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stem branched, tetragonal : having the angles winged ; leaves on 

 short petioles, ovate, acute ; racemes terminal, trifid ; calycine 

 segments oblong, obtuse ; corolla funnel-shaped : with roundish 

 obtuse segments. 0. S. Native of New Granada, between 

 Mariquita'and the mine of Santanna. Leaves quintuple-nerved, 

 and reticulately veined, 3 inches loiig. Petioles connate at the 

 base. Flowers secund, solitary, hardly an inch long. Corolla 

 greenish. Branches of racemes fastigiate. 



7Vij?<f-racemed Lisianthus. Fl. June. PI. 1 foot. 



16 L GLA'BER (Mutis, in Lin. suppl. 134. Smith, icon. 1. p. 

 29. t. 29.) shrubby ; branches tetragonal ; leaves elliptic or 

 ovate-lanceolate, acute ; corymbs terminal and axillary, few- 

 flowered, involucrated by 2 or 3 leaves, fj . S. Native of Peru ; 

 and New Granada, at Santa Fe de Bogota. H. B. et Kunth, 

 nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 1 83. L. corymbosus, Ruiz, et Pav. fl. 

 per. 2. p. 14. t. 124. Corolla campanulately funnel-shaped, 

 yellow. 



Glabrous Lisianthus. Shrub. 



17 L. ALA'TVS (Aubl. guian. 1. p. 204. t. 80.) stem tetrago- 

 nal ; angles winged ; leaves oblong, acuminated, nearly sessile ; 

 cymes terminal, racemose, dichotomous, loose ; calycine segments 

 yellowish; genitals exserted. . S. Native of Cayenne and 

 Guiana, in waste places. Lam. diet. 3. p. 661, exclusive of L. 

 chelonoides, Lin. Stem articulated. Leaves obliquely nerved. 

 Pedicels each furnished with a gland-like body and a scale-like 

 bractea. Corolla white, with a furrowed tube ; segments of the 

 limb marked with a green spot on both sides at apex. Plant 

 bitter like the rest. 



Wing-stemmed Lisianthus. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1824. PI. 

 2-3 feet. 



18 L. CUELOKOIDES (Lin. suppl. 134, exclusive of the syn. of 

 Aubl. syst. 197.) stem terete ; leaves oval-oblong, rather con- 

 nate at the base, bluntish ; panicle terminal, dichotoraously 

 branched, racemose; racemes long; calyx globose. .? S. 

 Native of Surinam and Cayenne. Flowers alternate, remote, 

 secund. Corolla greenish yellow, with a sub-recurved tube. 

 Plant bitter, and purgative. Stem sub-tetragonal at the base, 

 becoming gradually terete to the top. Lower leaves connate ; 

 upper ones only sessile. 



Chelone-like Lisianthus. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



19 L. GRAXDiFLORirs (Aubl. guian. 1. p. 201. t. 79.) stem 

 simple, tetragonal at the base, and terete at apex ; leaves ovate, 

 acuminated, connate at the base, beset with short hairs on both 

 surfaces, but especially on the margins and middle nerve ; 

 panicle dichotomous; corolla with an undulated limb, and re- 

 flexed, roundish, sinuated segments. Q. G. Native of Guiana, 

 and Cayenne, in humid places. Desf. in Lam. diet, 3. p. 661. 

 Leaves rather large. Flowers large, solitary, greenish-yellow. 

 Three of the stamens are exserted. 



Great -fionered Lisianthus. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1818. PL 

 2 to 3 feet. 



20 L. LONGIFLORCS (Willd. herb, ex Roem. et Schultes, syst. 

 4. p. 787.) leaves lanceolate, rugosely nerved beneath, scabrous 

 on both surfaces. 0.? S. Native of South America, Humb. 

 et Bonp. Kunth knows nothing of this plant. 



Long-jton-ered Lisianthus. PI. 



21 L. FRIGIDES (Swartz. prod. p. 40. fl. ind. occ. 1. p. 352.) 

 stem tetragonal ; leaves petiolate, ovate, acuminated ; panicles 

 terminal, trichotomous; corollas ventricose : with roundish obcor- 

 datesegments. l^.S. NativeofSt.Dominica,onmountSoufriere; 

 and of Guadaloupe. L. acuminatus, Desf. in Lam. diet. 3. p. 

 660. ? Flowers yellow, erect. Segments of calyx obtuse. 



Frigid Lisianthus. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



22 L. FISTULOSUS (Poir. suppl. 3. p. 564.) stem terete, striated, 

 fistular ; leaves sessile, ovate, acute, 3-nerved ; corymbs dicho- 

 tomous, many-flowered; calycine segments very blunt; seg- 



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ments of corolla short, obtuse ; stamens length of corolla. 0. S. 

