668 



VOCHYSIEiE. I. Callisthene. 



lamina, Retz. obs. 4. p. 27. Myrtus serr^ta, Koenig. Eugenia ones sterile. Valves of capsule opening in the middle; cells 2- 



laurina, Willd. spec. no. 30. 

 Laurel-like Bobu. Tree. 



Flowers 4 or 5-cleft. 



seeded. 



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



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f 



XC. VOCHYSIE^^ (plants agreeing with Fochysia in im- ing ^n the middle. 



5 Qua'lea. Upper sepal furnished with a spur at the base. 

 Petals 1, rarely 2. Stamens 1, rarely 2. Valves of capsule open- 

 Seeds winged. 



portant characters). St. Hil. mem. mus. 6. p. 265, E. Meyer 

 in nov. act. bonn. 2. p. 812. D. C. prod. 3. p. 25. — Vochy- 

 sianae, Juss. herb. — Vochysiacese, Mart. nov. gen. 1. p. 123, 

 124. 



Calyx of 4-5 sepals (f. 90. d. f. 91. a.). Sepals connected at 

 the base, imbricate in sestivation (f. 91. a.), unequal; the upper 

 one drawn out into a spur (f. 90. d. f. 91. 6.). Petals 1- (f. 



Sect. II. Ovary adnate to the calyx. Calyx i-parted, 



6 Eri'sma. One of the lobes of the calyx furnished with a 

 spur at the base. Petal 1. Fertile stamen 1, sterile 4. 



•j- Genera doubtful whether they belong to the present order. 



7 Loza'nia. Calyx with a ventricose tube, and a 5-parted 



n^ L \ « o /r ni J ' \ u \- '^u ^u^ ^oi.,^;«.. permanent limb. Petals wanting. Disk quadrangular, filling 



90. b. a.) 2-3 (f 91. d. c.) or 5, alternating with the calycme ^^ ^ , , ^ „ . i i i 



1 u A ' : J . I, • u c. ^7^ an \ K ,,o»oii„ the bottom of the calyx. Stamen 1, small, mserted under tl»e 



lobes, and mserted at their base. Stamens 1 (t. 90. c; -5, usually i -. i ^ n i ^ i i o^.,i_ c c*;,, « 



opposite the petals, rarely alternating with them, and inserted ^* 'i, 



in the bottom of the calyx, the most of them usually sterile and * * ' / 



s 



Seeds 6. Stigmas 



small, only one fertile and bearing an ovate (4-celled, ex Mar- 

 tins) anther. Ovarium free, or adhering to the calyx, 3-celled 

 (f. 91. h.) ; ovula 1-2, or few in each cell, attached to the base 

 of the axis. Style 1 (f. 90. g. f. 91. g*.). Stigma 1. Capsule 

 trigonal (f. 91. A.), 3-celled, 3-valved ; valves opening along 

 their middle. Seeds exalbu'minous. Embryo straight, inverted. 

 Cotyledons large, foliaceous, plicate, convolute. Radicle short, 

 superior. — South American trees, with opposite 

 branches. Leaves opposite or verticillate, but sometimes al- 



8 Aga'rdhia. Calyx of 3 sepals. Petals 5, convolute. 

 Stamen 1, bearing a large 2-celled anther. Style 1. Drupe 

 oval, 3-celled, 3-valved. 



9 Schweigge'ria. Calyx of 3 sepals. Petals 3, one of 

 which is spurred. Stamen 1. Pistil none. Fruit unknown. 



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Ovarium f tee from the calyx. Calyx 5-jjarted. 



tetragonal 



Petal one (f. 90. a. 6.), obcordate. Stamen 1 (f. 90. c), alternat- 

 ing with the petal, without any rudiments of sterile stamens. 

