1 -celled, trigonal, 3-valved, many-seeded. Seeds rather reni- 

 form. Branched dichotomous herbs. Leaves opposite, stipulate, 

 young ones disposed in fascicles in the axils of the old leaves. 

 Flowers cymose ; cymes usually forming a terminal corymb. 



1 P. GNAPHALODES (Poir. suppl. 4. p. 473.) stems suffruticose, 

 prostrate ; leaves oblong, clothed with hoary tomentum ; flowers 

 crowded into terminal subcapitate cymes. % . F. Native about 

 Mogodor, on the coast of Africa, in sandy places ; and of the 

 Grand Canary Island and Teneriffe. Illecebrum gnaphalodes, 

 Schousb. mar. 1. p. 117. Polycarpse'a microphylla, Cav. anal, 

 scienc. no. 7. p. 25. Hagea gnaphalodes, Pers. ench. 1. p. 262. 

 Lahaya gnaphalodes, Schultes, syst. 5. p. 405. Mollia gnapha- 

 lodes, Spreng. syst. 1 . p. 794. Flowers white. 



Cottony Polycarpaea. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1818. PI. pros. 



2 P. LATIFOLIA (Poir. 1. c.) stems suffruticose, diffuse ; leaves 

 obovate, mucronate by an awn ; cauline leaves usually 6 in a 

 whorl, those of the branches opposite ; cymes terminal, corym- 

 bosely capitate ; stipulas, bracteas, and calyxes scarious, and 

 acuminated. fj . F. Native of Teneriffe, among rocks in 

 woods. Mollia latifolia, Willd. enum. 1. p. 269. Schrank, pi. 

 rar. hort. mon. t. 29. Lahaya latifolia, Schultes, syst. 5. p. 403. 

 Flowers white. 



Broad-leaved Polycarpaea. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1810. PL 

 i foot. 



3 P. TENERIFFE (Lam. journ. hist. nat. 2. p. 8. t. 25.) stem 

 branched, diffuse ; cauline leaves petiolate, ovate, usually 6 in a 

 whorl ; cymes dichotomous, corymbose, many-flowered ; lobes 

 of calyx with membranous margins. O- H. Native of Tene- 

 riffe, by way sides. Illecebrum divaricatum, Ait. hort. kew. ed. 

 1. vol. 1. p. 291. Hagea Teneriffae, Pers. ench. 1. p. 262. 

 Mollia diffusa, Willd. hort. berol. 1. t. 11. Lahaya diffusa, 

 Schult. syst. 5. p. 40^/ Flowers white. 



Teneriffe Polycarpaea. PL ^ to ^ foot. 



4 P. ARISTA'TA (Chr. Smith in litt. ex D. C. prod. 3. p. 373.) 

 stems branched, suffruticulose ; leaves usually 6 in a whorl, lan- 

 ceolate-linear : young ones silky, mucronated by an awn : old 

 ones nearly glabrous, and almost awnless ; cymes corymbose, 

 terminal ; calyxes with membranous margins. Tj . F. Native 

 of the Canary Islands, on the Pico de Teyde. Illecebrum aris- 

 tatum, Ait. hort. kew. ed. 1. vol. 1. p. 290. Mollia aristata, 

 Ait. hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 2. p. 62. Lahaya aristata, Schult. 

 syst. 5. p. 403. Stems erect or diffuse. Flowers white. 



Anmed-]eaved Polycarpaea. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1780. PI. 

 | to | foot. 



5 P. MEMPHITICA (Delil. fl. egypt. p. 67. t. 24. f. 2.) stems 

 herbaceous, diffuse, branched, villous ; leaves usually 6 in a 

 whorl, oval-oblong, narrowed into the petiole ; cymes terminal, 

 few-flowered ; calyx pubescent, with membranous margins. 0. 

 H. Native of fields about Cairo, and along the banks of the 

 Nile, and in its islands. Style very short : stigmas 3, nearly 

 sessile. Petals quite entire. This plant, although very distinct, 

 is joined with P. gnaphalodes by Spreng. 



Memphitic Polycarpaea. PL diffuse. 



6 P. FRA'OILIS (Delisle, fl. egypt. p. 65. t. 24. f. 1.) stems 

 herbaceous, prostrate, brittle ; leaves opposite, aggregate, lan- 

 ceolate, mucronate, with replicate edges ; cymes corymbose, ter- 

 minal, many-flowered. 11 . F. Native of Egypt, in the deserts 

 about the pyramids, &c. Mollia fragilis, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 795. 

 Style filiform, length of petals. Seeds 8-10. Flowers white. 



Var. a, incana (D. C. prod. 3. p. 374.) stem and leaves cloth- 

 ed with grey tomentum. 



Var. f), vlrens (D. C. I. c.) leaves glabrous. Corrigiola re- 

 pens, Forsk. descr. p. 207. ex Delisle. 



