COMBRETACE^. IV. Pentaptera. V, G 





A. VI. Chuncoa. VII. Ramatuella, &c. 



6G1 



8 P. GLA*BRA (Roxb. liort. beng. p. 34.) leaves nearly oppo- alternate scattered leaves, and axillary spikes or racemes of 



site, oblong or obovate-oblong, obtuse, glabrous, furnished with 

 2 glands at the base on the middle nerve, discoloured beneath ; 



panicle terminal, composed of spikes. P2 • ^' Native of the 

 East Indies, where it is called Della-madoo, 

 Glabrous Pentaptera. Tree 50 ft. 



flowers ; those flowers at the base of the spikes hermaphrodite, 

 and those at the apex male. The internal structure of the seeds 

 is scarcely known. Ventenat doubts if the cotyledons are truly 

 convolute. The genus is probably distinct from Tcrminalia. 

 1 C. obova'ta (Poir. 1. c.) leaves obovate, acuminated ; spikes 



.9 P. ALA^TA (Banks, herb.) leaves elliptic-obovate, obtuse, pendulous; fruit 5-winged. Tj . S. Native of Peru, at Cu- 

 and mucronate, glabrous, furnished with 2 glands at the base of chera and Macora, where it Is called Arhol del Chunchu. Gim- 



the limb ; branches, rachis, and calyxes drooping ; spikes on 

 lyDg peduncles, axillary or terminal, simple. ^ . S. Native oi 

 Tranquebar.. 



J^ingedl-fruited Pentaptera. Tree 40 ft. 



t Species only known by name from Roxb. hort. beng, p. 34. 



10 P. coria'cea (Roxb.) Native of Coromandel, where it is 

 called anemiittu Perhaps the same as Terminalia coriacea of 



Rottl. 



Coriaceow5-leaved Pentaptera. Tree 40 h. 



11 P. biala'ta (Roxb.) Native of the East Indies. 

 two-winged'ixmieA Pentaptera. Tree 40 ft. 



Cult. See Bucida for culture and propagation, p. 657. 



bern^tia obov^ta, Ruiz et Pav. prod. 138. syst. 174. and Spreng. 

 syst. exclusive of the synonyme of Aublet. 

 Obovate-leaved Chuncoa. Tree 40 feet. 



2 C. oblo'nga (Poir. 1. c.) leaves oblong; spikes crowded; 

 fruit furnished with 2 wings. Tj . S. Native of Peru, in woods 

 at Pozuzo. Gimbernatia ohlonga, Ruiz et Pav. 1. c. 



Oblong-leayed Chuncoa, Tree. 



3 C. Brasilie'nsis (St. Ilil. fl. bras. 2. p. 244 ) leaves ob- 

 ovate-oblong, quite entire, biglandular at the base ; spikes nearly 

 sessile, many-flowered ; fruit pubescent, Tj . S. Native of 

 Brazil, in the provinces of Minas Geraes and Goyaz. 



Brazilian Chuncoa. Tree 20 ft. 



Cult. See Bucida for culture and propagation, p. G37. 



V. GETaNIA (the author does not say from whence this VII. RAMATUE'LLA {Ramatuelle is tlie vernacular name 



name is derived). 



210. t. 217. D. C. prod. 2. p. 15. 

 iSh Poir. suppl. 2. p. 41. 

 Lin. syst. Decdndria, Monogynia: 



Roxb. cor. 1. t. 87. Gsertn. fruct. 3. p. 



Calycopteris, Lam. ill. t. 



of the tree). D. C. prod. 3. p. IG. 



656, 



Ramatue!a, II. B. et Kunth, 



nov. gen. amer. 7. p. 253. t. 



Lin. syst. and flowers unknown. 



Fruit 



coriaceous. 



and 



nent, campanulate, cleft almost to the base into 5 parts ; lobes 

 lanceolate, 3-nerved. Petals wanting. Stamens 10, exserted, 

 disposed in 2 series, shorter than the calyclne lobes, 5 inserted 

 at the recesses of the lobes, and the other 5 inserted in the bot- 

 tom of the calyx. Anthers orbicular, didymous. Style filiform, 

 obtuse, pubescent. Nut roundish, pentagonal, crowned by the 

 calyx, 1-celled, 1-seeded. — Climbing shrubs, with opposite ovate 

 acuminated leaves, on short petioles, full of small resinous dots 

 oeneath. Racemes axillary, or constituting a terminal panicle. 



1 G. floribu'nda (Roxb. cor. 1. 1. 87.) leaves ovate, acute, 

 pubescent above, and clothed with rusty tomentum beneath ; 

 panicle terminal. ^ . ^. S. Native of Malabar. Roth. nov. 

 spec. 216. Perhaps the same as Calycopteris floribunda. Lam. 