 . Anther 4-celled; cells separating by pairs. Ovary free, 3-cell- 



fhis order agrees with Guitifercs and Marcgraviacc^ in the ed ; cells containing few ovula. Capsule 3-celled (f. 90. e.\ 3- 



habit and flowers, but is distinguished from them in the stamens valved ; valves without a dissepiment ; cells 1-2-seeded. Seeds 



bistipulate at the base. Flowers racemose, panicled or thyrsoid, 

 usually terminal ; j^edicels bracteate. 



being inserted in the calyx. It agrees with Combretacece in the 



adnate to the angles of the central, thick, trigonal placenta.- 



the stamens being solitary from abortion. Perhaps this order 



1 C. MA^joR (Mart. 1. c. t. 75.) 



FIG. 90. 



comes nearer to Violariece than to any other, an affinity which is glabrous ; leaves elliptic or 

 pointed out by the irregular flowers, trilocular ovarium, and sti- ovate-oblong, obtuse or acute ; 



pulas ; in fact, in every plant of that order the stamens are also ^,^'"f '^ ^""^''^'l \" ^'V^ ^^^^' ^^ 



"^ ^ the leaves, and therefore oppo- 



site. ^ . S. Native of Brazil, in 

 hot sandy places. Petals yellow, 

 lined with scarlet, (f. 90.) 



pengynous 



Synopsis of the genera. 



/' 



Calyx 5-parted. 



Tree 10 



1 Callistiie'ne. Upper sepal drawn out into a large spur 

 at the base (f. 90. d.). Petal 1, obcordate (f 90. 6.). Stamen 

 1 (f. 90. c), without any rudiments of sterile ones. Valves of cap- obtuse 

 sule without a dissepiment; cells 1-2-seeded (f. 89. c). 



2 Amphilochia. Upper sepal drawn out into a short spur at 

 the base. Petal 1, obcordate. Fertile stamen 1, usually witli- 

 outanv rudiments of sterile ones. Valves of capsule bent in so P^""'"^ ^^"^? Chepada de 



^ ^ VOno Mft#r\|f^ ^«>^n»vi^ ^^l^.*^ 



much as to form dissepiments ; cells 1-2-seeded. 



S Vochy'sia. Upper sepal drawn out into a long spur at 



Larger Callisthene. 

 to 12 feet. 



% C. MlNOR(Mart. 1. c. t. 76.) 

 pubescent ; leaves linear-oblong, 



ending in a glandular 

 mucrone ; flowers solitary in the 

 axils, and therefore opposite. ^2 • 

 S. Native of Brazil, in the high 



Pa- 



the base (f. 91. b.). 



) 



(f. 



Stamens 8, lateral ones sterile. Valves of cap- flowers axillary, in fascicles. ^2 . S. 



rana. Petals cream-coloured. 



Smaller Callisthene. Tree 15 to 26 feet. 



8 C. fascicula'ta (Mart. 1. c. p. 126.) leaves ovate-oblong, 

 obtuse, rather emarginate, glabrous above, and villous beneath ; 



- ' ^ ' - Native of Brazil, in the 



sule opening in the middle- Seed solitary in the cells, winged. 



4 Salvje'rtia. Upper lobe of calyx furnished with a spur at 

 the base. Petals 5, upper 2 very narrow. Stamens 3, lateral 



desert between Serra de St. Antonio, and the river St. Fran- 

 cisco, in the province of Minas Geraes. Petals cream-coloured- 



/a^cic/eJ-flowered Callisthene. Tree. 



Cult. See Voschysta for culture and propagation, p. 670. 



Ml. 



ii; 



i 



1, 



4 



I. CALLISTHE'NE (to the memory of Callisthenes, an ancient \ 

 philosopher). Mart. bras. 1. p. 123. D. C. prod. 2. p. 25. 

 Lin, syst. Mondndria, Monogynia. Calyx of 5 unequal parts 



tcrnate at the tops of the branches, quite entire, feather-nerved, (f- 90. d.), upper one large, and drawn out into a spur (f. 90. d.). »). 



«, 



t, 



cotyledons being convolute, and in the inverted seeds ; and with Resinous trees ; with minute axillary buds, covered with white ^ 



p . -^ ^. .„ .,_... grams. Leaves and branches opposite and distich, coetaneous, sti- p 



some of the genera of Onagrartc^, especially with Lopezia, in ^^^^^^^^ deciduous. Flowers axillary and lateral. Petals yellowish, i 



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