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GUATTERIA rufa. 
Brown-leaved Gualteria. 
— A — 
POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA. 
Nat, ord. ANONACER. 
GUATTERIA, R. et P.— Calyx 3-partitus, lobis ovatis subcordatis 
obtusis. Petala 6, ovata aut obovata: anthere plurimw subsessiles: 
carpella plurima subbaccata sicca coriacea ovata v. subglobosa stipitata mo- 
nosperma.— Arbores aut frutices; rami expansi, teretes ; folia breviter petio- 
lata, integerrima ; pedunculi axillares s. oppositifolii, solitarii, bini ternive, 
uni-aut rarius pauciflori. Decandolle rega. veg. syst. 1. 502. 
G. rufa, foliis ovalibus acuminatis basi cordatis subtus ramulisque rufo-to- 
mentosis, pedunculis brevissimis lateralibus v. oppositifoliis, petalis 
aqualibus, baccis stipitatis velutinis. Dec. l. c. 504. prodr. 1. 93. 
G. rufa. Dunal mon. anon. p. 129. t. 29. Lodd. bot. cab. t. 612. 
Rami teretes, juniores rufo-velutini ; folia ovalia, apice acuminata, basi 
cordata, 2-4 pollices longa, subtus tomento rufo subvelutina, supernè rufo- 
virescentia feré glabra, sed nervus longitudinalis tomentosus et superficies tota 
pilis minimis lentis ope conspicuis scabra ; pedunculi laterales aut oppositi- 
folii, brevissimi, post anthesin paulo elongati, 1-2-flori ; calyx 3-fidus, vè- 
lutinus, lobis latis brevibus: petala 6, equalia, purpurea, ovalia, vix acu- 
tiuscula, subcoriacea, intüs tenuissimà velutina, extus tomentosiuscula ; 
receptaculum post anthesin pilosum; carpella ovoidea, subbaccata, indehis- 
centia, obtusa, tenuissime velutina, stipitata, 1-locularia, l-sperma? stipite 
bacce fere longitudine. Dec. l. c. 
Of this interesting genus, of which not a single species 
was known to Linnzeus, twenty-two species are enumerated 
by Mr. De Candolle in his Prodromus. The present is a 
native of China, whence the individual from which our 
drawing was taken was sent to the Horticultural Society, 
in 1822, by Mr. John Potts. From another species (G. vir- 
gata) the lance-wood of commerce is obtained. 
This is difficult to increase, and requires the tem- 
perature of a stove. Our drawing was taken at the 
Horticultural Society's garden in July last. The plant, 
however, flowers at intervals during the greater part of the 
year. 
Branches rounded, the younger covered with rufous 
down. Leaves oval, pointed at end, cordate at base, 2-4 
inches long, underneath covered with rufous down, above 
brownish green, nearlysmooth, but the middle nerve is downy, 
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