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VOCHYSIEiE. IV. Salvertia. V. Qualea. VI. Euisma. 



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obtuse elliptic lobes, the upper one furnished with a spur at the Stamen 1 in the flowers, with 2 petals, and 2 in the flowers, with 

 base. Petals 5, the 2 superior ones very narrow. Stamens 3, 1 petal. Petal cream-coloured, veined, 

 inserted in the calyx, opposite the 3 lower petals, the lateral 2 Spurless Qualea. Tree 20 feet. 



sterile, the middle one only antheriferous. Style clavate. Stigma 5 Q. grandiflora (Mart. bras. 1. c. p. 133. t. 79.) leaves 



saucer-shaped, obtuse, lateral, situated beneath the apex of the oblong, rather acuminated, glabrous above, tomentose and cos- 

 style. Capsule 3-celled, S-valved, trigonal; cells 1 -seeded ; tately-veined beneath, but with the nerves and veins glabrous; 

 valves opening in the middle. Seeds exalbuminous, drawn out flowers axillary or terminal, solitary or racemose ; calyx clothed 

 atone side into a woolly wing. Embryo with convolute co- with silky pubescence on the outside, furnished with an elon- 

 gated acutish spur. Tj . S. Native of Brazil, in the provinces of 

 St. Paul and Minas Geraes. Petal 1, large, white, yellow at the 

 base, orbicular, emarginate. Stamen 1. 



Great-Jlorvered Qualea. Tree 10 to 20 feet. 



6 Q. MULTiFLORA (Mart. 1. c. p. 134. t. 80.) leaves opposite 



tyledons, and a superior radicle. — Trees, with oval, obtuse, ex- 

 stipulate, feather- nerved leaves, which are crowded in whorles 

 of 6 or 8. Flowers thyrsoid, sweet-scented, white, but at length 

 becoming orange-coloured. 



1 S. coNVALLARiODORA (St. Hil. 1. c.) leavcs in whorles, oval, 



obtuse 



flowers thyrsoid. Tj . S. Native of Brazil, in fields, or 3 in a whorl, ovate or broad-lanceolate, or oblong, acumi- 



in the province of Minas Geraes. 

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Tree 30 feet. 



ated, glabrous on both surfaces, costately veined beneath ; 

 peduncles pilose ; racemes axillary or terminal ; whorles of 



tliyrse large, panicled ; flowers small. T2 . S. Native of Brazil, 

 in the province of Goyaz. Petals white, spotted with red. 



Thryse-Jlowered 

 CulL 



Tree 20 feet. 



2 S. TiiRYSiFLORA (Pohl. pi. bras. 2. p. 16. t. 110.) leaves in flowers distant; upper lobe of calyx truncate and emarginate; 

 whorles, obversely oblong-oval or oblong, obtuse, mucronate ; spur and ovaries very hairy. ?2 • ^- Native of Brazil, in the 



provinces of Minas Geraes and St. Paul. Petal 1, obcordate, 

 cream-coloured. Stamen 1. 



Far, ft, pubescens (Mart. 1. c.) leaves pubescent beneath. I2 • 

 S. Growing along with the species. 



Many-flowered Qualea. Tree 10 to 20 feet. 



7 Q. PARViFLORA (Mart. 1. c. p. 135. t. 81.) plant clothed 



with powdery hoary tomentum ; leaves opposite or alternate, 



bblong, bluntish, costately-veined beneath; racemes axillary or 



terminal; calyx canescent, with the spur spreading and obtuse. 



^2. S. Native of the south of Brazil, in the Certao or Great 



See Vochysia for culture and propagation, p. 670 



y. QU A'LEA (a name given to one of the species by the 

 Indians of Guiana). Aubl. guian. 1. p. 7. t, 1-2. Juss. gen. 

 124. Lam. ill. t. 4. St. Hil. mem. mus. 6. p. 2Q5. and 269. 

 Mart. bras. 1. p. 130. D. C. prod. 3. p. 28. 



Lm, SYST. Mondndria. Mono^vnia. 



^ery unequal, rounded, the largest one petaloid, and furnished 

 with a spur at the base. 



Calyx 5-parted; lobes Desert. Petal 1, obcordate, unguiculate, white, having the scent 



of violets. 

 Petal 1, rarely "2, inserted in the hot- Far. a, tomcntosa (D. C. prod. 3. p. 29.) leaves clothed with 



Stamen 1, hoary tomentum on both surfaces, but in the adult state they are 



torn of the calyx, or perhaps inserted in the torus, 

 rarely 2, alternating with the petal ; filament linear ; anther 

 oblong. Ovary free. Capsule woody, 3-celled, 3-valved ; the 

 calves opening in the middle. Seeds exalbuminous, furnished 

 With a wing. Embryo with large convolute cotyledons, and a 

 superior radicle. — South American trees, with opposite branches, 

 ^Pposue coriaceous glabrous entire ovate feather-nerved leaves. 

