354 Okdee 52.— ONAGRACE^. 



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

 Ft. rarely maturing more than one seed. Aug. 



2 G. fflipes Spaoh. Paniculate and naked above; Ivs. linewr-oblong, repaud- 

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

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

 the petals ; fr. obovaie-daaiaie, 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 6" wide, tapering at each end. Petals obloug-spatulate, lose-color or white. 

 Jl., Aug. 



3 G-. angustifolia Mx. Herbaceous, pubescent; lvs. linear, repand-dentioulate, 

 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. Els. small, white, in paniculate spikes. Jl., Aug. 



5. CLAR'KIAjPh. (In honor of Gen. GlarJc, the companion of 

 Lewis across the Kocky 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-lobed ; capsule largest at base, 4-celled, 4-valved, many-seeded. — 

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



1 C. pulch^Ua Ph. Iivs. linear-lanceolate ; petals large, broadly cuneiform, 

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

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

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



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

 ipetals 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, haiiy. 

 — Gardens. Fls. smaller than in the last. Petals and stig. purple. Haii-s at 

 base of Btamens red. f 



6. FUCH'SIA, L. Ladies' Eaedbop. (To Leonard Fuehs ; 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-farrowed ; 

 baccate capsule oblong, obtuse, 4-sided. — Mostly shrubby. South 

 American plants of great beauty. 



1 P. coccinea Ait. IjADIEs' Eaedeop. Branches smooth; lvs. opposite, 

 and in verticils of Ss, 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 and beautiful greenhouse shrub, 1 to 6f high. Pis. on 

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



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

 ties. (P. MageUanica Lam.) 



2 F. grdoilis Lindl. St. suffruticous, often sunple; lvs. opposite, ovate, 

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

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

 ChiU. 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 corolla. 

 ■)■ Many varieties. 



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

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

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

 Mexico. Fls. bright-red. 



7. LUDWIG'IA, L._ Bastard Loosestrife. (To 0. D. Ludwig, 

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

 the ovary, limb 4-lob'ed, mostly persistent ; petals 4, equal, obcordate, 



