354 Order 52.— ONAGEACEuE. 



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

 Pr. rarely maturing more than one seed. Aug. 



2 G. filipes Spach. Paniculate and naked above; Ivs. liriear-oilong, repand- 

 dentate, lower ones almost pinnatifid; branches of tlie panicle very slender, 

 naked, with tufted Iva. at their base ; cal. segm. canescent, longer than the tube o-r 

 the petals ; fr. ohovate-davate, 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' lonj.-, 

 2 to 6" wide, tapering at each end. Petals oblong-spatulate, roae-color or white. 

 Jl., Aug. 



3 G. angnstifolia Mx. Herbaceous, pubescent; lvs. 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-seede<!. 

 — 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 



Ijcwis across the Eocky Mts.) Calyx tnbo 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-lobed ; capsule largest at base, 4-celled, 4-valved, many-secded.= — 

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



1 C puloli611a Ph. Lva. linear-lanceolate ; petals large, broadly cuneiform, 

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

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

 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, subsessile, 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 Fuchs ; an 

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

 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-sided. — Mostly shrubby. South 

 American plants of great beauty. 



1 F. coooiuea^Ait. Ladies' Eardrop. Branches smooth; lvs. opposite, 

 and in verticils of 33, ovate, acute, denticulate, on short petioles ; fla. axillary, 

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

 Chili. A very delicate and beautiful greenhouse shrub, 1 to 6f high. Fls. on 

 long, filiform pedicels. Cal. scarlet, much longer than tlie included, violet-purple 

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

 tics. (F. MageUanica Lam.) 



2 F. gracilis Lindl. St. suffruticoua, often simple; lvs. opposite, ovato, 

 pctiolate, slightly acuminate, glandular-dentate ; fls. opposite, solitary, pendulous, 

 longer than the lvs., petals nearly as long as the sepals and much broader. — 

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

 larger, but less elegant than in the former, with a red calyx and crimson eorcll.i. 

 t Many varieties. 



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

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

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

 ilexioo. Fls. bright-red. 



7. LUDWIG'IA, L. Bastard Loosestrife. (To C. D. Ludtoig, 

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

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



