CHRYSOBALANEiE. V. Parinarium. VI. Grangeria. VII. Lincania. VIII. Tiielyra, &c. 



479 



neath. h . S. 



Ned 



Neou. It in terminal spikes. Tj 



Racemes subspicate, hairy. Calyx ventricose on one side. Fruit 

 unknown. 



Senegal Parinarium. Tree 40 to 50 feet. 



4 P. exce'lsum (Hort. trans. 5. p. 451.) leaves oblong, co- 



Native of Guiana. Hedycrea in- 

 na, Willd. spec. 1. p. 1210. Vahl. enum. 2. p. 37. 

 Hairy Lincania. Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 

 2 L. hu'milis (Cham, in Linnaea. 2. p. 549.) stamens 10, ex- 



serted ; style pilose ; spikes nearly simple. 

 Brazil. 



b . S. Native of 



riaceous, deep green above, but clothed with white pubescence Dwarf 



Shrub. 



beneath ; racemes panicled. T2 • S. Native of Sierra Leone, 

 where the fruit is brought to the market at Freetown, under the 

 name of Rough-shinned or Grey plum. They are eaten by the 

 inhabitants. It is about the size of Imperatrlce plum, with a 

 coarse skin of a greyish colour ; the pulp is dry and farinaceous, 

 and owing to the size of the stone is small in bulk. The negroes 



are very fond of the fruit. 



Mampata 



3 L. TuriuVa (Cham. 1. c. p. 550.) stamens 10, exserted; 

 style smooth ; spikes branched. Tj . S. Native of Para, in 

 Brazil. Hirtella Octandra, Willd. reL in Roem. et Schultes, 

 syst. 5. p. 274. 



Turiuva Lincania. Shrub. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see ChrysobdlanuSf p. 478. 



of Adanson mentioned by Jussieu, in gen. pi. 342. is referrible 



to this species. 

 Tall Parinarium. 



Fl. Feb. Clt. 1822. Tree 50 to 60 feet. 



no. 72. D. C. prod. 2. p. 527. 



unknown). Pet. Th. gen. mad. 



Monogyma. Calyx campanulate at the 

 base, ending in a small tube, which is adnate to the peduncle, as 



Petals 5. Stamens 10; the 6 on one side 



5 P. macrophy'llum (Hort. trans. 5, p. 452.) leaves large, 

 ovate, sessile, and cordate, green above and downy beneath ; {^^"p^lara^im^ 

 sterns thickly beset with brown hairs ; racemes terminal ; fruit ^^^^jj ^ut the 4 on the other side are sterile and tooth- 



nS fT r^ ^i'^'^^^'^^P/f^^^^^^ Anthers fixed by the back, and bursting at the sides. 



Mative of Sierra Leone, by the sea-side about Cape ShiUmg, ^ fo . . . - 



form 



where the fruit is called Gingerhread^plum by the natives, who ^ped one. thick exalbumin 



Mar. Clt. 1822. Shrub 



eat Its pulp ; it has much the flavour and appearance of that of 

 the preceding. 



Large-leaved Parinarium. 

 2 to 3 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Chrysohdlanus, p. 478. 



^ VL GRANGE'RIA (in honour of N. Granger, a traveller in 

 %pt and Persia). Comm. in Juss. gen. 349. Lam. ill. t. 

 427. D. C. prod. 2. p. 5%7. 



Lin. syst. Icosdndria, Monogynia. Calyx bluntly 5-cleft (f. 

 *>0- a.\ Petals 5 (f 60. b.\ soon falling off. Stamens 15, rather 

 unequal. Ovary woolly (f. 60. c). Style lateral (f. 60. d.\ 

 nmorm, glabrous. Drupe olive-formed, rather triquetrous (f. 

 ^"- ^.). containing a triquetrous, 1-seeded, bony nut, Cotyle- 

 ons thick and fleshy, — A tree, with stipulaceous, ovate, entire, 

 glabrous leaves, and spicate racemes of white flowers. 



1 G, BoRBONicA (Lam. diet. 3. 

 P-21.) ij.S. Native of the island 

 <>t Bourbon. Drupe blood-colour- 

 e^/yhen young. C. buxifolia, 

 «unRees' cyd.16.no. 1. (f. 



^ourion Grangeria. Clt. 1823. 

