LOGANIACEjE. I. LOGANIA. II. GEKIOSTOMA. 



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lary, oppositely corymbose or racemose ; sometimes solitary. 

 Corollas white, sometimes veiny. Albumen fleshy. 



SECT. I. LOGA'NLE-VE'RJE (this section is considered to con- 

 tain the legitimate species of the genus). R. Br. prod. 455. 

 Calyx obtuse. Stamens inclosed, inserted in the middle of the 

 tube. Stipulas combined into intrapetiolar sheaths. Shrubs. 



1 L. CRASSIFOLIA (R. Br. prod. p. 455.) leaves ovate or 

 roundish, mucronate, thick, coriaceous : flowers corymbose : 

 branches scabrous ; stem diffuse, fj . G. Native of New Hol- 

 land, on the south coast. Flowers white. 



Thick-leaved Logania. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



2 L. LATIFOLIA (R. Br. 1. c.) leaves obovate, acutish at both 

 ends ; flowers corymbose ; branchlets smooth ; stem erect. 

 J? . G. Native of New Holland, on the south coast. E'xacum 

 vaginale, Labill. nov. boll. 1. p. 37. t. 51. Leaves coriaceous, 

 2-3 inches long. Flowers disposed in terminal panicles, com- 

 posed of opposite, dichotomous, and trichotomous peduncles. 

 Corollas white. Calycine segments ovate, a little ciliated. 

 Segments of corolla nearly orbicular. 



Broad-leaved Logania. Clt. 1816. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



3 L. OVA'TA (R. Br. 1. c.) leaves ovate, nearly sessile, obtuse 

 at the base ; flowers cor\mbose ; branchlets smooth ; stem 

 erect. J? . G. Native of New Holland, on the south coast. 

 Corollas white. 



Orate-leaved Logania. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



4 L. ELLIPTICA (R. Br. 1. c.) leaves oval-elliptic, acutish at 

 both ends, nearlv sessile, shorter than an inch ; flowers corym- 

 bose ; branchlets smooth ; stem erect. H . G. Native of New 

 Holland, on the south coast. Corollas white. 



Elliptic-leaved Logania. Shrub. 



5 L. LONGIFOLIA (R. Br. prod. p. 456.) leaves lanceolate, 

 acute, flat, from 1-2-J inches long; interpetiolar sheaths trun- 

 cate : corymbs trichotomous ; pedicels glabrous. >j . G. Na- 

 tive of New Holland, on the south coast. Corollas white. 



Long-leaved Logania. Shrub. 



SECT. II. EUOSMA (from t v, eu, well or good, and OUJIT/, osme, 

 a smell ; flowers sweet smelling). Andr. rep. t. 520. R. Br. 

 prod. p. 456. Calyx obtuse. Stamens inclosed, inserted in the 

 middle of the tube of the corolla. Stipulas setaceous, lateral, 

 distinct, or wanting. Shrubs. 



6 L. FLORIBU'NDA (R. Br. 1. c.) leaves lanceolate, attenuated 

 at both ends, smooth ; stipulas lateral, setaceous ; racemes ax- 

 illary, compound, shorter than the leaves ; pedicels downy. 



>j . G. Native of New South Wales. Euosma albiflora, Andr. 

 bot. rep. t. 520. Corollas white. 



Bundle-jtonered Logania. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1797. 

 Shrub 2 to 3 feet, 



7 L. REVOLC'TA (R. Br. 1. c.) leaves linear, witb recurved 

 margins, rather scabrous above ; racemes axillary, simple, 

 shorter than the leaves ; pedicels downy ; stem erect. ^ . G. 

 Native of New South Wales. Corollas white. 



/fcro/u/e-leaved Logania. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1826. Sh. 

 ^ to 3 feet. 



8 L. FASCICTLA'TA (R. Br. 1 c.) leaves spatulate-linear, ob- 

 tuse, flat, smooth ; corymbs terminal, few-flowered ; branchlets 

 roughish ; stem diffuse. Tj. G. Native of New Holland, on 

 the south coast. Corollas white. 



Fa*cic/f-flowered Logania. Shrub diffuse. 



9 L. AXGusTiF6i.iA (Sieb. ex Spreng. syst. add. p. 59.) leaves 

 linear-lanceolate, cuspidate, tomentose beneath ; stipulas obso- 

 lete ; flowers axillary, corymbose. Fj . G. Native of New 

 Holland. 



Narrow-leaved Logania. Shrub. 



