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TEREBINTHACE^, XXIX. SrYLOBAsiiM, XXX, Cneorum. XXXI, Suriana, 



ACE^ 



Calyx small, permanent, sinuately 4-5-toothe(l, Petals wanting, or any light loamy soil. They will survive the winter in tlie 

 Stamens 10-12, hypogynous ; anthers 2-celled, inserted by the open air in mild winters. Ripened cuttings root freely in sand 

 base. Ovary bluntly 2-4-sided, 2-4-celled, hairy. Style scarcely 

 any. Fruit unknown. — A shrub, with the appearance of Cneorum. 

 Leaves simple, oblong-lanceolate, quite entire. Flowers in ax- 



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under a hand-glass. 



Seeds ripen in abundance. 



illary racemes. 



1 H. otEJEFOLiuM (Desf, 1. c). Tj 

 Holland. Flowers yellowish-green. 



OUve-leaced Heterodendron. Shrub. 



Native of New 



Cult. See Cneorum for culture and propagation. 



XXIX. 



STYLOBA^SIUM (from (ttvXoc, stylos, a style, 

 and ftQtTiQy basis, abase; style at the base of the ovary). Desf. 

 mem. mus. 5. p. 37. t. 2. D. C. prod. 2. p. 92. 



LiK. sYST. Decdndria, Monogynia. Calyx iirceolar, bluntly 

 5-lol)ed (f. 14. a.), coloured. IVtals wanting. Stamens 10 



XXXI. SURIA'NA (in honour of Joseph Donat Surian, once 

 a physician at Marseilles, who accompanied PJumier in his travels). 

 Plum, gen, 37. Lin. gen. no. 581. Lam. ill. t. 389. D. C. 



prod. 2. p. 91. 



Lin. SYST. Penta-Decandria, Pentagynia. Calyx 5-partei 

 Petals 5, hypogynous, or inserted in the bottom of the caljx 

 Stamens 5-10. Carpels 5, bearing each a filiform style on the 

 inside laterally, ending in a valveless, indehiscent, coriaceous 

 nut. Seed 1 from the base, obovate, kidney-shaped, destitute 

 of albumen. Embryo replicate, with a terete radicle directed 

 downwards, and flat incumbent cotyledons. — A shrub with sim- 

 ple, oblong, spatulate, thickish, rather velvety, exstipulate leaves, 



(f. 14. h.) hypogynous; anthers 2-celled (f. 14.^.). Ovary ^j^j^j^ are^'crowded at the tops of the branches, and yello., 



t^l ^Al:t;:?:!\!!'"''';"^ ^ r^^^^^h^^^^^^^ bracteate, subterminal flowers. From the embryo this genusis 



■--V /o , , V 1 11 1 1 -11 -1^ 1 allied to Cneorum. not to Rosacecey and perhaps with it and Hete- 



Drupe (f li e.) 1 -celled, 1 -seeded, roundish, roc/c«jro» will constitute a distinct order. According to Kuntl. 



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the base a filiform style (f. 14.y*.), which is capitate at the apex 

 (f. 14. r.). 



girdtd by the calyx. — A shrub, 

 with alternate, somewhat spatu- 

 late, quite entire, smootli leaves. 

 Flowers usually polygamous from 



FIG. 14. 



abortion, on short pedicels from 

 the axillae of the upper branches. 

 This genus probably belongs to 

 TcTchinth(icc<s near Ileteroden^ 

 dron or perhaps to Rosaccce^ Tribe 



CilRYSOnALA'NE.E. 



1 S. spATi la'tum (Desf 1. c). 

 ^ . G. Native of New Holland, 

 on the eastern coast. 



Sj)al(il(ttt'-\viiyi:d Stylo])asium. 



Shrub () feet. 



CaiL See Cneorum for culture 

 and j)ro])agation. 



it is more nearly allied to Geraniacece. 



1 S. MAiuTiMA (Lin. spec. 284.). T? . S. Native of Soutli 

 America, by the sea-side as well as of India and New Caledonia, 

 &:c. Plum. edBurra. t. 249. f. 1. Flowers yellowish. 



Sea-side Suriana. Clt. 1733. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



Cult. Loam and sand is a good mixture for this tree, and 

 ripened cuttings will root in sand under a hand-glass, in heat. 



