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HOMALINE^. III. AzARA. IV. Pineda. V. Blackwellia. 





tose beneath ; corymbs sessile, few-flowered ; stipulas leafy, un- Lin. syst. Dodecdndria, Pentagynla. 



equal, one of which is large, and the other small. h.G. Na- tube, adhering to the ovary more or les 



tive of Chili, in groves about Conception, where it is called 



Corcolen. 



ToothedAeaved Azara. 



Shrub 12 feet. 



Fl, June, Sept. 



2 A. serra'ta (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. et chil. syst. 1. p. 137. 

 t. 36. fl. ner. 5. t. 465. f. b.) leaves oblonfr, serrated. 



tube, adhering to the ovary more or less; limb 10-30-parted 

 with the lobes in pairs, the inner ones smallest, outer ones 

 larger, bearing glands at their base, but rarely in the middle. 

 Stamens rising from the tube of the calyx, alternating with the 

 glands, and therefore opposite the petals. Ovary conical above. 

 Styles 3-5, Capsule 1 -celled, many-seeded. Seeds fixed to 



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gen. t. db. n. per. 5. t. 46o. t. b.) leaves oblong, serrated, Styles 3-5. Capsule 1-celled, many-seeded. Seeds fixed to 

 smooth ; corymbs stalked, many-flowered. T2 . G. Native with the parietes.— Small trees, with ovate-toothed leaves, and sinirie 



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the first. Stipulas leafy, one much longer than the other. 

 Scrrate-lesiyed Azara. Shrub 12 feet. 



Sect. II. Alme'ja (a w^ord of no meaning). D. Don, in 

 edinb. new phil. journ. Jan. 1831. Perianth with a connivent 

 4-cleft limb, furnislied with scales on the inside, valvate in 



aestivation. Stamens definite, all fertile, disposed in fascicles P^^^^^es terminal. Tj 



or panicled racemes of flowers, which are probably all whitish. 



Racemes panicled. 



1 B. iNTEGRiFOLiA (Lam. diet. 1. p. 428. ill. t. 412. f. 2.) 

 leaves ovate, blunt, smooth, for the most part quite entire; 



. S. Native of the Mauritius. Flowers 



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opposite the lobes of the perianth. 



3 A. iNTEGRiFOLiA (Ruiz ct Pav. syst. fl. per. et chil. 1. p. 

 138. fl. per. 5. t. 466. f. a.) leaves obovate or oblong, entire, 

 smooth; stipulas equal, permanent; flowers spiked. '^. G. 

 Native with the others, where it is also called Corcolen. 



Entire-Icaved Azara. Fl. June, Aug. Shrub 12 feet. 



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+ A doubtful species. 



dodecandrous. 



-Ew^/Ve-^eare^ Blackwellia. Clt. 1823. Tree. 



2 B. PANicuLA TA (Lam. diet. 1. p. 428.) leaves ovate-round 

 ish, toothed, smooth ; panicles terminal ; flowers decandrous, 



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Native of the island of Bourbon, where it is called Bm 



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a ecorce blanche from its white bark. Vermontea decandra, 

 Comm. ined. ex Steud. nom. p. 111. Flowers w^hite. 



Pa?i2c/^rf-flowered Blackwellia. Clt. 1820. Tree. 



3 B. GLAu'cA (Vent, choix. t. 55.) leaves ovate- oblong, obtuse,*' 



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Jan. 1831.) leaves roundish-oval, subserrulated, smooth; sti- ^ ^^^^ toothed, smooth, glaucous ; racemes axillary, panicled; 



puias small, equal ; flowers axillary, m fascicled panicles, h . G. 

 Native of Chili. 



CelastruS'Uke Azara. Shrub 10 feet. 



Cult. See end of order for culture and propagation. 



IV. PINE^DA (in honour of Anthony Pinedo, a Spanish 



flowers with 7-8 anthers, and 5 styles. 

 Mauritius. Flowers white. 



^ . S. Native of the 



Glaucous Blackwellia. Clt. 1824. Shrub. 



4 B. Nipaule'nsis (D. C. prod. 2. p. 54.) leaves oval, acu- 

 minated, serrate-toothed, smooth; racemes axillary, panicled; 

 flowers 6-7-anthered. T2 . G. Native of Nipaul. Branches 



naturalist, who went round the world with Malespine ; he died ^^^^*^' g^^y marked with lenticular, linear-oblong, white glands. 

 on the voyage in 1762). Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. prod, 76. t. 14. Stipulas deciduous. Leaves 3 inches long, and an inch and a 



syst. 1. p. 133. D. C. prod. 2. p. 54. 



