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tings, under a hand-glass, or by seeds, which ripen in plenty i 

 this country. 



XLIII. SE'SSEA (named in honour of Martin Sesse, for- 

 merly director of the botanic garden of Mexico.) Ruiz, et 

 Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 9. t. 115. f. b. and t. 116. 



Lix. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx tubular, penta- 

 gonal, 5-toothed ; teeth ovate. Corolla funnel-shaped ; tube 

 twice as long as the calyx, with a globose orifice, and plicate 

 limb ; segments straight, ovate, with convolute margins. Fila- 

 ments curved at the base, villous. Stigma 2-lobed ; lobes un- 

 equal. Capsule cylindrical, a little arched, twice as long as the 

 calyx, 2-celled, 2-valved ; valves bifid. Seeds numerous, im- 

 bricate, oblong, compressed, with membranous edges. Branch- 

 ed, fetid shrubs, natives of Peru, with the habit of Cestrum. 

 Leaves alternate, entire. Racemes axillary and terminal ; pe- 

 dicels corymbose. Corollas yellow. 



1 S. STIPULA'TA (Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 9. t. 115. fig. b.) 

 leaves lanceolate and cordate ; false stipulas large, ovate, ob- 

 tuse, deciduous ; racemes axillary and terminal ; pedicels co- 

 rymbose. I? . G. Native of Peru, on the mountains. Leaves 

 petiolate : superior ones narrower, ovate, acuminated, 3-5 inches 

 long, and 1-2 broad, glabrous above, and clothed with white to- 

 mentum beneath. Racemes and calyxes woolly. Corolla vil- 

 lous, yellow, twice as long as the calyx. 



Stipulate Sessea. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



2 S. DEPE'XDEXS (Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 9. t. 116.) 

 leaves cordate-oblong ; false stipulas wanting ; racemes very 

 long, pendulous ; pedicels usually 3-flowered. ^ . G. Native 

 of Peru, on the banks of rivers. Branches pendent. Leaves 

 like those of the preceding, but powdery beneath, 3-4 inches 

 long, and 2 broad. Calyx powdery. Corolla yellowish, twice 

 as long as the calyx. 



//onoing-branched Sessea. Tree 25 to 30 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Cestrum, p. 486. 



XLIV. FABIA'XA (named in honour of Francisco Fabiano, 

 of Valencia in Spain, a promoter of botany.) Ruiz, et Pav. fl. 

 per. 2. p. 12. t. 122. f. b. Hook.et Am. in Beech, voy. pt. hot. 

 p. 35. 



Lix. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx tubular, 5-an- 

 gled, 5-toothed, permanent. Corolla funnel-shaped, with a very 

 long tube, and a short, 5 -cleft, plicate, revolute limb. Stamens 

 5, 2 longer than the other 3. Stigma capitate, emarginate. Cap- 

 sule ovate, 2-valved, many-seeded. Seeds wrinkled, dotted. 

 Shrubs, with a habit like Tdmarix. Leaves scattered, or in 

 fascicles, ovate or linear. Flowers terminal, solitary, peduncu- 

 late. 



1 F. IMBRICA'TA (Ruiz, et Pav. 1. c.) leaves small, ovate, ses- 

 sile, concave, scale- formed, imbricate; flowers terminal, solitary; 

 segments of the limb of corolla short, obtuse, reflexed. fj . F. 

 Native of Chili, in fields. Pers. ench. 1. p. 176. Poir. suppl. 

 2. p. 625. Shrub much branched. Corolla lilac, about an inch 

 long. 



/intricate-leaved Fabiana. Shrub. 



2 F. LAXCGIXOSA (Hook, et Arn. in Beech, voy. pt. hot. p. 

 35.) branches woolly from white tomentum ; leaves linear, in 

 fascicles, very blunt, fleshy, spreading ; calyx woolly ; segments 

 of the limb of corolla oblong, reflexed. ^ . F. Native of 

 Chili, at Coquimbo. Flowers axillary, pedunculate, hardly the 

 length of the leaves. Calyx tubular, 5-cleft, with unequal, 

 linear, obtuse segments. Corolla glabrous. Stigma oblong, 

 capitate. 



Woolly Fabiana. Shrub. 



