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VOCHYSIEiE. III. VocHYsiA. IV. Salvertia. 



Var. X, hexapJiylla (D. C. prod. 1. c.) leaves 4-6 in a whorl, 



21 V. flortbu'nda (Mart. 1. 



linear-oblong, tapering much to the base; racemes terminal, ,c. p. 149. t. 91.) leaves opposite 



FIG. 91. 



very long, straight ; spur straightish, spreading downwards. 



or 3-4 in a whorl, oblong, cus- 



Var. ^, vulgaris (D. C. 1. c.) leaves 3-6 in a whorl, oblong- pidate, costately veined beneath, 

 lanceolate, tapering to both ends, emarginate ; racemes terminal, and strigose and roughish at the 

 middle-sized, cylindrical, loose-flowered ; spur of flower straight- veins; racemes terminal, aggre- 

 gate ; spur of calyx short, 

 straight, and conical ; ovary gla- 



ish, spreading downwards. 



Toucan's Vochysia. Tree 15 to 20 feet. 



12 V. RU^FA (Mart. bras. 1. p. 144. t. 86.) branches thick- brous. Tj . S. Native of Bra- 



Rio Negro. 

 nensis. 



ened, tomentose ; leaves 4-8 in a whorl, petiolate, oblong, ob- zil at Ega, 

 tuse, clothed with rusty tomentum beneath, especially when 

 young, reticulated with veins, coriaceous ; racemes terminal, so- 

 litary, very long, loose-flowered ; peduncles and calyxes tomen- 

 tose ; ovaries very hairy. 

 vince of Minas Geraes. 



in the province of 

 Allied to V. Guia^ 



Bundle-Jlorvered Yochysia. Tr. 



fj . S. Native of Brazil, in the pro- 30 to 40 feet. 



22 V.pRuiNosA(Pohi. pLbras. 



jRw/bw5 Vochysia. Tree 20 feet. 2. p. 22. t. 114.) leaves 4 in a 



13 V. dive'rgens (Pohl. pi. bras. 2. p. 19. t. 111.) leaves Sin whorl, cumulated, nearly ses- 



a whorl, diverging, petiolate, oblong-elliptic, hardly emarginate sile, oval-elliptic, rather cordate 



at the apex ; racemes very long ; peduncles 3-flowered, rather at the base, emarginate at the apex, pruinose ; racemes elon- 



pilose. Tj . S. Native of Brazil, in the province of Goyaz. 



Diver gin g-lesived Vochysia. Tree. 



14 V. micra'ntiia (Pohl. pi. bras. 2. p. 20. t. 11 2.) leaves 3 in 

 a whorl, petiolate, oblong, bluntish at the apex and a little emar- 



gated, tomentose ; peduncles usually 3-flowered, tomentose 

 S. Native of Brazil, in the province of Goyaz. 

 Frosted Vochysia. Shrub 6 to 12 feet. 



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23 V. cunea'ta (Pohl. pi. bras. 2. p. 26. 1. 11 7.) leaves usually 



ginate, rather attenuated at the base ; racemes elongated ; pedi- 5 in a whorl, on short petioles, rather cuneated or obversely 



eels simple. ^ . S. Native of Brazil, in the province of Goyaz. 

 Small-Jlowered Yochysl^. Tree 12 feet. 



15 V. pu'mila (Pohl. pi. bras. 2. p. 21. t. 113.) leaves 3-4 in province of Minas Geraes. 



oblong-ovate, obcordate at the apex ; racemes pyramidal ; pe- 

 duncles usually 4-flowered, Tj . S. Native of Brazil, in the 



a whorl, on short petioles, oblong, narrow at the base, obtuse at 

 the apex and mucronate, glaucous beneath ; racemes very long; 



Cuneated-leaved Vochysia. Tree 24 feet. 



24 V. elonga'ta (Pohl. pi. bras. 2. p. 25. t. 1 1 6.) leaves 3 or 



peduncles 2-flowered, rather pilose. ^2 . S. Native of Brazil, 4 in a whorl, on short petioles, oblong or oblong-elliptic, rounded 



in the province of Minas Geraes. 

 Z)wa?y Vochysia. Shrub 2 feet. 



and emarginate at the apex, attenuated at the base, reticulated; 



racemes elongated, straight; peduncles 2-5-6-flowered. 



T2. S. 



