CUNONIACEZ. V. Cunonta. VI. ARNOLDIA. 
segments linear, acute, sometimes unidentate. Stamens 8 or 10. 
Disk hypogynous, urceolate, entire ; cells of ovarium biovulate. 
Styles very short. Capsule membranous, reticulated, flattened 
into a bifid wing at the apex, ventricose at the base, 2-celled ; 
cells 1-seeded. Seed large, arched, with a smooth coriaceous 
testa.—An elegant tree, native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Leaves petiolate, ternate ; leaflets sessile, lanceolate, acuminated, 
sharply serrated, coriaceous, glabrous, reticulated with many 
veins. Flowers terminal, panicled. 
1 P. rrironia'tus (D. Don, 1. c.) h. G. Native of the 
Cape of Good Hope, where the tree is called white ash by the 
English colonists. Weinmannia trifoliata, Lin. fil. suppl. 227. 
Thunb. prod. p. 77. exclusive of the synonyme of Lamark. 
Trifoliate Platylophus. Clt. 1820. Tree. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Callicoma, below. 
V. CUNO'NIA (dedicated by Linnzeus to John Christian 
Cuno, of Amsterdam, who described his own garden in verse in 
1750). Lin. gen. 556. ed. Schreb. 761. Juss. gen. p. $10. 
Geertn. fruct. p. 344. t. 225. D. Don in edinb. phil. journ. 1830. 
April.—Osterdykia, Burm. afr. 259. t. 96. 
Lin. syst. Decdndria, Digynia. Calyx 5-cleft; segments 
deciduous. Petals 5, entire. Stamens 10. Disk hypogynous, 
small. Capsule opening from the base at the dissepiments ; 
cells many seeded. Seeds oblong, compressed, smooth, winged, 
with a rather loose membranous testa. Cotyledons somewhat 
foliaceous.—Smooth trees, with impari-pinnate leaves, serrated 
coriaceous leaflets, large caducous interpetiolar stipulas, and with 
the flowers disposed in axillary racemes or panicles. 
1 C. Caps'nsts (Lin. spec. p. 569.) shrubby; leaflets 5-7, 
lanceolate, coriaceous, serrated ; racemes spicate, opposite ; pe- 
dicels numerous, in fascicles. h. G. Native of the Cape of 
Good Hope. Lam. ill. t. 371. Lodd. bot. cab. t. 826. Flowers 
white. 
Cape Cunonia. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1816. Shrub 6 feet. 
2 C. I'yptca (Blum. bijdr. p. 867.) shrubby; leaves some- 
what ternately pinnate; leaflets ovate-oblong, acuminated, ob- 
liquely subcordate at the base, doubly serrated; panicles axil- 
lary, clothed with rusty tomentum. h.S. Native of Java, in 
woods on the higher mountains. - 
Indian Cunonia. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 
3 C. Crxe’sica (Blum. 1. c.)arboreous ; leaflets ovate-oblong, 
acuminated, serrated: lateral ones oblique at the base ; panicles 
corymbose, axillary. k. S. Native of the Celebes, on the 
mountains. 
Celebes Cunonia. Tree 20 to 30 feet. 
Cult. See Callicoma for culture and propagation. 
VI. ARNO'LDIA (named in memory of Joseph Arnold, M.D. 
who accompanied Sir Stamford Raffles to the East Indies, 
where he collected many plants; and the discoverer of the 
gigantic flower Rafflésia Arnéldi in the Island of Sumatra). Blum, 
bijdr. p. 868. D. C. prod. 4. p. 12. 
Lin. syst. Octdndria, Digýnia. 
Stamens 8, interposed by glands. Ovarium didymous, biovu- 
late. Styles 2, incurved: stigmas simple. Carpels 2, connate 
at the base, solitary from abortion, beaked by the styles, i 
seeded, opening lengthwise on the inside.—TIndian shrubs, with 
opposite branches and leaves. Leaves impari-pinnate, glabrous. 
Stipulas interpetiolar, orbicular, deciduous. Racemes axillary 
and terminal, twin or tern. 7 
1 A. pivna‘ra (Blum. 1. c.) leaves with 4-5 pairs of lanceo- 
late, bluntly serrated coriaceous leaflets ; stipulas deciduous ; 
racemes usually twin. kh. S. Native of Java, in mountain 
woods, where it is called Keringit. Spiree'a pinnata, Blume, cat. 
hort. buit. p. 76. 
VOL, Ul. 
