CUNONIACEA. XIII. BELANGERA. 
Cuneate-leafletted Belangera. Tree. 
3 B. romentosa (Cambess. l. c. p. 205. t. 116.) leaves tri- 
foliate ; leaflets oblong, acuminated, sharply serrated, tomentose 
beneath ; capsule clothed with white tomentum. h. S. Na- 
tive of Brazil, in the province of Minas Geraes, near Tejuco, 
Barbacena, &c., and near the town of St. Paul. Polystémon 
triphyllus, D. Don, in edinb. phil. journ. April, 1830. 
Tomentose Belangera. Tree. 
4 B. specidsa (Cambess. l. c. p. 206. t. 117.) leaves of 5 
leaflets ; leaflets ovate-elliptic or lanceolate, acute, sharply ser- 
rated, glabrous. h. S. Native of Brazil, in that part of the 
province of Minas Geraes called Minas Novas. Polystémon 
pentaphyllus, D. Don, in edinb. phil. mag. April, 1830. 
Beautiful Belangera. Tree. 
Cult. See Weinmánnia, p. 200., for culture and propagation. 
XIV. BAUE‘RA (named in honour of Francis and Ferdinand 
Bauer, two celebrated German draughtsmen). Salisb. in ann. 
bot. p. 512. t. 10. 
Lin.esyst. Icosdndria, Trigynia, Calyx 6-10-parted (f. 
39. a.). Petals 6-10 (f. 39. c.). Stamens numerous, disposed 
in a double order; anthers peltate (f. 39. d.); cells connate, 
bursting lengthwise: Styles 2 (f. 39. b.), glabrous; stigmas 
simple, obtuse. Capsule superior, 2-celled, 2-valved, opening 
at the apex by a transverse chink ; cells few-seeded; dissepi- 
ment placentiferous. Seeds oblong-cylindrical, erect, branched, 
leafy, roughish from resinous atoms.—Small shrubs, natives of 
New Holland. Leaves 6 in a whorl, approximating by threes, 
and therefore as it were opposite and ternate, exstipulate. 
Flowers rosaceous, axillary, solitary, pedunculate. 
FIG. 39. 
1 B. rusiæròLIA (Salisb. in 
ann. bot. 1. p. 514. t. 10.) leaves 
lanceolate, crenated ; flowers po- 
lypetalous. b. G. Native of 
New Holland. B. rubioides, 
Andr. bot. rep. t. 198. Sims, 
bot. mag. 715. Vent. malm. t. 
96. Calyx 8-10-cleft. Corolla 
8-10-petalled, pale red, or pink. 
Rubia-leaved Bauera. FI. Jul. 
Deck. Olt 1793. Sh. 1 to-2 ft; 
2 B. numis (Sweet, hort. 
suburb. p. 124.) leaves oblong, 
crenated; flowers polypetalous. 
h.G. Native of New Holland. 
Lodd. bot. 1197. Calyx 8-10- 
cleft. Corolla 8-10-petalled, red, one half smaller than those 
of B. rubief dlia, and the plant is altogether much smaller. 
Humble Bauera. Fl. July, Dec. Clt. 1804. Shrub 1 foot. 
3 B. Butrarpie‘rt (D. Don, in edinb. phil. journ. April, 1830.) 
leaves lanceolate, nearly quite entire; flowers with 6 petals. 
h.G. Native of Van Diemen’s Land. B. rubioides, Labill. 
mss. Habit of the rest. 
La Billardier’s Bauera. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
4 B. micropuy't1a (Sieb. pl. exsic. nov. holl. no. 289. D. 
Don, in edinb. phil. journ. April, 1830.) leaves elliptic-oblong, 
quite entire; flowers with 6 petals. h.G. Native of New 
Holland. Leaves like those of Thymus serpyllum. Flowers 
smaller than those of B. rubiefolia, red. 