16 V. THYRSoiDEA (Pohl. pi. bras. 2. p. 24. 1. 115.) leaves 4 in Native of Brazil, in the province of Minas Geraes. 



a whorl, on short petioles, oblong-elliptic, retuse, hardly attenu- 

 ated at the base ; racemes pyramidal ; peduncles usually 4-flow- 

 ered. ^2 * S- Native of Brazil, in 

 Geraes. 



the province of Minas 



Thyrse-like-Rowered Vochysia. Tree 20 to 30 feet. 



17 V. alpe'stris (Mart. bras. 1. p. 145. t. 87.) leaves oppo- 

 site, on short petioles, elliptic or oblong-elliptic, rounded, gla- 

 brous on both surfaces, finely veined ; racemes terminal, solitary, 

 long, cylindrical ; ovaries glabrous. ^ . S. Native of Brazil, 

 in the province of Minas Geraes, on the mountains. 



Alp Vochysia. Tree 15 to 25 feet. 



Far. a, nitida (Pohl. 1. c.) leaves 4 in a whorl, elliptic, atte- 

 nuated at the base ; peduncles 5-6-flowered. 



Far. /3, 02^aca (Pohl. 1. c.) leaves 4 in a whorl, oblong, atte- 

 nuated at the base ; peduncles 2-flowered. 



Far. y, ternata (Pohl. 1. c.) leaves 3 in a whorl. 



Elongated Vochysia. Tree 24 feet. 



25 V. ferrugi'nea (Mart. bras. 1. p. 151. t. 92.) leaves 

 opposite, ovate- oblong or oblong, acuminated, glabrous above, 

 and costately veined beneath ; the middle nerve and veins clothed 

 with white tomentum, as well as the branches : racemes termi- 



nal, erect, straight ; peduncles usually 4-flowered ; spur of calyx 

 18 V. gra'ndis (Mart. .bras. 1. p. 146. t. 88.) leaves 4 in a hooked; ovaries glabrous. Tj . S.^ Native of Brazil, in the 

 whorl, petiolate, ovate-oblong, rounded, or somewhat truncate, province of Rio Negro, in woods. 



and rather emarginate at the apex, glabrous on both surfaces and 

 finely veined, membranous ; racemes terminal, long, cylindrical, 



Pj , S. Native of Brazil, in the 



aggregate 



ovaries glabrous. 



province of Rio Negro, in woods. 



Great Vochysia. Tree 80 to 100 feet. 



19 V. HyENKEA^A (Mart. bras. 1. p. 147. t. 89.) leaves 4 in 



Rusty Vochysia. Tree 20 to 30 feet. 



'\ A doubtful species. 



26 V. i KACEMosA (Poir. diet, 8. p. 682.) leaves opposite, 

 ovate-lanceolate, acute, glabrous, membranous ; racemes axil- 

 lary. Tj . S* Native of Cayenne. Cucullaria racemosa, Roem. 



a whorl, on long footstalks, oblong-lanceolate, rather cuspidate, et Schultes, syst. 1. p. SQ. Capsule glabrous, size of a pea, 1- 

 bluntish and emarginate at the apex, glabrous on both surfaces valved, 3-celled ; cells 2 from abortion. Flowers unknown, 

 and finely veined ; racemes terminal, compound, aggregately 

 panicled ; ovaries tomentose. Tj . S. 

 Hijenke^s Vochysia. Tree 20 feet. 



Native of Peru. 



jRacewo^e-flowered Vochysia. 



Cult. 



Tree. 



A mixture of pea't and loam will suit the species of 

 this genus, and ripened cuttings will strike root if planted in a 



20 V. pyramida'lis (Mart. bras. 1. p. 148. t. 90.) leaves op- pot of sand, with a hand-glass placed over them 



posite or 4 in a whorl, subcordate or rounded at the base, ob- 

 long-lanceolate, acuminated, costately veined beneath, and clothed 

 with fine cinereous tomentum, as well as the branches, petioles, 

 and peduncles ; racemes terminal, solitary, pyramidal ; ovaries 

 glabrous. ^j . S. 

 Geraes. 



IV, SALVE'RTIA (Auguste St. Hilaire, ^oes not say to 

 whom he has dedicated this name, but it is evidently dedicated to 

 some person of the name of Salvert or Salverti). St. Hil. mein 



Native of Brazil, in jhe province of Minas mus. 6. p. 266. and 9. p. 340. Mart 



152. D. C 



Pyramidal Vochysia. Tree 20 to 80 feet. 



prod. 3. p. 28. 



Monogynia. Calyx of 5 nearly equal 



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