196 
Glandular Anopterus. Tree 25 feet. 
Cult. See Escal/onia, p. 195. for culture and propagation. 
V. VTEA (crea, itea, is the Greek name of the willow; given 
to this genus on account of the quick growth of the J. Virgi- 
nica). Lin. gen. 275. Rich. in Michx. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 156. 
Gertn. fruct. 3. p. 142. t. 209. f. 4. D.C. prod. 4. p. 6. 
—Diconangia, Michx. gen. p. 5. Adans. fam. 2. p. 165.— 
Cedréla, Lour. but not of Lin. 
Li. syst. Penténdria, Monogyjnia. Calyx regular, perma- 
nent, campanulate, 5-cleft, with the recesses obtuse, and the 
teeth subulate. Petals 5, lanceolate-linear, inserted in the upper 
part of the tube of the calyx, and alternating with its lobes, val- 
vate in estivation. Stamens 5, alternating with the petals, and 
shorter than them ; anthers oblong, rather bifid at the base, 2- 
celled, bursting lengthwise. Ovarium oblong, free. Style 1, 
but at length separating into 2 parts: stigma capitate, usually 
divisible in the furrow. Carpels 2, joined into a 2-celled com- 
pressed bisulcate capsule, which separate at length from each 
other from the base to the apex. Seeds numerous, disposed in 
2 rows along the inflexed margins of the carpels.—Shrubs, with 
alternate simple exstipulate leaves. Flowers racemose, as in 
Weinménnia, but pentandrous, and as it were single styled. 
The character of the genus is alone taken from J. Virginica. 
1 I. Virer'nica (Lin. spec. 289.) leaves lanceolate, acutely 
toothed ; racemes simple, terminal. hk. H. Native of North 
America, from Pennsylvania to Carolina. Lam. ill. 1. t. 147. 
f. 1. Lher. stirp. 1. p. 138. Lois. in Duham. abr. ed. 2. vol. 6. 
t. 9. Sims, bot. mag. 2409.—Trew. ehret. t. 98. When this 
shrub is in vigour it is entirely covered with racemes of white 
flowers in July and August, and then makes a fine ap- 
pearance. 
Virginian Itea. 
Fl. June, Aug. Clt.1744. Sh. 6 to 7 feet. 
+ Asiatic shrubs related to I'tea, and referred to the genus by 
the authors, but will probably constitute 2 or 4 different genera 
when the parts of fructification are properly examined. 
* Leaves alternate. 
2 1.2? umBELLA`TA (Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 419.) leaves alternate, 
broadly lanceolate, entire, smooth; panicles axillary and termi- 
nal, composed of simple umbels, on long peduncles. h.S. 
. Native of the Malay Islands. Capsule 1-celled, 2-valved, with 
2 parietal placentas on each side. Flowers white. 
Umbellate-flowered Itea. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 
3 I.? macropuy’Lia (Wall. in Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 419.) leaves 
alternate, elliptic-ovate, acuminated, callously serrated ; racemes 
axillary, fasciculate, erect, equal in length to the leaves. h. 
G. Native of the East Indies, on the Khasee mountains bor- 
dering on the province of Silhet. Flowers yellow, fragrant, 
when young conical, and valvate in estivation. Ovarium half 
adhering to the calyx, 2-celled. Style columnar. 
Long-leaved Itea. Tree 20 feet. 
** Leaves opposite. 
4 I.? rra crans (Wall. in Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 420.) leaves 
opposite, cuneate-lanceolate, entire ; racemes terminal; flowers 
in sessile fascicles, tetrandrous, and pentandrous. h.G. Na- 
tive of the East Indies, in the Island of Singapore. Flowers 
yellow, fragrant. Calyx cup-shaped, 4-5-toothed. Petals 4-5, 
linear, valvate in zestivation, longer than the stamens. Ovarium 
adnate to the calyx, 2-celled. Style columnar. This species, 
with the preceding, will perhaps] form a new genus nearly 
allied to Escallonia. 
