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VOCHYSIE^, VI. Erisma. VIL Lozania. VIII. Agardhia. IX. Schweiggeria. RHIZOPHORE^*. 



fore tlie margin. Stipulas 2, small, at the base of each leaf. IX.? SCHWEIGGE'RIA (in honour of A. F. Schweigger, 



Panicle terminal, with opposite branches and branchlets, furnished author of Flora Erlangensis). Spreng. syst. 1. p. 167. D. C. 



prod. 3. p, 30. 



Lin. syst. Mondndria^ Monog^nia. Calyx of 3 corolline 



with 2 unequal membranous deciduous bracteas to each ramifi- 



cation. 



1 E. floribu'ndum (Rudge, 1. c.) leaves ovate, acutish, with sepals. Petals 3, one of which is furnished with a spur, the 

 16-18 lateral nerves on each side, having the upper surfaces other two erect and cartilaginous. Glands 5, ovate, surrounding 

 hardly shining ; branches of panicle clothed with rusty velvety 

 down, b . S. Native of French Guiana. Tratt. obs. hot. 3. 



the base of the stamen, which is columnar and triquetrous, and 

 bearing an anther at the apex. Pistil none. Fruit unknown* 



A little shrub, with the habit of Betula frtittcdsa, with scat- 

 tered, sub-fascicled, obovate, crenulated, glabrous leaves ; and 

 axillary bibracteate pedicels. Flowers small, like those of a 

 violet. This genus is hardly known. 



1 S, FRUTicosA (Spreng. 1. c.) Tj , S, Native of Brazil. 



Shrubby Schweiggeria. Shrub. 



Cult, See Vochysta for culture and propagation, p. ^70* 



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Order XCI. RHIZOPHORE.E (plants agreeing with /?A«- 

 zophora or Mangrove in particular characters). R. Brown, gen. 

 rem. p. 17. Cong. p. 18. D. C. prod. 3. p. 31.— Paletuviers, 

 Savig. in Lam. diet. 4. p. 696. 



Tube of calyx adhering to the ovarium (f 92. a./.), except in 

 the genus Cassipoureay which is free ; limb 4-13-lobed (f. 92, e,); 

 lobes valvate in aestivation (but in Olisbea calyptriform). Petals 

 inserted in the calyx (f 92. c), and alternating with its lobes, 

 therefore equal to them in number. Stamens inserted with the 

 petals (f. 92, (/.), equal to them in number, or double or triple 

 that number ; filaments free, subulate, erect ; anthers ovate, in- 

 serted by the base, erect, but somewhat incurved in the genus 

 Olisbea. Ovary adnate to the calyx (f. 92. a.), 2-celled ; cells 

 Calyx with a somewhat 2 or many-ovulate ; ovula pendulous. Fruit indehiscent (f 92. 

 ventricose tube, and a 4-parted Hmb ; lobes ovate, acute, spread- y.)^ 1-celled, 1-seeded, crowned by the calyx (f 92. e.). Seed 



P^^^l^ wanting. Disk quadrangular, filling the pendulous, exalbuminous. Embryo with a very long radicle and 

 btamen 1, small, inserted obliquely under 



Tj. S. 



p. 71. t. 105. Debrae^a floribunda, Roem. et Schultes, syst. 1. 

 p. 34. Ditrnaria floribiinda, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 16- Petal 

 violaceous. 



Bundle 'flowered Erisma. Tree 40 feet. 



2 E. viola'ceum (Mart. bras. 1. p. 137* t. 82.) leaves oblong, 

 cuspidate, with 10-12 lateral distant nerves on each side; 

 branches of corymbose panicle smoothish. Tj . S. Native of 

 Brazil, in moist woods in Para. QuMea calcarata, Link, jahrb. 

 gew. 1. 3. p. 24. Schultes, mant. 1. p. 5S. Petal violaceous. 



Violaceous-'pei^WeiX Erisma. Tree SO to 40 feet. 



3 E. ni'tidum (D. C. prod. 3. p. 30.) leaves oval, acute, 

 with 7-9 lateral nerves on each side, shining on the upper 

 surface ; branches of panicle striated and glabrous. ^ . S. 

 Native of Cayenne, on the mountains of Roura near Kaw. 

 QuMea lutea, Martin in Desf. herb. Petal yellow. 



jS'Amiwg'-leaved Erisma. Tree 30 to 40 feet. 



