Lace 
s ta aper. 
pat thas few, inti 
Corolla clofed.—Native 
Jam: Sent to Linnzus under the name 
of Palila by Agasanods whofe eso? with feveral other 
authentic ones, is before The Dutch at Surinam call it 
Papagoyen-beck, or “Saad, beak. ie bo the above {pecific 
name, . It has flowered in feveral Renee near London, and is 
very beautiful. ‘The whole plant is feven or eight feet high, 
more flender, but more really caulefcent, — any of the 
foregoing. Leaves re{2mbling thofe of a Canna or Maranita, 
about a fost 1 ot long, elliptic-ovate, pointed, ‘aaa, with fine 
tranfverfe veins or ribs. Spathas ee fours erect, sch ol 
] - — Bas keele ut not muc 
pint : Flowers three or four 
pee er Eon foals wi earely any partial ones, on 
{mooth = near an inch orolla near an inch a an 
futa. Lido Suppl. 158 ey pe sade 
fpathas Gomérous, two-ranked, afcending. mon flower- 
flalk zigzag, aay as well as the partial ones.—Sent to 
_ Linneus by the celebrated Mutis, who gathered it in New 
Granada. This approaches to the fize and habit of fome of 
the former fpecies. The eaves are ovate, pointed, fmooth. 
Common flower alk zigzag, hairy. Spathas numerous, two- 
ranked, rather near to each other, but not imbricated, direé 
ora little afcending, two inches long, broad and fheathing 
at their b or lefs =e be weed their keel. 
ower-falks numerous from e very hairy, from half 
an inch to an inch long, with no 5 parent partial fpathas, 
Germen hairy, as is likewife the outfide of the corolla. 
petals are ftraight at the point. Of their colour we know 
nothing, aoe that eg: ch ie to have a dark ftain like 
the Two o o be broadeft, =. oe ex- 
temal ; two internal, op Bere narrower an ; fo 
that perhaps the generic defcription requires firtine sieht 
ment, which ehoke who can co — the different fpecies 
e, may eat inpptr 
lon: 
teeter, in Botany, is tect from s a fre 
becaufe its fruit is “of a fpiral fhape. - 468. 
¥-2. Ait, Hort. Kew. v. 3. 313. Juil. 278. Lamarck Did. 
¥. 3. 86, Illuttr. t. 735. Gaertn. t..64. (Ifora; Plum. 
+ 37-)—Clafs nak order, Decandria Monogynia. Nat. 
Ord, Columnifere, Linn. alvacee, Jul. 
_ Gen. Ch. Cal. Perianth of one leaf, tubular, half-ovate, 
foreading obliquely, unequally five-cleft, — ery. Cor: 
Petals five, rec equal in width, receptacle, 
late, hay fal eyaleeix; covering the germen. Stam. Fila- 
ments five, ten, or ae very {mall ; anthers oblong, leeak 
Pi Bt onReeepecl th read-fhaped , very long, ve having 
» germen at the top ;. ftyle aw] baped, 
linger the th aha omen ftigma moftly five-cleft. Perit. 
OL, 
Pes gs v 
Capfules ala? sen twifted fpirally, of one cell. Seeds nu- 
merous, angulat 
bf. This cic has been referred to the feveral claffcs 
of Decandria, Dodecandria, Monadel bia, and Gynandria, 
different authors, but we are Siem g i 
of thefe, from its having generally ten ftamens perfectly dif- 
tinct from each other a t 
Eff. Ch. Calyx —s inferior, 
Petals from five to rmen on a very long ftalk. 
Style fomewhat five: (let Cupfolee five, fpirally twifted 
a a each of one cell, with many feeds, 
Fae <i 
ptac 
obliquely five-cleft. 
ruenfis. Willd. Sp. Pl. v. fe) mer. 
2 v3 t. 149.—-* Leaves heart-fhaped, deeply ferrated, downy 
undern ruit twifted, the points South 42 ee 
wns jamin. Willd, ‘Sp. PL ¥. $. 720. 
Oc CC. v. 2. 1156. Jacq. Ame, 235.t. 179. 
heart-fhaped, ferrated, p ope ent. 
a five-toothed. 
fruit like ropes twilted toge- 
ty 
Linn. Sp. Pl. 1366. ( Pluk. t. 245. £. 26 
« Leaves elliptical, fomewhat heart fhaped, with — 
the margin. 
bovate. Prui peed, cylindrical, 
- Op. PL. v. 3. 721. Loureir. Co- 
—* Leaves ovate, acute, ferrated, fome 
what heart- hepa, downy. Flower-ftalks axillary, bearing . 
many flowers, Fruit oblong, ight, very hairy. —Native of 
woods on the plains of Cochinchina.—Stem fhrubby, about 
fix feet high, hairy. Flower ak purple. C one 
leaf, with a long, curved, hairy c oloured tube. aes ct 
5- undulata. Loureir. 
inckdlate. wave € 
la v 
: foe fized we with ates branches. Leaves entire, 
{mooth, altern ower {mall, reddifh-green, generally 
terminal. Capfules {carlet, horizontally arranged in the te 
of a ftar. Seeds ovate, {mooth, brown, flefhy. 
6. H. paniculata. re Cochinch. v. 2. 531.—** Leaves 
ao acute. org wer pafi icled. Stamens numerous. Ca ap- 
ing into 2 eae Anthers above 20, adhering to the 
of the g 
wy Sar i ie ‘ a ch fet 
igh, ere a aves plain on the upper fide, 
smeed at. the back, downy. Flowers pale purple. Seeds — 
numerous, angulat 
8. H. pentandra. Linn. Mant. 294. Willd. Sp. ¥ Pl. ey 
722.—** Stamens five. Leaves ovate; thofe about the 
flowers dark purplifh.””—Native of Roriabedieme alters 
4B nate, 
