MYRTACEiE. XXII. Sonneratia. XXIII. Nelitris. XXIV. Campomanesia. 



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The leaves are opposite and full of pellucid dots, or opaque, quite 

 entire. The peduncles are axillary, sometimes 1 -flowered, 

 sometimes bearing trichotomous cymes, andsometimes branched, 

 and approximating into a terminal panicle. 



XXIL SONNERA'TIA (so named by the younger Linnseus 

 in memory of M . Sonnerat, who travelled into New Guinea, the 

 East Indies, and China, and communicated many new plants to 

 the botanists of Europe ; author of Voyage a la Nouvelle Guinee, 

 Paris, 1776. 4to., Voyage aux Indes Orientales, et a la Chine, 

 1774-1781. Paris, 1782. 4to.) Lin. fil. suppl. p. 38. Juss. gen. 

 325. D. C. prod. 3. p. 231.— Aubletia, Gaertn. fruct. 1. p. 379. 

 t. 78. but not of others. 



Lin. syst. Icosdndria^ Monogynia, Calyx campanulate, 4-6- 

 cleft, adhering to the ovarium at the base ] lobes acute, valvate 

 in SGstivation. Petals 4-6, spreading, alternating with the lobes 

 of the calyx, or wanting. Stamens numerous; filaments free ; 

 anthers roundish. Style filiform ; stigma subcapitate. Base of 

 berry adnate to the permanent calyx, but free at the apex, and 

 appearing semi-superior, nearly globose, many-celled ; rind mem- 

 branous ; cells 10-15, separated by thin dissepiments. Seeds 

 numerous, nestling in fleshy pulp, curved, exalbaminous. Em- 

 bryo curved, with a long radicle, and foliaceous, short, convo- 

 lute, unequal cotyledons. — Small trees, with tetragonal branches. 

 Leaves opposite, entire, oval, thickish, 1 -nerved, nearly vein- 

 less, without any dots. Flowers terminal, nearly solitary, 

 large. 



1 S. a'cida (Lin. fil, suppl. p. 252.) branchlets tetragonal;' 

 leaves oval-oblong ; calyx 6-cleft ; petals 6 ; berry globose. Fj . 

 G. Native of New Guinea and the Moluccas, in swamps. Lam. 

 ill. t. 420. diet. 1. p. 429. Pagapate, Sonn. voy. p. 16. tt. 10, 

 11. Aubl^tia caseolaris, Gaertn. fruct. l.p. 379. t. 78. Rhizo- 

 phora caseolaris, Lin. spec. p. 635. Mangium caseolare rubrum, 

 Rumph. an)b. 3. t. 74. Blatti, Rheed. mal. 3. t. 40. Bagat- 

 pat, Ray, hist. 3. luz. p. 83. Petals red. Pulp of fruit acid. 



^cirf-fruited Sonneratia. Tree 40 ft. 

 ' 2 S. a'lba (Smith in Rees' cycl. vol. 33. no. 2.) branchlets 

 terete ; leaves oval-roundish ; flowers 6-8-cleft, apetalous; berry 

 obconical at the base, and depressed at the apex. Tj . S. Na- 

 tive of the Moluccas. Mangium caseolare album, Rumph. amb. 

 3. t. 73. 



White Sonneratia. Tree 50 ft. 



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rium 8-10-celled. ^2 . G. Native of New Caledonia, and of 

 the Society Islands. Decaspermum frutic6sum, Forst. L c. 

 Psidium decaspermum, Lin. fil. suppl. p. 252. 



Jamhosella Nelitris. Clt. 1810. Shrub 6 to 8 ft. 



2 N. PANicuLA^TA (Lindl. I.e.) leaves oblong, acuminated; 

 flowers terminal and axillary, panicled ; ovarium 4-celled. Tj . 

 G. Native of the Moluccas. Eugenia polygama, Roxb. hort. 

 beng. p. 92. N. polygama, Spreng. syst. 2, p. 488. 



Panicled Nelitris. Tree. 



3 N.? Urvillei (D, C. prod. 3. p. 231.) panicles axillary 

 and terminal, about the length of the leaves ; bracteas linear, 

 acute ; tube of calyx hemispherical, pubescent, with ovate lobes; 

 fruit 5-celled ; leaves lanceolate, acuminated, opaque, stiff, gla- 

 brous on both surfaces ; branchlets pubescent. ^2 • S. Native 

 of the Island of Praslin, one of the Sechelles. Leaves 2 inches 

 long, and 8 lines broad. Flower-bud globose. Stamens and 

 style about equal in length to the petals, which are oval-oblong.- 

 The fruit being unknown, the genus to which the plant belongs 

 is therefore doubtful. 



D^Urville's Nelitris. Tree. 