SECT. III. STOMA'NDRA (from oro/xa, stoma, a mouth, and 

 o> 770 avpoc, aner andros, a male ; in reference to the stamens 

 being inserted in the mouth of the corolla). R. Br. prod. p. 

 456. Calyx acute. Stamens inserted in the throat of the 

 corolla, semi-exserted. Herbs or sub-shrubs. 



10 L. SERPYLLIFOLIA (R. Br. 1. c.) suffruticose ; leaves ovate ; 

 stipulas interpetiolar, and are, as well as the calyxes, ciliated ; 

 flowers terminal, subcorymbose. tj . G. Native of New Hol- 

 land, on the south coast. Corollas white. 



Wild-thyme-leated Logania. Shrub small. 



11 L. PUSILLA (R. Br. 1. c.) herbaceous; leaves elliptic; 

 stipulas interpetiolar, triangular ; flowers axillary, solitary. 

 11 . G. Native of New South Wales. Corolla white. 



Least Logania. PI. small. 



12 L. CAMPANCLA'TA (R. Br. 1. c.) herbaceous ; leaves linear, 

 exstipulate ; flowers terminal ; peduncles and calyxes downy. 

 y. . I G. Native of New Holland, on the south coast. Co- 

 rollas white. 



Campanulate-Qowered Logania. PL ? 



Cvit. The species of this genus are all well worth cultivat- 

 ing, for the sake of their beauty when in blossom. A mixture 

 of loam, peat, and sand is the best soil for them ; and ripened 

 cuttings of them will strike root if planted in sand, having a 

 hand-glass placed over them. 



II. GENIO'STOMA (from ytvuov, geneion, a beard ; and 

 arofta, stoma, a mouth ; mouth of corolla bearded). Forst. 

 gen. p. 24. t. 12. Juss. gen. p. 460. Lam. ill. t. 133. f. 2. 

 Spreng. gen. 1. p. 151. Anasser, Juss. gen. 150. Anassera, 

 Roam, et Schultes, syst. 4. "p. xxi. 



LIJJ. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx turbinate, 5- 

 parted ; with acute segments. Corolla tubularly-campanulate 

 or urceolate, with a bearded throat ; having the tube widening 

 gradually into a 5-parted, spreading limb. Stamens 5, inserted 

 in the throat of the corolla, with very short filaments, shorter 

 than the limb. Style 1, permanent; stigma thick, cylindri- 

 cal, obtu<e, furrowed. Capsule bipartible ; valves entire, 

 with inflexed narrow margins, which cohere to the 2 placentas, 

 and remain after the dehiscence of the valves. Seeds angu- 

 lar, peltate ? Trees, with opposite, entire leaves, interpetiolar 

 stipular sheaths, and axillary and terminal corymbs or cymes. 

 Corollas usually white, sometimes tinged with red. 



1 G. RCPE'STRE (Forst. prod. p. 103.) branches angular ; 

 leaves oblong-lanceolate, attenuated at both ends, veiny, gla- 

 brous ; cymes axillary, pedunculate. Ij . S. Native of the 

 island of Tanna. Calycine segments spreading, subulate. Co- 

 rolla reddish : with involute segments. Stigma capitate, fur- 

 rowed. Pedicels furnished with twin, subulate bracteas in the 

 middle. Leaves ^ an inch long. 



Rock Geniostoma. Tree. 



2 G. BRASILIE'NSE (Spreng. syst. 1. p. 588.) branches no- 

 dose ; leaves oblong, attenuated at both ends, membranous ; 

 cymes pedunculate, terminal, bracteate. (7 . S. Native of 

 Brazil, Sello. Corolla urceolately funnel-shaped. Style di- 

 dymous. 



Brazilian Geniostoma. Tree. 



3 G. SPINE'SCENS (Spreng. 1. c.) branches nodose, spinescent ; 

 leaves oblong, attenuated at both ends, rather coriaceous, of a 

 different colour beneath, triple-nerved ; corymbs terminal, pe- 

 dunculate. ^ . S. Native of Brazil, Sello. Corolla urceolately 

 funnel-shaped. Style didymous. 



Spinescent Geniostoma. Tree. 



4 G. FEBRI'FUGUM (Spreng. 1. c.) leaves ovate-oblong, blunt- 

 ish, loosened at the base, nerved, coriaceous, villous beneath ; 

 panicles lateral. I; . S. Native of Brazil. Anassera febri- 

 fuga, Mart. nov. reise, bras. p. 278. Stigma didymous. 



