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floriferous branches dichotomous ; flowers solitary, and nearly 

 sessile in the forks ; corolla shorter than the calyx. Q. S. 

 Native of Peru, near Huanaco ; and of Mexico. Nama tetrandra, 

 Pav. mss. Stems branched, reddish, clothed with clammy 

 down. I/eaves downy and ciliated. Floriferous branches fas- 

 tigiate. Sepals linear-spatulate. Capsule ovate, villous. 



I'ar.p; leaves long-lanceolate ; flowers few. Q. H. 



Dichotomous Nama. PI. 1 foot. 



4 N. ORIGAMFOLIA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 

 130. t. 218.) woody; leaves oblong-lanceolate, very obtuse, 

 tapering into short petioles ; flowers 2-4 together, terminal, or 

 in the axils of the superior leaves, pedunculate ; corolla a little 

 higher than the calyx. lj . S. Native of St. Jago, in valleys. 

 Nama subincana, Willd. mss. ex Roem. et Schultes, syst. 6. p. 

 189. Hydrolea tenella, Moc. etSesse, fl. mex. ined. icon. Root 

 thick, twisted. Stems tufted, clothed with greyish down, as well 

 as the leaves and pedicels. Sepals spatulate, downy. Corolla 

 white, downy outside. 



Marjoram-kated Nama. PL \ foot. 



5 N. RUpicoLA (Bonpl. herb, ex Choisy, in mem. phys. gen. 

 6. p. 114.) suffruticose ; leaves ovate, obtuse, petiolate ; flowers 

 few, terminal, pedicellate ; corolla exceeding the calyx. Ij . S. 

 Native along with the preceding. Stem slender, having the epi- 

 dermis separating at the base, clothed with grey down. Leaves 

 clothed with velvety down ; petioles villous. Flowers inter- 

 mixed with leaves. Pedicels villous. Sepals sub-spatulate, 

 downy. Capsule small, smoothish. 



Rock Nama. Shrub. 



6 N. LOSGIFLORA (Choisy, in mem. soc. phys. 6. p. 114.) 

 suflruticose ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, acute at both ends, clothed 

 with silky, hoary down beneath, on short petioles ; flowers dis- 

 posed in loose, few-flowered, leafy cymes ; corollas twice longer 

 than the calyx. Jj . G. Native of Mexico. Nama sericea, 

 Bonpl. herb. Willd. mss. Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 6. p. 189. 

 Hydrolea violacea, Moc. ct Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. Stem 

 villous. Leaves ciliated, downy and blackish above ; petioles 

 villous. Peduncles villous. Sepals spatulate, clothed with silky 

 down. Corolla of a bluish violet colour. Stigmas acutish. 



Long-flowered Nama. Shrub dwarf. 



N.B. Xama evolvuloides, and N. convolvuloides, Willd. mss. 

 in Roem. et Schultes, syst. 6. p. 189, is Erolrulus alsinoides. 

 Cnl!. For culture and propagation see Hydrolea, p. 250. 



IV. WIGA'NDIA (named by Kunth, in memory of John 

 Wigand, author of Verae Historiae de succino Prussico, et de 

 herbis in Borussia nascentibus, Jen. 1590.) H. B. et Kunth, 

 nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 126. Choisy, in mem. soc. gen. 6. p. 

 115. Hydrolea species, Ruiz et Pav. Willd. and Lam. 



Lix. SYST. Pentandria, Digynia. Calyx permanent, of 5 

 sepals. Corolla funnel-shaped. Stamens exserted. Styles 2 ; 

 stigmas depressedly capitate. Capsule 2-celled, loculicidal-2- 

 valved ; dissepiment placentiferous in the middle ; placentas 4, 

 laminiform, at first combined by twos, but at length free. 

 Usually suffruticose herbs, very hispid and unarmed. Leaves 

 alternate, entire. Spikes terminal, panicled, secund. Flowers 

 .le, bractless, violaceous, white or yellow. 



1 W. I-'REXS (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 3. p. 21. t. 243.) plant 

 very hispid ; leaves ovate-cordate, doubly serrated, acutish, 

 pilose on both surfaces : spikes unilateral, scorpioid ; sepals 

 linear-lanceolate, very acute, clothed with hispid tomentum on 

 both surfaces; capsule hispid or smoothish. 7/.S. Native of 

 Peru, among broken rocks. Stem angular. Flowers dense, 

 disposed in "i. rows. Corolla pale violet. 



Stinging Wigandia. PI. 3 to 4 feet. 