 ^^ee 40 to 50 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propa- 

 gation see Chrysobdlanus, p. 478. 



Drupe ? wrinkled, villous inside. 

 Seed one, thick, exalbuminous. Cotyledons thick, unequal, pli- 

 cate, the one involving the other. Radicle inferior. 



■Trees, 



natives of Madagascar, furnished with glandular bracteas. 

 1 T. Madagascarie'nsis. h . S. 



None of the species are described. 



Tree. 



Native of Madagascar. 



Mada^ 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Chrysobdlanus^ p. 478. 



FIG. 60. 



P- 

 D. 



VIL LINCA^NIA (an anagram 

 "I Uligni, the Guiana name of the 

 n St species). Aubl. guian. 1. 

 '^^•t 45. Lam. ill. t. 122. 

 ScL k • ^- P- 527.— Hedy'crea, 



sX} S^"- "^- 409- Roem. et 

 '{"It- syst. 1. p. 345. mant. 252. 



th^ ' -P^' Pentdndria, Monogynia. 

 J outside, with a 5-cleft limb. Petals w 



IX. HIRTELLA (a diminutive of hirtus^ having been so 

 named from the hairyness of the branches). Lin. gen. no. 86. 

 Lam. ill. t. 138. D. C. prod. 2. p. 528. — Causea, Scop. — Cos- 

 mibuena, Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. prod. 



Lin. syst. Tri-Icosdndriaj Monogynia. Calyx bluntly 5- 

 lobed (f. 61. a.)y usually reflexed at length. Petals 5, small (f. 

 61. b.), deciduous. Stamens 3-15 (f. 61. c), many of which are 

 abortive ; filaments long, circinnately twisted inwards before the 

 flowers expand. Style rising from the base of the ovary (f 61. 

 rf.), opposite the stamens. Drupe furrowed (f. 61. e.), 1 -celled. 

 Seed stipitate, erect, with fleshy albumen, and a straight embryo, 

 and leafy cotyledons (Gsertn. fruct. 3. p. 40. 1. 185.) — American 

 shrubs, with entire stipulaceous leaves, and axillary and terminal 

 simple or compound racemes of flowers. 



1 H. tria'^ndra (Swartz, fl. ind. occid. 1. p. 508.) flowers 

 triandrous ; petals ovate ; racemes compound, loose, terminal ; 

 rachis pubescent ; leaves oblong, acuminated, glabrous. ^ . S. 

 Native of the West Indies and New Spain, in woods. H. Ame- 

 ricana, Jacq. amer. p. 8. t. 8. H. paniculata, Lam. diet. 3. p, 



33. Flowers white. 



Triandrous Hirtella. Clt. 1810. Tree 20 feet. 



2 H. CosMiBUE^NA (Lam. ill. 2. p. 114.) flowers triandrous; 

 petals emarginate ; racemes compound, pubescent, axillary, and 

 terminal ; leaves oblong, acuminated, pubescent beneath. Tj . S» 



Cosmibuena, Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 



H. 



Calyx bibracteolate on 

 anting. Stamens 5-10, 



in^^'^V^^^ calycine lobes, or only 3 from abortion. Ovary 1, 

 olive f ^"^"* ^^ ^^^ calyx. Style incurved, lateral ? Drupe 

 Small "^^^' flt^shy, containing a 1-seeded nut. Seed thick. — 

 ^n^th^^^* with oblong acuminated leaves, which are hoary 

 J ^^n, and terminal spicate racemes of small white flowers. 

 ^' ^NCA NA (Aubl. I. c.) stamens 5 ; style incurved ; flowers 



Native of Peru, in woods. 



prod. p. 10. t. 2. H. Peruviana, Pers. ench. 1. p. 250. 



racemosa, Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 3. t. 227. f. B. Petals lilac. 



Cosmibuen's Hirtella. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



3 H. MOLLicoMA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 7. p. 2^3.) 

 flowers triandrous; petals roundish-elliptic; panicles terminal 

 and axillary, usually solitary, elongated, and pilose ; leaves ob- 

 long, acuminated, somewhat coriaceous, acute at the base, gla- 

 brous above, and shining, but beset with soft fuscous pili be- 

 neath. Tj . S. Native of New Spain, near El Espinal at the 

 river Magdalena. Flowers white. 



