MEMECYLE^. I. Memecylon. II. Scutula. III. Mouriria. COMBRETACE^. 



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1. 15. Flowers purple. Fruit globose, ex Blum. Perhaps many 

 species are confused under this name. 



Great Memecylon. Tree 10 to 12 feet. . 



14 M. corda'tum (Lam. diet. 4. p. 89. ill. t. 284. f. 2.) 



apex of the calyx, and alternating with its teeth, twisted in 

 aestivation. Stamens 10, rather unequal. Anthers oblong, open- 

 ^^S ^y ^ pores at the apex. Ovary nearly globose. Style fili- 

 form. Stigma capitate. Berry globose, crowned by the coarc- 



branches nearly terete ; leaves sessile, cordate at the base, stem- tate toothed tube of the calyx, 1-4-ceIled, 1-4-seeded. — Gla- 

 dasping, ovate ; peduncles axillary, branched ; fruit crowned brous shrubs with nodose branches, opposite, feather-nerved. 



by the largish, bluntly 4-toothed limb of the calyx. Tj 

 Native of the East Indies and the Mauritius. 

 Far. ay pedunculosum (D, C. prod. 2. p. 7.) peduncles nearly 



S. Native 



equal in length to the leaves ; leaves smaller, 

 of the East Indies. 



^ 



Far, /3, brevipes (D. C 

 the leaves ; leaves larger, b • S. Native of the Mauritius. 



acute, quite entire, coriaceous leaves, and axillary peduncles. 

 This genus is allied to Melastomacecey according to Richard, but 

 according to R. Brown and E. Meyer it is intermediate between 

 Myrtcicece and Melastomacece ; with the first it agrees in the 

 elevated dots and feather nerves of the leaves, and with the last 

 in the structure of the anthers. 



1 M. myrtilloi'des (Poir. diet. sc. nat. '33. p. 1G3.) leaves 



almost sessile, ovate, attenuated, oblique at the base ; pedicels 



15 M. fe'rreum (Blum, bijdr. p. 1095.) branches terete? solitary, I-flowered. Fj . S. ^' ' 



CordateAe^xeA Memecylon. Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 



leaves petiolate, oval, very blunt, sometimes retuse, attenuated 

 at the base, coriaceous, veinless ; umbels corymbose, axillary ; 



fruit globose, h 



Native of Java, on the mountains. 



Native of Hispaniola and Ja- 

 maica, in woods in the lowlands. Petaloma myrtilloides, Swartz, 

 fl. ind. occ. 2. p. 83S. t. 14.— Sloane, hist. 2. p. 78. t. 87. f. 3. 

 Flowers white. Berry ovate, black, 1, rarely 2-seeded, and 1- 

 celled, ex Swartz. The bark is smooth and grey, with some 

 very white spots, wlience its name of silver-wood. The wood is 



3-nerved, glabrous, attenuated at the base ; peduncles axillary, hard, tough, heavy, and good for looms, handles, staves for 



^Sg''^gat^> longer than the petioles, umbellate, few-flowered. 



Iron Memecylon. Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 



16 M. ciNNAMOMioiDES ; Icavcs elliptic, obtusely acuminated. 



Native of Sierra Leone, (v. s. herb. Lamb.) 

 Cinnamon-like Memecylon. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 

 17 M. Afze'lii; leaves elliptic, attenuated [at both ends, 

 coriaceous, 1 -nerved, ending in a long acumen at the apex ; pe- 

 duncles twin or tern, axillary ; flowers umbellate. Tj . S. Na- 



oars, Sec. 

 Myrtle 



Clt. 1823, Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



Afzeli 



) 



Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



2 M. Guiane'nsis (Aubl. guian. 1. p. 453. t. 180.) leaves 

 on short petioles, ovate, acuminated, feather-nerved ; peduncles 

 crowded in the axils of die leaves, 1 or few-flowered; style fili- 

 form. Ij . S. Native of Guiana, in w^oods at the river Sinimari, 

 where it is called Mourichira. Lam, ill. t. 3G0. Petaloma 

 Mouriri, Swartz, fl. ind. occid. 835. Flowers yellow. Berry 



18 M. blackioi'des ; leaves large, sessile, very broad, coria- " globose, yellow, dotted with red, 1-celled, 4-seeded. ex Aubl. 

 ceous, strongly 3-nerved, the lateral veins running into a mar- 



■ ■ Tj . S. 



gjnal nerve ; corymbs compound, pedunculate, axillary 

 Native of Sierra Leone, in the woods in the low lands. 



