202 CUNONIACEZ. IX. CALLICOMA. 
Flowers yellow. The twigs are FIG. 37. 
used for making baskets in New 
Holland. Perhaps the flowers 
are dioecious. (f. 37.) - 
Saw -leaved Callicoma. FI. 
May, Aug. Clt. 1793. Shrub. 
2 C. rerrucinea (D. Don, in 
edinb. phil. journ. April, 1830.) 
leaves oblong, acute, cuneated at 
the base, clothed with rusty to- 
mentum beneath, and on the 
branchlets. h. G. Native of 
New Holland, on the banks of 
rivers. 
Rusty Callicoma. Shrub. 
3 C. Brtvaxpre'r1 (D. Don, |. 
c.) leaves 3 in a whorl, nearly 
sessile, elliptic, retuse, crenulated, glabrous. 
of New Holland ? 
La Billardier’s Callicoma. Shrub. 
Cult. A genus of very pretty shrubs; they will thrive well 
in amixture of loam and peat; and ripened cuttings root readily 
in sand under a hand-glass. : 
h.G. Native 
Cédia montana, Labill. mss. in herb. Lamb. 
X. CERATOPE’TALUM (from xepac, keras, a horn, and 
merador, petalon, a petal; the petals are jagged so as to resemble 
a stag’s horn). Smith, nov. holl. 1. p. 9. t. 3. 
Lin. syst. Decdndria, Digýnia. Calyx with a 5-parted per- 
manent limb (f. 38. a.). Petals 5 (f.-38.6.), linear, multifid, 
stiff, permanent, or wanting. Stamens 10; anthers cordate, ter- 
minated by a beak-formed process (f. 38. c.). Ovarium half 
inferior, 2-celled, few-ovulate. Capsule 1-seeded from abor- 
tion, dehiscing at the apex. Seed round, with a thick crusta- 
ceous testa.—Trees, natives of New Holland, with ternate or 
simple serrated glabrous leaves, standing on petioles, which are 
jointed at the apex. Stipulas undivided, rather foliaceous, ca- 
ducous. Flowers terminal, panicled. 
“ Leaves ternate ; flowers with petals. 
FIG. 38. 
1 C. cummY FERUM (Smith, nov. 
koll. te 3.) kh. G: Native of 
New Holland, where it is called 
red gum-tree by the English co- 
lonists. (f. 38.) 
Gum - bearing Ceratopetalum. 
Clt. 1820. Tree 50 feet. 
** Leaves simple; flowers ape- 
talous. 
2 C. apr’tatum (D. Don, in 
edinb. phil. journ. April, 1830.) 
leaves lanceolate. h.G. Native 
of New Holland. Ceratopétalum 
monopétalum, Caley, mss, Per- 
haps the flowers are sometimes 
furnished with one petal ? 
Apeialous Ceratopetalum. Tree. 
3 C. monta’num (D. Don, l. c.) leaves linear-lanceolate. H: 
G. Native of New Holland, on the mountains. 
Mountain Ceratopetalum. Tree. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Callicoma above. 
XI. SCHIZOMERIA (from exiLw, schizo, to cut, and pepee, 
meris, a part; in reference to the cut petals). D. Don, in edinb. 
phil. journ. April, 1830. 
Lin. syst. Decdndria, Digynia. Calyx 5-cleft, permanent. 
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X. CERATOPETALUM, 
XI. Scuizomerta. XII. Copra, XIII. BELANGERA, 
Petals 5, jagged, deciduous. Stamens 10; anthers cordate, 
awnless. Ovarium superior, 2-celled; ovula many. Styles 2, 
very short, recurved. Capsule baccate? closed at the apex. 
Seeds unknown.—A tree, native of New Holland. Leaves 
simple, petiolate, elliptic-oblong, acute, serrated, coriaceous, 
glabrous, with the veins numerous and reticulated beneath : pe- 
tioles articulated at the base. Stipulas undivided, caducous, 
Flowers small, white, panicled. Panicle terminal, much branched. 
1 S. ova`ra (D. Don, l.c.) h. G. Native of New Holland. 
Ceratopétalum ovatum, Caley, mss. 
Ovate-leaved Schizomeria. Clt. 1825. Shrub 8 to 10 feet. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Callicoma above. 
Tribe Il. 
CODIE'Æ. Stamens definite. Ovarium inferior. 
XII. CODIA (from kwdeca, kodeia, a little ball, in reference 
to the flowers, which grow in little round heads). Forst. gen. 
p. 59. t. 50. Labill, sert. caled. p. 45. t. 46. 
Lin. syst. Octo-Decándria, Digijnia. Calyx permanent, 
with a 4-5-parted limb. Petals 4-5. Stamens 8-10. Ovarium 
2-celled? adhering to the tube of the calyx. Styles densely 
pubescent. Capsule closed at the apex, usually 1-seeded from 
abortion. Seed roundish, smooth, with a bony testa; albumen 
very sparing ; cotyledons rather foliaceous; radicle very short. 
—A shrub, with simple, elliptic, obtuse, quite entire, glabrous, 
coriaceous leaves; jointless petioles; caducous stipulas ; and 
small, white, capitate flowers. Heads of flowers globose, pe- 
dunculate, axillary. Ovarium densely woolly. Stigmas simple, 
obtuse. 
1 C. monta‘na (Forst. gen. l. c. icon. ined. t. 35. Labill. 
sert. l.c.) p. G. Nativeof New Caledonia. Flowers yellow? 
Mountain Codia. Shrub 6 to 8 feet ? 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Callicoma above. 
Tribe II. 
BAUE'REE (plants agreeing with Bauéra in having indefi- 
nite stamens). Stamens indefinite. Ovarium distinct. 
XIII. BELANGE'RA (in honour of — Belanger, Director 
of the Royal Garden at Pondicherry, who has travelled in many 
parts of Persia and India, where he collected a copious herba- 
rium). Cambess. in St. Hil. fl. bras. 2. p. 203.—Polystémon, 
D. Don, in edinb. phil. journ. April, 1830. 
Lin. syst. Icosándria, Digynia. Calyx deeply 6-parted ; 
segments reflexed, deciduous, valvate in cestivation. Petals 
wanting. Stamens indefinite, disposed in many series; fila- 
ments subulate, glabrous ; anthers 2-celled, bursting lengthwise. 
Disk girding the base of the ovarium. Ovarium 2-celled ; cells 
many-ovulate ; ovula flattened, fixed to the middle of the dis- 
sepiment in 2 rows. Capsule superior, 2-celled, 2-valved, 2- 
beaked ; valves at length bifid; cells many-seeded. Seeds 
compressed, ending in a wing at the apex.—Small, Brazilian 
trees, with opposite branches, and opposite stalked „leaves. 
Leaves with 3 or 5 leaflets. Stipulas interpetiolar, foliaceous, 
deciduous. Flowers racemose; racemes simple, axillary. Ova- 
rium densely tomentose, Capsule coriaceous. Stamens erect 
in the bud. 
1 B. cra gra (Cambess. in St. Hil. fl. bras. 2. p. 204. t. 115.) 
leaves trifoliate ; leaflets oblong, narrow at the base, serrated, 
glabrous ; capsule smoothish. h, S. Native of Brazil, on 
Serra Negra, in the province of Minas Geraes. 
Glabrous Belangera. Tree. i 
2 B. cunza'ta (Cambess. l. c. p. 204.) leaves trifoliate i 
leaflets oblong-cuneated, sharply serrated, puberulous beneath ; 
capsule clothed with hairy tomentum : hairs rufescent. > 
Native of Brazil, in the province of Minas Geraes. 
