CHAILLETIACE^. I. Chailletia. IL Leucosia. III. Tapura. AQUILARINE^E. I. Aquilaria, 59 



equal at the base ; peduncles dicho- FIG. 1 1 



tomous, corymbose, adnate at the 

 base to the petiole ; petals bifid ; 

 styles free. Tj . S. Native of 

 Cayenne. Flowers white (f. 11.). 

 Stalked-Rowered Chailletia. Sh. 



■ 



Sect. II. Dichape'talum (from 



^iX", dicha, double, and TreraXor^ 



2)etaIonf a petal ; in allusion to the 



petals being emarginate). D. C. 



prod. 2. p. 57. Styles connected 

 together. 



2 C. Timorie'nsis (D. C. prod. 

 2. p. 57.) leaves oval, acuminated 

 at both ends ; peduncles dichoto- 

 mously corymbose, not adhering 

 to the petiole ; petals obtuse, emarginate ; styles connected to 

 gether. Tj . S. Native of the island of Timor. Leaves smooth 



2-parted, the third is short and 3-parted. Stamens 3, Style 1, 

 trifid at apex. Fruit unknown. 



1 T. Guiane^'nsis (Aubl. guian. 1. c). Tj , S. Native of 

 Guiana, in woods on the Serpent Mountain. Rohria petioliflora, 

 Willd. spec. 1. p. 186. Chailletia sessiliflora, D. C. ann. mus. 



17. p. 153. t. 1. f. 2. Flowers yellow. The Creoles call it 



Bois de GoUeti. 



Guiana Tapura. Shrub 8 feet. 



CulL The plants of this order are not worth cultivating but 

 in the gardens of the curious, as neither their leaves nor flowers 

 possess any beauty. They will grow in a mixture of loam and 

 peat, and young cuttings will probably strike root in a pot of 

 sand, under a hand-glass, in heat. 



Order LXXII. 



NEiE (plants agreeing with 



on both surfaces. Calyx and pedun 

 white. 



Timor Chailletia. Shrub 6 feet. 

 8 C. dichape'talum (R. Brown, 



fi 



Aquilarm in important cliaracters). R. Brown, Congo, p. 25, 

 D. C. prod. 2. p. 59. 



Calyx or perigone, turbinate, coriaceous, 5-lobed (f, 12. e.) ; 

 segments ovate, acute, spreading, permanent (f. 1^. A.). Urceo- 

 kis adhering to the bottom of the perigone, .5-parted, with bifid 

 lobes (f. 12. h. d.). Stamens 10 (f. 12. b.), with short filaments 



plimKTn '"'^'''^f 7^™ ^^- ^^^"?' ^°"g- P-. 24.) branches protruding between the lobes of the urceolus, bearing long ver- 

 climbing, almost leafless ; flowers m bundles in the axilte of ^ ,., f , . , « n r^ e ^f to \ rX . . 



the leaves ; petals bifid ; styles joined. J: . ^. S. Native of '""^''^ ''''^^'''''^ ^^" ^~' ''^' ^'''''^ ^'""^ ^^' ^^' ^•^' '^'P'*^^^ ''''''^''' 



the leaves ; petals bifid ; styles joined. Tj • v^- S. Native 

 Madagascar. Dichapetalum Madagascariense, Pet. Th. 



gen 



78.^ D. Thouarsianum, Roem. et Schult. syst. 5. p. g*)y 2-valved, 



931. Scales 5, at the 



niad. no. 



324. C. fascicul^ta, Spreng. syst. 1. p 



base of the ovaries. Flowers white. 



Double-petalled ChaUleila. Shrub. 



4 C. toxica' RiA (G. Don, in edinb. phil. journ. 1824. oct. 

 P- 348.) leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminated, smooth, coria- 

 ceous, with wavy entire margins, on short stalks ; racemes pa- 

 nicled, axdlary, and terminal, pubescentj drupe ovate, pubescent. 



satile anthers (f. 12. e.). 



crowned by a short simple stigma. Capsule pear-shaped (f. 12. 



(f. 12. f.)y with a dissepiment in the 

 12. /.). Seeds solitary in the cells from 

 abortion, arillate or tailed. — Trees, with alternate, feather- 

 nerved, quite entire leaves. This order is not sufficiently known. 

