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CELASTRINEiE. XIX. Skimmia. XX. Lepta. XXI. Perrottetia. XXII. Dulongia. BREXIACE^, &c. 



Canadian Nemopanthes. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1802. ShruTj free, inserted with the petals. Anthers 2-celled, didymous. 



3 feet. 



3 m 



Ovary inferior, 2-celled, having G ova in one cell, and 

 Cult. See hardy species of Prinos for cultvire and propa- the other. Disk orbicular, rather convex. Stigmas 2, sessile, 



gation 



XIX. SKrMMIA (from mijama-sJcimm?, the name of the seeded, tuberculated. 

 plant in Japan). Thunb. fl. jap. 62. nov. gen. 57. D. C. prod. p]e, exstipulate leaves. 

 2. p. 18. 



acutish. Fruit globose, baccate, pea-formed, crowned by the 

 permanent calyx, petals and stamens half-2-celled ; cells 2-3- 



' " An unarmed shrub, with alternate, sira- 



Peduncles rising from the middle nerve 



Lix. SYST. Tetrdndria, Monogynia. Calyx small, permanent, white. 



of the leaf, branched, many-flowered. Flowers stalked, minute, 



4:-parted. Petals 4, concave. Stamens 4, very short. Ovary 

 free ? Style 1. Berry ovate, umbilicate, obsoletely 4-furrowed, 

 somewhat 4-valved, containing mealy pulp inside. Seeds 4, 

 somewhat trigonal, oblong. Perhaps an I lex or EnonymuSy or 

 probably allied to Rhdmnus. 



1 S. Japonica (Thunb. 1. c.) Tj • ^' Native of Japan. 

 Leaves alternate, somewhat crowded in whorles, oblong, wavy, 

 evergreen. Flowers panicled. Koempf. t. 5. Tlex Skimmia, 

 Spreng, syst. 1. p. 495. 



Japan Skimmia, Tree 20 feet? 



Cult. See Cassine for culture and propagation, p. 13. 



XX. LE'PTA (from XeTrroc, leptos^ minute ; flowers minute). 

 Lour. fl. coch. p. 82. D. C. prod. 2. p. 18. 



LlN. SYST. 



1 D. acumina^ta (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer, 7- p. 78. 

 t. 626.) T2 • S, Native of South America, near Popayan. 

 Phyllonoma ruscifolia, Willd. in Roem. et Schult. syst. 6. p. 210. 



Jcuminated-lea.yed Dulongia. Shrub 6 feet. 



CtdL See last genus for culture and propagation. 



Order LXV. BREXIA'CE^ (the order only contains the 

 genus Brexia). Lindl. introd. nat. syst. p. 112. 



Calyx inferior, small, permanent, 5-parted, imbricate in aesti- 

 vation. Petals hypogynous, also imbricate in aestivation. 'Sta- 

 mens 5, hypogynous, alternating with the petals, arising from a 

 narrow cup, which is toothed between each stamen ; anthers 



Mono 



spreading. Petals 4, somewhat triangular, furrowed, inflexed. 

 Stamens 4, inserted in the angles of the receptacle ; filaments 



roundish. 



Calyx small, 4-parted, oval, innate, 2-celled, bursting lengthwise. Style one, conti- 



awUshaped. 

 blunt. 



Ovary 



Berry 4-lobed ; lobes 



Style 

 1 -seeded. 



almost 



A 



none. Stigma 

 much branched 



nuous, crowned by a simple stigma. Fruit drupaceous, 5- 

 celled, many seeded. Seeds attached to the axis, without albu- 



men. Embryo with ovate, obtuse cotyledons, and a cylindrical 



Native of Cochin- 



shrub, with ternate, lanceolate, quite entire leaves, and axillary centripetal radicle. — Trees, with nearly simple stems. Leaves 

 compound racemes of small white flowers. This is a species of alternate, simple, without dots, and furnished with minute deci- 

 Skimmia according to Juss., Ilex of Spreng., Vitis of Smith, and duous stipulas. Flowers green, in axillary umbels, surrounded 



bybracteas on the outside. This order differs from Celastrinec^ 

 in the hypogynous insertion of the stamens, and in the numerous 

 seeds. It agrees with Pittospbrece in the insertion and definite 

 number of stamens, as well as in the fruit being many seeded ; 

 but it differs in many important characters. 



