CONXARACEiE. 11. Ompiialobium. III. Eurycoma. IV. Cnestis. V. Taiiria. 



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- P/;2?;r/^e-lcaved Omphalobiam. Shrub 6 feet. 



10 O. Smeathma'nni (D. C. prod. 2. p. 86.) leaflets 3-5, 

 elliptical-oblong, acuminated, smootli above, somewhat ferruoi- 

 neous and somewhat pubescent, feather-nerved, and finely re- 

 ticulated ; panicles terminal ; ovary solitary,- somewhat pubes- 



Native of Sierra Leone. Leaflets 3 inches lon^n 



cent. 



h 



and about 1~ broad. 



Smeathmann^ s Omphalobium, Shrub 12 feet. 



] 1 O. Perotte'tii (D, C. prod. 2. p. 86.) leaflets elliptical- 

 oblong, acuminated, smooth above and shining, but covered with 

 short woolly ferrugineous down beneath ; panicle terminal ; car- 

 pels solitary, obovate, obtuse, somewhat stipitate, young ones 

 clothed with deciduous rusty down, but they are smooth 



. S. Native of French Guiana. Leaflets 3-Q inches 



5-7 pairs, ovate-oblong, smooth ; small racemes in fascicles ; 

 carpels obovate, obtuse, prurient. Tj . S. Native of the islands 

 of the Mauritius and Bourbon. 



Smooth Cnestis. Shrub G feet. 



2 C. POLYriiy'LLA (Lam. diet. 2. p. 23. ill. t. 387. f. 2.) leaves 

 with 8-9 pairs of ovate-oblong leaves, which are villous beneath ; 

 racemes tomentose ; carpels very blunt, velvety. ^ , S. Na- 



Clt. 1823. Shrub 8 feet. 



at 



length. 



long and 1-2 inches broad. 



1? 



PeroiteVs Omphalobium. Shrub G feet. 



tive of Madagascar. 

 Many-Ieavcd Cnestis. 



3 C. FERRUGiNEA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 87.) leaves with 8-10 

 pairs of oval-oblong leaflets, which are somevvliat cordate at 

 the base and acuminated at the apex, smooth above, but downy 

 beneath from ferrugineous hairs as well as the peiioles and 

 branchlets. P; . S. Native of Sierra Leone. Spondioides fer- 

 ruginea, Smeathm. herb. 



Rusty Cnestis. Shrub 8 feet. 



4 C. coRNicuLATA (Lam, diet. 3. p. 23.) leaves with 4-5 



§ 2, Cnestoidea (plants agreeing with Cnestis in having nu- pairs of oval-oblong, acuminated, smooth leaflets, but with the 



merous carpels). D. C. prod. 2. p. 86. Carpels numerous^ 



midrib beset with rusty hairs ; carpels oblong, covered witli 



12 O. viLLosUM (D. C. prod. 2. p. 86.) leaflets 3, oval, acute, swinging hairs, and drawn out at the apex into a longacumen. 



^2 • S« Native of Sierra Leone. Spondioides pruriens, Smeathm. 



34. 



Native of Sierra Leone. 

 Spondioides villosa, 



tapering to the base, somewhat membranous, feather-nerved, 

 smooth above, but clothed beneath with rusty velvety villi, as 

 well as the panicles and carpels, ^i . S. 

 Cnestis trifolia, Lam. diet. 3. p 



Smeathm. herb. Lobes of calyx imbricate in aestivation. Car- 

 pels 1-5, tapering very much to the base. Cotyledons thick. 

 Radicle superior. Albumen wanting. 



Jillous Omphalobium. Shrub 6 feet. 



13 O. penta'gynum (D. C. prod. 2. p. 86.) leaflets 3, co- 

 riaceous, orbicular, acuminated, quite smooth on both surfaces, 

 3-nerved ; panicles axillary and terminal ; calyxes and ovaries 

 villous. ^2 . S. Native of Madagascar. Connarus pentagynus, 

 Lam. diet. 2. p. 95. Cav. diss. 7. p. 376. t. 223. 



Five-styled Omphalobium. Shrvib 6 feet. 



Cult. See Connarus for culture and propagation, p. 90. 



Petals pale-red. 



Shrub 5 feet. 



5 C. racemosa ; leaves pinnate ; leaflets ovate-elliptic, entire, 

 acuminated, smooth on both surfaces ; racemes simple, lateral ; 



capsules obovate, arched, very villous. T? . S. Native of Sierra 

 Leone. 



Raccmose-^owQV^A. Cnestis. Shrub 10 feet. 



6 C. monade'lpiia (Roxb. hort. beng. p. 34.) leaves with 2-3 

 pairs of quite smooth, shining, ovate-lanceolate, acuminated 

 leaflets. V^ 

 Silhet. 



