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470.) stems terete ; corymbs axillary, bearing 2-4 leaves, length 

 of leaves ; leaves some of them cordate and others ovate at the 

 base. Jj . / *\ S. Native of Mexico, where it was collected by 

 Haenke. Rondeletia volubilis, Sesse et Moc. fl. mex. icon, 

 ined. L. Mexicana, D. C. annot. fl. mex. ined. Petioles, 

 nerves of leaves on the under side, and margins ciliated with 

 hairs. Petioles 12-15 lines long, villous above. 



Ciliated-leaved Lygodysodea. Shrub tw. 



Cull. See Peederia, p. 562. for culture and propagation. 



CXXXVIII. LECO'NTEA (named after John Leconte, 

 F.L.S. of Savannah, in Georgia ; a celebrated American botanist). 

 A Rich, mem. soc. hist. nat. par. 5. p. 105. t. 20. f. 1-2. D. C. 

 prod. 4. p. 470. 



LIN. SYST. Pentandria, Monogy'nia. Limb of calyx 5- 

 parted ; lobes subulate, spreading. Corolla with a longish te- 

 rete tube, and a 5-parted limb. Stamens 5, inserted in the 

 throat, which is naked, almost sessile ; anthers oblong, exserted. 

 Style simple ; stigmas 2, linear, recurved. Ovarium 2-celled, 

 2-seeded. Fruit compressed, crowned, a little striated : rind 

 coriaceously membranous, bursting from the carpels or seeds at 

 the base. Carpels compressed, 1 -seeded, with winged margins, 

 hanging each from the top of a thread, which rises from the 

 base of the fruit. Seeds erect. Embryo straight, in fleshy 

 albumen, with a short radicle, and longer obtuse cotyledons. 

 Small climbing shrubs, natives of Madagascar. Leaves oppo- 

 site, petiolate, tomentose. Stiptilas undivided. Flowers almost 

 sessile, disposed in spikes ; spikes in fascicles, erect, or incurved, 

 rising from the top of a common axillary peduncle. 



1 L. ARGE'NTEA (A. Rich, 1. c.) leaves oval, abruptly acumin- 

 ated, obtuse at the base, clothed with silvery tomentum beneath ; 

 spikes erect, in fascicles, elongated ; flowers distant ; fruit 

 oblong-oval. Tj . w . S. Native of Madagascar. 



Silvery-\eaved Lecontea. Shrub cl. 



2 L. BOJERIA'NA (A. Rich, 1. c.) leaves heart-shaped, tomen- 

 tose, abruptly acuminated at the apex ; spikes in fascicles, very 

 short, recurved ; flowers approximate ; fruit nearly orbicular, 

 fj . w . S. Native of Madagascar. Lygodysodea Lingun, 

 Bojer ? 



Bojer's Lecontea. Clt. 1823. Shrub cl. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Paederia, p. 562. 



CXXXIX. PvEDE'RIA (from pcederos, an opal; in refer- 

 ence to the transparent berries). Lin. mant. p. 7. no. 1252. 

 Juss. gen. p. 205. (exclusive of Danais) mem. mus. 6. p. 381. 

 Lam. ill. 166. f. 1. Gsertn. fil. carp. 3. p. 84. t. 195. A. Rich, 

 mem. soc. hist. nat. par. 5. p. 194. D. C. prod. 4. p. 471. 



LIN. SYST. Pentandria, Monogy'nia. Calyx with an ovate 

 tube, and a small 5-toothed permanent limb. Corolla funnel- 

 shaped, hairy inside, 5-lobed, plicate in aestivation. Stamens 5, 

 sometimes abortive ; anthers oblong, almost sessile in the 

 middle of the tube. Style not exserted ; stigma bifid. Berry 

 small, ovate-globose, 2-celled, 2-seeded : the rind at length 

 becoming brittle, and easily separated. Albumen fleshy. Em- 

 bryo straight, with a terete inferior radicle ; flat, foliaceous, 

 large cotyledons, and an inconspicuous plumule. Sarmentose 

 shrubs, rarely erect. Leaves opposite, petiolate, lanceolate, 

 ovate or cordate, acute. Stipulas solitary on both sides. 

 Peduncles terminal and axillary, branched, somewhat corymbose. 

 Flowers small, white, usually unisexual. 



* Climbing shrubs. 



1 P. FCE'TIDA (Lin. mant. p. 52.) leaves oblong or lanceolate, 

 cordate at the base, glabrous ; panicles axillary, opposite, short, 

 few-flowered, rarely terminal ; bracteoles minute ; anthers in- 

 closed ; berry ovate, a little compressed. fj . w . S. Native 

 of the East Indies, very common in many places, as well as of 



VOL. III. 



