550 
is much like that of Callicárpa. The fruit is eaten by the 
natives of Madagascar and the Mauritius under the names of 
Voa-vanga and Voa-vanguer. Flowers white. 
Edible-fruited Vangueria. Clt. 1809. Tree 10 to 15 feet. 
2 V. spino‘sa (Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 172.) spines decussate ; 
Jeaves ovate-oblong, smooth ; cymes axillary, in fascicles. h . S. 
Native of Bengal and China; in Bengal it is called Mayna. 
Mèynea spinosa, Link, jahrb. 1-3. H. p. 32. Roem. et Schultes, 
mant. 1. p. 67. and 84, Leaves opposite or three in a whorl, 
3-4 inches long. Flowers axillary, fascicled on a short peduncle, 
with proper longer pedicels, small, of a pale greenish colour. 
Anthers small, cordate. Stigma 4-5-lobed. Berry size of a 
cherry, turbinate, smooth, yellow when ripe, succulent, and 
edible. The flowers and habit of the whole plant are exceedingly 
like Canthium parviflorum. 
Spinose Vangueria. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1816. Shrub large. 
3 V. wrav'sta (Burch. cat. geogr. pl. afr. austr. no. 2629. 
trav. 2. p. 258. and 259. with a figure,) unarmed ; leaves to- 
mentose, roundish-ovate, usually acuminated; cymes axillary. 
h.S. Native of the south of Africa, without the tropic, in the 
territory of Bachapin, where it is considered unlucky by the in- 
habitants. Fruit round, an inch in diameter, but not edible. 
Unlucky Vangueria. Shrub 5 to 10 feet. 
N. B. Vanguéria verrucésa, Sieb. fl. maur. does not belong 
to the present order, but is probably a species of Logànea or 
Solanum. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Hamélia, p. 542. 
CXI. GUETTA’RDA (so named by Linnzeus in honour of 
John Etienne Guettard, member of the academy of sciences at 
Paris, who published, in 1747, a catalogue of the plants growing 
in the vicinity of Estampes). Vent. choix. no. 1. A. Rich. mem. 
soc. hist. nat. par. 5, p. 201. D.C, prod. 4. p. 455.—Guettarda 
species and Matthiola, Lin. gen.—Guettarda species and Lau- 
géria, Jacq. Juss.—Guettarda spec. Lam. Pers.—Halésia, P. 
Browne, jam. but not of Lin.—Viviania, Rafin. spech. 1. p. 117. 
but not of Cav. nor Colla, nor Raddi. 
Lin. syst. Tetra-Ennedndria, Monogynia. Calyx with ovate 
or globose tube; and a tubular permanent or deciduous limb, 
which is either truncate or irregularly toothed (f. 101. a.). Co- 
rolla salver-shaped, with a cylindrical tube (f. 101. c.), and from 
4-9 oval-oblong lobes (f. 101. b.).  Anthers 4-9, sessile in the 
throat of the corolla, inclosed. Stigma capitate, rarely 2-lobed. 
Drupe roundish or ovate, crowned by the tube of the calyx (f. 
101. d.), containing a bluntly angled 4-9-celled putamen (f. 101. 
e.), having the cells straight or curved, 1-seeded. Seeds erect, 
nearly terete.—Small trees or shrubs, natives of South America, 
and a few of India. Leaves ovate or lanceolate, rarely cordate. 
Stipulas lanceolate, deciduous, except in one species in which 
they are sheathing and truncate. Peduncles axillary, bifid, 
rarely twice bifid. Flowers sessile and unilateral along the 
branches of the peduncles, and solitary in the forks. 
Secr. I, Capa’mpa (vernacular name of G. specidsa). D. C. 
prod. 4. p. 455.—Cadamba, Sonner. trav. 2. p. 228. t. 128. 
Limb of calyx soon falling off. Cells of drupe curved at top. 
1 G. sreciòsa (Lin. spec. 1408.) leaves broad, ovate or ob- 
ovate, usually subcordate at the base, obtuse and apiculated at 
the apex, downy beneath; stipulas ovate or lanceolate, acumi- 
nated, deciduous; cymes pedunculate, velvety, much shorter 
than the leaves; flowers of from 4 to 9 parts; fruit depressed, 
marked by an areola at the apex. h.S. Native of the East 
India islands ; coast of Coromandel and Malabar, &c. Lam. ill. 
t. 154. f. 2. Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 521. Lindl. bot. reg. t. 1393. 
