554 RUBIACEH. CXIV. Srenostomum. 
cida, Gærtn. fil. carp. 3. p. 192. Guettarda licida, Pers. ench. 
1. p. 201. Laugéria lucida, Swartz. fl. ind. 1. p. 475. Vahl, 
symb. 3. p. 40. t. 57. Flowers small, white. 
Lucid-leaved Stenostomum. Clt. 1818. Tree 20 feet. 
2 S.? acura‘rum (D. C. prod. 4. p. 460.) leaves oblong, 
acute at the base, and acuminated at the apex, glabrous on both 
surfaces, reticulately veined above; lobes of calyx linear-subu- 
late, very acute, almost equal in length to the tube. h. S. 
Native of Guadaloupe. Stipulas triangular, acuminated, deci- 
duous. Peduncles bifid, each of the branches bearing 4-5 
flowers. Perhaps this species is nearly allied to Guettdrda resi- 
nosa, but the number of the cells of the ovarium is not rightly 
known. Flowers small, white. 
Acute-calyxed Stenostomum. Shrub. 
§ 2. Corollas clothed mith silky tomentum. 
3 S. romenTosum (D.C. prod. 4. p. 460.) leaves ovate, acute, 
tomentose beneath; drupes oblong, acuminated, glabrous. h. 
S. Native of Jamaica, on the west side among bushes. Lau- 
géria tomentosa, Swartz, fl. ind. 1. p. 477. Guettarda tomen- 
tosa, Pers. ench. 1. p. 201. Flowers small, white. The speci- 
mens collected by Bertero in Jamaica differ from the descrip- 
tion of Swartz, in the limb of the calyx being truncate and en- 
tire, not 5-toothed, and therefore there are probably two nearly 
allied species, natives of Jamaica. 
Tomentose Stenostomum. Clt. 1820. Tree 20 feet. 
+ Species not sufficiently known. 
4 S.? pirurca‘tum (D.C. prod. 4. p. 460.) leaves ovate, 
acute at both ends, glabrous, beset with glandular pili in the axils 
of the veins beneath ; peduncles bifurcate. h.S. Native of the 
West India islands. Malanea bifurcata, Desr. in Lam. dict. 3. 
p. 688. The inflorescence is the same as that of the other 
species, but the number of the parts of the flower is not de- 
scribed. 
Bifurcate-peduncled Stenostomum. Tree. 
5 S.? nrripum (D.C. prod. 4. p. 461.) leaves ovate, shining, 
quite glabrous, except in the axils of the veins beneath, which 
are beset with glandular hairs ; peduncles dichotomous. h. S. 
Native of the West India islands. Malanea nítida, Desr. in 
Lam. dict. 3. p. 688. The number of the parts of the flowers 
being undescribed, the genus to which it belongs is rather 
doubtful. 
Shining Stenostomum. Tree. 
6 S.? picno'romum (D. C. prod. 4. p. 461.) leaves elliptic- 
oblong, obtuse, rather coriaceous, glabrous on both surfaces ; 
peduncles dichotomous; flowers tetrandrous. h.S. Native of 
Mexico. Laugéria dichétoma, Moc. et Sesse, icon. ined. Corolla 
of a dirty cream colour, with blunt lobes. Perhaps a genuine 
species of Stendstomum, or a species of Antirhæ'a. 
Dichotomous-peduncled Stenostomum. Tree. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Hamilténia, p. 555. 
CXV. CHIO'NE (a mythological name, the daughter of Deu- 
calion, or from xtoveoc, chioneos, snowy, white as snow ; in refer- 
ence to the cymes of white flowers). D.C. prod. 4. p. 461.— 
Crusea, A. Rich. mem. soc. hist. nat. Par. 5. p. 204. t. 19. f. 1. 
but not of Schiede and Deppe, nor Bartl. nor D. C. 
Lin. syst. Penténdria, Monogynia. Calyx with an obovate 
tube, and a marginal repandly 5-toothed limb. Corolla tubular, 
short, with a 5-lobed limb ; lobes flattish, obtuse. Stamens in- 
serted above the tube. Style simple; stigma 2-lobed: lobes 
short, obtuse. Fruit olive-formed, rather fleshy, much fur- 
rowed when dried, crowned by the limb of the calyx, containing 
a 2-celled putamen. Seeds solitary, almost terete.—A glabrous 
tree. Leaves opposite, coriaceous, joined together by an entire 
stipular sheath. Flowers white, cymose ; cymes terminal, pe- 
dunculate. Allied to Malanea. 
