COMBRETACE.E. XIV. Lumnitzera. XV.Quisqualis. XVL Ceratostachys. XVII. Bruguiera. XVIII. Bobva. 667 



. Trifoliate Cacoucia. Shrub cl. 

 CutL See Combretum for culture and propagation, p. 666. 



XIV. LUMNriZERA (in honour of Stephen Lumnitzer, 

 author of Flora Posoniensis, 1 vol, 8vo. Leipzig, 1791). Willd. 



Q. viLLosA (Roxb. hort. beng. p. 90.) leaves oblong, some- 

 what cordate, villous as well as the linear-lanceolate bracteas ; 

 flowers pubescent. ^. v^. S. Native of the East Indies. 



Villous Quisqualis. Shrub cl. 



Cult, Some of the snecies of Quisqualis arp pnnal in rhv 



nov. act. nat.cur. berl. 4. (1803) p. 186. but not of Jacq. (1817). gance to the species of Combretuin when in flower : their culture 



D. C. prod. 3. p. 22. 



Lin. syst. Decdndria^ Monogynla. Bracteoles ^, very short, 

 under each flower. Limb of calyx tubular, 5-toothed ; teeth 

 obtuse. Petals 5, inserted in the calyx and longer than it, re- 

 flexed. Stamens 10, 5 of which are shorter than the petals, and 

 the longest 5 about the length of the petals. Ovary oblong, 

 compressed. Style subulate. Drupe dry, 1 -seeded. — A shrub, 

 with alternate leaves, and intra-foliaceous racemes of flowers. 

 The structure of the seed is hardly known, and therefore the 

 genus may not be distinct from Cacoucia. 



and propagation are the same, see p. 666. 



■f Genera belonging to Combret(ice^f hut are not sufficiently 

 known. 



XVL CERATO'STACIIYS (from icepag, keras, a horn, and 

 ara^vqy stachys, a spike ; in reference to the heads of flowers 



being intermixed with spongy processes). Blum, bijdr. p. 641. 

 D. C. prod. 3. p. 23. 



Lin. syst. Octo-Dodecdndriay Monogynia* Limb of calyx 



1. L. RACEMosA (Willd. 1. c). ^ . v^. S. Nativeof the East entire. Petals usually 8, small. Stamens 8-lG, unequal. Ovary 



Indies. 



hero 



reous, glabrous. Leaves obovate, quite entire, rather fleshy, 

 glabrous, tapering into the petiole. Racemes naked. 

 /?flce?no5e-flowered Lumnitzera. Shrub cl. 



Branches cine- biovulate. Style short, crowned by a bifid stigma. Drupe 



baccate, crowned by the limb of the calyx, containing a 1 -seeded 

 compressed nut. Embryo exalbuminous? inverted. — A tall 

 tree, with scattered, oblong, quite entire leaves ; and axillary 



Cidt. See Combretum for culture and propagation, p. 66G, spikes of flowers. Flowers disposed in dense heads, intermixed 



XV. QUISQUA'LIS (from quis^ who, and qualis^ what kind ; 

 when the name was given to this genus it was uncertain to what 

 class or order it belonged). 



no. 539. 



Rumph. amb. 5. p. 71. Lin. gen. 



Blum, bijdr. p. 638. D, C. prod. Mount Salak. 



Lam. ill. t. 357. 

 3. p. 22. 



Lin, syst. Decdndria, Monogynia, Tube of calyx slender, 

 lengthened out much above the ovarium, deciduous, with a 5- 

 cleft border. Petals 5, oval-oblong, obtuse, longer than the 

 caiycine teeth. Stamens 10, exserted, inserted in the throat of 

 the calyx, alternate ones shorter than the others. 



ovate-globose, containincr 4 ovula. 



serted. 



w^ith spongy, filiform processes. The place which this genus 

 should occupy in the order is uncertain, from the embryo being 



unknown. 



1 C. ARBOREA (Blum. 1. c). Ti . S. Native of Java, on 



Tree Ceratostachys. Tree 40 feet. 



Cult. See Bucida for culture and propagation, p. G57. 



Ovarium 



Style filiform, obtuse, ex- 

 Drupe dry, 5-angled, 1 -seeded. 

 ^?'*ge, plano-convex, ex Blume. 



Cotyledons fleshy, 



XVII. BRUGUIFRA (in honour of Bruguiere, the well- 

 known French botanist). Pet. Th. diet. sc. nat. 5. p. SI 5. gen. 

 nov. mad. no. 70. p. 21. but not of Lam. D. C. prod. 3. p. 23. 



