480 



CHRYSOBALANE^. IX. Hirtella. 



Soft-haired Hirtella. Tree 20 feet. 



4 H. pe'ndula (Soh ex Lam. diet. 3. p. 134.) flowers tetran- 

 drous and pentandrous ; racemes compound, loose, elongated, glabrous. 



long, acuminated, glabrous. ^ . S. Native of New Spain. H, 

 rosea, Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex, icon. ined. 



Flowers red. Style 



pubescent ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminated, cordate at the 

 base, and rather scabrous beneath. Tj • S. Native of South 



Oblong-leaved Hirtella. Shrub or tree. 



13 H. hexa'ndra (Willd. rel. in Roem. et Schultes, syst. 5. 

 p. 274.) flowers hexandrous ; racemes tern, simple, hairy ; leaves 

 oblong, bluntish, glabrous but pubescent on the nerves beneath; 

 5 H. castaVea (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. D. C, petioles and peduncles pubescent. Tj, S. Native of South 



America. Smith in Rees' cycl. 19. no. 3. 

 Pendulous'hrsincheA Hirtella. Shrub. 



Flowers white. 



prod. 2. p. 528.) flowers triandrous ; petals ovate, length of the 



calyx ; racemes terminal, and are, as well as the branches, very 



hairy ; leaves hairy, oblong-lanceolate, rather cordate at the 



base, acuminated at the apex. ^ . S. Native of New Spain. 



Petals of a dirty whitish red colour. Stamens hardly twice the 



length of the petals. 



Chestnut-coloured' Rowered Hirtella. Shrub or tree. 



6 H. RUGosA (Pers. ench. 1. p. 250.) flowers triandrous; pe- 

 tals oblong, longer than the calyx ; racemes terminal, and are. 



America, at the river Orinoco. H.B. etKunth, nov. gen. amer. 



Flowers white. 



6. p. 245. 



Hexandrous Hirtella. 



Shrub. 



14 H. hebe'clada (Moric. ined. 

 flowers hexandrous ; 



D. C. prod. 2. p. 529.) 



racemes terminal, simple ; branches, pe- 

 tioles, and nerves of leaves velvety ; leaves oval, rather puberu- 



. S. Native of Bra- 



lous above, and rather hispid beneath 

 zil. Raddi. 



Hairy -branched Hirtella. Shrub. 



^ 



as well as the branches, very hairy; leaves ovate-lanceolate, 15 H. tomente'lla (Schott, in Spreng. syst. append, p. 341.) 



flowers hexandrous and heptandrous ; racemes terminal, clothed 

 ' ' " • ' '' attenuated at both 



acuminated, shining above, reticulated beneath, and pilose on the 



S. Native of Porto-Rico and St. Thomas. H. 



nerves. 



^. 



Portoricensis, Willd. rel- in Roem, et Schultes, syst. 5, p. 274. 



Flowers white. 



Wrinkled Hirtella. Shrub. 



with ferruginous tomentum ; leaves oblong, 

 ends, glabrous above, but rather hairy beneath 

 tive of Brazil. 



Tomentose Hirtella. Shrub. 



^ 



Na- 



7 H. HiRsu TA (Lam. ill. no. 2754.) flowers tetrandrous or 16 H. ANGUSTiFOLiA(Schott, in Spreng. syst. append, p. 341.) 



pentandrous ; racemes aggregate, compound, axillary, and ter- flowers heptandrous and octandrous ; racemes simple, nodding, 

 minal, and are, as well as the branches, hairy ; leaves oval, acute, hairy; leaves cordate, linear-lanceolate, hairy on both surfaces. 



pilose on the nerves beneath. fj. S. Native of Cayenne. H. 

 paniculata, Vahl. symb. 2. p. 43. t. 81. H. aggreg^ta, Poir. 



suppl. 2. p. 53. Stamens constantly 6 according to Meyer, nov. 

 act. bonn. 12. p. 802. 



Hairy Hirtella. Shrub or tree. 



8 H. GLANDULosA (Sprcng. anl. t. 7. f. 1-4. neuw entd. 1. p. 

 303,) flowers pentandrous ; calyx and pedicels beset with stipi- 

 tate glands ; racemes compound, terminal ; leaves ovate-oblong, 

 acutish ; the nerves beset with yellow hairs. ^ . S. Native of 

 Brazil. 



Glandular Hirtella. Shrub or tree. 