 ^tipulas deciduous. Cymes of flowers terminal, trichotomous, 

 Panicled, furnished with 2 bracteas at each ramification. Flowers 



glabrous. 



The lateral 



sweet-scented, rose-coloured or blue. 



*^aves are the same as in Calophyllum, parallel, and approxi- 



'^ate, running into a marginal nerve. 



* Q. ROSEA (Aubl. guian. 1. p. 5. t. 1.) leaves elhptic, acumi- 

 nated, glabrous on both surfaces ; lateral veins approximate ; 

 Pf^al entire ; spur shorter than the calyx. ^ . S. Native of 

 ""lana, in woods. Petal, as well as the large segment of the 

 *^^'yx, white on the outside, and rose-coloured on the inside^ 



^05e-coloured-flowered Qualea. Tree 60 feet. 

 . 2 Q. ceuu'lea (Aubl. guian. 1. p. 7. t. 2.) leaves oval, end- 

 j^g m a short taper-point each, glabrous on both surfaces; 

 ateral veins approximate ; petal emarginate ; spur length of the 

 k' ^ ' ^* Native of Guiana, in woods. Petal cinereous 

 ^n the outside, and rather bluish on the inside. 



^««e-petalled Qualea. Tree 60 to 80 feet. 



^ Q. Gestasia'na (St. Hil. mem. mus. 6. p. 254.) leaves lan- 



^^late, acuminated, glabrous ; petioles and peduncles pubescent ; 



h^ ^^'^^ted, the superior lobe emarginate; petal cordate. 



^•^- Native of Brazil, in the mountains near Rio Janeiro. 



^J^ sulphur-coloured, with the veins purplish at the base. 



^estas's Qualea. 



Far, ft^glahrata (D. C. 1. c.) leaves smoothishon both surfaces. 

 Far, y, discolor (D. C. I. c.) leaves glabrous above and canes- 

 cent beneath. 



Small-floivered Qualea. Tree 12 to 20 feet. 



f Species not sufficiently known. 

 8 Q. Pe'rrini (Spreng. syst. I. p. 17.) leaves oblong, sub- 



of the cordate, veiny ; racemes hairy ; petal entire ; spur equal in length 



to the calyx. ^ . S. Native of Guiana. 



Perrin's Qualea. Tree. 



9 Q. verticilla'ta (Spreng. 1. c.) leaves oblong, emarginate, 

 attenuated at the base ; corolla somewhat dipetalous, uncfiual. 

 ^2 . S. Native of Brazil. 



Whorled Qualea. Tree. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Vochysia^ p. 670. 



§ 2. Ovary adnate to the calyx. Calyx 4'parled. 



erisinay strife ; so named from 



at so much variance 



with others). Rudge, pi. guian. 1. p. 7. t. 1. D. C. prod. 3. p. 

 29. — Debree'a, Roem. et Schult. syst. 1. p. 4.— Ditmaria, Spreng. 



VI. ERrSMA (from f/xc/ia, 

 the anomalous form of the genus, which 



syst. 1. p. 4. 



Mond 



Tube 



the ovary ; limb 4-5-parted; the lobes unequal, the longest one 

 parabolic, drawn out into a spur at the base, expanded into a large 

 petaloid limb at the apex, which is bearded on the inside ; it is 

 convolute in aestivation, and incloiics the genitals. Petal 1, op- 



Tree 100 feet. 



j * Q. ECALCARA^TA (Mart. bras. 1. p. 130. t. 78.) leaves ob- 

 d tK j^^^^^^ated, glabrous above, but costately veined and 

 ^^ned with fulvous pubescence beneath ; racemes lateral, sub- 



^ymbose, few-flowered ; calyx without a spur. ^ 

 *^^azil^ on mountains, in the province of Minas Geraes. 



posite the petaloid limb of the calyx, inserted behind the fila- 

 ment. Stamens, 1 fertile and 4 sterile ; these last are very short. 

 Anther oblong, narro\w» sagittate, 3-celled, ex Martius. Ovary 

 1 -celled, oblong, biovulate. Style filiform. Fruit unknown. 



S. Native Trees, with opposite, oval, acuminated, coriaceous, glabrous, 



quite entire, feather-nerved leaves; lateral nerves confluent be- 



