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tion. Linn. Syfl. Nat. ed. 12. v. 1. 7,64. Syft. Veg. 

 ed. 14. 494- Schreb. 360. (Loafa; Ada"f. v. 2. 501. 

 Jacq. Obi. fafc. 2. 15^ t- 3^- Willd. Sp. PI. v. 2. 1176. 

 Mart. Mill. Did. V. 3. JulT. 322. Lamarck Dift. v. 3. 

 758. Loaza ; Lam;'.rck lUuHr. t. 426.) — Clafs and order, 

 Polyandria -Monogyma. Nat. Ord. Onagris affine, Juff. 



Gen. Ch. Cal. Perianth almoft entirely fuperior, of five 

 lanceolate, fpreading, permanent, equal leaves. Cor. 

 Petals five, large, obovate, hooded, fpreading, equal, atte- 

 nuated at their bafe into flender claws. Nedary of five 

 leaves, alternate with the petals, approximated in the form 

 of an acute cone, each rather (horter than the petals, lan- 

 ceolate, corrugated, awned with a double britUc. Stam. 

 Filaments numerous, capillary, in parcels of from i j to 17 

 oppofite to each petal, longer than the nedary ; anthers 

 incumbent, roundilh. Pijl. Germen fomewhat ovate, more 

 than half inferior ; ilylc thread-fliaped, ered, the length of 

 the flamens ; lligma fimple, obtufe. Perk. Capfule turbi- 

 nate, of one cell, opening \yith three valves at the top, 

 which are hjlf-ovate, acute, finally fpreading. Seeds nu- 

 merous, ovate, fmall. Receptacles three, Unear, longitu- 

 dinal. 



Etr. Ch. Calyx of five leaves. Petals five. Nedary of 

 five leaves alternate with the petals. Capfule half-inferior, 

 of one cell, three valves at the top, and many feeds. 

 • Obf. This genus is, as Jacquin obferves, nearly akin to 

 Mentxelia. 



I. L. /}i/piJa. Lamarck t. 426. fig. I. (L. urens ; 

 Jacq. Obf. fafc. 2. 15. t. 38.)— Very briftly. Leaves al- 

 ternate, doubly pmnatifid. Edges of the calyx-leaves revo- 

 lute.- Gathered by Dombey, in fandy ground in Lima. 

 The root is annual, fibrous. * Stem ered, from one to three 

 feet, or more, in height, (lightly fubdivided, leafy, round, 

 befet with innumerable, horizontal, tawny, briftles, which 

 are obfervable, more or lefs, in all the fpecies. Lamarck 

 has found each of thefe briilles to be furnifhed with a flight 

 bag at its bafe, and thence he reafonably concludes that the 

 plant ftings like a nettle, whofe venom is lodged in fimilar 

 bags. Thefe ftings are, in the plant we are defcribing, in- 

 termixed with fine down. Leaves alternate ; the lower ones 

 ftalked ; the reft feffile ; all doubly pinnatifid, more or lefs 

 deeply, two or three inches long, fomewhat briftly, downy 

 beneath ; their divifions and teeth irregular and obtufe. 

 Floiuer-Jlalks fcattered, generally oppofite to the leaves, fo- 

 litary, fimple, fingle-flowered, briftly, above an inch long, 

 deftitute of bradeas. Flowers large, handfome and very 

 remarkable, above an inch wide. Petals yellow, briftly on 

 the outfide, concave. Neaarles white, dotted with red and 

 green. Stamens at firft ered, then lying in five tufts upon 

 the petals, confpicuous for their dark anthers. This plant 

 dries remarkably well, and has the appearance of being very 

 (howy when growing. AVe never heard of this or any other 

 fpecies being cultivated in Europe, but they would doubt- 

 lefs fucceed with the fame treatment as the Calceolaria 

 plnnata. 



2. L. contorta. Lamarck n. 2. t. 426. fig. 2 — Stem 

 twining. Leaves oppofite, ftalked, fomewhat runcinate, 

 toothed. Capfule twifted. — Gathered by Jofeph de Juffieu 

 in Peru. One of his fpecimens is figured and defcribed by 

 Lamarck, with a weak twining/cm, two fei^t or (probably) 

 much more in height, moderately briftly. Leaves oppofite, 

 ftalked, about three or four inches m length, pinnatifid, 

 briftly, iharply toothed or cut, their loweft pair of lobes 

 longeft and moft reflexed. Flowers on long axillary fimple 

 ftalks, yellow. 