Cadamba jasminiflora, Sonn. trav, 2. p. 128. Rava-Pou, Rheed. 
l 
RUBIACEÆ. CX. VANGUERIA. 
CXI. GUETTARDA. 
mal. 4. p. 47. and 48. Leaves canescent from villi in the young 
state, but the adult ones only along the nerves. Branches hori- 
zontal, forming a large shady head. Peduncles twice bifid. 
Flowers unisexual, large, white, exquisitely fragrant, partaking 
much of the scent of cloves. Seeds much curved, with the con- 
cave part of the curve outwards. Leaves sometimes downy on 
both surfaces. (f. 101.) 
Var. B, glabrata (D. C. prod. 4. p. 455.) young leaves downy 
along the nerves and veins, but the adult ones are glabrous. h. 
S. Native of Mexico, but probably only cultivated in gardens, 
There are varieties of this with the leaves either subcordate or 
subattenuated at the base. 
Showy Guettarda. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1771. Tree 30 ft. 
Secr. II. Guerrarpa‘ria (altered from the generic name). 
D. C. prod. 4. p. 455. Limb of calyx usually permanent, 
truncate or irregularly subdentate. Corolla silky on the out- 
side, with the lobes flat. Drupe having the cells of the putamen 
straight. 
§ 1. Tube of corolla silky, villous or downy. Drupe containing 
a 4-7-celled putamen. 
2 G. arce’nrea (Lam. dict. 3. p. 54. ill. t. 154. f. 1.) leaves 
ovate, acuminated, on short petioles, glabrous and smooth above, 
but clothed with silky velvety down beneath, with the transverse 
nerves parallel; stipulas villous on the outside, ovate, terminat- 
ing in a subulate point; cymes pedunculate, bifid, velvety ; 
flowers hexamerous, with a villous tube, which is 10 times 
longer than the ovarium. h. S. Native of Cayenne. G. 
speciosa, Aubl. guian. 1. p. 320. but not of Lin. Peduncles 
about the length of the leaves. Leaves 5 inches long and 3 
broad. Petioles 5 lines long. Corolla 15 lines long, white. 
Ovarium 6-celled, 6-ovulate. 
Silvery Guettarda. Tree 20 feet. 
3 G. Havane'ysts (D. C. prod. 4. p. 455.) leaves obovate, 
acutish at the base, and mucronate at the apex, scabrous above; 
and tomentose beneath; stipulas acuminated, 3 times shorter 
than the petioles; peduncles hairy, about the length of the 
leaves ; cymes trifid; tube of corolla 4 times longer than the 
ovarium, and the limb 5-6-cleft. h. S. Native of Cuba, about 
the Havannah. Allied to G. ambigua. Flowers white? 
Havannah Guettarda. Tree. : 
4 G. Missidnis (Wall. cat. no. 6221.) leaves oblong, acumi- 
nated, paler beneath, glabrous in every part, except on t e 
mid-rib beneath; cymes pedunculate, axillary, dichotomous ; 
calyx 5-parted, permanent; corolla villous on the outside ; = 
roundish, crowned by the calyx. h.S. Native of the Eas 
Indies. Stipulas ovate. Flowers white, not so large as those 
of G. speciosa. 
Mission Guettarda. Shrub or tree. be 
5 G. amsicua (D.C. prod. 4. p. 455.) leaves ovate oF O 
ovate, cordate at the base, and rather mucronate at the AR 
scabrous above, but clothed with downlike tomentum jpe ; 
stipulas acuminated, one-half shorter than the petioles; pê pers 
cles hairy, about the length of the leaves; cymes bifid ; op 
globose, reticulated, crowned by the tubular calyx. h. ae this 
tive of Guadaloupe, and also of Jamaica, if, as is suspected, a 
be the Halèsia, P. Browne, jam. p. 205. t. 20. f. 1. Flowe 
white ? 
Ambiguous Guettarda. Shrub 8 to 10 feet. 420.) 
6 G. corva'ra (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. Be 
leaves ovate-elliptic, deeply cordate, rounded at the apex, rat 8 
pilose above, and clothed with white tomentum beneath ; stipu r 
ovate, acute, length of petioles; peduncles 3 or 4 times aget 
than the petioles ; cymes 3-flowered; flowers hexamerous, w 
a downy tube, which is 4 times longer than the ovarium. h: 
