AMYRIDEiE. T. Amyris. II. Pachylobus. CONNARACEiE. I, Connarus. 



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stalked, 5-9, oblong-lanceolate, bluntly acuminated, repandly- 

 crenulated at the top ; racemes axillary, simple. T2 • ^^ Native 

 of Java, where it is called Katos. 



Fl. Aug. 



Tree. 



Toothed-\e?iveA Amyris. 



16 A.? RoBiNSONii (D. C. prod. 2. p. 82.) leaves trifoliate; 



petioles margined ; racemes lateral. ^ . S. Native of Jamaica. 



Lunan. hort. jam. 1 . p. 1 G9. 



Mob'mson's Amyris. Shrub 8 feet. 



17 A. birinna'ta (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. D. C. 

 prod. 2. p. 82.) leaves bipinnate at the base ; leaflets numerous, 

 small, ovate, quite entire ; peduncles terminal, rather hairy, 



Native of Mexico. 



longer than the leaves. 



^.S. 



Bipinnate-]e3,\ed Amyris. Shrub, 



bumcn. — Trees or shrubs, with compound, dotted, alternate, ex- 

 stipulate leaves, and terminal racemes or panicles of bracteate 

 flowers. Connarus can only be distinguished from Lcguminosce by 

 the relation the parts of t;ie embryo have to the umbilicus of the 

 seed (R. Brown, congo. 432,) that is to say by the radicle being 

 at the extremity most remote from the hilum. The want of 

 stipulas is, however, usually sufficient to distinguish them. It 

 differs from Terebinthaccce in the want of resinous juice. 



Synopsis of the Genera, 

 1 Conna'rus. Calyx 5-parted. Petals imbricate in acsti- 



-, o A ' i^ *i^* 1 1VT 4.15 11 vation. htamens somewhat monaaelplious at the base. Larpels 



18 A. papyrifera (GaiUiaud, voy. a Meroe. cent, ex liuli. ^ a 



scien. Aug. 1827. p. 285.) trunk arboreous, coated, with ver- 



5, each bearing a style, biovulate, some of them are usually 



tical, somewhat diaphanous lamina ; flowers racemosely-panni- abortive. Capsules sessile, 2-valved, 1-seeded; seeds exalbu- 



clcd, decandrous. ' I2 • G. Native of Africa, at the White River. minous. Leaves trifoliate or impari-pinnate. 

 The Nubian Mahomedans use the bark of this tree for writino^ 



their legends upon. 



Paper-hearing Amyris, Tree. 



2 Ompiialorium. Calyx 5-parted. Petals 5 (f. 20. i.), im- 

 bricate in aestivation. Stamens monadelphous (f. 20. rf.), or 



CulU The species of ^wi^m grow freely in a mixture of somewhat polyadelphous at the base. Carpels 5, each bearing a 

 loam and peat, and cuttings root freely in sand, under a hand- style. Capsules 1-5, legume-formed (f. 20. A.), 2-valved, dehis- 



glass, those of the stove species in heat. 



lohos^ a lobe : 



the lobes of the cotyledons are thick). 



\o/5 



cent. Seeds twin or solitary, cxalbuminous. Leaves trifoliate 

 or impari-pinnate. 



3 Eury^coma. Flowers polygamous. Calyx 5-partcd. Pe- 



LiN. SYST. unknown. Fruit oval, black, superior, about the tals 5, covered with glandular hairs. Stamens 5. Glands 10, 



size of a hen's egg, 1 -celled, containing a large embryo, having 

 2 3-parted cotyledons, the lobes large, thick, angular, and 

 twisted. — A large tree w^ith impari-pinnate, smooth leaves, with 

 the leaflets nearly opposite, ovate, acuminated, entire, the young 

 branches rather tomentose. 



1 P. E 



LIS. 



h . S. Native of the island of St. Thomas 



twin, between the stamens. Carpels 5, joined at the base, 1- 

 seeded. Seeds exalbuminous. Leaves pinnate. 



4 Cne'stis. Calyx 5-cleft, tomentose, valvate in aestivation. 

 Stamens free, inserted in tlie calyx. Carpels 5, distinct, each 

 bearing a style, coriaceous, 2-valved, legume-formed, oj^enlng 



in the Gulf of Guinea, where the fruit is much esteemed by the ^^ the back, usually prurient, 2-ovulate. Seed solitary in the 



inhabitants, and sold in ffreat quantities m the market of St. , .n ^ 1 t • • • . 