Native of the East Indies, in the province of 



COMA 



Monadelphous Cnestis. Shrub 10 iecU 



7 C? pixka^ta (Beauv. fl. d'ow. 1. p. 98. t. 60.) leaves im- 

 pari-pinnate ; leaflets ovate, acute ; flowers corymbose, axillary, 

 bibracteolate. 1^ . S. Native of Guinea, in the kingdom of 

 Waree. This is probably a species of Omphalobium. 



Pinnate-leaved Cnestis. Shrub 8 feet. 



hair; in allusion to the tufts of leaves at the tops of the branches). 8 C. obliqua (Beauv. fl. iVow. p. 98. t. 59.) leaflets 3, ovate. 



Jack, in Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 307. D. C. prod. 2. p. 86. acuminated, lateral ones oblique at the base, the odd one a 



Lix. SYST. Pnhifrnmin^ T)irp^rin. Flnwprs nnlvornmrnic:. i^*.^^^*. ^It'^for^^^ A.^>-»-» fl.r^ lofr^vnl /^not- . flr^iT-orc in i-vnnif>1oc !-» , S 



Polygamia, Dioe'cia. Flowers polygamous. great distance from the lateral ones ; flowers in panicles. 



Calyx 5-parted. Petals 5, covered with glandular hairs. Stamens 

 5, with a pair of glands between each. Ovary 5-lobed, crowned 

 by 5 joined styles, and 5 separate stigmas. Carpels 3-5, 1- 

 seeded. Seeds destitute of aril and albumen. — A small tree, 

 with pinnate, fastigiate leaves. Panicle axillary. Corolla purple. 



h • S. Native of 



^ 



1 E. 



(Jacq. et Wall. 1. c.) 



Sumatra and Singapore. Leaves 2 feet long. 



Native of Guinea, in the kingdom of Waree. 

 0/>/iy;/c-leafletted Cnestis. Shrub G feet. 

 Cult. See Connarus for culture and propagation, p. 90. 



V. TAPPRIA (Tapiriri is the Caribbean name of the tree). 

 Juss. gen. 372. D. C. prod. 2. p. 90. — Tapirira, Aubl. guian. 



Long-leaved Eurycoma. Tree 20 feet. 



Cult. See Connarus for culture and propagation, p. 90. 



Flowers purple. i. p. 470. t. 188.— Salaberria, Neck. elem. no. 985.— Joncque- 



tia, Schreb. gen. no. 785. 



L 



SYST. 



Decdndria, Pen tagyn ia . 



Petals 5, exserted from the 



Calyx 5-parted, deci- 



duous, equal ; sepals roundish. 



IV. CNE^STIS (from /:r£w, hneo^ to scratch; in allusion to hypogynous prominent disk, as w^ell as the 10 stamens. Styles 

 the capsules being covered with stinging hairs on the outside). 



none. 



Juss. gen. p. 374, Kunth, gen. tereb. 



LiN. 



D. C. prod. 2. p. 86. 



5. Capsule 5-furrowed, 5-vaIved, 5-seeded. 

 Seeds arillate (perhaps the capsule is composed of 5 1 -seeded 



Stigmas 



SYST. Decdndria^ Pentagynia. Calyx 5-cleft, downy carpels?). — A tree, with impari-pinnate leaves, having 2-3 pairs 



on the outside, valvate in the bud. Petal 



s 5, 



inserted in the 



of almost opposite leaflets, and axillary and terminal jjanicles of 

 the 10 stamens, free. Carpels 5, flowers. This genus is excluded from Connaracece by S. 



Kunth, but a more apt place for its insertion in the natural 

 svstem is not known to De Candolle. 



bottom of the calyx as well 



(1-4) distinct, 1-styled, somewhat stipitate at the base, coria- 



ceous, 2-valved, pod-formed, opening on the back, usually 

 clothed with stinging hairs both inside and outside, w^ith 2 ova 



Seeds solitary, rising from the base of the 

 carpel, erect, destitute of aril. Albumen fleshy. 



in each carpel. 



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

 in the woods of Sinemari. Joncquetia paniculata, Willd. spec. 



straight. 



Cotyledons leafy. Radicle superior. — Usually scan- 

 dent shrubs, with impari-pinnate leaves, and racemose panicles 

 of flowers. 



Embryo 2. p. 750. Flowers white. 



Guiana Tapiria. Tree 50 feet. 



Cult. See Connarus for culture and propagation, p. 90. 



1 C. GLA^BRA (Lam. diet. 3. p. 23. ill. t. 387. f. 1.) leaflets Order LXXVIII. LEGUMINOS/E(this order is composed 



N 2 



