OLDENLAN'DIA DEPPEA'NA 
DEPPE’S OLDENLANDIA. 
OR 
Natural division 
to which 
this Plant belongs. 
NATURAL ORDER. CINCHONACE^, 
CALYCIFLOR.E, 
OF 
DECANDOLLE. 
Artificial divisions 
to which 
this Plant belongs. 
OCTANDRIA, 
MONOGYNIA, 
OF LINNEUS. 
No. 249. 
GENUS. Oldenlandia. Linnmus. Calycis tubus subglobosus dentes 
4 per anthesin subapproximati in fructu persistentes sinu latissimo separati 
distantes. Corolla breve tubulosa limbo 4-fido, fauce villosa aut glabra. 
Stamina breve exserta, antlieris ovatis aut orbiculatis. Stigma indivisum aut 
bifidum. Capsula subglobosa laciniis calycinis distantibus parvis coronata 
bilocularis vertice loeulicida rima dehiscens. Semina innumera minima pla¬ 
centae subglobosae adfixa et quasi semi immersa stirpes alsinoides herbaceae 
rarissime fruticulosae. Folia opposita, mediante stipula iis utrinque subad¬ 
nexa. Pedunclli axillares aut terminates, uni-bi aut multiflori s^pius, elongati 
gracilis. Decandolle. Prodr. vol. 4, page 424. 
SPECIES. Oldenlandia Deppeana {Chamisso et Sen lech ten dahl) fruti- 
culosa ramosissimo erecta glabra, foliis petiolatis ovato lanceolatis in pttiolum 
attenuatis acuminatissimis firmis ad marginem subrevolutis scabris, stipulis 
albidis glanduloso-pubeseentibus setoso-laciniatis setis apice in crassato-glandu- 
losis, floribus in apicibus laxe paniculatis. 
Character of the Genus, Oldenlandia. Tube of the 
Calyx rather globose, teeth four and somewhat approximating when 
in flower, persistent, distantly separated by a very wide space. 
Corolla shortly tubulose, limb divided into four parts, having the 
throat villous or smooth. Anthers scarcely protruding, either ovate 
or orbicular. Stigma entire, or bifid. Capsule subglobose, crowned 
with the small distant divisions of the calyx, two-celled, dehiscing at 
the top by a loculicidal chink. Seeds very numerous, small, adfixed 
to subglobose placentas, and as if half immersed. Plants resembling 
Chickweed, mostly herbaceous, very rarely shrubby. Leaves opposite, 
having the stipules somewhat joined to them on both sides in the 
middle. Peduncles axillary or terminal, one, two, or many-flowered, 
oftentimes slenderly elongated. 
Description of the Species, Oldenlandia Deppeana. Stem 
shrubby, round, erect, from a foot to eighteen inches high, much 
branched, smooth. Leaves petiolate, ovate, lanceolate, acuminate. 
SUP. 60, 