- " " ^ - - - ... capsule. Albumen fleshy. Leaves impari-pinnate. 



•f A genus allied to ConnaracecjE^ hut is not tvfficiently known. 

 5 Tapi'ria. Calyx 5-parted. Petals 5. Stamens 10, both 



and astringent. 



Sufi 

 It is usvially roasted. There is another species, 

 which goes under the name of Pasco, which appears only to 

 differ in having hairy leaves, and in the shape of the fruit. The 

 vvliole description of this tree is given from memory, as we have 

 had no specimen to examine. 



Edible Safu. Fl. Nov. Tree 40 feet. 



rising from the hypogynous disk 

 5-furrowed, 5-valvedj 5-seeded. 



Stigmas 5, sessile. Capsule 

 Seeds arillate. Leaves impari- 



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Cult. For culture and propagation see stove species of ''■ 



myris 



L CONNA'RUS (/cowapor, conyiaros, is the name of a tree 



Order LXXVII. CONNARA^CE^ (plants agreeing with ^!!'/'!^''l"i>;"S,'?l>L'^'A^"'?"ll- 

 Co7inarus \n im])orta.nt characters). Kunth, in ann. scienc. nat. 2. 

 p. 359. Lindl. introd. nat. ord. 125. Terebinthaceae, part. 

 Juss. gen. 369. Terebinthacese, Tribe VIL Connaracese, D. C. 

 prod. 2. p. 84. 



Lin. gen. no. 944. D. C. 

 prod. 2. p. 84. — Rourea, Aubl. guian. 1. p. 467. t. 187. Ro- 

 bergia, Schreb. gen. no. 787. Malbrancia, Neck. elem. no. 11 7L 

 LiN. sYST. Decdndria, Pentagynia. Calyx 5-parted, per- 

 manent, girding the fruit closely at the base ; lobes ovate, ini- 

 bricate in aestivation. Petals 5, also imbricate in aestivation. 

 Stamens 10, somewhat monadelphous at the base, inserted in the 



Ilowers hermaphrodite, rarel\r unisexual. Calyx 5-parted, , c .\. ^ r\ • r 1 1 • .1 j 



- * ' .7 J I 9 base 01 the calyx. Ovaries 5, each bearing a style and contain- 



regular, permanent, either imbricate or valvular m aestivation. ing 2 ova, 4 of which are almost always abortive, or reduced to 



Petals 5 (f. 20. 6.), inserted in the calyx, imbricate, rarely val- the styles. Capsule baccate, sessile, 2-valved, bursting at the 



vate in aestivation. Stamens twice the number of the petals side, ovate, 1-seeded. Seed erect, inserted in the bottom of 



(f. 20. c), hypogynous, those opposite the petals shorter than the \''^ cell, arillate at the base, destitute of albumen. Cotyledons 



r^fl.^-c n 111 i. ^1 u /f- OA j\ i-fc thick. — Shrubs, with impan-pmnate leaves with 1 or many pairs 



others, usually monadelphous at the base (f. 20. rf.). Ovarv e \ a ^ t:\ r 1 • * 1 u-. ^ 



,. J L ^ ^ -^ oi leatlets. r lowers disposed in racemose panicles, white. 



solitary or simple, or several together, each with a separate style, 



with an usually dilated stigma. Ovula 2, collateral, ascending. 

 Capsules usually several, rarely single (f. 20. A'.), dehiscent, 

 splitting lengthwise internally. Seeds erect, in pairs, or solitary, the synonym of Burm. 



1 C. monoca'rpus (Lin. spec. 1. p. 6/8.) leaves trifoliate; 



leaflets ovate, acuminated, quite smooth ; panicles terminal. 



Native of Ceylon. Lin. fl. zeyl. no. 248. exclusive of 



Flow 



T2.S. 



with or without albumen, but usually furnished with aril. Radicle 

 superior at the extremity most remote from the hilum. Cotyledons 

 thick in the species without albumen, and leafy in those with al- 



VOL. II. 



yellowish. 

 -fruited Conxwixvx^. Clt. 1768. Shrub 10 feet. 

 2 C. pube''sc£Ns (D. C. prod. 2. p. 85.) climbing ; leaflets 5, 



d beneath with rather white 



Rourea 



oval, acute, smooth above, cove 



S. Native of French Guiana. 



pubescence. 



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