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§ 5. Capsules pristnatical. Prismatocarpus. 
2693 Caps, columnar 5-celled, Stem shrubby, Leaves linear subulate. Peduncles very long, Panicles terminal 
2694 Caps, linear 2-celled, Leaves lanceolatt coarsely serrated smooth, Stem decumbent 
2695 Stem very much branched diffuse. Leaves oblong crenate. Flowers solitary 
2696 Stem branched at base upright. Leaves oblong crenate. Gal. aggregated longer than corolla 
2697 Branching difFufie, Lower leaves oblong obtuse. Upper lanceolate. Flower solitary, Cor. longer than calyx 
2698 Stem simple. Leaves cordate toothed stem-clasping. Flowers sessile clustered 
2699 Leaves linear villous. Stem erect 
2700 Leaves linear smooth. Stem erect 
2701 Shrubby, Leaves linear erect close together 
2702 Leaves linear one toothed on each side 
2703 Leaves linear 2.celled, Scape simple naked racemose 
2704 Leaves lanceolate. Raceme spiked 
2705 Stem erect. Leaves lin. lane, obtuse alternate entire. Raceme terminal 
2706 Stem half shrubby erect, Leaves lane, ovate serrate toothed, Rac. term. Pedic. as long as flowers 
2707 Leaves ovate toothed hairy. Stem simple 
2708 Leaves lanceolate pinnatifid toothed. Raceme terminal 
2709 Leaves lanceolate toothed. Peduncles very short lateral. Tube of cor. filiform very long 
2710 Smooth, Lower leaves oblong toothed, upper lanceolate entire, Peduncles racemose 1-sided 
2711 Erect simple slightly pubescent, Lvs. obi. obt. almost entire, the lower spatulate, Spike naked small flow, 
2712 Leaves broad lanceolate serrate below toothed decurrent, Racemes compound terminal 
2713 Leaves narrow lanceolate toothed revolute at edge and stem pubescent. Raceme terminal 
2714 A tall plant with rugose coarse leaves, and a long spike of fine red flowers 
2715 Leaves oblong lanceolate cartilaginous-toothed and erect stem smooth. Raceme terminal 1-sided leafy 
2716 Leaves narrow lanceolate toothletted flat at edge and stem quite smooth. Raceme terminal 
2717 Leaves lanceolate serrated smooth. Peduncles lateral longer than the leaf 
2718 Flowers axillary. Stem winged. Radical leaves ovate lanceolate with glandular reflexed teeth 
2719 Lvs. ovate-obl. acute at each end unequally serrated, Flowers axillary solitary. Recesses of calyx reflexed 
2720 Lvs. obi. acuminate serrated smooth, Pedunc. axill. 1-fl. Sepals linear lane, spreading, Anthers bearded 
2721 leaves ovate cut. Stem divided. Racemes terminal naked, Upper lip of cor. bearded 
2722 Smooth, Stem ascending 4-cornered, Leaves ovate-lanceolate cut serrate twice as short as leafstalk 
2723 Stem hairy, Lvs. toothed serrate, the lower ov. obi. the upper ovate, Pedunc. axillary 1-fl. Caps, inflated 
2724 Stem erect. Leaves cordate obsoletely toothed stalked. Corymb terminal 
2725 Smooth erect. Stem 3-cornered, Leaves ovate round repand, Pedunc. longer than leaves 
2726 Stem erect. Lower leaves obovate toothletted, upper lanceolate serrate. Raceme terminal 1-sided 
2727 Quite smooth, Lvs. broad lane. serr. Spike many-flowered 1-sided, Sepals entire. Lower petals ov. acute 
2728 Radical leaves ovate. Scapes capillary 
2729 Stem prostrate. Leaves lanceolate oval-crenate. Stem branched. Peduncles solitary 1-flowered very long 
2730 Radical leaves spatulate repand, Cauline setaceous. Stems simple 1-flowered erect 
2731 Leaves somewhat stalked lanceolate oblong toothed. Stems decumbent. Peduncles elongated 
2732 Stem spreading, Lvs. toothed, lower ellipt. stalked, upper sess. narrow lane. Pedunc. longer than leaves 
2733 Stems prostrate filiform. Leaves stalked oblong toothed 
2734 Stems spreading, Lower leaves oblong toothed pubescent subsessile. Upper lip of cor. reflexed 
2735 Leaves ovate lanceolate deeply toothed. Peduncles axillary 2 or 3 times as long as leaves 
2736 Stems angular prostrate and leaves lanceolate toothed hairy. Peduncles axillary 1-flowered 
27.37 Stems procumbent. Leaves lanceolate serrated. Flowers sessile spiked 
2738 Shrubby hairy prostrate. Leaves ovate toothed. Flowers lateral with very long stalks 2 or 3-flowered 
and Miscellaneous Particulars, 
fulgens is given by J. B. Van Mons, and W. Hedges, iji the Hort. Trans. Both confess that very little art is 
required. Hedges, to procure strong flower stalks, keeps the plants in pots, shifts very frequently from a 
smaller to a larger size, places them first in cucumber frames, and when they begin to flower in a stove. The 
pots in which they are allowed to flower are nine inches in diameter, and, in order to supply abundant mois- 
ture, pans are placed under the pots constantly filled with water. The soil used is equal parts of loam and 
leaf-mould, with a third of the whole of sand. They begin to flower in July, and continue flowering through 
the autumn. One plant so treated produced a flower-stalk which measured six inches in circumference at the 
base ; the height of the centre spike of flowers was five feet and a half ; the shoots from the bottom and sides 
of the main stem were in number seventeen, and rising four and a half feet. 
L. splendens and cardinalis may either be treated as above, or as a tender border, or as frame plants. Van 
Mons observes, that L. cardinalis perishes in sandy soil, but becomes strong and multiplies in loam, while, at 
the same time, it produces the most brilliant colors in the former. The same thing may doubtless be pre- 
dicted of the other species ; it being a well known law of nature as to living beings, that their energies are 
concentrated in proportion to the obstacles thrown in the way of their expansion. 
L. siphilitica has its specific name from its supposed efficacy in the cure of siphiiis, among the North 
American Indians. Sir William Johnston purchased the secret from them, but Woodville says, its virtues 
have not been confirmed by any instances of European practice. 
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