3. L. acaiiihifoUa. Lamarck n. 3. (Ortiga chihenfis 

 urens, acanthi folio; FeuiU. Peruv. v. 2. 757. t. 43.) — 



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Leaves oppofite, pinnatifid, lliarply toothed ; the upper ones 

 fcflile. Calyx reflexed. Petals with two terminal teeth. 

 Gathered by Fenillee in a valley in Chili. Stem fix feet 

 high, briftly, branched, hollow. Leaves oppofite, re- 

 fembling thofe of Argemone mexicana, nine or ten inches 

 long, and fix broad, deeply pinnatifid, with numerous, 

 fharp, briftly teeth ; the lowermoft ftalked, the reft feffile. 

 Floiuers large, ftalked as in the foregoing ; their petals dark- 

 green and briftly at the outfide, bright red within ; neilary 

 yellow, ftriped with red. No one but Feuillee feems to 

 have known this remarkable fpecies. 



4. L.. grandijlora. Lamarck n. 4. — " Leaves oppofite or 

 alternate, ovate, fomewhat heart-ftiaped, lobed ; hoary be- 

 neath. Petals flattiih." — Gathered by Jofeph de Juffieu in 

 Peru. We have never feen a fpecimen of this. Lamarck 

 defcribes it as remarkable at firft fight for the glaucous 

 hoarinefs of the under-fide of its leaves, ajid the great fize 

 of it3 Jlowers, which, when expanded, are at leaft three 

 inches broad. The herb is very briftly. Leaves about three 

 and a half inches long, two and a half wide. 



5. L chenopodifoUa. Lamarck n. 5. — Leaves fcattered, 

 ftalked, ovate, cut and toothed. Flowers drooping, in ter- 

 minal, fimple, fomewhat leafy, clufters. Fruit oblong, very 

 briftly. Gathered in Peru, by Jofeph de Juffieu, whofe 

 fpecimens were defcribed by Lamarck. We have one ga- 

 thered in moift fitnations in Lima, by Dombey. The root 

 is fibrous and annual, as^ probably, in the whole genus. 

 Stem 12 to 15 inches high, ered, flightly branched, roughifli 

 with deflexed hairs. Leaves an inch or two long, one broad, 

 few, ovate, bluntly pointed, varioufly toothed, rough with 

 fmall denfe briftles. Floiuers drooping, in a long, loofe, 

 terminal clufter, with a few fmall leaves about its lower part, 

 rather fmall, yellow ; the nedary apparently reddifti. Fruii 

 oblong, pendulous, befet with long, prominent, denfe, rigid 

 briftles. 



6. L. nitida. Lamarck n. 6. — Stem procumbent. Leaves 

 oppofite, palmate, cut and toothed ; ftiining above ; downy 

 beneath. Fruit turbinate, briftly. Gathered by Dombey 

 in ftony ground in Lima. The _y?f;n appears to be weak 

 and procumbent, forked, leafy, downy, lefs briftly than in 

 fome of the former. Leaves palmate, heart-diaped and 

 three-ribbed at the bafe, varioufly jagged and toothed ; 

 nearly fmooth and ftiining above, finely downy beneath ; 

 with a few fcattered briftles on both fides. The lower 

 leaves ftand on downj Jlalis ; the upper are nearly or quite 

 feffile. Floiuer-Jlalks from the forks of the ftem, rather long, 

 downy. Germen .turbinate, downy, clothed with reflexed 

 briftles, but far lefs denfely than the laft-defcribed. Calyx- 

 leaves broad and large. Dombey fays, " the nedaries are 

 very fmall, three-cleft and white, with three purple briftly- 

 pointed appendages, on the outfide, at their bafe." 



Spc'cimens of thefe two laft, gathered by him, are pre- 

 ferved in the Linnaean herbarium. 



LOOSE, To, in Sea Language, is to unfurl or caft loofe 

 any fail, in order to be fet, or dried, after rainy wea- 

 ther. 



l^OOU'E.- Strife, in Botany. See Lysimachia. 



L,OOSE-Jri/e. Podded. See W ILLOVl -herb. 



hoosE-Jrife, Purple and Spiked. Sec Lythrum. 



'L.OOSE-Jlrife , Virginian. See Gaura. 



Loose Style. See Style. 



LOOSED RECHT, in Geography, a town of Holland ; 

 8 miles S. of Naarden. 



LOOSEMORE, Henry, in Biography, a bachelor of 

 mufic in the univerfity of Cambridge, 1 640, and organift, 

 firft of King's college, -nd afterwards of the cathedral of 

 Exeter. He compofed feveral fervices and anthems, ex 



ojicio. 



