HOMALINEiE. VI. Illigera. VII. Rhinanthera. VIII, Astrantiius. IX. Nisa. X. Myriaxtheia, &:c. 



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9 B. padiflora (Lindl.bot. reg. 1308.) leaves oval, denticu- 



IX. NPSA (meaning unknown). 



lated, smooth; flowers hexandrous and tetragynous ; racemes D. C. prod. 2. p. 55, 



Pet. Th. gen. mad. no. 81. 



erect, shorter than the leaves. ^ • G. Native of China. Calyx 



Lin. syst. Penta-Hexdndria, Di-Trigynia. Calyx turbinate, 



6-cleft. Petals 6, white. Perianth 12-parted, the inner seg- lO-12-cleft, in a double series; the inner ones are called petals 

 ments ciliated, resembling very much an elaborately finished by Pet. Th. ; these are erect. Glands alternating with the inner 

 shuttlecock. The shrub will grow very well in the open border lobes of the calyx. Stamens 5-6y opposite the inner lobes, alter- 

 nating with the glands. Ovary half adhering to the calycine 

 tube. Styles 2-3. Fruit unknown. — Shrubs, with sinuate- 



m summer. 



55.) flowers in naked 



Bird-cherry-fowered BlackweWia. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1824. Sh. 6 ft. 

 Cult. See end of order for culture and propagation. 



VI. ILLFGERA (in honour of C. W. lUiger, a naturalist). 

 Blum, bijdr. 1155. 



Lin. syst. Pentdndria^ Monogynia. Calyx superior, 10- 

 j)arte(l ; segments disposed in 2 series, inner series petaloid. 

 Stamens 5, inserted in the base of the calyx, and alternating watli 

 5 glands. Filaments naked at the base or biauriculate. Anthers 

 erect, bursting valvately at the sides by 2 cells, as in Laxirinece. 

 Ovary inferior, 1 -ovulate. Style crowned by a peltate emargi- 

 nate stigma. Fruit unknown. — Sarmentose shrubs, with alter- 

 nate, ternate, entire leaves, and axillary panicles of flowers. 



1 I. APPENDicuLATA (Blum. bijdr. 1153.) leaflets oval-oblong, mad. no. 71. D. C. prod. 2. p. 55. 

 bluntish, veiny, smooth ; panicle tomentose ; stamens biauricu- Lin. syst. Polyadelphia, Polydndria. Calyx campanulate, 



late at the base. T? . S. ~~ ~ 



toothed leaves. 



1 N. NUDiFLORA (D. C. pro(l. 2. p. 

 spikes. Tj • S. Native of Madagascar. 



Naked-Jlowered Nisa. Shrub. 



2 N. involucra'ta (D. C. prod. 2. p. 55.) flowers enveloped 

 in a large, compressed, coloured involucre, ^i . S. Native of 

 Madagascar. 



Involucraled-^oweYedi Nisa. Shrub. 



Cult. See end of order for culture and propagation. 



X. MYRIANTHE'IA (from /.ivptoc, myrios, a myriad, and 



anthoSy a flower ; flowers numerous). Pet. Th. gen. 



aV'&oC) 



Native of Java, on the high mountains 10-cleft, outer lobes oblong, connivent, calyciform, inner lobes 



shorter, unguiculate, petal-like. Stamens inserted in the caljx, 

 polyadelphous, fascicles 5, containing from 1 to 5 slender fila- 



called Burangrany. 



^ppendiculate-stamcned Illigera. Shrub straggling. 



2^ 1. pu'lchra (Blum, bijdr, 1154.) leaflets oval-oblong, acu- ments. Scales 5, alternating with the fascicles of the stamens. 



Ovary half adhering to tlie calyx, conical at the apex, including 

 4 ovula. Styles 4. Fruit 1 -seeded from abortion. — Small ele- 

 gant trees or shrubs, natives of Madagascar, with alternate, short, 

 stalked, thick leaves. Flowers numerous, white, in axillary 

 racemes. The character of tliis genus is taken from Pet. Th. 



minated, veined transversely, and are, as w^ell as the panicles, 

 smooth ; stamens without appendages. Tj . S. Native of Java. 

 Fair Illigera. Shrub straffcrh'nir. 



tult. See end of order for culture and propagation. 



VII. RHINANTHE^RA (from/5tj/, rhin, a snout, and ay^r]pa, 

 anthera, an anther; in allusion to the anthers being beaked). 

 Blum, bijdr. 1121. 



