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SCLERANTHEjE. III. GUILLEMINEA. IV. QUERIA. V. MINUARTIA. VI. LCEFLINGIA. 



III. GUILLEMI'NEA (in honour of John Anthony Guille- 

 min, an acute French botanist, who has written on the family of 

 plants called Gentianece, &c.). H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 

 6. p. 41. t. 518. D. C. prod. 3. p. 378. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-cleft, with a 

 carnpanulate tube ; lobes equal. Petals wanting. Stamens 5, 

 inserted in the top of the tube, opposite the calycine lobes, 

 short: anthers 1 -celled. Style 1, somewhat emarginate at the 

 apex. Fruit an indehiscent 1-seeded utricle, covered by the 

 calyx. Seed hanging by a funicle, which arises from the bottom 

 of the capsule A South American trailing herb, with opposite 

 branches. Stems woolly. Leaves glabrous, oblong, opposite, 

 exstipulate, but the petioles are connate at the base. Flowers 

 capitate, axillary. Bracteas under each flower. 



1 G. ILLECEBRIOIDES(H. B. et Kunth, 1. c.) If.. G. Native 

 of South America, near Quito, in the valley of St. Jago. 



Illecebrum-like Guilleminea. PI. tr. 



Cult. Any common light soil will suit this plant, and it may 

 be propagated from cuttings or seeds. 



Tribe II. 



QUERIAX3E.ZE (this tribe contains nothing but the genus 

 Queria). Calyx 5-parted. Petals wanting. Stamens 10, in- 

 serted in the bottom of the calyx. Capsule 3-valved. Seed 1, 

 on a long funicle, which rises from the centre of the capsule. 

 Herbs, with opposite exstipulate leaves. 



IV. QUE'RIA (in honour of Joseph Quer y Martinez, M.D. 

 professor of botany at Madrid; author of Flora Espanola, 1762). 

 Loefl. itin. p. 48. Lin. gen. no. 108. Lam. ill. t. 52. St. Hil. 

 plac. lib. p. 58. Juss. mem. mus. 2. p. 387. D. C. prod. 3. 

 p. 379. 



LIN. SYST. Decdndria, Trigynia. Stamens 10, slender, un- 

 equal, sometimes 5 of which are sterile. Styles 3, very slender. 

 Capsule membranous, 1 -celled, 3-valved. Seed reniform when 

 mature. Small stiff annual herbs. Leaves opposite, crowded, 

 setaceous, connate, recurved at the apex. Flowers in the axils 

 of the upper branches and superior leaves, sessile, solitary. 

 This genus is hardly distinct from Minudrtia, unless in the styles 

 being 3 ; in the valves being 3, and form of the seeds, which are 

 evidently solitary from abortion. 



1 Q. HISPA'NICA (Lin. spec. p. 132.) O- H. Native of 

 Spain, in dry exposed places. Quer, fl. esp. 6. t. 15. f. 2. Ort. 

 cent. t. 15. f. 1. 



Spanish Queria. Fl. Aug. July. Clt. 1800. PI. 1 to 2 

 inches. 



j- A doubtful species. 



2 Q. TRICHOTOMA (Thunb. in Lin. soc. trans. 2. p. 529.) Q. 

 H. Native of Japan. Rubia, Thunb. fl. jap. p. 357. Stem 

 trichotomous. Flowers racemose. Corolla cylindrical, below the 

 fruit, Thunb. This plant does not probably belong to the 

 order. 



Trichotomous Queria. PI. \ foot. 



Cult. The seeds only require to be sown in the open ground 

 in any dry situation. 



Tribe III. 



MINUARTIE'^E (plants agreeing with Minuartia in import- 

 ant characters). Paronychieae, Tribe VII. Minuartiese, D. C. 

 prod. 3. p. 379. Calyx 5-parted. Petals wanting or very small. 

 Stamens 3-10, inserted in the bottom of the calyx. Styles 3. 

 Capsule 1 -celled, 3-valved. Seeds numerous, fixed to the cen- 

 tral placenta. Annual herbs, natives of the south of Europe, 

 with opposite exstipulate leaves. 



V. MINUA'RTIA (so named from John Minuart, a Spanish 

 apothecary, restorer of botany in Spain ; he constituted the 

 genus Cerviana, now Pharnaceum, and is commended by Loef- 

 fling). Loaf. itin. p. 48. Lin. gen. no. 107. Lam. ill. t. 52. 

