RUBIACE^E. LXXXI. ANOTIS. LXXXII. RACHICALLIS. 



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Lanceolate-leaved Anotis. PL i to ^ foot. 



12 A. LONGIFO'LIA ; stems erect, branched, tetragonal, very 

 downy at the joints ; leaves linear-oblong : radical ones attenu- 

 ated at the base ; stipulas broad, ovate, entire, bidentate or tri- 

 dentate, membranous, white ; corolla funnel-shaped. I/ . H. 

 Native of Florida, in exposed places by the sea side ; of Canada, 

 about Lake Huron, and abundant about Lake Winepeg and the 

 Saskatchawan. Houstonia longifolia, Gaertn. fruct. 1. p. 2266. 

 t. 49. f. 8. Hook, in bot. mag. 3099. Houstonia angustif olia, 

 Michx. fl. amer. bor. 1. p. 160. Hedyotis Iongif61ia, Hook. fl. 

 amer. bor. 1. p. 286. Flowers scarlet, terminal, almost sessile, 

 3 in a fascicle. Capsules subturbinate. 



Long-leaved Anotis. Fl. May, July. PL -y foot. 



13 A. CILIOLO'SA ; radical leaves ovate, obtuse, attenuated at 

 the base, with ciliated edges : cauline ones ovate-spatulate, ses- 

 sile ; flowers corymbose, terminal, pedicellate ; peduncles tricho- 

 tomous ; calycine segments linear-lanceolate ; stem glabrous, 

 branched at the top. Tf. . H. Native of North America, in 

 Goat Island, and at the Falls of Niagara. Houstonia ciliolosa, 

 Torrey, fl. un. st. 1. p. 174. Hedyotis ciliolosa, Hook. fl. amer. 

 bor. f. p. 286. 



Ciliated-leaved Anotis. PL 1 foot ? 



14 A. PURPU'REA ; stems erect, branched at the top, and 

 downy at the joints ; leaves ovate-lanceolate or linear- lanceolate, 

 sessile; corymbs terminal. If.. H. Native from Pennsylvania 

 to Carolina, in dry woods. Knoxia purpurea, Lam. ill. p. 259. 

 Houst6nia purpurea, Lam. ill. 251. Hedy6tis umbellata, Walt, 

 fl. car. 85. Hed. v&rians, Michx. fl. amer. bor. 1. p. 80. Flowers 

 purple. 



Purpfe-flowered Anotis. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1800. PL 1 ft. 



SECT. III. PANE'TOS (the plants flower all the year round). 

 Rafin. in ann. gen. sc. phys. 5. p. 227. D. C. prod. 4. p. 433. 

 Prostrate or creeping plants, with the habit of Anag&llis. Leaves 

 ovate-roundish. Flowers axillary and terminal, solitary. Calyx 

 not adnate to the ovarium at the apex, and therefore the capsule 

 is naked at the top. 



15 A. ROTUNDIFO'LIA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 433.) stems herba- 

 ceous, prostrate, branched; branches tetragonal ; leaves nearly 

 orbicular, on short petioles, glabrous, hardly ciliated ; stipulas 

 small ; flowers axillary, solitary, on short pedicels ; corolla sal- 

 ver-shaped, having the tube 3 times longer than the calyx ; cap- 

 sule half-adnate to the calyx. If. . F. Native of Carolina and 

 Florida, in dry exposed places by the sea side. Houstonia ro- 

 tundifolia, Michx. fl. bor. amer. l.p. 85. Ell. sketch. 1. p. 193, 

 Anonymos procumbens, Walt. car. p. 86. Poiretia procumbens, 

 Gmel. syst. 263. Habit of Veronica nummularifdlia. Flowers 

 white. 



Round-leaved Anotis. PL prostrate. 



1C A. SALZMA'NNI (D. C. 1. c.) stems herbaceous, prostrate, 

 branched ; leaves nearly orbicular, on short petioles, glabrous, 

 hardly ciliated ; stipulas hardly any ; flowers axillary, solitary, 

 having the pedicels exceeding the leaves ; corolla campanulate, 

 twice the length of the lobes of the calyx, which are oval. % . S. 

 Native of Brazil, about Bahia frequent. Intermediate between 

 the preceding and following species. Corollas pale red. 



Salzmann's Anotis. PL prostrate. 