2 V> . KU'STHH (Choisy, in mem. phys. gen. 6. p. 116.) plant 

 very hispid ; leaves ovate-cordate, doubly crenated, pilose on 



both surfaces obtuse ; panicles terminal, branched ; sepals 

 linear-lanceolate, acutish, clothed with hoary tomentum ; capsule 

 densely clothed with hoary hairs. TJ . A. Native of Mexico, 

 near Tasco. Wig. urens, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 

 127, but not of Ruiz et Pav. Hydrolea auriculata, Moc. et 

 Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. Hydrolea urens, Willd. herb. no. 

 5459. Leaves clothed with rusty tomentum above, as well as 

 the petioles. Corolla pale violet, clothed with silky hairs out- 

 side. 



Kunth's Wigandia. Shrub 6 feet. 



3 W. CARACASSA^A (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 

 128.) plant hairy; leaves elliptic-cordate, doubly crenated: 

 teeth acutisb, and are, as well as the tips of the leaves, clothed 

 with hairy tomentum on both surfaces; spikes secund, revo- 

 lute at the apex ; sepals linear-lanceolate, clothed with hoary 

 tomentum ; capsule hardly clothed with hoary down. fj . S. 

 Native near Caraccas. Hydrolea mollis, Willd. rel. in Rcem. et 

 Schultes, syst. 6. p. 190. Very nearly allied to the preceding. 

 Leaves longer and acuter, clothed with rusty tomentum above, 

 as well as the petioles. Corolla villous outside, violaceous. 



Caraccas Wigandia. Shrub 12 feet. 



4 W. CKISPA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 129.) 

 plant very hairy ; leaves ovate-cordate, acutish, irregularly and 

 doubly serrated, pilose on both surfaces : teeth acute ; spikes 

 panicled, secund, revolute at top, very hispid; sepals linear- 

 lanceolate, very hispid ; corolla showy. fj . S. Native of 

 Quito, near Alausi ; and on the banks of die river Pozuzo. 

 Hydrolea crispa, Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 3. p. 22. t. 244. f. a. 

 Nicetiana urens, Plum. amer. p. 204. t. 211. Wigandia pruri- 

 tiva, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 865. Leaves long and broad, hoary, 

 tomentose. Corolla large, yellow, ex Humb., campanulate, 

 hoary from down outside. 



Curled-leaved Wigandia. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



5 W. MACROFHY'LLA (Cham, in Linnaea, 6. p. 382.) stinging : 

 stem branched ; spikes scorpioid, thin, bractless ; flowers ses- 

 sile, subalar, on short pedicels. \ . S. Native of Mexico. 

 Plant 6 feet high. Flowers blue. 



Large-leaved Wigandia. Shrub 6 feet. 



6 W: HERBAGE A (Choisy, in mem. soc. phys. 6. p. 117.) plant 

 villous ; leaves lanceolate, entire, acute at both ends, attenuated 

 into the short petioles ; flowers disposed in loose, corymbose pa- 

 nicles ; sepals linear-lanceolate. ^ . ? S. Native of Monte- 

 Video. Leaves 1-2 inches long. Sepals acute. Capsule 

 glabrous. Hydrolea Megapotaraica, Herb. Kunth, ex Otto. 



Herbaceous Wigandia. PL 1 to 2 feet. 



f A species hardly known. 



7 W. SCORPIOIDES (Cboisy, in mem. soc. phys. 6. p. 117.) 

 plant downy ; leaves ovate-cordate, toothed, acutish, clothed 

 with white tomentum beneath ; spikes loosely panicled, revohite ; 

 sepals acutish, downy. If.. G. Native of Mexico. Hydrolea 

 scorpioides, Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. Leaves petiolate. 

 Panicles terminal. Flowers superior. Corolla violaceous, with 

 a short tube, and a spreading, 5-cleft limb. 



Scorpion-like Wigandia. PL ? 



Cult. The species are all very pretty when in flower. A 

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

 young cuttings will strike root readily in sand, under a hand- 

 glass, in a little bottom heat. 



V. CO'DON (from culuv, kodon, a bell ; shape of corolla.) 

 Lin. gen. edit. Reich, no. 563. Scbreb. gen. 715. Juss. 

 gen. 424. Gasrtn. fruct. 2. p. 88. t. 95. D. Don, in edinb. 

 phil. journ July 1833. 



LIN. STST. Decdndria, Monogynia. Calyx 10-12-parted : 

 segments subulate, erect ; alternate ones smaller. Corolla tubu- 

 lar, longer than the calyx, torulose at the base, and furnished 

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