RHAMNEiE. XXV. Soulaxgia. XXVI. Gouania. 



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tlie upper leaves, the \vhole forming a kind of umbel. 



1?. G. 



lanceolate, acute, Loary beneath ; racemes axillary and terminal. 



Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Phylica reclinata, Wendl. T? . ^. S. Native of Guiana. Flowers greenish-yellow. 



coll. 2. p. 49. t. 5G. Flowers white. 



Reclinate-leeiveiSoulansm. Fl. May, Jul. Clt. 1823. Sh. 3 ft. 



Hoary Gouania. Shrub cl. 



5 G. pujBE'scENs(Lam. ill. t. 845. f. 1. ex Poir. suppl. 2. p. 



9 S.? arborea; leaves ovate-lanceolate, crowded, veinless, 820.) leaves ovate, crenated, rather pubescent ; racemes simple, 



I?. G. 



downy beneath, bearded at the apex ; heads of flowers axillary. 



Native of the island of Tristan d'Acunha. Phylica 

 arborea. Pet. Thouars. fl. trist. d'acun, j). 45. Carm. fl, in Lin. 

 trans, p. 23. Trunk covered with a grey bark. Leaves half 

 an inch long. Flowers white. 



Tree Soulangia. Clt. 1817. Tree 12 feet. 



10 S. ORiENTA^Lis; Icavcs ovate-lanceolate, smooth above 



terminal, disposed in a panicle, lower racemes axillary. Tj 

 Native of St. Domingo. Flowers greenish-yellow. 



P 



(Poir. 1. c.) leaves almost smooth ; 



but clothed with hoary down beneath ; flowers in racemose pa- 

 nicles. T? . G. Native of? Phylica orientalis, Lois. herb, 

 amat. t. 283. Flowers white. 



branches tendrilled at the apex ; racemes lateral. ^ . v^. S. 

 Native of Martinique. Probably a proper species. 



Pubescent Gouania. Shrub erect. 



G G. ? panicula'ta (Spreng. new. entd. 3. p. 49.) leaves 

 ovate, coarsely toothed, smooth ; racemes panicled, axillary, and 

 terminal. 1^ . S. Native of St. Domingo. This and the pre- 

 ceding species are erect and destitute of tendrils, therefore it is 



Eastern Soulangia. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1820. Shrub 4 ft. doubtful whether they belong to Gouania or not. 

 11 S. ? Dioi'cA ; leaves cordate; flowers dioecious; scales 



of calyx hairy. Tj. G, Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 



Allied to S, huxifolia and cordata* Phylica dioica> Lin. mant. 

 342. 



Dioecious Soulangia. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1817. Shrub 6 ft. 

 Cult. See Trichocephalus for culture and propagation, p. 40. 



. S. Native of St, Do- 



XXVL GOUA^NIA (in honour of Anthony Gouan, once 

 Professor of Botany at Montpeher, author of Hortus Monspe- 

 liensis, &c.). Jacq. amer. 264. Lin. gen. no. 1167. Lam. ill. 

 t. 845. D. C. prod, 2. p. 38. Brogn. mem. rhamn. p. 71. — 

 Retinaria, Gsert. fruct. 2. p. 187. t. 120. f. 4. 



LiN. sYSTt Pentandria^ Monogynia. Calyx with an adhering 

 tube and a somewhat spreading, 5-cleft limb (f. 7. A. a.). 

 Petals convolute (f. 7. A. h.) or cucullate (f. 7. A./.). Stamens 

 enclosed (f. 7. A. A.). Anthers ovate, 2-celled (f. 7. A. k.). 



Panicled Gouania. Shrub erect. 



7 G. crena'ta (Lam. diet. 3. p. 5.) leaves ovate, crenated, 

 rather villous, on short petioles ; tendrils terminal and axillary. 

 T; . ^. S. Native of South America. Leaves 4 inches long and 

 2 broad. Flowers greenish-yellow. 



Var. fi, cordifolia (D. C. prod. 2. p. 3 

 base, coarsely dentate-crenated. T2 . ^ 



mingo. 



CrenaYe-lcavcd Gouania. Shrub cl. 



8 G. tomentosa (Jacq. amer. 263.) leaves roundish-ovate, 

 acuminated, bluntly serrated, downy beneath ; racemes terminal 

 and axillary; fruit 3-winged. ^2 . ^. S. Native of the Ca- 

 ribbee islands. Ga^rt. fruct. 3. t. 183. f. 1. Fruit with rounded 

 thin wings. Flowers greenish-yellow. 



