LOAS'A NIT'IDA. 
SHINING LOASA.. 
Class. 
SYNGENESIA, 
Natural Order. 
LOASACEiE. 
Order 
iEQUALIS. 
Native of 
Heijrht. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
Chile. 
2 feet. 
June, Sept. 
Annual. 
1 in 1822. 
No. 702. 
Loasa is a name adopted after a Spanish botanist. 
Notwithstanding the inconvenience attending 
most of the plants of this genus, from their stinging 
qualities; the singularity of their flowers, and their 
gay appearance, when trained to a trellis or other 
support, has been a passport for them into most 
gardens, particularly those of botanical and curious 
cultivators. The introduction of Caiophora late- 
ritia, sometimes called Loasa lateritia, a plant of 
very free growth, has probably increased the atten- 
tion of botanists to this curious family. 
The virulence of Loasa acanthifolia has been 
noticed under No. 252; the present species may 
be said to be true to the character of its family, in 
its stinging propensities, still it is less pungent than 
that species; but it should be tied up with the use 
of a glove, to prevent the chance of inconvenience. 
Although this plant may not be one which the 
florist would seek annually to place in his garden, 
yet he would desire to be acquainted with such, and 
to witness their growth occasionally. Its curious 
flowers will amply repay the trouble of culture, 
which is merely that of a common annual. 