 It differs from Samydece in the seeds being fixed to a dissepi- 

 ment, not to the parietes ; from Chailletiacece in the seeds being 

 erect, not inverted, as well as in the stamens being twice the 



called rafhTJ f !t^ "fountains of Sierra Leone, where it is ^^^^^^ ^f the lobes of the perigone ; from Thymelece in the 

 caiiea rat-bane by the colonists, the kernel of the fruit be ng . • ^^ • « ij« nin^j ti, %. a\ 



used for poisoning rats. Flowers small, white. Fruit dry, th? ^^"^' ^^'"S 2-valved, 2-celled, 2-seeded. The genera are badly 



size of a plum. 



^^f. /3, compressa (G. Don, 1. c.) fruit roundish-compressed. 



i^owno;^^ Chailletia. Fl. year. Clt. 1823. Shrub 4 feet. 



5 C. ere'cta (G. Don, 1. c.) branches elongated, erect ; 



eaves oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, emarginate, entire, smooth, 



belS^^^T ^^^^' flowers axillary! ^rupe ovate, roundish, pu- 



tains. Fruit rather larger than those of the preceding species 

 ^rec/ Chailletia. Fl. Feb. Shrub 8 feet. 



defined, and the species are scarcely known. 



Synopsis of the Genera* 



1 Aquila'ria. Perigone 5-cleft (f. 12. e. h.). Urceolus 

 10-lobed (f. 12. d.). Stamens 10 (f. 12. L). Anthers versatile 



Native of Sierra^ Leone,' on the moun- (f- l^- ^O- Style none. Seeds covered by a spongy substance. 



2 Ophispe'rmum. Perigone 6-parted. Urceolus 10-lobed. 



See end of order for culture and propagation. 



Stamens 10. Anthers adnate. Seed furnished on the side by a 

 long scolloped wing. 



". LEUCO^SIA (from Xev.og, leucos, white). Pet. Th. gen. ^ Gyrino'ps. Perigone tubular, toothless. Seed furnished 



mad. no. 79, 



'^M.A.M. yM.i\jm /\tt/h.ot, fcacx/tf, wime^. x et. xii. g( 



D. C. prod. 2. p. 58 — Chailletia, spec. R. Br. 

 Pentdndria. Monofnmm. Calyx 5-cleft. Petals 



IN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogijmu. v^aiyx i;-cieii. x-eiais 



. Stamens 5. Ovary adhering to the calyx, 3-seeded. Style 1 . 



r ruit trigonal, containing a wrinkled bony nut. 



Nan i"°/A^"A^NA (Roem. et Schult. syst. 5. p. 324.). ^ . S. 



duve ot Madagascar. A small weak shrub with few-nerved 



taorous leaves, which are white from down beneath. Chailletia 



^'"7;%fP'-eng.syst.I.p.931. 



retit 1 houars's Leucosia. Shrub 6 feet. 



FIG. 12. 



Cult. 



fsee end of the order for culture and propagation 



d 



Auhi ' A^U'I^A (Tapura is the name of the tree in Guiana). 



D 58 ^T^C ?• P- ^2^- 1- 48. Rich. diet. p. 34. D. C. prod. 1. 

 P- 58.~-Rohr,a, Schreb. no. 63. ^ 



tineannl7-'* ^Tj^^'ndria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-parted, with 

 the C ^"^f^.^'^^^s. Petals 3, connected with the filaments at 



, emulatmg a monopetalous corolla : the two lonstest are 



with a spongy, awl-shaped, triquetrous tail each. 



I. AQUILA'RIA (from aquila, an eagle ; the wood of A. 

 Malaccensis is called Bois d'Aigle, or eagle-wood, in Malacca). 

 Lam. diet. 1. p. 49. ill. t. 35G. D. C. prod. 2. p. 59. 



Lin. sysT. Decdndria, 

 Monogynia, Perigone 5- 

 cleft(f.l2.e./i.). Urceolus 

 5-lobed ; lobes bifid (f. 

 12, d.). Stamens 10. An- 

 thers versatile (f. 12. e.), 

 fixed by the middle. Style 

 none. Seeds covered by 



a spongy body. 



1 A. Malacce'nsis 



(Lam. 1. c.) leaves ovate, 

 abruptly-acuminated, ^ . 



12 



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