ESCALLONEÆ. V. Irea. 
CUNONIACE Æ. 
Fragrant-flowered Itea. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 
5 1.2? Rosmarrnus (Roem. et Schultes, syst. 5. p. 408.) 
leaves opposite, filiform, glabrous, hardish ; peduncles axillary, 
l-flowered. h. F. Native of the north of Cochin-china, in 
sandy places, and in China about Macao. Cedrèla Rosmarinus, 
Lour. coch. p. 160. Calyx somewhat campanulate, 5-toothed, 
with the base permanent, and the teeth deciduous. Petals 5, 
obtuse. Stamens 5, equal in length to the petals. Style 1. 
Capsule 3-celled, 3-valved, dehiscing at the apex, many-seeded. 
Leaves odoriferous, from containing a quantity of essential 
cephalic oil. This plant hardly belongs to the order. 
Rosmary-like Itea. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 
Cult. tea Virginica is a very pretty hardy shrub, well 
adapted for decorating the front of a shrubbery. It is increased 
by layers put down in the autumn. The rest of the species 
should be grown in pots, in order that they may be protected 
by a frame in winter, or to be grown against.a south wall, where 
they may be easily preserved from the frost by mats; a light 
soil is best suited for them, and they may be either increased by 
layers put down in the autumn, or by cuttings. 
Orver CXX. CUNONIA'CEZ (plants agreeing with Cu- 
nonia in important characters). R. Br. gen. rem. p. 16. D. Don 
in edinb. phil. journ. April, 1830.—Saxifragicex, Tribe II. 
Cunoniéz, D. C. prod. 4. p. 7. 
Calyx of many divisions (f. 36. a. f. 37. a. f. 38. a. f. 39.a.), 
valvate in estivation. Petals equal in number to the divisions 
of the calyx (f. 36. b. f. 38. b. f. 39. c.), and alternating with 
them, imbricate in zstivation, sometimes wanting. Stamens in- 
serted in a perigynous disk, definite (f. 37. b.), rarely indefinite ; 
anthers peltate, 2-celled (f. 38. c. f. 39. d.), bursting length- 
wise by a double fissure. Ovarium 2-celled : ovula usually in- 
definite ; styles 2 (f. 36. e. f. 37. d. f. 38. e. f. 39. b.), rarely 
connate : stigmas 2, simple, obtuse, pruinose. Capsule com- 
posed of 2 conflated follicles, which are applied to each other, 
rarely confluent, 2-celled, 2-valved ; for the most part furnished 
with 2 beaks, and many-seeded ; dissepiments double, from the 
inflexed edges of the valves. Placenta central, composed of 
fascicles of umbilical vessels. Seeds pendulous, sometimes 
winged; testa crustaceous or membranaceous. Albumen copious, 
fleshy. Embryo slender, straight, with the radicle turned to- 
wards the umbilicus, usually rather long.—Trees or shrubs, for 
the most part natives of the southern hemisphere. Leaves 
usually opposite, but sometimes verticillate, simple or compound. 
Stipulas interpetiolar, rarely wanting. Flowers usually disposed 
in spicate racemes or panicles. 
The Cunoniacee were first proposed by Dr. R. Brown as 4 
separate family from Saxifragàceæ, to which they had been re- 
ferred by Jussieu, and to which they are intimately related, 
being chiefly distinguished by habit alone. M. Kunth considers 
them merely as a section of Saxifragdcee, but it appears pre 
ferable to regard them as a distinct family; for the advantages 
arising from dividing extensive families and genera are, that the 
individuals composing these become better understood, and their 
characters more accurately investigated. The Saaxifragacee are 
almost exclusively confined to the northern, as Cunonidce@ are to 
the southern hemisphere, Some pass beyond these limits, but 
their number is very small. Both families agree in having entire 
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