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HOMALINE^. XII. Neillia. XIII. Aristotelia. CHAILLETIACE/E. I. Chailletia. 



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side, many-seeded, crowned by the permanent style, free within 

 the 



Neillia 



r.uf.^l^''-' ^^^""^n ^P^''}'\'^''^'S, f '^^d to a single parietal furnished with beautiful leaves, are worth cultivating in Ihx2 

 placenta in a double series, having a double covering. Albu- beries, but they will require to be sheltered during winter by a 



S':^^. ^::f:r "S^!:,r^:;n^lr!!l^;!^l ^^ T'^ ^_^^oots^e apt to. be kined to the ground, by d, ^ 



obtuse radicle. Plumule inconspicuous. — Shrubs, with 

 the habit of Spirce'a, with stipulate, simple, alternate, doubly- 



serrated, stalked leaves. Stipulas deciduous, membranous or be increased by layers. 



Any common garden soil will suit them, and ripened cuttings 

 will root freely, planted under a hand-glass, and they may also ' 



leafy, acute. 



lateral. 



posed 



Order LXXL 



1 N. THYRsiFLORA (D. Dou, prod. fl. ucp. 228.) leaves cor- 

 date, ovate, and 3-lobed, doubly-serrated ; stipulas leafy, ser- Chailletia in important characters). 

 rated ; racemes spicate, disposed in a terminal thyrse ; bracteoles 

 toothed ; calyx silky. ^i . H- Native of Nipaul. A much 

 branched shrub, with the branches canescent, and with the leaves 

 villous on the nerves beneath. 



CEJE 



D. C. prod. 2. p. 57. 



-flowered 



Shrub 6 feet. 



2 N. RUBiFLORA (D. Don, prod. 

 fl. nep. 229.) leaves cordate, 3-lob- 

 ed, acuminated, doubly-serrated ; 

 stipulas entire, membranous ; ra- 

 cemes terminal, solitary, many-flow- 

 ered ; bracteoles bluntish, entire ; 

 calyx tomentose ; petals roundish. 

 Tj . H. Native of Nipaul. Flowers 

 twice the size of those of N. thyrsi- 

 flora^ and the calyx is furnished 

 with pedicellate glands inside (f. 



FIG. 10. 



10.). 



Bra 

 6 feet. 



hle-Aowered 



Shrub 



Cult. See end of order for cul- 

 ture and propagation. 



Chailleteae, R. Brown, cong. p. 23. 



Calyx (perigone) permanent, 5-cleft (f. 11. a. d.) coloured in 

 side, with the lobes imbricate in aestivation. Petals (or petal-like ] 

 scales, or abortive stamens) rising from the bottom of the calyx \ 

 and alternating with its lobes, situated almost in the same circle 

 with the stamens (f. 11. h.), small, usually bifid (f. 11. 6.), some- 

 times connected at the base with the stamens (f. 11. d.). Glands 

 opposi^p, numerous. Stamens exserted from the calyx, and 

 placed -opposite its lobes (f. 11. d.), and therefore alternating 

 with the petals ; anthers roundish, 2-celled. Ovary free, hairy 

 (f. 1 1. h.), 2-3-celled, each cell containing 2 ovula. Styles 2 (f. 

 1 1 . g.), -3, short, free, or connected together. Stigmas somewhat 



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(f^ 



Drupe (f 11. k. 2.), with a dry, coriaceous 



XIII. ARISTOTFLIA (named after Aristotle, the cele- 

 brated philosopher). Lher. stirp. p. 31. t. 16. D. G. prod. 2. 

 p. 56. but not of Adans. nor Lour. 



Lm. SYST. Polyadelphia, Polydndria. Galyx campanulate. 

 profoundly 5-cleft. Petals 5, inserted in the base of the calyx 

 and alternating with its lobes. Stamens 15-18, especially 3 or 4 

 m each bundle, placed in front of the lobes of the calyx. An- 

 thers openmg by 2 pores at the apex. Ovary free. Styles 3, re ,, .. o, 

 somewhat connected at the base. Berry globose, 3-celled each ^ '^' ^^^™^"s ^' 



rind, containing a 2-3-celled nut, but usually 1-2 -celled from 

 abortion. Seeds solitary in each cell, hanging from the apex 

 (f. 11. 2.), destitute of albumen. Embryo thick, with a short p 

 superior radicle and fleshy cotyledons. — Shrubs with alternate, * 

 bistipulate, short, stalked, oval, acute, feather-nerved, entire' 

 leaves. Flowers axillary, white, usually with the peduncles" 

 adhering to the petioles. This order is furnished as if it were 

 with a calyx and corolla. 



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cell containing 1-2-ovula. Seeds angular, with flesliy albumen, (^ 

 and a flat embryo.— A shrub, with diffuse branches. Leaves ce 

 nearly opposite, stalked, oblong, acute, smooth, shining, dentate, 

 permanent. Stipulas deciduous. Racemes axillary. Flowers 



Synopsis of the Genera. 



1 Ghaille^tia. Calyx 5-lobed (f. 11. a.). Petals 5, bifid 



Ovary 2-3-celled (f. 1 1 ./.). Style 

 joined. Drupe dry, containing a 





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2 Leucosia. Galyx 5-cleft. Petals 5. Stamens 5. Ovary 



small, greenish. Some of the stamens are sterile. From the dis- ^'^^^^'^^ , ^^^^^ ^ ' ^^"P^ '^''y' containing a bony nut. 

 position ofthe stamens this genus agrees with //o»m/u««, but from ^ Tapu ra. Calyx 5-parted ; segments fringed. Petals', 



the dehiscence of the anthers it comes nearer to ElceoJirpece. connate and connected with the filaments ; they are dividei 



1 A. Ma'cqui (Lher. 1. c.) Tj 



It is called Macqui. Lam. ill. t. 399. Wats. dend. brit. t. 44. A 

 glandulosa, Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. syst. p. 126. Poir. suppl. 587. 

 1 he bernes are about the size of a pea, very dark purple, at 

 length becoming black ; they are acid and eatable. The inha- 

 bitants of Chih make a wine from them, which they give in 

 malignant fevers. Dombey used this remedy with success in 

 Ghili against the plague in 1782. 



iV/ac^MJ Aristotelia. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1733. Sh. 6 ft. 



Cult. The plants of this order are scarcely worth cultivating 

 for ornament, as the flowers of all are extremely insignificant. 

 The stove and greenhouse species will grow freely in ^mixture 

 of loam, sand, and peat ; and cuttings nearly ripe will strike root 

 if planted in a pot of sand, with a hand-glass placed over them ; 

 those of the former should be placed in a moderate heat. The 



Native of Chili, where Stamens 3. Style 1, trifid. 



tanist). 



I. CHAILLETIA (in honour of M. Chaillet, a Swiss bo- 



D. C. ann. mus. 17. p. 153. with a figure, prod. ^ 

 p. 57. — Patrisia, Rohr. ined. — Mestotes, Soland. mss. ined. 



LiN. sYST. Pentandria, Mono-Trigynia. Galyx 5-lobed 

 (f. 11. a.). Petals 5, bifid, or emarginate (f. 11. h.). StamenJ 

 5. Ovary 2-3-celled, 2-3-styled (f. 11./.). Styles free (f^ !'■ 

 g.), or connected together. Shrubs with axillary cymes or ra- 

 cemes of flowers. 



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Sect. I. MestoVes (from ^eotoq, meslos, full). D. < 

 2. p. 57. Styles distinct. 



1 C. peduncula'ta (D.C.I, c.) leaves ovate, obtuse, a 



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