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MYRTACE^. XXXVIL Gustavia. XXXVllI. Catinga. XXXIX. Petalotoma. 



Sweden, and patron of Linnaeus, and who presented a large col- 

 lection of Indian plants to him). Lin. amoen. 8. (1775.) p. 266. 

 Lin. fil. suppl. 51. Poit. mem. mus. 13. p. 156. D. C. prod. 



5 G. FASTUOSA (Willd. spec. 3. p. 847.) flowers 6-petalled ; 

 lobes of calyx 6, linear, thick, acute, permanent ; leaves obo- 

 vate, acuminated, rather repandly serrulated. T2 . S. Native 



3. p. 289. — Pirigara, Aubl. guian. (1775.) 1. p. 487. H. B. et of Guiana, in woods about Sinemari, where it is called Pirigara- 

 Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 7. p. 261. — Spallanzcinia, Neck. elem. mepe. Pirigara hexapetala, Aubl. guian. Ij p. 490. t. 193 

 (1790.) no. 733. 

 Lin. 



G. 



hexapetala. Smith, in Rees* cycl. no. 2. Leaves obovate, acu- 



SYST. Monadelphiay Poly&ndrta. Tube of calyx tur- minated. Bracteas oblong, acute. Lobes oi calyx narrow 



binate (f 125. a.) ; limb entire, or 4-6-8-lobed. Petals 4-6-8 (f. 

 125. c), ovate, nearly equal. Stamens numerous, monadelphous at 

 the base, and somewhat adnate to the claws of the petals. Ova- 

 rium 4-6-celled ; cells many-seeded. Style short. Stigma obtuse. 

 Capsule ovate, or nearly globose, 3-6-celled, coriaceous, valveless, 

 umbilicate from the vestiges of the calyx. Seeds few in each cell, 



ovate, clothed with coriaceous membranes, suspended by long lobes of calyx 6, ovate, acutish, foliaceous, flat; leaves oval- 

 plicate funicles, fixed to the central column. Embryo fleshy. oblong, acuminated, rather repandly toothed. Tj . S. Native 



acute, fleshy. Stigma tetragonal. Capsule roundish, rather 

 cinereous, 4-celled, crowned by the truncate lobes of the calyx. 

 Funicles thick. Perhaps the same as the first species. Petals 



white. Stamens yellow. 



Disdainful Gustavia. Clt. 1823. Tree 20 feet. 



6 G. Brasilia'na (D. C. prod. 3. p. 290.) flowers 6-petalled; 



Cotyledons 2, large, nearly equal, convex on the outside, and 

 flat inside. 



of Brazil, on the banks of the river Amazon, near Garupa. G. 



Radicle obtuse, hardly prominent. 

 alternate, large, dotless 



Trees. Leaves fastuosa. Mart. herb. This plant diflfers from the preceding 



serrated, or quite entire 



glabrous. 



Racemes terminal, few-flowered. Flowers bibracteate, white 

 and shewy. 



1 G. AUGU^STA (Lin. amoen. acad. 8. p. 266. t. 5.) flowers of 

 8 petals ; calyx entire, glabrous ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, 

 acuminated, much narrowed at the base, membranous, re- 

 motely and sharply toothed. Tj . S. Native of Surinam, Maran- 

 ham ; and of New Granada, near Turbaco, where it is called 

 Memhrilo and Baco, ex H. B. et Kunth. Pirigara superba, 

 H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 7. p. 261. Fruit unknown. 

 Petals white. 



species in the leaves being oval or oval-oblong, not obovate, and 

 in the bracteas on the peduncles being ovate-obtuse, not oblong, 

 acute ; lobes of calyx ovate. Fruit 6-ribbed, not roundish and 

 yellow, nor cinereous. 



Var. y, minor (D. C. 1. c.) flowers a little smaller ; leaves a 



little narrower. Tj . S. Native of Para, in Brazil. 



Brazilian Gustavia. Tree 20 feet. 



7 G. tetrape'tala (Rseusch. ex D. C. prod. 3. p. 290.) 

 flowers 4-petalled ; lobes of calyx 4, roundish, at length deci- 



duous ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminated, serrated, attenu- 

 Stamens yellow. The flowers smell sweet, but ated at the base. Tj . G. Native of Cayenne, on Mount 



Courou. Pirigkra tetrapetala, Aubl. guian. 1. p. 489. t. 192. 



the wood is extremely fetid. In Surinam it is used for hooks. 