L BRE'XIA (from Ppe^ig^ brexis, rain ; the leaves afford 

 protection against rain). Pet. Th. mad- 69. — Venana, Lam. iH. 

 2. t, 99. no. 365. t. 131. diet. 8. p. 450. 



Character the same as the order. 



1 B. Madagascarie'nsis (Pet. Th. gen. mad. no. G9.) leaves 



Othera of Poir. but it is hardly known. 



1 L. tripiiy'lla (Lour. 1. c.) T2 

 china, in woods. Flex Lepta, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 496. 



Three-leaved Lepta. Shrub 10 feet. 



Cult. See Cassine for culture and propagation, p. 13. 



t 



2f 



dm 



XXL PERROTTETIA (in honour of Perrottet, a bota- 

 nical collector, who travelled in Guiana and Madagascar). H. 

 B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 7. p. 73. 



LiN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-lobed, regular. 



permanent. Petals 5, inserted under the disk, sessile, ovate, obovate or oblong, entire, while young minutely gland- toothed. 



acute, longer than the calyx, permanent, valvate in aestivation. 

 Stamens 5, inserted with the petals, and alternating with them, 

 free, permanent. Anthers roundish, kidney-shaped, 2-celled. 

 Disk orbicular, filling the bottom of the flower. Ovary superior, 

 half immersed in the disk, 2-celled, and with 2 ovula in each 

 cell. Stigma sessile, obtuse. Berry subglobose, containing 1-2 

 "wrinkled nuts. — An unarmed shrub, with alternate, simple, 

 entire, dotless leaves, with twin petiolar stipulas. Panicles axil- 

 lary, bracteate. Flowers very minute, sessile, in fascicles, dark- 

 purple. 



Tj . S. Native of Madagascar. Ker. bot. reg. 730. 



Madagascar Brexia. Fl. June. Clt. 1812. Tree 20 feet. 



2 B. spiNosA (Lindl. bot. reg. 872.) leaves lanceolate, long, 

 spiny-toothed. Ij . S. Native of Madagascar. 



Spiny Brexia. FL June. Clt. 1812. Tree 20 feet. 



3 B. chrysophy'lla (Sweet, hort. brit. p. 492.) leaves lanceo- 

 late, yellowish, entire or slightly and sparingly toothed. I2 . S. 

 Native of Madagascar. 



Golden-leaved Brexia. Clt. 1820. Tree 20 feet. 



Cult. Elegant trees, with fine foliage. They will grow 



1 P. Quindiue'nsis (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 7. p. 75. freely in a mixture of turfy loam and peat ; and cuttings with 



L# 



) yi 



Native of South America, on Mount Quindiu. their leaves not shortened strike readily in sand under a hand- 



Quindiu Perrottetia. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 

 Cult. Loam and sand is a good mixture for this shrub ; and 

 ripened cuttings will root in heat. 



XXII. DULO'NGIA (in honour of Peter Louis Dulong, a 

 learned physician, and member of the Academy of Sciences of 

 Paris). H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 7. p. 78. 



LiN. SYST. Pentdndriaj Digynia. Calyx adnate to the ovary, 

 with a free 5-toothed limb. Petals 5, inserted round the base 



glass in heat, or a leaf torn off with a bud attached will grow. 



Order LXVL ILICI' NE^ (plants agreeing with flex in im- 

 portant characters), Brogn. mem. Rhamnese, p. 16. 



Calyx of 4-5 sepals, imbricate in aestivation. Corolla sub- 

 monopetalous (f. 3. a.\ deeply divided, imbricate in aestiva- 



). Stamens alternating 



(f. 



of the disk, sessile, ovate, valvate in aestivation. Stamens 5, the corolla (f. 3. 



) 



filaments erect.^ Anthers 2-celled; 