Lin. syst. Polydndria, Tctragynia. Perianth 8-10-parted, 

 permanent with the segments, disposed in a double order, im- 

 bricate in aestivation, outer ones largest. Petals wanting. Throat 

 of perianth furnished with an elevated densely pilose rin^r. 



half broad. Racemes branched, many- flowered, a little shorter 

 than the leaves. Flowers small, white. 

 Nipaul Blackwellia. Shrub. 



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Leaves 



^ ^.^,^.^v. .tv,x,ov.^ P11V.OC 1111-. i^inated, toothed, smooth, shining; racemes axillary, panicled; 



Stamens very numerous, disposed in a multiple order, inserted ^^^'^^^ pentandrous ; glands in the middle of the lobes of the 

 in the throat of the perianth; filaments capillary, smooth ; an- 

 thers roundish, 2-celled, bursting outwards lengthwise. Styles 



3-4-5, joined in one, crowned by as many pruinose stigmas. Cherry-leaved Blackwellia. Tree. 



Capsule or berry free, crustaceous, valveless, 



calyx ; ovary free. Tj . S. Native of Mad ^ 

 like those of the common laurel. Flowers white. 



opening by 

 fissure under the styles. Placentas 4, rarely 3 or 5, narrow, 

 parietal, with lateral branches, alternating with the stio-mas. 

 Seeds few at maturity from abortion, pedicellate, roundish-ob- 

 ovate, depressed at the apex, arillate, having a double covering 



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-formed 





6 B. AXILLA Ris (Lam. diet. 1. p. 428. ill. t. 412. f. 1.) leaves 

 ovate, a little crenated, smooth ; spikes axillary, long, simp'f' 



nodding. 



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Native of Madagascar. Flowers white. 



corymbose. Peduncles filiform, 1 -flowered, tomentose. Pe- 

 rianth tomentose. Stamens yellow. 



w.th a little hole at the base perforated even to the embryo. A xillary-r acemed Blackwellia. Clt. 1824. Tree. 



Albumen fleshy, white. Embryo straight, with kidney-shaped, 7 B. tomentosa (Vent, choix. t. 57.) leaves cuneiformly-ob' 



flat cotyledons and a terete, thick obtuse radicle.-An erect, ovate, toothed, downy beneath; spikes axillary and terminal, 

 branched shrub, with scattered, stalked, elhptic-oblong, or ob- erect, very long, and simple; flowers 5-6-anthered. Tj. S. 

 ovate, emargmate, tomentose leaves, rather serrated at the apex. Native of Java. Flowers white 

 Stipulas 2, small, awl-shaped. Flowers numerous, terminal, Z)orr«2/-^eaved Blackwellia. Tree. 



8 B. spira'lis (Wall, in asiat. resear. vol. 13.) leaves obovate, 

 with glandular teeth, rather pubescent beneath ; spikes axilla^' 

 very long, nodding ; flowers usually pentandrous. ^2 ■ S. ^^' 

 tive of Pegu, in the East Indies. Leaves almost sessile, cuneated 

 at the base, 6-8 inches long, 2-3 broad, with distant blunt ser- 

 ratures. Spikes longer than the leaves, slender, simple, pf^' 

 haps nodding when fresh, but they are erect in the specimen- 

 Flowers white. 



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coriaceous ; sptf^ 



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1 P. iNCA^NA (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 1. c.) 



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Native of 



Peru, among stones, where it is called Lloqui. Leaves oblon^- 

 obovate and lanceolate, serrated at the top. Homalium incanum 

 Pers. eneh. 2. p. 82, A twiggy shrub. 



Hoary Pineda. Shrub 12 feet. 



Cult. See end of order for culture and propagation. 



V. BLACKWEXLIA (in honour of Elizabeth Blackwell, an more coarsel v VrZ ;. Ti *^* T 



.«i;oU ...;... oi.. «„ui;.l^^ ;,. i7q^ . .^n...: c ,i__ ./_ , ^ coarsely crenate-serrated, smooth, 



English artist; she published in 1735 a collection of drawings, 

 entitled Curious Herbal). Comm. mss. Juss. gen. p 

 Lam. ill. t. 412. but not of Gsert. D. C. prod. 2. p. 54. 



343. 



almost 3 times longer than the leaves. ^2 . S. Perhaps anotnet 



species 



Sfiral Blackwellia. Clt. 1820. Tree 20 feet. 