Brittle Polyearpsea. PL prostrate. 



7 P. STELLA'TA (D. C. prod. 3. p. 374.) stems diffuse, much 

 branched, suffruticulose ; leaves usually 6 in a whorl, linear, flat, 

 and are, as well as the branches, rather pilose ; cymes terminal, 

 many-flowered, corymbose; calyxes scarious. F. Native 

 of Guinea. Achyranthes stellata, Willd. spec. 1. p. 1195. 

 Mollia stellata, Willd. hort. berol. Lahaya stellata, Schultes, 

 syst. 5. p. 403 Root perpendicular, simple. Habit of P. Te- 

 neriffce, but differs in the leaves being linear. 



Stellate-leaved Polycarpaea. FL June, Aug. Clt. 1820. 

 PL | foot. 



8 P. CORYMBOSA (Lam. ill. no. 2798.) stems erect, herbaceous, 

 tomentose ; branches divaricate ; leaves usually 6 in a whorl, 

 linear, awned ; cymes corymbose, loosish ; calyxes scarious, 

 acuminated. 1.? F. or Q. Native of Ceylon. Achyranthes 

 corymbosa, Lin. spec. p. 296. (exclusive of the synonyme of 

 Plukenet, which is referrible to Celosia Monsbnice). Willd. spec. 

 1. p. 1196. (exclusive of the synonyme of Loureiro, which is 

 referrible to Polycarpc^a spadicea). Lahaya corymbosa, Schultes, 

 syst. 5. p. 404. Pol. I'ndica, Lam. journ. hist. nat. 2. p. 8. 

 Celosia corymbosa, Roxb. fl. ind. 1. p. 310.? Bocc. mus. 44. 

 t. 39. good. Burm. zeyl. t. 65. f. 2. Flowers white. 



Corymbose-fioweied Polycarpaea. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1823. 

 PL 1 foot. 



9 P. SPADI'CEA (Lam. 1. c. no. 2799.) stems ascending, diffuse, 

 branched, suffruticose at the base ; branches tomentose ; leaves 

 linear, bluntish, when young rather tomentose ; cymes terminal, 

 corymbose ; calyxes scarious. I/ . ? Tj . ? S. Native of the East 

 Indies, on the coasts of Malabar and Tranquebar. Rheed. mal. 

 10. t. 66. Celosia corymbosa, Willd. spec. 1. p. 1200. exclu- 

 sive of the synonyme of Retz. Mollia spadicea, Willd. hort. 

 berol. Lahaya spadicea, Schultes, syst. 5. p. 405. Polia are- 

 naria, Lour. coch. p. 164. Allied to P. corymbosa, but is 

 more diffuse in habit ; leaves broader and shorter, in more dis- 

 tant whorls ; lobes of calyx less acuminated. Perhaps Parony- 

 chia subulata, D. C. in Lam. diet. 5. p. 25. or Illecebrum subu- 

 latum, Pers. ench. 1. p. 261. is referrible to this species. 



Chestnut-brown Polycarpsea. PL 1 foot, diffuse. 



10 P. BRASILIE'NSIS (St. Hil. fl. bras. 2. p. 183.) stems erect, 

 puberulous ; leaves linear-subulate, with revolute margins, mu- 

 cronate, puberulous ; cymes corymb-formed ; calycine lobes very 

 acute, puberulous ; petals ovate-orbicular, one-half shorter than 

 the calyx. 1. S. Native of Brazil, in that part of the pro- 

 vince of St. Paul called Campos Geraes, near Fazenda de Jaqua- 

 riahiba. Flowers densely clothed with white tomentum. Petals 

 at first white, but at length of a dirty yellow-colour. Root fusi- 

 form, with many stems rising from the neck. 



Far. ft, ramosissima (St. Hil. 1. c.) stems much branched; 

 leaves setaceous ; cymes branched ; flowers a little smaller than 

 those of the species. Native of Brazil, in the province of Goyaz, 

 on the sandy Mountain called Serra dos Pyrenees ; also on 

 the road to Campo Allegre, in the province of Minas Geraes. 



Brazilian Polycarpaea. PI. | to | foot. 



11 P. TENUIFOLIA (D. C. prod. 3. p. 374.) stems erect, 

 branched ; leaves opposite, linear-subulate, keeled below ; cymes 

 terminal, dichotomous, corymbose ; calyxes scarious, length of 

 capsule. Tj . S. Native of Sierra Leone. Achyranthes tenui- 

 folia, Willd. spec. 1. p. 1196. Mollia tenuifolia, Willd. hort. 

 berol. Lahaya tenuifolia, Schult. syst. 1. p. 404. Leaves with 

 revolute margins. Stipulas minute, diaphanous. 



Fine-leaved Polycarpaea. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1817. PI. 

 \ to | foot. 



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