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HEÍMIA salicifolia.
Willow-leaved Heimia.
Natural Order. L y t h e a r i e æ . DC.prodr.3. p .l5 .
Tribus I . S A L J C A R I E Æ . Calycis lobi per oestivationem plus lui-
nùs distantes aut subvalvati. P e ta la plurima, calycibus lobis alterna
et ad eorum divisiones apice tubi inserta, interdùm nulla. Stamma de-
missiùs tubo inserta. Semina aptera.—Frútices aut herbæ. DL.prodr.
^ H e Tm IA . Calyx basi bibracteolatus, hemisphærico-campanulatus,
lobis 6 erectis, sinubusG alternis patentibus corniformibus. Petala 6
lobis erectis calycinis alterna. Stamina 12 subæqualia. Ovanum sessile
globosum 4-loculare. Capsula calyce obtecta. Semina minuta áptera.—
Prutices Americani glabri. Pedunculi uniflori calyce breviores.
Flores fla v i. DC. prodr. 3. p. 89.
FL. salicifolia, foliis oppositis aut raro ternis: summis saipfe alternis
brevissime petiolatis lanceolatis acutis basi angustatis, petalis ro-
Hrimia salicifolia. Link enum. pl. hort. her. 2. p. 3. Link et Otto abb.
her. 63. t. 28. B C . prodr. 3. p. 89.
Nesteasalicifolia. Humb.Benpl.etKth.nov.pl.gen.etspec f i n f i u m
6. p. 192. K th . synops. 3. p. 452. Spreng. syst. 2. p. 455. S ivt.hm t.
brit. p. 151.
A handsome small bushy S h ru b : branches spreading,
angular, smooth. Leaves generally opposite sometimes
on strong shoots in threes, and on soine of the branches
mostly alternate, scarcely petiolate,
entire, attenuated to the hase, smooth on both sides
Flowers yellow, axillary, on very short p e ^ n c le s th a t
are shorter than the calyx. Calyx smooth ^i^h t ^
small bractes a t the base, one on each side, h fn isp h e ri-
cally campanulate, striated, terminated with 6 erect
shafp-pointed lobes, the sinuses between the lobes acute,
and snreading o ut lik e horns, abo ut th e len g th o f th e u p -
rig h tlo b e s , and lik e th em s h a rp -p o in ted . Peiflfo 6 , b ro ad ly
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