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



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t The following genera are hardly known^ and very doubtful 



wheth 



er 



present order. 



VII. LOZA'NIA (evidently a proper name, and perhaps the 

 name of some botanist known to Mutis). Seb. Mut. in sem. 

 nov, granad. 1810, p. 20. D. C. prod. 3. p. SO. 



Lin. syst. 



Mon 



ing, permanent 



bottom of the calvx. «^w ., ^w,.*.., ,..^^..^^^.,.,^^^.j ^v,. ^ , , r,^ • i t i • i * oiwvi 



the ovarium, and Upering to the apex; anther ovate^didymous. ^ ^^^ cotyledons.-l ropical trees or shrubs, with opposite, sim- 



Ovary ovate. Stigmas 3, small, subcapitate. Capsule ovate, P^e, entire, or toothed leaves, having the lateral nerves feathered 



trigonal, acuminated, 3-celled, 3-valved. Seeds 6, with usually when present. Stipulas interpetiolar. Peduncles axillary. 

 3 of them abortive, angular, inserted in the bottom of the cap- Prom a consideration of the structure of Carallia and Leg- 



fiule.-A tree, with alternate oblong serrated leaves, and spikes ^^ p^^^.^ ^^^ ^^^^ 1^^ ^^ conclude, that we have a 



oi ilowers ; peduncles axillary, crowded ; pedicels furnished each . « * . t^t . 7 v i i^on/l 



with a linear bracteole at the bas^. s^^i^s of structures, connecting Rhzophore<^ on the one l^^na 



Native of New with certain genera of Salicariece, particularly with Anthen-' 



genus wants its intermediate stipulas, a 



with a linear bracteole at the base. 



1 L. NEMORA^LIS (Scb. M 



Granada, in temperate parts. 

 Grove Lozania. Tree. 



) ^ 



lium^ 



though that 



nd 



on the other with Cunoniacece, especially with the simple- 

 leaved species of Ceratopelalum, In the opposite leaves, in» 



Cult» See Vochysta for culture and propagation, p. 670 



VIII. AGA'RDH I A (in honour of Charles Agardh, a Swedish terpetiolar stipulas, adnate ovarium, and polypetalous flowers, 

 professor and writer upon Algae ; author of Synopsis Algarum this order agrees with Vochysiece and Cunomacece; in the val- 



^l^lT^'l^:.^^^ ^^"^ '''"''' vate calyx with Z2/;Ararie^ and Cunoniace^ ; and in the pen- 



dulous ovulas with Combretacece. -The genus Olisbea seems 

 to come nearest to Memecylece. The species of Rhizophora 

 or Mangrove are remarkable in tropical countries for growing 

 upon the shores of the sea and rivers, even as far as low water. 

 The seeds have the singular property of germinating while in- 

 closed within the capsule, and adhering to their parent, and 

 pushing forth a long fusiform radicle, which lengthens till it 



subject). Spreng. syst. 1. p. 4. D. C. prod. 3. p. 30 



Lin. SYST. Mondndrla^ Monogynia. Calyx of 3 sepals. Petals 

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

 oval, 3-celled, 3-valved. The rest unknown. Perhaps more 

 nearly allied to Tercbint/tacefe. It is a very doubtful genus. 



1 A. crypta'ntha (Spreng. syst. 1. p. 17.) leaves ovate, 

 acute, glabrous on both surfaces ; raceme terminal. Tj . S. Na- 

 tiv e of Brazil. 



dden-fl 



Tree. 



2 A. GRANDiFLORA (Sprcng. 1. c.) leaves cordate, oblong, reaches and fixes itself in the mud in which the parent grows, 

 coriaceous, with parallel veins, discoloured beneath and viUously and forms a new individual. These young plants never separate 

 tomentose ; racemes verticillate ; flowers villous, as well as the 

 petioles and peduncles, which are glandular at the base, fj . S. 



Native of Brazil. 



Great-flowered Agardhia. Tree. 



Cm//. See Vochysta for culture and propagation, p. 670. 



from the parent until they are fairly fixed and rooted, as other 

 wise they would be washed away by the tide- ^V here wian- 



groves grow in abundance, the situation is always considered un- 

 healthy, from their collecting a vast quantity of filth about their 



