AKBOHETl.M AND I RU I ICETL'M. 



flower in autumn, thev are apetalous. The species in question (H. glo- 

 meratum), lie s;iys, had, in his garden, its shoots killed back a good way 

 in winter, so that it did not Mower till the autumn, ami was, therefore, ape- 

 talous, like //V. (>!>. Had the plant been protected during the winter, it 

 would, most probably, he says, have produced plenty of perfect flowers in 

 spring, as is theca-e with 11. />olygaUefolium, II. brasiliense, II. carolinianuin, 

 ami the other American species. 



B. !\-diinrlcs \-fioircrcd, bractlt-ss, situated on the Kraut-hex. 



n. Is. II. BRAs 



Tdcntnication. Pers. K 

 Si/nnni/Hit-s. Ci'stus lira 

 J^ii^i'ii'-i/igs. S\vt. Ci?t. 



J\'rs. The Brazilian Ilelianthemum, 

 i. 



; S\vt. Cist., t. l.l ; Don 

 Diet., 1 J. p. 'J'J. ; Ci>tus a 



t. 4J. ; and ou . 



')(('. C//ur., ST. Suffrutieose. Brauchlets simple, 

 hairy. Leaves ovate-oblong, acute, sessile, hairy. 

 Peduncles ami calyxes hairy, canesccut. Pedun- 

 cles solitary, 1 -flowered, inner sepals ovate, acumi- 

 nated. (I )</'* Mill., i. p. 303.) A low shrub, found 

 on the mountains of Brazil, introduced in ls^3, 

 and producing bright yellow flowers in June and 

 July. It scarcely reaches 1 ft. in height, and might 

 almost be considered as herbaceous. It is rather 

 tender, and is best preserved when grown in pots, 

 and taken into a frame or green-house during the 

 winter. Plants of it were in the Botanic (Jarden 

 at Chelsea, in 18^6, where it flowered in the spring 

 of that year, with petals, as in //g. 70., and in the 

 autumn of the same year, without petals. 



p 3U-J. 

 J'u III. Si/ 



,i, , i. P. .-a. 



Oth 



to fhis Diri.sion of Lcc/uimlcs. 



II. poh/fi/<(f,,lii<>,i Swt. Ci-t.,t. 1 1., from Bra/il, in ls-^3, \\ith white flowers, 

 and grouini: to the hiiuht of half a foot. //. .%///////,/ Moc. and Ses.se, a 

 native of New Spain, has not been introduced ; and //. tri/jr/ti/nni and //. 

 obcordutnin Moc. and St^sc, both from Mexico, are also but little known 

 to botanists, and not iii cultivation in I>riti^>h gardens. 



iii. Tulxjraria Dec. Prod, i. p. 270. 



v/. ( 'har. ( 'alyx o-sepaled, 2 outer sc|>als smaller or larger, usually spreading. 

 PctaK \cllow, often marked with a dark purple spot at the base of each, 

 entire, denticulated, serrated. Stamens numerous, much longer than the 

 pistil. Style- straight, almost wanting. Stigma capitate. Capsule 3-valved. 

 Seeds minute, yellowish. Roots woody or herbaceous. Stems erect or 

 ascendent. ( Dun's JWi//., \. p. 304.) There is only one ligneous species 

 in tiiis section. 



n. l!>. II. I.K;NO V SI M .V//7. The woody Ilelianthemum, or Sun Jf<ixr. 



nt.'tii-ntitni. Swt. Cist.,t. tii; Swt. Hurt. lint, p. Itl'i No. KS. ; Don's Mill 1 p .)()- 

 i^nu-iH^s. Swt. n>t., t. Ki. ; and onr.//-. 71. 



wr. ('/mi:, ST. Stem tetragonal, shrubby, clothed with rough scaly bark. 

 Branches ascending, covered with hispid hairs. Leaves ovate-oblong, 

 ending in the petiole, 3-nerved, also beset with hispid hairs, canesccnt ; un- 

 der surface nerved, upper surface furrowed ; floral leaves sessile, glabrous, 

 oblong-lanceolate, uppermost ones alternate. Pedicels few, furnished with 

 bracteas at the base, rather panicled, about the len-jth of the calyx. Petals 