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agreeing 



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ith 



Si^ondias in important characters). Kunth in ann. scienc. nat. x- 

 p. 362. Lindl. introd. nat. ord. p. 362. Terebinthaceae, Tribe 

 III. Spondiaceae, D. C. prod. 2. p. 74. 



Flowers sometimes unisexual. Calyx 5-cleft (f. 15. a^? ^^' 

 gular, permanent or deciduous. Petals 5 (f 15. 6.), inserted 

 below the disk which surrounds the ovary, somewhat valvateor 



XXX. CNEOTvUM (vrfwpov, cneoron, a name given to some ^^^"^ate in aestivation. Stamens 10, perigynous, inserted witi 



the petals. Disk annular in the male flowers, orbicular, 10' 



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shrub resembling an olive by Hippocrates and Theophrastus). 

 Lin. gen. no. 48. Lam. ill. t. 27. 



ilh 0D€ 



D. C, prod, 2. p. 83. 



LlN. SYST. 



Chamee'lea, Tourn. inst. t. 421. 



Tri-Tetrdndriay Monogynia. Flowers herma- 

 phrodite. Calyx 3-5-toothed, small, permanent. Petals 3-4, 

 equal, imbricate in aestivation. Torus somewhat globose. Sta- 

 mens 3-4. Stigmas 3-4. 



Kunth, gen. tereb. p. 25. toothed. Ovary superior, sessile, from 2-5-celled, wi 



pendulous ovum in each cell. Styles 5, very short, crowned by 

 obtuse stigmas. Fruit drupaceous (f. 15. d,)y containing a 2-5- ^ 

 celled nut (f 15. c). Seeds exalbuminous. Cotyledons piano- 



by the axis ; put: 



Drupes baccate, 3-4, joined together 

 2-celled; cells 1-seeded. 



lous. Albumen fleshy. Radicle recurved 



Seed pendu- 

 downwards and 



convex. Radicle superior, pointing towards the hilum, but Hi* 

 ferior in SpondiaSy according to Gaertner. 



with 



equally-pinnate, alternate, dotless leaves, a few simple on^ i 

 occasionally intermixed, all exstipulate. Flowers axillaVyao 



This order cor^^ 



very near Terehinthdcece in the structure of its fruit, which ^ 



Mangifi 



])eyond the cotyledons. Cotyledons semicylindrical (Gaert. fruct. 



]. t. 70.) — Subshrubs, with entire linear-oblong, dotless leaves, 



and axillary, yellow flowers. This genus is perhaps more nearly terminal, disposed in panicles or racemes. 



allied to DodoncCiicea\ 



1 C. TRicoccoN (Liu. spec. 49.) smooth ; flowers axillary ; 

 ^>ediccls free from the floral leaves. 1^ • G. Native of Spain 

 and the south of France, in gravelly and rocky places. 

 bot. mag. icon. Lam. ill. 27. — Cam. epit. t. 973. Jaume, pi. fr. 

 t. 5. Flowers usually 3-cleft. This is a dwarf spreading shrub 

 with narrow leaves, having fruit resembling some species of 



Euphorbia. 



Thne-herried Widow-wail. Fl. April, Sept. Clt. 



ndn<5^ 



Sims, 



simple, destitute however of the resinous juice of that order. 



^f 



.cleft 



1793. 



Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



2 C. i'ilverulf/ntum (Vent. hort. eels. t. 77.) plant covered 



with greyisli powder ; flowers axillary ; pedicels adhering to the 

 base of the floral leaves. ^ . 0. Native of TenerifFe, among 

 rocks in hot situations. Flowers usually 4-cleft. 



Po;/(/6ry Widow- wail. Fl. April, Sept. Clt. 1822. Sh. 1 to 3 ft. 



1 SroxDiAS. Flowers sometimes unisexual. Calyx 5-c 

 (f. 15. a.). Petals 5 (f. 15. h.), rather valvate in sestivatioc- ^ 

 Stamens 10, glandular, exserted from the disk. Ovary 1- St)'«* 

 5. Drupe (f. 15. d.) containing a 5-ceUed fibrous nut (f. l5.f-> , 



P,no)i oeW ^rvr,<.„:„:__ n _/•__.! •_!. -„!.. -^o tn matUI'''J' 



d. Pe«* 

 5, imbricate in aestivation. Stamens 10. Ovary 5-cel 



ith 



Cult. The species thrive well in a mixture of loam and peat, celled fibrous nut. 



2 Poupa'rtia. Flowers unisexual. Calyx 5 -par 



lied ? ^ 



some of the cells abortive. Styles 5. Drupe containing a ^- 



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