stinging. rarely opposite. consisting of solitary. 5

Loasaceae
by
A.L
.
Stoffers
(Botanisch Laboratorium, Nijmegen)
Herbs
or
bricate. Petals
inferior,
1-
the top
and
size.
About
genus
250
twining
5-merous,
outer
filiform,
50
often
more
3—5
mainly
in
white
wanting.
or
stigma
one
Ovary
pointed
ovule
Seeds various
or
tropical and subtropical
or
attached
1—3-celled, opening
straight
or
im-
persistent,
epipetalous clusters,
only
or
capsule,
a
by
in form
curved.
America; only
one
Spec.
and
at
or
petaloid.
longitudinal
Fruit
tropical and subtropical
Ovary
copious
1-celled;
striae.
sometimes
or
Petals
numerous,
club-shaped,
or
flattened,
solitary.
club-shaped.
stigmatic
cylindric
angular,
rarely
or
flowers
the base, deciduous. Stamens
becoming
many,
alternate
the
or
Receptacle cylindric
indistinct
Seeds
Leaves
terminal cymes
parietal placentas.
style
Ovules
opening
winged,
scanty.
America.
L.
Plant.
4: 428.
white.
stinging.
not
of
connate
less
1753
Embryo straight. Endosperm
in
aspera
516.
hairs
sterile
or
valves.
rough.
species
Ant.
70.
or
on
or
LINNAEUS,
2;
placentas
Fruit
in
petals
2—3-cleft;
or
wanting. Embryo
or
the
or
apical
Mentzelia
Isl.
the
longitudinal dehiscence.
consisting
yellow
ones
3-—7
Symb.
entire
parietal
Plant.
the bud, free
with
numerous,
About
herbs;
Inflorescence
convolute in
smooth
with
genera,
Linnaeus, Spec.
or
Flowers
by
3 —7
present
15
style
(or 4—7),
numerous,
with
alternating
5
Flowers
wanting.
yellow, rarely
cymes,
Sepals
hairs. Leaves
stinging
or
Stipules
Africa.
in
opposite.
the
in
species
or
apex
in
or
Stamens
sepals.
anatropous.
ovary,
the
Endosperm
Mentzelia
Erect
at
on
many,
pinnatifid.
the leaves.
2—3) celled;
(or
of the
3 —7 valves
the
as
many
Staminodes
Ovules
capitate.
at
as
hooked, viscid,
or
solitary
often opposite
2—5.
rarely
or
lobed,
actinomorphic,
peduncles
with
provided
entire,
opposite,
hermaphrodite,
red;
often
shrubs,
or
alternate
516.
1753; GRISEBACH,
1910; BOLDINGH,
1914; URBAN,
Symb.
Ant.
Fl. Ned.
8:
457.
Fl.
Br.
W.
Ind.
1920;
W.
Ind.
Eil.
BRITTON
294.
&
Isl.
298.
1913;
WILSON,
1860; URBAN,
Fl.
Sci.
D.
W.
Surv.
Ind.
Porto
67
Rico
&
Isl.
Virgin
A
branched,
up
5
to
deeply
both
Petals
3-lobed,
sides.
or
the
with barbed hairs.
the
mm
0.5
1
to
at
X 6
base,
95.
about
sessile,
outer
about
Style
up
to
2
petiole
serrate
with
hairs
mm
long.
6
filaments
flattened,
mm
long.
long,
cm
or
of the
top
fertile;
ones
4
striate,
or
rough
cm,
20 —30, all
the
filiform,
long.
mm
terete
and the
apex
linear-lanceolate,
long. Stamens
ones
fig.
petiolate;
lanceolate,
to
the
9
to
up
stems
alternate,
ovate
or
base,
247,
Jamaica 5(3):
high;
m
Leaves
4—5
Capsule
very
rough
6—9, wingless.
Continental tropical America, Greater Antilles, and
Common
FL.
1964.
acuminate
Sepals
towards the
Seeds
up
151.
hairs.
or
at
inner
introrse,
narrowing
cylindrical,
acute
yellow.
the
petals,
RENDLE,
triangular-ovate
subtruncate
Flowers
anthers
long;
herb,
with
mucronate, about 8
oval,
united with
mm
semi
narrowed
lobes,
on
blade
&
1954; Zakflora
annual
long;
to
FAWCETT
1924;
147.
covered
densely
cm
cut
607.
pubescent,
and
slender
5:
Zakflora
1926; ARNOLDO,
the
islands off the Venezuelan coast.
weed.
Vernacular
names;
Amor
dal
falsu,
mora,
pega,
pega
pechi pechi,
pega,
pega
saya
shimaron (Leeward Group).
ARUBA:
Miralamar (Stoffers
1533, fl.
(Staffers
&
Feb.); along roads
(Stoffers
Pretoe
1923,
fl.
(Stoffers
fr.
fr.
Jan.);
1663, fl.
&
hofje
of
Seroe
Savonet
(Britton
st.
68
Christoffel
Knip (Roldingh
(Roldingh
5432,
fib.
(Boldingh
&
Nov.);
fr.
&
Feb.);
Nov.);
north-east of
fl.
road
loc.
fl.
Noord
near
(Stoffers 2144, fl.
&
fr.
Feb.);
&
1869, fl.
fr.
Jan.);
Jamanota (Stoffers
&
fr.
Nicolas
San
Seroe
1646,
fl.
fl. Dec.).
(Stoffers
5542,
2061,
Largo (Stoffers
Jan.);
along the
Jan.); Oranjestad
st.
1202,
Nov.;
calcareous
fl.
Dec.;
5538, fl.
hills
Arnoldo
Nov.);
north of
March);
(Boldingh
road
4802,
near
fib.;
road
Van
from
Anthonieberg
Aschenberg
1834,
hofje
4957, fl. Nov.); Gasparito (Lens 840, fl. Jan.);
Shafer 2914,
without
fr.
Seroe
fr.
Jan.); Companashi (Arnoldo 87,
CURASAO:
fl.
Oranjestad (Stoffers
near
&
2210,
Jan.; 1570,
s.n.,
fl.
Westpunt
near
to
Willemstad
(Boldingh
fl.).
Feb.);
Engelen
5140,