 St. Hil. mem. plac. p. 59. Juss. mem. mus. 2. p. 386. D. C. 

 prod. 3. p. 379. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Trigynia. Sepals 5, hardly joined 

 at the very base, quite entire. Petals or abortive stamens 5, 

 small, alternating with the sepals. Stamens 5, opposite the 

 sepals, and longer than the petals. Styles 3, filiform. Capsule 

 1- celled, 3-valved. Seeds few, fixed to the central axis. 

 Small annual herbs. Leaves opposite, setaceous, 3-5-nerved 

 at the base, quite entire. Flowers in the forks of the branches, 

 and in the axils of the upper leaves, solitary, small, sessile, or 

 on short pedicels ; constituting a leafy, dense, dichotomous 

 cyme. Petals bifid, or rather nectaries, (ex Lcefl.) Stamens 

 10, 5 abortive. (Steven.) Petals and stamens 10. (St. Hil.) 

 According to several specimens examined, the stamens are 10, 

 and the 5 alternate ones are sometimes converted into petals. 

 The genus differs from Lceflingia in the sepals being quite 

 entire, and from Queria in the fruit being many-seeded. 



1 M. CAMPE'STRIS (Loefl. itin. p. 122.) flowers distinctly pe- 

 dicellate, equal in length, or a little longer than the floral leaves ; 

 sepals very unequal, 3 large and 2 smaller. Q. H. Native of 

 Spain, in dry sandy fields. Habit almost of Bujbnia. Act. 

 holm. 1758. t. 1. f. 3. 



Field Minuartia. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1806. PI. | to | foot. 



2 M. DICHOTOMA (Lcefl. 1. c. p. 121. t. 1. f. 3.) flowers almost 

 sessile, in fascicles, shorter than the floral leaves ; sepals nearly 

 equal; mucrone of leaves oblique. O- H. Native of Spain, 

 on hills. Act. holm. 1758. t. 1. f. 5. Plant stiff, dusky. 



Dichotomous Minuartia. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1771. Pl.^to-Jft. 



3 M.MONTANA (Loefl. 1. c. p. 122. t. 1. f. 4.) bundles of 

 flowers about equal in length to the bracteas ; sepals nearly 

 equal ; mucrone of leaves straight. Q. H. Native of Spain, 

 Tauria, and Iberia, on dry hills. Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 90. 



Mountain Minuartia. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1806. PI. -5 to | ft. 



Cult. The seeds only require to be sown in the open ground, 



in any dry situation, in a light soil. 



VI. LCEFLI'NGIA (so named in honour of Peter Lcefling, 

 one of the disciples of Linnaeus, who travelled in Spain and 

 America, and died on his travels in 1 756.). Lin. act. holm. 

 1758. p. 15. t. 1. f. 1. gen. p. 52. Lam. ill. t. 19. St. Hil. 

 mem. plac. lib. p. 59. Juss. mem. mus. 2. p. 386. D. C. prod. 



3. p. 380. 

 LIN. 



SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Sepals 5, connected at 

 the base, 3 outer ones bisetose at the base. Petals 5, small, 

 conniving, inserted in the bottom of the calyx. Stamens 5, 

 alternating with the petals, or 3, 2 of them being abortive ? Style 

 1, trifid at the apex, or divided into 3 from the base. Capsule 

 1 -celled, 3-valved. Seeds numerous, fixed to the central pla- 

 centa. Small, annual herbs. Leaves opposite, exstipulate, 

 margined on both sides at the base, and appendiculated, these 

 appendages probably supply the place of stipulas. Flowers in 

 the forks of the branches, and in the axils of the upper leaves, 

 solitary, sessile. 



1 L. HISPA'NICA (Lin. spec. p. 50.) flowers triandrous ; style 

 1, trifid at the apex. H. Native of Spain, Mauritania, 

 and South of France, in dry sandy places. Lcefl. itin. t. 1. f. 1. 

 Cav. icon. 1. 1. 94. L. prostrata, Mcench. Herb clammy, pu- 

 bescent. Corolla white ; petals obovate, emarginate. 



Spanish Loeflingia. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1770. PI. to -| foot. 



2 L. PENTA'NDRA (Cav. icon. 2. t. 148. f. 2.) flowers pentan- 

 drous ; styles 3, distinct from the base. O- H. Native along 



