ILICINEyE. IV. Prinos. V. Rhaptostylum.. VI. Strombosia.. VII. Leucoxylon. IlIIAMNE^E. 



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Atom-hearing Winter-berry. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. leaves distich. Leaves small, alternate, approximate, elliptic- 

 lanceolate, coriaceous, veinless, shining above but silky-pubes- 



Shrub 2 feet. 



11 P. coria'ceus (Pursh, fl. sept. amer. 1. p. 221.) leaves cent beneath as well as the branchlets. Flowers axillary, male 

 evergreen, cuneate-lanceolate, coriaceous, smooth, sliining, quite ones crowded, female ones solitary. According to Bhnne, the 



genus has the habit of Tcrcbhithacece^ but it is more nearly 

 allied. to Ehcnacecc and Ter72strcem2acece, but we think it is still 

 nearer to llic/ncce. 



1 L. BuxiFOLiUM (Blum, bijdr. lIoO,). Tp. S. Native of 



entire ; corymbs axillary, sessile, very short, many-flowered ; 



flowers 6-cleft. Tj, H. Native of Georgia in sandy woods, 



near the banks of rivers. Wats, dendr. brit. t. 27. Flowers 



white. A handsome tall shrub, with the appearance of I^lex 



Dahobn. There are two varieties of this shrub, the one with Java, in mountain woods, where it is called /vm<?rrtA'. 



broader obovate-lanceolate leaves, the other with narrower Ian- Box-leaved lje\\eoy.y\\\\w, Fl. Feb. Tree CO feet. 



ceolate acute leaves. Cult. For culture and propagation see stove species of 



Cormceo;/5-leaved Winter-berry. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. Prinos. 

 Shrub 1 feet, 



12 P. monta^'nus (Swartz, fl. ind. occ. 1. p. C22.) leaves VII. PtllAPTO'STYLUM (/5fi7rroc, r/^^/^>/o.v, sewed together, 



evergreen, ovate, serrated all around the edges, quite smooth and oruXocj sttjlosy a style; styles joined together). II. 13. et 



and shining on both surfaces ; peduncles axillary, 3-flowered. 

 ^2.8, Native of Jamaica among bushes on the mountains. 

 Flowers small, white. Berries roundish, black. 

 Moimtahi Winter-berry. Tree <30 feet« 

 13 P. siDEROXYLoiDEs (Swartz, fl. ind. occ. 1. p. G24.) leaves 



Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 7. p. 78. 



Lin. syst. Dccdndria^ Monogynia. 



Calyx 5-cleft, witli 



ovate, equal segments. Petals 5, sessile, valvate in aestivation, 

 acute, equal, longer than tl)e calyx, hypogynous. Disk wantijig. 

 Stamens 10, hypogynous, shorter than the corolla. Filaments 



roundish, obtuse, quite entire, somewhat coriaceous ; pedicels dilated at the base and subulate at the apex, adhering together 



4-8, axillary, crowded, 1 -flowered, longer than the petioles. Ip • ^• 

 Native of the Caribbee Islands. Flowers white. The wood is 

 hard. 



and with the petals at the base, smooth, opposite the petals- 

 Anthers 2-celled, bursting inwards. Ovary superior, large, co- 

 nical, 3-cclled ; ova solitary, pendulous. Stignia sessile, 3- 

 lobed. — An unarmed, smooth tree, with alternate, slender 

 Cult. The hardy kinds of Prinos arc well adapted for branches^ and alternate, entire, membranous, exstipulate leaves, 

 small shrubberies ; they will grow well in any light soil, but Flowers minute, white, in fascicles in the axils of the leaves. 



Iron-wood-like Winter-berry. Tree 20 feet. 



prefer peat, and are easily increased by laying down the shoots 



or by seeds. The stove species will grow in a mixture of loam Native of New Granada. 



1 R. acumina'tum (H. B. et Kunth 7. p. 79. t. G^l.). T2 . S. 



and peat, and ripened cuttings will root in sand under a hand- 

 glass, in a moderate heat. The seeds will not vegetate till the 

 second year. 



■f Genera allied to IlicinecB, hut differ materially in some par^ 

 ticulars from the rest of the order. 



V. STROMBO'SIA {crrpofifjoGf strombos^ a turban, a top; 

 shape of fruit). Blum, bijdr. 1154. 