9 H. coRYMBOSA (Cham, in Linnaea. 9. p. 545.) flowers trian- 

 drous ; corymbs compound, terminal, pubescent ; leaves coria- 

 ceous, rather cordate, glabrous on both surfaces. Tj , S. Native 



of Brazil. 



Corymbose-Qowered Hirtella. Shrub. 



10 H. flokibu'kda (Cham, in Linnaea. 2. p. 548.) flowers 



^ 



Native of Brazil. 



Narrow 



Shrub. 



(Meyer 



nov. act. bonn. 12. p. 803.) 



flowers enneandrous, apetalous ; calyx spreading ; leaves ovate- 

 oblong, acuminated, glabrous ; racemes compound, terminal. 

 ^ . S. Native of Surinam. 



Apetalous Hirtella. Shrub. 

 18 H. polya'ndra (H. B. et 

 246. 



H. POLYA ndra (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 



565.) flowers with 18-20 stamens, 5-petalled; panicles 



terminal, much branched, clothed with hoary tomentum ; leaves 

 oblong or obovate-oblong, ending in a short acumen, acute at the 

 base, shining and glabrous above, but clothed with white tomen- 

 tum beneath, h . S. Native on the shores of the Pacific ocean 

 near Acapulco. 



Polyandrous Hirtella Shrub 10 to 12 feet. 



T^. S. 



Flowers white- 



t Species not sufficiently Tcnown 



lary, very hairy ; leaves lanceolate-elliptic, coriaceous, glabrous 



, S. Native 



above, except on the nerves, but hairy beneath, 

 of Brazil. 



\ 



octandrous or enneandrous; racemes simple, terminal, and axil- .19 H. sca'ndens (Willd. rel. in Roem. et Schultes, syst. 5. p- 



274.) flowers heptandrous ; racemes axillary and terminal ; lea\^ 

 distinct, oblong, rounded at the base, acuminated at the apex^^ 

 shining and glabrous; stems climbing- ^. v^« S. Wative 

 Brazil. 



Climbing Hirtella. Shrub cl. 



20 H. NEMORosA (Willd. rel. 1. c.) flowers heptandrous ; ra- 

 cemes terminal; leaves distich, oblong, rounded at the D ^. 

 acuminated at the apex, shining and glabrous ; stem erect, n • 

 Native of Brazil. Petals yellow. Stamens violaceous. 



. ined. and 

 tailed ; 



Bundle-flowered Hirtella. Shrub or tree. 



11 H. RACEMosA (Lam. diet. 3. 

 p. 133.) flowers pentandrous ; 



calyx glandless ; racemes simple, 

 axillary, solitary ; rachis and 

 branchlets villous ; leaves oblong, 

 acuminated, glabrous above, but 

 rather pilose or glabrous on the 

 nerves beneath. Tj , S. Native of 

 Guiana and Cayenne. H. Ameri- 

 cana, Aubl. guian. 1* p. 247. t. 

 98. Flowers purplish, (f. 61.) 



i?act'?no5e- flowered Hirtella. Clt. 

 1782. Tree 20 to 30 feet. 



12 H. oblonoif6lia (D. C. 



prod. 2. p. 529.) flowers pentan- 

 drous and hexandrous ; calyx 

 glandless; racemes simple, axil- 

 lary, solitary, glabrous ; leaves ob* 



FIG. 61. 



Petals yellow. 

 Grove Hirtella. Shrub. 

 21 H. AcAYACE^Nsis (Moc et Sesse, fl. mex. icon 



mss. 



D. C. prod. 2. p. 529.) flowers octandrous, 4-petaiie . 

 racemes simple, villous, axillary; leaves obovatc, ^^""^*?a ' 

 glabrous. Ij . S. Native of Mexico, on the mountams ol Aca- 



yaca. Flowers purple. 

 Acayaca Hirtella. 



Shrub or tree. . , ^a h 



. et Sesse, 1. c) flowers with 1?-*^ 



Perhapi 



22 H. dodeca'ndra (Moc. ^^ .^^^-v,, ^- ^-, - .^^ 



stamens ; racemes terminal, panicled ; leaves ^^'^^'^^ ^^^^^^^Di 

 \ . S. Native of Mexico. Petals rose-coloured. 



sufficiently distinct from H. polydndra. 



Dodecandrous Hirtella. Shrub or tree. . 



23 H. KiTiDA (Willd. rel. 1. c.) flowers in termmal racemi:^ 