Shrub 6 to 10 feet, 



Wood hard and whitish. 



Guiana Silver-wood. Clt. 1817. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



3 M. CAULIFLORA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 7.) leaves nearly sessile. 

 ovate, much acuminated, somewhat cordate at the base ; pedun- 



Blackia-like Memecylon. 



Cult. A mixture of sand, loam, and peat suits the species cles rising In umbellate fascicles from the old trunk. ^. S. 

 of Memecylon. Young cuttings, planted in a pot of sand, with Native of Brazil, in woods. Petaloma cauliflora. Mart, m 



a hand-glass placed over them in heat root freely. 



H. SCU'TULA (from scutula^ a little saucer ; form of the 

 ™b of the calyx). Lour. coch. p. 235. D. C. prod. 3. p. 7. 



Lin, syst. Octo-Decdndria, Monogynia. Calyx with the 

 tube adhering to the ovary, and with a truncate, spreading, fleshy, 

 ^ '^ - - - - Petals 4-5, connivent, seated on the 



Style filiform, simple at the apex 



Seed compressed. — Small 



Great-floTvered 



saucer-formed limb. 



wder of the calyx. Stamens 8-10, with inflexed filaments and compressed. Pj 



curved oblong anthers. 



15erry 8-celled'; cells 1 -seeded. 



*^ooth trees, with opposite, lanceolate, quite entire leaves ; and 



^xillary and terminal peduncles, bearing blue or violaceous 



flowers. This genus is probably not distinct from Memecylon. 



IS. scutella'ta (Lour. 1. c) peduncles axillary, many- 

 ^o^ered ; berries compressed. Tj . G. Native of Cochin-china, 

 blowers and fruit violaceous. 



oawcer-calyxed Scutula. Shrub 8 feet. 



2 S. umbella'ta (Lour. 1. c.) umbels terminal; berries 

 "^ndish. h . a Nntlvp of Cochin-china. Flowers white 



Trunk straight; branches horizontal. Petals white. Filaments 

 of a rose white colour, ex Mart. Young fruit 5-celled, or only 



2-4-celled from abortion. 



Stem-Jlowered Silver-wood. Tree 10 to 12 feet. 



4 M. GRANDiFLbRA (D. C. prod. 2, p. 8.) leaves on short 

 petioles, ovate, acuminated, feather-nerved ; peduncles short, 

 few-flowered, crowded at the axils along the branches ; style 



Native of Para, in Brazil. Petals oval, 



attenuated at the base, thick, rather coriaceous. 



Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



Anthers large. 



+ Species not suffix 



5 M. MexicaVa (Moc. et Sesse, fl. raex. icon. ined. ex D. C. 



prod. 3. p. 8.). 



h 



S. Native of Mexico. Like M. Guia* 



nensis, but the petals are rose-coloured ; anthers hardly acute 

 at the base, and the berries are red and 4-celled. 



Mexican Silver-wood. Shrub. 



Cult. 



Me 



, , Jj. G. ..„ 



and party-coloured. 

 ^»n6e//a/e-flowered Scutula. 

 ^i^lt. See Memecvlon for c 



Shrub 4 feet. 



III. MOURI'RIA {Mouririchlra is the Guiana name of M. 

 ^^uinknsis). Juss. gen. 320. Lam. ill. t. 360. D. C. prod. 2. 

 J- 7.~Mouriri, Aubl. guian. 1. p. 452. t. 180.— Petaloma, 



Mono, 



P 



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Order LXXXIX. COMBRETiVCE^ (plants agreeing with 

 Comhretum in important characters). R. Br. nov. holl. 1. p. 

 351. in a note. Rich, in diet, class. 4. p. 353. D. C. diss. ined. 

 in soc. hist, nat, gen. prod. 3. p. 9.— Myrobalanese, Juss. diet. 



sci. nat. 31. p. 458. 



Flowers hermaphrodite, rarely polygamous from abortion- 

 Calyx with the tube adhering to the ovary (f. 88. a.) ; and with 

 a 4-5-lobed (f. 88. e. c. f. 89. a.) limb, which falls off as the 



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5-cleft, Petals 5, broad at the base, inserted near the flower decays. Petals sometimes wanting (f. 88. r.), but usually 