I^iN. SYST. Icosdndria, Monogynia. Calyx 8-parted, perma- 

 nent, wuh the segments disposed in 2 series, inner series largest 

 and biglandular at the base. Corolla wantincr. Stamens nu- 



short. 



1. c, but the species still remain unpublished. 



Cult. See end of order for culture and propagation. 



"j" Genera allied to Homalinece, 



XI. ASTEROPE'IA(from aarpor,astron,a star; in allusion to 

 the lobes of the calyx being disposed in a stellate manner). Pet. 



merous, unequal; anthers beaked, 2-celled. Style 1, , t^ i- i 



crowned by an obtuse 3-4-gonal stigma. Berry globose, beaked Th. gen. afr. aust. p. 51. t. 15. gen. mad.no. 73. D. C. prod. 2. 



l>y the permanent style, 3-4-celled ;° cells 2-4-seeded. 

 perhaps exalbuminous. 



A branched spiny shrub, with alternate, 

 oyate-oblong, serrulated, coriaceous, smooth leaves, which are 

 oiglandular at the base. Racemes axillary and terminal, short, 



Flowers small, sweet-scented. 



Embryo P' 55. 



LiN. SYST. Dccdndriay Monogynia. Calyx large, permanent, 

 5-cleft ; lobes oblong, expanded. Petals 5, deciduous, inserted 

 in the calyx, and alternating with its lobes. Stamens 10, the 



tomentose. 



^ 



1 R. odorati'ssima (Blum, bijdr. 1. c.) 

 oatavia, in boggy places. 



Sweet-scented Rhinanthera. Shrub 6 feet. 



Cult. A mixture of peat and sand will probably suit this 

 plant ; and ripened cuttings will perhaps root in sand under a 

 hand-glass, in heat, 



VIII. ASTRA'NTHUS (from aarfjoy, a^Yrow, a star, and arBoc^ 

 anhos, a flower ; lobes radiating in a stellate manner). Lour. fl. 

 cochin. D. C. prod. 2, p. 55. Sims, bot. mag. 2659. 



tul "'-f^^' ^^n^^^'^dria, Tetragijnia. Calyx with a short 



t>e, with the limb cleft into 14 parts, the 7 alternate ones 



^lortest. Stamens 7-10; anthers 3-celled. Ovary free. Styles 



ivJ ^^^^ 1 -seeded (Lour.). This genus is considered to be 

 the same as £/acJt7i'^//^a. 



Cocl^' ^.<>CHiNCHiNENsis (Lour. 1. c.) \. G. Native of 

 lam ^*."'^"^"^- ^^r, bot. reg. S94. A tree, with ovate, serrated, 



rlUv^'"^''-^ .^^' ^P^kes long, simple, axillary. Flowers white 

 disposed m lonff, simnlp ^vilu' . .^:V ' ^ 



5 alternate ones shortest, adnate to the urceolus of the calyx. 

 S. Native of Ovary trigonal, 3-celled. Style short, trifid. Stigmas capitate. 



Seeds fixed by their centre. — A middle-sized tree, with alternate, 

 short-stalked, quite entire leaves, and numerous purplish flowers, 

 which are disposed in divaricating panicles. — This genus is said 

 to be allied to Blackwellia by the author Petit Thouars. 



1 A. MULTiFLoRA (Pct. Th. 1. c.) Tj . S. Nativc of Mada- 

 gascar, near Foul Point, 



Many -flowered Asteropeia. Tree 20 feet. 



Cidt, See end of order for culture and propagation. 



XII. NEIXLIA (named by Mr D. Don, in honour of his 

 friend Patrick Neill, of Edinburijh, F.R.S.E. and F.L.S., secre- 

 tary of the Wernerian and Caledonian Horticultural societies of 

 Edinburgh). D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 228. 



Lin. syst. Icosdiidria, Monogynia. Cnlyx campanulate (f. 



10. h.)Jxee, 5-cleft. Petals 5, roundish (f. 10. d.), sessile, in- 

 serted in the throat of the calyx. Stamens numerous, disposed 

 in a double series (f. 10. c), inserted witli the petals ; filaments 

 smooth ; anthers roundish, 2-celled (f. 10. A.), bursting lengthwise 



W^y. '" 'ong. simple, axillary spikes. smooth ; anthers roundish, 2-celled (f. 1 0. h.), burstmg lengthwise 



cS/ c " Astranthus. Fl. Ju. July. Clt. 1823. Tree 15 ft. outwardly. Style terete, smooth, crowned by an obtuse stigma 

 ««• *>ee end of order for culture and propagation. (f. 10. ^.). Capsule follicular, 1 -celled, opening on the inner 