August Gustavia. Clt. 1794. Shrub 5 to 10 feet. 



2 G. spEciosA (D. C. prod. 3. p. 289,) flowers 6-petalled; 

 calyx nearly entire, and are as well as the pedicels and ovaria 



tomentose 



leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminated, quite entire, 

 narrowed at the base, coriaceous, b . S. Native of New 



Pirigara spe- 



This is perhaps the same as G. augusta. 



Tetrapetalous Gustavia. Tree 20 feet. 



8 G. va'lii)a(D. C. 1. c.) flowers 4?-petalled; lobes of calyx 

 4, roundish; leaves cuneate-oblong, acutish, denticulated. Tj . S. 

 Native of Java, in woods, and in the island of Nusa-Kam- 



conaceous. Tj . 

 Granada at Mariquita, where it is called Chupa. 



H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 7. p. 200. By eating foliaceous, according to Blume. 



banga. 



Pirigara valida, Blum, bijdr. p. 1096. Cotyledons 



ciosa 



the small fruit of this tree, the body becomes yellow, and after ascending. 



Radicle very long, clavate, 



it remains 24 or 48 hours, nothing can erase the colour, accord- 

 ing to Humb. and Bonpl. 



Showy Gustavia. Tree. 



3 G. URCEOLA^TA (Poit. mem. 

 mus. 13. p. 156. t. 5.) flowers 



FIG. 125. 



6-7-petalled 

 with 



calyx 



an 



glabrous, 

 leaves 



entire margin ; 

 oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, or acu- 

 tish, membranous, remotely sub- 

 serrated on the margin. ^ . S. 

 Native of French Guiana, where 

 it is called Bois puanty because 

 the wood becomes fetid after ex- 

 posure to the air. Petals oval, 

 obtuse, an inch long, white, ra- 

 ther rose-coloured on the out- 

 side. Fruit wingless. Wood 





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X 



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fetid, (f. 125.) 



(7rceo/a /e-calyxed Gustavia. 

 Tree. 



4 G. pTEROcA'RPA(Poit.l. c. p. 158. t. 6.) flowers 6-petalled; 

 calycine lobes 6, permanent, girding the fruit ; leaves oval- 



oblong, 

 denticulated. 



acuminated, rather coriaceous, quite entire, or hardly 



Tj . S. Native of Guiana, at La Maza and 



Roura. Smaller than the first. Fruit depressed, girded by a called Goyavarana. 



Strong Gustavia. Tree 30 to 40 feet. 



Cult. A showy genus, with large leaves and flowers. A 

 mixture of loam, peat, and sand answers the species best ; and 

 ripened cuttings root freely, if planted in sand, with a hand- 

 glass over them, in a moist heat. 



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j[ Genera belonging to Myrtacece, but are not sufficiently 

 known. Most of them probably belong to the Tribe Myriece, 



XXXVIII. CATI'NGA {ha Catinga is the Guiana name of 

 the first species). Aubl. guian. 1. p. 511. t. 203. Juss. gen. 

 325. D. C. prod. 3. p. 294. 



Lin. syst. Icosdndria, Monogynia. Tube of calyx ovate ; 

 limb 4-toothed, acute, small. Petals ? Stamens numerous. Drupe 

 or berry globose or ovate, crowned by the calycine limb, 1 -celled, 

 1 -seeded, having the bark or rind fleshy and filled with aromatic 

 oily vesicles. — Trees, natives of Guiana, with opposite, or nearly 

 alternate, oval, entire leaves, which are acuminated at both ends, 

 and full of pellucid dots. This genus is not suflBciently known. 



1 C. moscha'ta (Aubl.l. c. t. 205. f. 1.) fruit globose. T? . S. 

 Native of Guiana, where it is called Iva Catinga. Fruit exhal- 

 ing a scent like musk. 



Musk Catinga. Tree 50 feet. 



2 C. aroma'tica (Aubl. 1. c. t. 203. f. 2.) fruit ovate, atte- 

 nuated at both ends. ^ . S. Native of Guiana, where it is 



circular wing or margin. In the specimens of Perrotett the 

 leaves are quite entire, but in the figure of Poit, they are some- 

 what denticulated. 



Wing-fruited G\x%\.^\\dL. Tree 10 to 20 feet. 



Aromatic Catinga. Tree 40 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation K^e Gustavia^ p. 870. 



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XXXIX. VKrAhOTO'MA(Jrom neTa\oy,p€talon, a petal, 