Lin. syst. Pentdndria^ Monogynia. Calyx inferior, small, 

 flat, obsoletely-crenulated. Petals 5, conniving, campanulate, 



A eliminate d-\ed,\e A Rhaptostylum. Shrub 6 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see stove species of last 



genus 



MNE^ 



in important characters). R. Br. gen. rem. p. 22. "D. C. prod. 



2. p. 19. 



Brogn. mem. 



Rhamnorum, Gen. Juss. 



Calyx monosepaJous, 4-5-cleft (f. 4. B. a. D. c), with the 

 be adhering to the base of the ovary (f. G. C. rf. B./".); lobes 



villous in the throat. Stamens 5, short, opposite the petals and valvate when in the bud. Petals 4-5 (f. 4. D. a. B. c), cucullate 

 inserted in them. Anthers bursting inwards, didymous. Ovary .^ ^^ ^ j. ^^ convolute (f, G. C. c), rarely wanting, alternating 



immersed m the disk, 5-celled, cells 1 -seeded; or 3-celled, cells . , , , . c \ -i c c \ c c 1 



9 co^.7^^ c* 1 1 i. A \. K* *.' ™, „,i,;..u with the lobes of the calyx, very olten ol the torm ot a scale, 



^-seeuecl. btyie short, crowned by an obtuse stigma, which : ^ j 



is obsoletely toothed. Fruit baccate, turbinate, substipitate, all inserted in the mouth of the calyx. Stamens 4-5, opposite 

 1-seeded from abortion. — A tall tree, with alternate, oblong, acu- the petals (f. 4. B. c). Anthers 1- (f. 7. D. c.) ^-celled (f. 6. 

 minated, entire, smooth, shining leaves, and axillary fascicles of c. 6.). Ovary free, or adhering to the calyx more or less, always 



immersed in the disk when there is any, 2-3 (f. G. E.^.) rarely 



4-celled, each cell containing 1 erect seed(f. G. E.^.). Style 1-3. 



Stigmas 2-3 (f, 6. E. c). Fruit fleshy (f. 5. F. k?) indehiscent 



Cult, See stove species of Prinos for culture and propa- or dry, tricoccous (f. 6. E.g*.)- Seeds erect. Albumen fleshy, 



rarely wanting. Embryo straight, slender, about equal in length 



to the seed, with large, flat cotyledons, and a short inferior radicle. 



Trees or shrubs, with simple, alternate, rarely opposite leaves, 



usually furnished with stipulas. Flowers small, usually greenish- 



greenish flowers. 



I S. Java'nica (Blum, bijdr. 1155.). \i 

 in mountain woods. 



Java Strombosia. Tree bQ feet. 



gation 



VI. LEUCO'XYLON (from Xevicoc, leukos, white, IvXov, 



xylon, wood; wood white). Blum, bijdr. 11G9. 



Lin. syst. Polygamia^ Dicecia. Flowers polygamous from 



.W- r 1 ^^^^l^'?'"' . '"^' :, /i ;r l^^^^^'^".7^^-\""'" yeHow. This order is nearly allied to Celastrinece, but differs 



abortion. Calyx mfenor, 4-parted, with the segments obtuse f /. 1 1 t • i ... 



and imbricate. Corolla subcampanulate, 4.parted. Male flowers m the sepals or lobes of the calyx bemg valvate m aestivation, not 

 with about 12-14 stamens, which are partly hypogynous and imbricate, and in the stamens being opposite the petals, not alter- 

 partly adnate to the base of the corolla, and inclosed in it. An- nating with them, as well as in the ovary being more or less 

 thers S-celled. Female flowers with a 4-celled ovary, each cell ^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^1^^ ^^^ ^^^ distinct from it. It also comes near to 

 contammg many seeds. Style 2-parted crowned by 2 emar- ^ ^^^^^.^^^^ j^ ,he aestivation of the calyx, but is distinguished 

 ginate stigmas. Drupe corticate, 1-celled, containing 1-2 1- ^^ . , , . • *. 1 . Vi v * a • 1 

 seeded bony nuts. Embryo inverted in cartilaginous albumen. from it by the insertion of the stamens. Throughout this order 



A tall tree with spreading branches, with the branchlets and there is a remarkable agreement between the inner bark and the 