Downy Gouania. Clt. 1823. Shrub cl. 



9 G. stipularis (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. D. C. 

 prod. 2. p. 39.) leaves ovate, smoothish, serrated, acuminated, 

 somewhat cordate at the base ; stipulas large, half-sagittate ; 



-.K,.. v,^,»^i,^ua \^i. /. rx. t;.;, peiuaguucii ui s^LciiaLc v,i. t - ^^* i-.;- somewhat cordate at the base; stipulas large, naii-sagiuaie ; 

 ^vary adnate to the tube of the calyx (f. 7. A. e.), 3-celled. f^^^jt S-wmaeA. b . ^. S. Native of Mexico. Stipulas truly 



Style trifid. 



(f 



sessile. — Usually climbing shrubs, wdth the branchlets often 

 naked from abortion and tendrilled. Leaves alternate, feather- 

 nerved, lower nerves largest and arched, somewhat triple-nerved, 

 toothed, rather pubescent, stipulate at the base. Flowers usually 

 polygamous from abortion, disposed in glomerated spikes on the 

 naked branchlets, rarely in the axillae of the bractea-like leaves, 

 as in G. smilacma. 



American species. Disk starry ; flowers hermaphrodite. 



1 G. iXTEGRiFOLiA (Lam. diet. 3. p. 5.) leaves quite entire, 

 oval, smoothish, membranous. ^ . ^. S. Native of? Branchlets 

 and petioles pubescent. Flowers greenish-white. There are 

 two varieties of this plant, the one with acute, the other w ith 

 obtuse leaves. 



Entire.leaved GoMd^xim. Clt. 1800. Shrub cl. 



2 G. Dominge'nsis (Lin. spec. ed. 2. p. 1663.) leavers ovate, 

 acuminated, smoothish, serrated. T? . ^- S. Native of St. Do- 

 niingo, Jamaica, and Guadaloupe. G. glabra, Jacq. amer. t. 179. 

 *-40. Banisteria lupuloides, Lin. spec. ed. 1. p. 427.— Pluk. 

 aini. 1. 162. f. 3. and t. 201. f. 4. Fruit 3^winged. Flowers 

 greenish-yellow ? 



St. Domingo Gouania. Clt. 1739. Shrub cl. 



distinct. Flowers greenish-yellow ? 

 Large-stipided Gouania. Shrub cl. 



10 G. CYCLOCA^RrA (Smith in Rees' cycl. no. 3.) leaves el- 

 liptical-oblong, acute, obsolctely serrated ; younger ones silky 

 and rusty, adult ones naked •, fruit with narrow orbicular wings. 



Tj . ^. S. Native of the West Indies ? 

 Circle-fruited Gouania. Shrub cl. 



11 G. A'rxEiiA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 39.) leaves ovate, acutish, 

 somewhat cordate at the base, coarsely serrate-toothed, and are 

 as well as the branches covered with soft villi. ^ . v^. S. Na- 

 tive of South America. Tendrils on the tops of the branchlets 

 as well as along the peduncles. 



JVinfiless-frnited Gouania. Shrub cl. 

 * Brasiliana (natives of Brazil). 



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Disk 

 of the 



calyx. Flowers umbellate 

 leaves, sometimes terminal. 



12 G. sMiLACiNA (Smith, in Rees' cycl. 10. no. 8.) leaves 

 cordate, acute, minutely serrated, sometimes pilose ; stipulas 

 awl-shaped; peduncles umbellate, hardly the length of the 

 leaves. b . . .. S. Native of Brazil. Branches flexuous. 



Leaves small. Flowers yellowish. 





(Rich 



St . ' !'^"°^"» nerved, crenate, emarginate; brandies and rachis 

 nated. ^ . ^. S. Native of Guiana, in woods. G. Dorain- 



g nsis, Aubl. guian. 2. p. 934. Flowers greenish-yellow. 

 ^trtated-stemmed Gouania. Shrub cl. 

 * ^- cane'scens (Rich, ex Poir. suppl. 2. p. 820.) leaves oval- 



Sm'ilax-like Gouania. Slirub cl. 



13 G. coRYLiFOLiA (Raddi. mem. pi. bras. add. p. IG.) leaves 

 roundish or somewhat ovate-cordate, with glandular toothlcts, 

 pubescent beneath ; racemes axillary and terminal, very long. 



. S. Native of Brazil, on Mount Cercovado, near Rio 



Janeiro. Capsides 3-winged, netted. Flowers yellowish ? 

 Hazel-leaved Gouania. Shrub cl. 

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