32S NYCTAGINACEJi. 



ORDER CLVII.— NYCTAGINACE^., Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 213. 



THE MARVEL-OF-PERU TRIBE. 



Herbs, shrubs or small trees, bj"^ Lindl. referred to 16 genera. Of these, 

 Spreng, syst. assigns 42 species to S. America, Mexico and the W. Indies ; 

 4 to N. America ; 2 to New Holland ; 1 to the Society Islands ; 1 to Ma- 

 dagascar ; 1 to Europe, and 1 to Egypt. I species of Boerhaavia has been 

 found in S. Africa, according to Burchell. In the E. Indies have been 

 discovered 5 species of Boerhaavia ; 4 of Pisonia ; I of Oxia, (Lour.) and 

 — of Epilithes, Bl. Properties unimportant. 

 MiRABiLis, L. (Spreng. syst. 1, p. 501, No. 570; — Endl. gen. pi. 1, p. 



311.) Marvel- of- Peru. 



1. Jalapa, L. (Spreng. syst. 1, ;;. 536 ; — B. M. 11, t. 371 ; — Roxb. H. 

 B. p. 16; — J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 167. — Nyctago hortensis, Juss. — 

 Rheed. 10, t. 75 i—Rumph. 5, t. 89.) ^^ C^pf^f Kishno-keli. % Peru, 

 Domesticated in our gardens ; fl. and fr. whole year. Root purgative, 

 whence the plant was formerly supposed to be the true Jalap- plant. 

 Flowers large. 



a. kermesina ; Flowers crimson. 



j3. hermesino-alba ; ditto, crimson-white. 



-y. alba ; ditto white. 



^. jiava ; ditto yellow. 



J. flavo-alba ; ditto yellow- white. 



2. longiflora, L. (Spreng. syst. 1, p. 536 ; — Sm. exot. hot. 1, t. 23 ; — Roxb. 

 H. B. p. 16.) %. Mexico. Introduced into H. C. G. in 1807, but 

 had not flowered up to 1814. 



OxYBAPHUs, L'Herit. (Spreng. syst. 1, p. 128, No. 19.9 ; — Endl. gen. pi. 



\, p. 311.) Umbrella-wort, 

 l.viscosus. L'Herit. (Spreng. sy.it. 1, p. ISO; — B. M. 13, t. 434. — Mi- 



rabilis viscosa, Cav.) %. Peru. Fl. middle-sized, deep-rose. C. S. 

 Boerhaavia, L. (Spreng. syst. 1, p. 24, No. 65; — Endl. gen. pi. 1, p. 



311.) 

 l.erecta, L. (Spreng. syst. 1, p. 36, excl. syn. — B. procumbens, Hh. 



Banks; — Roxb. fi. ind. \,p. 146; ed Carey \,p. 148; — J. Grah. Cat. 



B. pi. p. 167 ; — Rheed. 7, 56; — Burm. ind. 1,) '^j. A very troublesome 



Weed common all over India. Fl. minute, and fr. whole year. 



a. rosea; ^ttff1 ^^1 Gada-poorna. Fl. deep-rose. 



^. alba ; C'^'^ '^T^ Shwet-poorna. Fl. white. 

 2. repanda, Willd. (Pers. syn. 1, )0. 36 ^—Roxb. //. B. p. 2.) %. St. He- 



lena. Fl. minute, C. S ; fr. H. S. 

 Pisonia. Plum. [Spreng. syst. 2, p. 164, No. 1401 -.—Endl. gen. pi. I, p. 



312.) 

 1. villosa, Poir. (Spreng. .^yst. 2, p. 168.— P. aculeuta, Roxb. fl. ind. '2, /). 



217; — 7. Grah. Cat. B. pi p. 167; not L.) ?t^?rt^^1 Bagliachura. 