 Native of Cayenne. Leaves 2-3 inches long. Flowers on short 

 pedicels. Corolla yellow, an inch long, with a sub-inflated 

 throat. Capsule ovate. 



Fwfu/r-stemmed Lisianthus. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



23 L. LATIFOLIUS (Swartz, prod. p. 40. fl. ind. occ. 1. p. 348.) 

 branches obsoletely tetragonal ; leaves petiolate, lanceolate-ovate, 

 acuminated; peduncles simple, trichotomous; calycine segments 

 acute, unequal; segments of corolla erect, lanceolate, acute. 

 ^ . S. Native of Jamaica, on high mountains. Corolla yellow, 

 an inch long. Very like L. exsertus, but differs in the stamens 

 being inclosed. Corymbs hardly longer than the leaves. 



Broad-leaved Lisianthus. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1821. Shrub 

 5 to 6 feet. 



24 L. DMBELLA'TDS (Swartz. prod. p. 40. fl. ind. occ. 1. p. 350.) 

 branches tetragonal ; leaves petiolate, long, obovate, sub-acumi- 

 nated ; peduncles terminal and axillary, a little compressed, bearing 

 each an umbel of 20-30 pedicellate flowers ; calycine segments 

 lanceolate ; segments of corolla short, obtuse, erect ; stamens 

 sub-exserted. tj . S. Native of the west of Jamaica, on hills. 

 Leaves a foot long. Corolla | an inch long, yellow. ? Capsule 

 ovate. 



Umbellate- flowered Lisianthus. Fl. July, Aug. Clu 182. 

 Shrub 6 to 7 feet. 



25 L. viscoses (Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 14. t. 125.) stem 

 obsoletely tetragonal, furrowed, branched at top ; leaves oblong, 

 on short petioles, very veiny ; corymbs ample, terminal, clammy ; 

 calycine segments concave ; segments of corolla roundish, cordate, 

 spreading. ^ S. Native of Peru, in high places, at Munna. 

 Leaves entire, and sub-sinuated, obtuse, shining. Bracteas ovate, 

 recurved. Corolla greenish yellow. Capsule 3 inches long. 



Clammy Lisiantbus. Shrub. 



26 L. REVOLO V TUS (Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 14. t. 127.) 

 stem branched, tetragonal, striated ; leaves lanceolate, petiolate, 

 with revolute margins, beset with recurved pili on the nerves be- 

 neath ; corymbs terminal and axillary, bearing each 4-6 1- 

 flowered pedicels. lj . S. Native of Peru, on cold mountains 

 of Munna. Lower leaves approximate ; superior ones remote, 

 ovate-oblong, 4-5 inches long. Bracteas lanceolate. Corolla 

 yellowish-red. 



Recolute-leaved Lisianthus. Shrub 6 feet. 



27 L. PARVIFOLICS (Desf. in Lam. diet. 3. p. 660. ill. 476.) 

 stem filiform, tetragonal ; leaves linear, sessile, mucronate, ad- 

 pressed to the stem ; corymbs terminal, few-flowered ; calyx 

 cleft even to the middle, with sub-carinated segments ; corolla 3 

 times longer than the calyx. 0.? S. Native of South Ame- 

 rica. ? Root fibry. Stem yellowish. 



Sinall-leaced Lisianthus. PL 1 foot. 



28 L. ACUTA'NGCLCS (Ruiz, et Pav. 2. p. 14. t- 122. f. a.) 

 stem fistular, tetragonal ; angles acute ; leaves distant, connivent 

 at the base ; lower ones cordate, upper ones ovate ; peduncles 

 dichotomous, panicled ; calycine segments ovate ; corolla sub- 

 ringent : with an incurved tube, and roundish, revolute seg- 

 ments. 7/ ? S. Native of Peru, in the mountains of Pana- 

 tahua. Pedicles short, thick, 1-flowered. Calyx short. Stem 

 dichotomous. Corollas yellow. Capsules pendulous. 



Acute-angled-stemmed Lisianthus. FL July. Aug. Clt. 

 1820. PL 6 feet. 



29 L. OVA'LIS (Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 13.) stem twiggy, 

 terete, fistular, branched at top ; peduncles axillary and termi- 

 nal, corymbose, dichotomous ; pedicles secund ; leaves ovate, 

 veinless, on short petioles. J? . S. Native of Peru, in groves. 

 Corollas greenish yellow. Capsule pendulous. 



Ora/-leaved Lisianthus. Shrub 10 to 12 feet. 



30 L. CAMPANCLA'CECS (Lam. diet. 3. p. 660. ill. p. 476. no. 

 2161.) stem slender, simple, obsoletely tetragonal ; leaves ovate, 



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