3 F. VISCOSA (Hook, et Arn. in Beech, voy. pt. hot. p. 36.) 

 clothed with clammy down ; leaves scattered, narrow-linear, 



spreading, obtuse, channelled on the back ; peduncles terminal ; 

 fruit-bearing ones erect. Ij . F. Native of Chili, near Ba- 

 rasca, where it is called Pichanilla. This comes very near F. 

 tkymifolia, St. Hil, Capsule 2-valved ; margins of the valves 

 bent in so as to form 2 cells, and bifid at apex. Receptacle 

 central, becoming free from the dissepiment, and split through 

 the middle, entire at the summit. 



Clammy Fabiana. Shrub. 



4 F. THYMIPOLIA (St. Hil. in mem. mus. 12. p. 317. t. 9.) 

 plant hairy and clammy ; leaves small, linear, nerveless, scat- 

 tered, bluntish ; peduncles subaxillary, at first erect, but at 

 length bent. ^ S. Native of Brazil in the province of Rio 

 Grande do Sul. Corolla yellow at bottom, and dirty purple 

 above. 



Thyme-leated Fabiana. Shrub \ to 1 foot. 



Cult. These are very singular shrubs ; they will grow in any 

 light rich earth. They are rather hardy, and may be grown in 

 the open air during summer ; and they probably would stand 

 our winters if protected by a mat, or the haulm of herbaceous 

 plants, during frosts ; and they will be readily propagated by 

 cuttings, under a hand-glass, or by seed. 



XLV. LAURERIA (meaning unknown to us.) Schlecht, 

 in Linnaea, 8. p. 513. 



Lix. STST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-parted, alatel y 

 pentagonal, permanent. Corolla tubular, with a short, 5-lobed, 

 straight limb. Stamens 5, inclosed, villous at their insertion ; 

 anthers linear, fixed by the base. Stigma bilamellate. Capsule 

 2-celled, 2-valved I Seeds numerous, full of impressed dots, 

 fixed to short lamelliform processes or placentas, which are 

 attached to the dissepiment. Embryo cylindrical, curved. A 

 shrub, with alternate leaves, beset with stellate hairs. Flowers 

 lateral, solitary. 



1 L. MEXICA'NA (Schlecht, I. c.) ^ . G. Native of Mex- 

 ico, at the Hacienda de La Laguna. Leaves ovate or broad-lan- 

 ceolate, 4-6 inches long, and 2-3 broad. 



Mexican Laureria. Shrub 6 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Cestrum, p. 486. 



XLVI. LAMA'RKIA (named in honour of Jean Baptist 

 Monet de la Mark, author of " Flore Francaise." 3 vols. 

 Paris, 1778. " Encyclopedic Methodique Botanique." 4 vols. 

 4to. Paris, 1783 1796, (but vol. 5 to 8 of this work is by 

 Poiret, Paris, 1804 1808. He is author of many other 

 works on botany, and other branches of natural history.) Rcem. 

 et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 28. Markea, Richard, in act. soc. hist, 

 nat. par. JD7. 



Lix. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx long, tubular, 

 pentagonally prismatic, semiquinquefid. Corolla nearly funnel- 

 shaped ; limb spreading, equally and bluntly 5-parted. Stamens 

 equal, leugth of tube. Capsule oblonz, terete, coarctate at top, 

 many-seeded. A glabrous shrub, with oblong-obovate, acumi- 

 nated, shining leaves, which are bluntly rounded at the base. 

 Corollas scarlet. 



1 L. COCCI'XEA (Richard. I. c. under Markea. Poir. suppl. 3. 

 p. 293.) ^ s - Native of Cayenne. 



.Scarkf-flowered Lamarkia. Shrub. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Cestrum, p. 486. 



f Addenda to Order Solanacece. 



1 SOLA'NUM QUERCIFOJJUM (Schum. pi. guin. p. 121.) suffru- 

 ticose, unarmed ; leaves twin, ovate, somewhat repand, clothed 

 with stellate down ; racemes simple, infra-foliaceous, distich. 

 ; . S. Native of Guinea. Stem 2 feet. Leaves 4-8 inches. 

 Corolla white, size of those of S. dulcamara ; segments ovate- 

 lanceolate. Berry tomentose, 2-4-celled, size of a plum. 