 "'• t. 357. a native of Madagascar, which, according to Poir. 

 ^uppl. 2. p. 41. has glabrous leaves. 



Bmdle-flowered Getonia. Clt. 1815. Shrub cl. 



Limb of calyx perma- woody, indehisccnt, 1-secded, 5-anglcd; angles winged above, 



and ending in a tapering beak at the apex. Seed ovate-sub- 



conical, marked by the raphe on one side, 

 lute. 



Cotyledons convo- 



A shrub, having the 1 



crowded by threes or fours 



Peduncles 



at the tops of the branches, quite entire, coriaceous, 

 terminal, but at length lateral. Fruit sessile, crowded into heads. 

 , I R. arge'ntea (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c.) ^ . S. Native of 

 South America, on the banks of the river Atabapo. Leaves 

 obovate-cuneated, glabrous above, and silky beneath. 

 Silvery Ramatuella. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 

 Cult.- See Bucida for culture and propagation, p. 657. 



VIII. CONOCA'RPUS (from kovoc, honos^ a cone, and Kap- 

 TTOQy karpoSy a fruit ; in reference to the scale-formed fruit being 

 so closely imbricated in a head as to resemble a small fir-cone). 

 Gaertn. fruct. 2. p. 470. t. 177. II. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 

 6. p. 113. but not of Adans. — Conocarpus spec. Jacq. and Lin, 



. 2 G. nu'tans (Roxb. hort. beng. p. 33.) leaves ovate, ending — Rudbechia, Adans. fam. p. 80. but not of Lin. 



"^ a long abrupt acumen, glabrous above except the nerve, pu- 



Native of the East Indies. G. nitida, thers cordate. 



^scent beneath ; racemes for the most part axillary, longer than 

 JJe leaves. Tj . ^. S. 



'yoth. nov. spec. 217. Flowers nearly twice the size of those 

 of the preceding species. 



^ar. ^, hrachystachya (D. C. prod. 3. p. 15.) leaves ovate, 



^^^^i glabrous above except the nerve, pubescent beneath ; 



'^cemes axillary, shorter than the leaves. Tj . S. Native 



^ountry unknown. Perhaps a variety of G. floribunda, or per- 



*^3PS a species. 



Mono 



Tube of calyx 



.1- 



cleft, deciduous. Petals wanting. Stamens 5-10, exserted ; an- 



pressed 

 corky, scale-formed, closely imbricated, indehisccnt. 1- 



Fruit 

 ded. 



^^dding-xnQemeA Getonia. 



Clt. 1816. Shrub cl. 



^^It. See Combretum for culture and propagation, p. 670. 



^'I. CIIUNCO^A (Jrbol del Chunchu is the name of the first 

 Jpecies in Peru). Pav. in Juss. gen. p. 76. (1789.) Poir. suppL 

 ;• P;258. Gimbernatia, Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. prod. p. 138. t. 

 ^Ml7»4). 



I-IN'. SYST. Decdndria, Monogynia. Flowers some of them 

 J^"*niaphrodite, and others male. Limb of calyx 5-toothed, deci- 

 auous. Petals wanting. Stamens 10, filiform, length of the 

 T'y'^; anthers roundish. Style filiform. Fruit drupaceous, 

 Oblong, coriaceous, 5 -angled ; angles winged, the 2 opposite 



^^es the largest. Seed one, pendulous.— Peruvian trees, with 



Seed pendulous. Cotyledons Involute. — Shrubs, with alternate 

 quite entire leaves, rarely nearly opposite ones. Heads of flowers 

 pedunculate ; flowers crowded. 



Sect. I. Euconoca'rpus (from fv, cm, well or good, Koiof, 

 konoSy a cone, and Kapiror^ karjws, a fruit ; tl)is section contaifis 

 those species whose fruit is so densely imbricated as to appear 



like a fir-cone). D. C. prod. 3. p. 16. Fruit somewhat boat- 

 shaped, hardly winged on the margins, awnless at the apex, im- 

 bricated backwards. Tube of calyx not drawn out beyond the 

 ovarium, with a sessile limb seated obliquely on the ovary. 

 1 C, t:re'cta (Jacq. amer. 78. t. 52. f. 1. H, B. et Kunth, 



nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 1 18.) leaves oblong-lanceolate, tapering to 

 both ends, thickish, glabrous, or when young rather downy, 

 usually biglandular at the base ; heads of flowers panicled. ^ . 

 S. Native of South America, West Indies, Tropical Africa, and 

 Asia, in sandy places near the sea or on hanks of rivers, as fir uji 

 as the tide reacnes, and usually growing along with mangrovcw. 

 Sloane, hist. 2. p. 161. f. 2.— Cat. car. t. 33. 