17 A. SE'RPENS (D. C. prod. 4. p. 433.) stems suffruticose, 

 creeping, much branched ; branches tetragonal ; leaves round- 

 ish-ovate or elliptic, petiolate, acutish, glabrous, with spinulosely 

 ciliated edges ; stipulas dentately ciliated ; flowers axillary, soli- 

 tary, pedunculate ; corolla subrotate, ciliated a little ; anthers a 

 little exserted. fj . ? F. Native of Quito, on the burning 

 Mount Antisana. Hedyotis serpens, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 

 amer. 3. p. 390. t. 289. Hed. microphylla, Willd. herb. ? in 



Roem. et Schultes, syst. 3. p. 527. Houstonia microphylla, 

 Willd. herb.? Corolla white, with a very short tube, and the 

 lobes of the calyx distant as in Oldenldndia. Seeds usually 5 in 

 each cell. 



Creeping Anotis. PL creeping. 



18 A. CCERU'LEA ; plant tufted; stems erect, dichotomous ; 

 leaves ovate-lanceolate, attenuated at the base : radical ones spa- 

 tulate, and a little hairy; peduncles elongated, 1 -flowered; 

 corollas salver-shaped, with acute lobes. I/ . H. Native of 

 Virginia ; and of Canada, about Quebec. Houstonia coerulea, 

 Lin. spec. p. 152. Pursh. fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 106. Sims, bot. 

 mag. t. 370. Houstonia Linnae'i a, Michx. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 



84. Hedyotis ccerulea, Hook. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 286. A 

 small tufted plant, with the habit of Anagallis tenella, with light 

 blue flowers. The first peduncles are 2-flowered. There is 

 also a variety of this with white flowers. 



Blue-fiov/ered Anotis. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1785. PL 

 i foot. 



19 A. SERPYLLIFO'LIA ; plant tufted ; stems very short ; leaves 

 oval, attenuated at the base ; peduncles terminal, very long, 

 solitary, divaricate ; corolla salver-shaped, with acute lobes. 

 %. H. Native of Carolina, on the banks of rivulets in the 

 mountains ; and of Canada, about Lake William and Lake 

 Superior. Houstonia serpyllifolia, Michx. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 



85. Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 106. Graham, in bot. mag. 

 2822. Houst6nia ccerulea /3 minor, Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 

 106. Houstonia Linnae'i ft, Michx. fl. amer. bor. 1. p. 85. 

 Houstonia patens, Elliott, fl. carol. 1. p. 191. Hedy6tis cceru- 

 lea ft, Hook. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 286. Flowers white. A small 

 tufted plant, very like the last. 



Wild-thyme-leaved Anotis. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1826. Pl.-Jft. 



20 A. TENE'LLA ; stems creeping, filiform ; leaves orbicular, 

 acute, nerved ; peduncles terminal, one-flowered, very long. 

 I/ . F. Native of North Carolina, on high mountains. Hous- 

 t6nia tenella, Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 106. Flowers purple. 

 Very like A. serpyllifolia. 



Slender Anotis. PL creeping. 



Cult. This is a genus of pretty little plants. All the species 

 require to be grown in small pots, well drained with sherds, in a 

 mixture of peat and sand. They are increased by dividing at 

 the root. Those natives of warm climates require protection in 

 winter, by placing them in a frame or green-house. 



LXXXII. RACHICA'LLIS (from pa^'a, rachia, a crag by 

 the sea side, and icaXXoe, kallos, beauty ; because the plants 

 ornament the rocks by the sea side). D. C. prod, 4. p. 433. 

 Hedyotis species, Swartz, Kunth, &c. 



LIN. SYST. Tetrdndria, Monogynia. Calyx with a hemis- 

 pherical tube, and a 4-lobed limb, furnished with from 1-3 acces- 

 sory teeth between each of the lobes. Corolla with a long terete 

 tube, a short spreading bluntly 4-lobed limb, and a beardless 

 throat. Anthers at the throat, inclosed. Stigma 2-lobed. Cap- 

 sule rather didymous, dehiscing by 2 valves at the cells, and 

 crowned by the teeth of the calyx. Seeds 8-20 in each cell. 

 Small shrubby South American plants, inhabitants of rocks 

 by the sea side, with the habit of Passerina. Leaves oblong, 

 fleshy, with revolute edges, sessile. Stipulas connate, undivided 

 or tridentate. Flowers solitary, sessile. 



1 R. NJ'TIDA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 433.) plant shrubby, much 

 branched ; branches crowded, densely leafy ; leaves linear, acute, 

 fleshy, with revolute margins, glabrous, and shining on both 

 surfaces ; stipulas connate, short, trifid at the apex ; flowers 

 solitary, terminal, sessile ; corolla glabrous, fj . S. Native near 

 Santa Fe de Bogota. Hedyotis nitida, H. B. et Kunth, nov. 

 gen. amer. 3. p. 892. Lobes of calyx 4, linear-lanceolate, fur- 



