354 OEDER 52. OXAGRACE^S. 



sessile. CaL reddish ; cor. at first rose-color, changing to deep red ; stig. 4-lobed. 

 Fr. rarely maturing more than one seed. Aug. 



2 G. filipes Spach. Paniculate and naked above; Ivs. linear-oblong, repand- 

 dentute, lower ones almost pinnatifid ; branches of the panicle very slender, 

 naked, with tufted Ivs. at their base ; cal. segm. canescent, longer than the tule or 

 the petals ; fr. obovate-clavate, on a filiform pedicel. Dry ground, S. and W. 

 States. St. rigid, 3 to 5f high, leafy just below the panicle. Lvs. 1 to 3' long, 

 2 to G" wide, tapering at each end. Petals oblong-spatulate, rose-color or white. 

 Jl, Aug. 



3 G. angustifolia MX. Herbaceous, pubescent; Ivs. linear, repand-denticulate, 

 very acute ; cal. lobes much longer than the tube or the petals ; fr. sessile, ovate, 

 with 4 sharp, almost winged angles, and rather obtuse at each end, 1 or 2-seeded. 

 S. Car., Ga. (Mettauer), Fla. (Chapman.) Plant strict and slender, few- 

 branched, Fls. small, white, in paniculate spikes. Jl., Aug. 



5. CLAR'KIA, Ph. (In honor of Gen. Clark, the companion of 

 Lewis across the Rocky Mts.) Calyx tube slightly prolonged beyond 

 the ovary, limb 4-parted, deciduous ; petals 4, unguiculate, 3-lobed or 

 entire, claws with 2 minute teeth ; stamens 8 ; style 1, filiform ; stigma 

 4-lobcd ; capsule largest at base, 4-celled, 4-valved, many-seeded. 

 Herbs (from Oreg. and Cal.) with showy, axillary tls. 



1 C. pulchella Ph. Lvs. linear-lanceolate ; petals large, broadly cuneiform, 

 tapering into a slender claw, with 2 reflexed teeth, limb with 3 spreading lobes ; 

 alternate stam. abortive ; caps, pedicellate. Gardens. A handsome annual, with 

 lilac-purple or white fls., of easy culture, f 



2 C. legans Lindl. Lvs. ovate-lanceolate, denticulate, on short petioles; 

 petals undivided, rhombic or triangular ovate, with a toothless claw ; stam. all 

 fertile, with a hairy scale at the base of each; stig. hairy; caps, subsessilo, hairy. 

 Gardens. Fls. smaller than in the last. Petals and stig. purple. Hairs at 

 base of stamens red. f 



6. FUCH'SIA, L. LADIES' EARDROP. (To Leonard Fachs ; an 

 early German botanist of the fifteenth century.) Calyx tubular-infuncli- 

 buliform, colored, deciduous, limb 4-lobed ; petals 4, in the throat of 

 the calyx, alternate with its segments ; disk glandular, 8-furrowed ; 

 baccate capsule oblong, obtuse, 4-sidcd. Mostly shrubby. South 

 American plants of great beauty. 



1 F. coccfnea Ait. LADIES' EARDROP. Branches smooth ; Ivs. opposite, 

 and in verticils of 3s, ovate, acute, denticulate, on short petioles ; fls. axillary, 

 nodding; sep. oblong, acute; petals convolute, half as long as calyx. Native of 

 Chili. A very delicate arid beautiful greenhouse shrub, 1 to Gf high. Fls. on 

 long, filiform pedicels. Cal. scarlet, much longer than the included, violet-purpio 

 petals. Stam. crimson, much exserted. Berry purple. There are many varie- 

 ties. (F. Magellanica Lam.) 



2 P. gracilis Lindl. St. suffruticous, often simple; Ivs. opposite, ovate, 

 petiolate, slightly acuminate, glandular-dentato ; fls. opposite, solitary, pendulous, 

 long r than the Ivs., petals nearly as long as the sepals and much broader. 

 Chili. A beautiful parlor plant, quite common. St. 2 to 3f high, thick. Fls. 

 larger, but less elegant than in tho former, with a red calyx and crimson corolla, 

 f Many varieties. 



3 F. fulgens DC. Lvs. opposite, petiolate, cordate-ovate, acute, denticulate; 

 pedicels axillary, shorter than tho flowers, upper ones racemed ; cal. tube long, 

 trumpet-shaped, lobes ovate-lanceolate, scarcely exceeding the petals. From 

 Mexico. Fls. bright-red. 



7. LUDWIG'IA, L. BASTARD LOOSESTRIFE. (To C. D. Ludwig, 

 Prof, of Botany at Leipzic, 1750.) Calyx tube not prolonged beyond 

 the ovary, limb 4-lobed, mostly persistent; petals 4, equal, obcordate, 