4 N. hu'milis ; dwarf; leaves elliptic-lanceolate, tapering to 

 both ends, glabrous ; panicles terminal ; calycine segments trian- 

 gular, acute ; petals nearly orbicular. ^ . G. Native of New 

 Holland. Stamens connected into a ring at the base, numerous, 

 exserted. Stigma tapering, (v. s. in herb. Lamb.) 



Dwar/ Nelitris. Shrub 2 ft. 



5 N. ? psiDioiDES ; leaves elliptic, tapering to both ends, acu- 

 minated at the apex ; peduncles racemose, axillary ; pedicels op- 

 posite, and are, as well as the calyx, downy ; branches angular; 

 calycine segments equal in breadth, shorter than the petals. 



^ . G. Native of New Holland. Stigma capitate, (v. s. in herb. 

 Lamb.) 



Guava-lilce Nilitris. Shrub 6 ft. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Psidium^ p. 833. 



XXIV, CAMPOMANESIA (dedicated to Rodriguez C. de 

 Campomanes, a Spanish naturalist). Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. prod, 

 p. 72. t. 13, syst. p. 128. Lindl. coll. no. 16. in a note. 

 H, B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. 



p. 232. 



Lin- syst. Tcosdndria^ Monogynia. 

 3 S. ape'tala (Buchan in Sym. emb. ava. 3. p. 313. t. 25. limb 5-parted ; lobes ovate. Petals 



p. 150. D. C. prod. 3. 



Tube of calyx globose ; 

 5. Stamens numerous. 



ex Smith in Rees' cycl. vol. 33. no. 3.) branches terete, pendu- 

 lous ; leaves ovate-lanceolate ; flowers 4-cleft, apetalous. ^2 . S. 

 Native of Ava near Rangoon, on the wet inundated banks of 

 the coast. Roth, nov. spec. p. 233. 



Apetalous Sonneratia. Tree. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Psidium^ p. 833. 



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XXIII. NELITRIS (from vrij we, priv. and eXvrpovj elytron, 

 a seed-vessel ; in reference to the berry, which is without any 

 partitions). Gaertn. fruct. 1. p. 134. t. 27. Lindl. coll. no. 16. 

 in a note. D. C. prod. 3. p. 231. — Decaspermum, Forst. gen. no. 

 37. — Psidium species, Lin. fil. 



• Lin. syst. Icosdndria, Monogynia. Tube of calyx obovate ; 

 limb 4-5-toothed. Petals 4-5. Stamens numerous, free, in- 

 serted in a narrow ring at the base of the limb of the calyx. 

 Style filiform; stigma capitate. Ovarium 4-10-celled ; ovula 

 fixed to the axis. Berry crowned by the calyx, few or many- 

 seeded. Seeds covered by a bony testa. Embryo straightish, 

 with a thick radicle, which is much longer than the cotyledons, 

 which are ovate-lanceolate and minute. — Australian shrubs, with 

 opposite, ovate or oblong, shining, dotless, I -nerved, entire 

 leaves ; pedunculate flowers, and small fruit. 



1 N. Jambose'lla (Gaertn. 1. c.) leaves ovate, acute; pedun- 

 cles axillary, 1 -flowered, nearly the length of the leaves ; ova- 



free, inserted in a narrow ring at the base of the limb of the calyx. 

 Style filiform ; stigma peltately capitate. Berry many-seeded, 

 pulpy, globose, crowned by the calyx, 10-12-seeded (Ruiz et 

 Pav.), 7-10-celled; cells containing about 9 seeds. Seeds 10- 

 12, imbedded in pulp, disposed in one circular series, inserted in 

 a large fleshy placenta, ex Kunth, somewhat reniform, ex Ruiz 

 et Pav. ; testa granular and resiniferous. — American trees. 

 Leaves opposite, petiolate, conduplicate, entire, full of pellucid 

 (lots. Peduncles one or many-flowered, rising from the axils 

 of the fallen leaves. Berry crowned by the calyx. 



1 C. LiNEATiFOLiA (Ruiz et Pav. syst. 128. fl. per. ined. 4, 

 t. 422.) leaves oval, acute ; pedicels axillary, aggregate, bi-* 

 bracteolate. ^ . S. "' 



hot places. It 



Native of the Andes of Peru, in very 

 also cultivated in the gardens of Peru, under 



the name of Palillo, for the sake of its fruit, which are eaten by 

 the inhabitants, and has much the taste of the Guava. 



The fruit 



IS yellow and sweet-scented. 



Lined-leaved Campomanesia. 

 2 C. 



Tree. 



t. 



NiFOLiA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 150. 

 147.) leaves nearly elliptic, acute, clothed with fine pubes- 

 cence beneath ; lower peduncles aggregate or branched. fj . S. 

 Native of New Granada, near Ibague, where it is called Guyavo 

 de Anselmo^ and where the fruit is eaten by the inhabitants. 

 Perhaps the same as the preceding species. 