Lin. syst. Decdndriay Monogynia. Tube of calyx fur- 

 nished with 2 scales in the middle ; limb 5-lobed, obtuse. Pe- 



tite, rarely alternate, ovate, quite entire leaves ; and axillary and 

 ^numal spikes of changeable-coloured flowers, usually varying 

 «om white to red. 



Climbing shrubs, with oppo- ^^^^ 5^ oblong-lanceolate, spreading. Stamens 10, equal in length 



to the petals. Style acute. Ovary adnate to the calyx, con- 

 taining 4 pendulous ovula. Fruit unknown. — A small tree, 

 with alternate, oval, smooth, succulent leaves, tapering into the 



thLh'A'''''^ \ "• ^P^"^- ^^^'-^ pubescent; bracteas ovate- ^j^j^^ Racemes axillary. Flowers small, white. The genus, 



omboid, aristately acummated, one under each flower; leaves according to Petit Thours, is nearly allied to Combretum. 



Amboyna, Lam. ill. 



Flowers 



Ker. bot. reg. 492. 



1 B. Madagascarie'nsis (D. C. prod. 3. p. 23.). ^2 • 

 Native of Madagascar, in places inundated with salt water. 

 Kada-kandel, Rheed. mal. 6. t. 37* 



Madagascar Bruguiera. Tree. 



Cult. See Combretum for culture and propagation, p. 666. 



S. Native of Guinea. Flowers 



Bombu is the name of the tree in 

 Ceylon). D. C. prod. 3. p. 23. — Bobu, Adans. fam. pi. 2. p. 



^^'ate, acuminated ; petals oval, oblong, clothed with adpressed 

 pubescence. Tj .^. S. Native of Java. 

 j- ^57' Sims, bot. mag. 2033. 



eautiful^ changeable in colour from orange to red, sweet-scented. 

 hdian Quisqualis. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1815. Shrub cl. 



2 Q. pube'scens (Beauv. fl. d'ow. l.p. 67.) pubescent; leaves 

 Qrdate or oblong, acuminated, with a rounded base ; bracteas 



ovate, acuminated. 1? . ^. 



'^e those of Q./Wica. 



. ^"iewni Quisqualis. Clt. 1815. Shrub cl. 



3 Q. ebractea'ta (Beauv. fl. d'ow. 1. p. 57. t. 34.) smoothish ; 

 lowers bractless ; petals oblong, glabrous. h • ^- S. Native 

 J Guinea, in the kingdom of Waree. Leaves oval-oblong, 

 *^^^r ones smaller and roundish. Flowers white. 



^roci/m-flowered Quisqualis. Shrub cl. 

 ^^* Q. GLA^BRA (Burm. fl. ind. 104. t. 28. f. 2.) leaves ovate, 

 ^^^e, and are as well as the minute bracteas quite glabrous. ^ ^ 



'^'V-S. Native of Java. Flowers in spikes; spikes all op- illary, simple peduncles, bearing subspicate distant flowers ; pe- 



11. — Eugenioides, Lin. fl. zeyl. p. 192. 



flo 



Lin. syst. 



Mono. 



Tube of calyx ovate, 



adnate to the ovary ; limb 5-cleft, with very short blunt lobes. 

 Petals 5, alternate with the lobes of the calyx, and longer than 

 them. Stamens 20-30, free, longer than the petals. Style fili- 

 form. Stigma subcapitate. Fruit (berry?) ovate, indehiscent, 

 few-seeded. Seed unknown — A tree, with alternate, obovate- 

 oh\on<r, acute, glabrous, dotless, usually serrated leaves; andax- 



Smoth Quisqualis. Clt. 1815. 



mi 1 ^^^'^^^'''i ; leaves ovate, acute, glabrous ; corymbs ter- 

 pJl ^ ' w G. Native of Cochin-china. 



Shrub cl. 



^ • w- G. Native of Cochin-china. Q. I'ndica, Lour. 

 274. Racemes corynibose. Flowers from white to 



• A he seeds are astringent and anthelmintic. 

 ^oureiro's Quisqualis. Shrub cl. 



diceis very short, each propped by 2 or 3 bracteas just under 

 the calyx. This is a very doubtful genus. 



1 B. lau'rina (D. C. prod. 2. p. 24.) spikes simple and pa- 

 nicled, shorter than the leaves ; leaves serrated. Ij . S. Na- 

 tive of Ceylon. Laurus, Burm. zeyl. p. 139. t. 62.— Euge- 

 nioides, Lin. fl. «eyl. 192. no. 409. Bobu, Herm. zevl. 0. 

 Burm. zeyl. 26. Bombu, Pctiv. raus. p. 39. ex Lin. Myrtuj 



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