Japan, and the Moluccas, among bushes. Lam. diet. 2. p. 257. 

 ill. t. 166, f. 1. Thunb. jap. 107. Roxb. in Wall. fl. ind. 2. 

 p. 517. Sieb. fl. maur. 2. no. 82. Apocynum fce'tidum, Burm. 

 fl. ind. p. 71. Rumph. amb. 5. p. 160. Kcempf. icon. sel. 

 t. 9. Somaraji, asiat. res. 4. p, 261. Stipulas broad, cordate. 

 Panicles axillary, brachiate. Flowers numerous, of a deep pink 

 colour. Seeds compressed, bordered by a membranous wing. 

 The leaves vary much in form. The whole herb has a fetid 

 smell, when bruised. The roots are used as an emetic by the 

 Hindoos. 



Fetid Paderia. Clt. 1806. Shrub cl. 



2 P. RECU'RVA (Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 518.) leaves lanceolate, 

 acuminated, glabrous ; corymbs terminal, recurved, villous ; 

 anthers inclosed ; berries globose, dry, striated a little. fj . w . 

 S. Native of the East Indies, at Chittagong. Leaves 6 inches 

 long and from 2-3 broad. Stipulas with a subulate hairy point. 

 Stigma simple, linear, clavate. Berry size and colour of a 

 black currant. 



Recuroed-corymbed Pasderia. Shrub cl. 



3 P. MACROCA'RPA (Wall. cat. no. 7292.) leaves broad, cor- 

 date, acuminated, downy above and woolly beneath ; racemes 

 long, axillary, panicled, downy ; fruit oblong, compressed, with 

 a polished rind, l? . w . S. Native of the Burmese Empire, at 

 Rangoon. 



Large-fruited Paederia. Shrub tw. 



4 B. LANUGINOSA (Wall. pi. asiat. rar. 2. p. 52. t. 165.) leaves 

 broad-ovate, and ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, sagittately cor- 

 date at the base, downy above and woolly beneath ; racemes 

 long, axillary and terminal, panicled, downy or pilose as well 

 as the petioles ; fruit roundish, compressed. V? . w . S. Native 

 of the Burman Empire, on the banks of the river Abran. Flowers 

 green and purple. 



JVoolly-leaved Paederia. Shrub tw. 



5 P. TOMENTOSA (Blum, bijdr. p. 968.) leaves ovate-cordate, 

 acute, tomentose beneath ; panicles axillary and terminal, elon- 

 gated, leafy. ^ . w . S. Native of Java, among bushes on the 

 mountains, common. 



Tomentose-leaved Paederia. Shrub tw. 



6 P. VERTICILLA'TA (Blum, bijdr. p. 968.) leaves 3 in a whorl, 

 elliptic- oblong, acuminated, glabrous ; panicles axillary and ter- 

 minal, elongated, leafy. Tj . w . S. Native of Java, on Mount 

 Salak. 



JVhorled-leaved Paederia. Shrub tw, 



* * Erect shrubs, which probably do not rightly belong to the 

 genus. 



7 P. ERE'CTA (Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 519. but not of Spreng.) 

 erect ; leaves almost sessile, broad-lanceolate, smooth ; panicles 

 terminal, erect, in the forks of the branches ; stamens exserted 

 a little, fj . S. Native of the East Indies, in Silhet. Leaves 

 4 inches long and 1-y broad. Flowers numerous, small, white, 

 inodorous. Berries the size of a pea, when ripe highly polished, 

 black, smooth. 



Erect Pajderia. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



8 P. TERNA'TA (Wall, in Roxb. fl. ind, 2. p. 520.) erect, 

 trichotomous, smooth : with triangular branchlets ; leaves 3 in 

 a whorl, oblong-lanceolate ; corymbs axillary, trichotomous, 

 erect, shorter than the leaves ; limb of calyx campanulate, ob- 

 scurely 5-toothed. I? . S. Native of the East Indies, on the 

 Juyuntyapoora mountains bordering on Silhet. Flowers rather 

 large, funnel-shaped, white, on long filiform pedicels, each 

 pedicel having a pair of linear ciliated bracteas above the 

 middle. The flowers are said to be fragrant when quite fresh, 

 but they emit a very offensive smell on being steeped in water 

 after they have been dried. Corolla fleshy, half an inch long, 

 with a 5-cleft, rarely 4-cleft border. Fruit unknown. 



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