Calyx 4-parted. Petals 4. 
VII. PTEROPRHYLLA. 
VIII. Carycomts. IX. Catricoma. 201 
Pinnate-leaved Arnoldia. Shrub. 
2-A. HETEROPHY'LLA (Blum. l. c.) lower leaves with two pairs 
of leaflets, and an odd one: upper ones ternate or simple; leaf- ° 
lets lanceolate, distantly serrulated ; racemes twin or tern. h. 
S. Native of Java, in mountain woods in the province of 
Bamtam. 
Variable-leaved Arnoldia. Shrub. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Weinmánnia, p. 200. 
VII. PTEROPHY’LLA (from rrepov, pteron, a wing, and 
guddov, phyllon, a leaf; so called in reference to the large folia- 
ceous stipulas). D. Don, in edinb. phil. journ. April, 1830. 
Lix. syst. Octándria, Digynia. Calyx 4-cleft, deciduous. 
Petals 4. Stamens 8. Styles 2, very short, incurved. Ovarium 
2-celled. Capsule ?—A tree, native of the Moluccas. Leaves 
impari-pinnate ; leaflets lanceolate, bluntly acuminated, crenated, 
glabrous, glaucous beneath, oblique at the base, 3 inches long : 
the odd or terminal one ona longer petiole than the others. 
Stipulas large, foliaceous, reniform, quite entire, deciduous. 
Flowers minute, polygamous, in spicate racemes, Racemes erect, 
terminal, aggregate, rather panicled, a hand Jong. Ovarium 
densely clothed with wool. 
1 P. rraxrnea(D. Don, l. c.) h.S. Native of the Island 
of Honimao, one of the Moluccas. Weinmannia? fraxinea, 
Smith, herb. 
Ash-like Pterophylla. Tree. 
Cult. See Weinméannia, p. 200. for culture and propagation. 
VIII. CALY'COMIS (from cadvé, kalyx, a calyx, and copy, 
kome, hair ; in allusion to the tufts of flowers). R. Br. in gen. 
rem. p. 17. D. Don in edinb. phil. journ April, 1830. 
Lin. syst. Decdndria, Digynia. Calyx 5-parted, permanent. 
Petals 5. Stamens 10. Disk hypogynous, very small. Styles 
setaceous. Capsule globose, 2-celled, opening at the apex ; 
cells many seeded. Seeds minute, smooth.—An Australian, 
erect, evergreen, branched shrub. Leaves simple, nearly sessile, 
3 in a whorl, oblongly cordate, acute, coarsely serrated, coria- 
ceous, glabrous, glaucous beneath, Stipulas peleaceous, per- 
manent. Flowers small, white, copious, in whorles, pedicellate. 
Capsule membranous, gaping at the apex nearly as in Heuchéra. 
1 C. verticitta‘ra (D. Don, l c) h.G. Native of New 
Holland, among the mountains on moist rocks. 
Whorled-flowered Calycomis. Shrub. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Callicoma. 
IX. CALLI'COMA (from xadoc, kalos, beautiful, and koun, 
kome, hair; appearance of tufted heads of flowers). Andr. bot. 
rep. t. 566. 
Lin. syst. Octo-Decdndria, Digynia. Calyx 4-parted, rarely 
5-parted (f. 37. a.), permanent. - Petals wanting. Stamens 8, 
rarely 10 (f. 37. b.). Disk hypogynous, small. Ovarium dis- 
tinct ; cells many-ovulate. Styles 2, setaceous (f. 37. d.). Cap- 
sule inclosed in the calyx, which is permanent, dehiscing at the 
dissepiments ; cells ventricose, 1-2-seeded from abortion. Seeds 
ovate, scabrous from minute papillz on every side, like those of 
Saxifraga; with a crustaceous testa.—Trees, natives of Aus- 
tralia. Leaves simple, petiolate, serrated; petioles jointless. 
Stipulas membranous, bidentate, caducous. Flowers capitate ; 
heads terminating the tops of the branchlets, pedunculate, glo- * 
bose. 
1 C. SERRATIFÒLIA (Andr. l. c.) leaves lanceolate, acumi- 
nated, hoary beneath, attenuated at the base. h. G. Native 
of New Holland, where the tree is called black wattle by the 
English colonists. Delaun, herb. amat. t. 299. Sims, bot. mag. 
1811. Còdia serratifòlia, Ser. mss. ex D. Ç. prod. 4. p. 7. 
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