Small-leaved Bauera. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
5 B. carrra`ra (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 4. p. 13.) leaves 
oblong, 3-lobed at the apex; flowers terminal, capitate, sessile. 
h.G. Native of New Holland, on the western coast. 
Capitate-flowered Bauera. Shrub. : 
Cult. The species of this genus are very pretty little shrubs, 
which flower nearly the whole year through ; they are therefore 
XIV. Bavera. 
XV. Gerssoris. GALACINE. 203 
very desirable plants for a greenhouse or conservatory. They 
are rather hardy, and easily cultivated. An equal mixture of 
sandy loam and peat is the best soil for them; and young cut- 
tings root freely in the same kind of soil, under a bell glass. 
Tribe IV. 
SYMPHYO'GYNEE (from cupgvw, symphyo, to join, and 
yurn, gyne, a style; styles joined). Stamens definite. Ovarium 
free. Styles connate. 
XV. GEI’SSOIS (from yewcor, geisson, the house-eaves ; 
seeds imbricated like the tiles on a house). Labill. sert. cal. p. 
50. t. 50. D. Don, in edinb. phil. journ. April, 1830. 
Lin. syst. Octdndria, Monoginia, Calyx deciduous. Pe- 
tals wanting. Stamens 8. Style 1, with the base remaining ; 
stigmas 2, simple. Capsule compressed, 2-celled, 2-valved ; 
cells many-seeded. Seeds compressed, winged, with a mem- 
branous testa.—A tree, with opposite, petiolate, quinate leaves ; 
elliptic, obtuse, quite entire leaflets, which are pubescent be- 
neath ; oblong, ribbed, undivided, caducous stipulas ; and axil- 
lary, many-flowered racemes, which are either solitary or by 
threes. 
1 G. racemosa (Labill. sert. caled. p. 50. t. 50.). 
Native of New Caledonia. 
Racemose Geissois. Tree. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Callicoma, p 202. 
h.G. 
Orper CXXI. GALACI'N& (plants agreeing with Galax 
in important characters). D. Don, in edinb. phil. journ. Oct. 
1828.—Francoaceze, Adr. de Juss. in ann. des scien. vol. 25. 
bie 
a Calyx 4-5-parted, permanent. Petals 4-5, hypogynous, cadu- 
cous, alternating with the calycine segments; stamens 8-10-16, 
hypogynous, joined into a tube, which is toothed at the apex, or 
distinct; filaments or alternate teeth antheriferous. Ovarium com- 
posed of 3 or 4 follicles, which are joined, therefore 3-4-celled ; 
ovula indefinite ; stigma composed of 3-4 joined ones, undivided 
or 4-lobed. Capsule 3-4-celled, 3-4-valved ; valves bearing the 
dissepiments in the middle. Central placenta none. Seeds nu- 
merous, minute, scobiform, inserted in the inner angle of the 
cells ; outer testa loose, membranous, cellular: inner one very 
thin, closely adhering to the albumen. Albumen copious, fleshy. 
Embryo erect, terete, with short cotyledons, and a long cylin- 
drical centripetal radicle-—Perennial American herbs. Leaves 
radical, simple, lyrate, pinnatifid or serrated; the teeth tip- 
ped each by a gland. Flowers terminal, copious, disposed 
in spicate racemes ; pedicels 1-flowered, propped each by a per- 
manent bracteole. 
This order differs from Saxifragacee by the presence of sterile 
stamens, alternating with the fertile ones; in the absence of a 
central placenta; and in the frequent quaternary arrangement, 
in the parts of the calyx and corolla. 
Synopsis of the genera. 
1 Ga‘tax. Calyx 5-parted. Petals 5. Stamens joined into 
a tube, which is 10-toothed: the alternate teeth antheriferous ; 
anthers 1-celled. Stigma entire. Capsule 3-celled. 
2 Francoa. Calyx 4-parted. Petals 4. Stamens distinct, 
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