CXV. CHIONE. 
CXVI. Tmoxius. CXVII. Hamittonta. 
1 C. cra'gra (Rich, l. c. under Crùsea,) h. S. Native of 
Tortoise island. Psychótria megalospérma, Vahl, eclog. amer. 
3. p. 3. t. 21. ex herb. Juss. but neither the description nor the 
figure agree well with it, and it is therefore Jacquinia vendsa, 
Swartz, prod. p. 47. Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 491. 
Glabrous Chione. Clt. 1824. Tree 40 feet? 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Hamiltonia, p. 555. 
CXVI. TIMO'NIUS (Timon or Aytimon is the name of the 
first species in Amboyna). Rumph. amb. 3. p. 216, t. 140. 
D. C. prod. 4. p. 461.—Bobea, Gaud. voy. uran. t. 93.— 
Bobæ'a, A. Rich. mem. soc. hist. nat. Par. 5. p. 215.—Bur- 
nèya, Cham. et Schlecht. in Linnæa. 4. p. 188.—Erithalis, Forst. 
but not of Lin. 2 
Lin. syst. Tetrándria, Monogýnia. Calyx with an ovate 
tube, and a tubular truncate 2-6-toothed limb. Corolla tubular, 
salver-shaped, with a 4-6-parted spreading limb, a naked 
throat, and oval obtuse lobes. Stamens 4, almost sessile, in- 
serted in the upper part of the tube of the corolla. Anthers 
oblong-heart-shaped, sessile in the throat. Stigmas 2, exserted, 
digitately 5-cleft, with the lobes linear. Drupe globose, smooth, 
crowned by the limb of the calyx, containing from 7-25 bony 
distinct 1-seeded indehiscent pyrene. Seeds inverted, linear. 
Albumen fleshy. Embryo terete.—Glabrous trees. Leaves op- 
posite. Stipulas interpetiolar, acute, entire. Peduncles axil- 
lary, shorter than the leaves, bearing each 3 flowers at the apex, 
the middle flower sessile, and the lateral ones pedicellate, each 
girded by a cup-shaped 2-lobed permanent bractea at the base.— 
Allied to Guettérda, but differs in the pyrene being distinct, not 
combined. ; 
1 T. Ru’menn (D. C. prod. 4. p. 461.) leaves ene 
peduncles bearing 3 flowers, but only 1 fruit; fruit smooth, 
ovate-globose. h. S. Native of the Island of Amoy a 
open places and on hills. Timònius, Rumph. amb. 3. p. 2 2 
t.140. Erithalis Timon, Spreng. pug. 1. p. 18. Pyréstria hexas 
pérma, Roxb. E. polygama (3, Willd. spec. 1. p. 997. 
Rumphius’s Timonius. Tree. e 189 
2 T. Forste’rt (Cham. et Schlecht. in Linnea. 4. p. 19%. 
under Burnéya) leaves opposite; flowers axillary: male at 
disposed in cymes: hermaphrodite ones solitary; berries roun f 
ish. h. S. Native of the Society Islands; and in Roman 
zoff’s Island. Erithalis polygama, var. a. Forst. prod. 1. 
101. Erith. cymésa, Spreng. pug. 1. p. 17. Erith. pears 
a. Willd, spec. 1. p.997. Fruit containing usually 25 pyren 
The flowers are described by Chamisso and Schlecht. as quate 
nary and quinary, but they are also sometimes senary. 
Forster’s Timonius. Tree. eee 190 
3 T. Gaupicna'upn (Cham. et Schlecht. in Linnea. 4. P a 
under Burnéya) leaves elliptic, bluntish, acute at sf nagis 
cymes on long peduncles: fertile ones 3-flowered : pire 
sterile ones are twice bifid and 7-flowered. }.S. Native i re 
Island of O-Wahu, and of a number of the Sandwich Is ie 
Bobea elatior, Gaud. in Freyc. voy. p. 473. t. 93. Fruit ¢ 
taining usually 12 bony pyrene. 
Gaudichaud’s Timonius. Tree. pole: 555 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Hamiltonia, p- °°: 
CXVII. HAMILTO'NIA (so named after William He 
of Woodlands, near Philadelphia, in North America, an emin 7 
botanist, and the first who was at the expence of earings 
conservatory in that country for the preservation of p ay i 
hot climates). Roxb. hort. beng. (1814.) p.15. fi. = ge 
223. but not of Muhl. nor Willd.—Spermadictyon, Roxb. 
3. (1819.) p. 82. 
Lin. syst. Penténdria, Monogynia. 
Calyx with an ovate 
tube, a 5-parted limb, and subulate TEE segme 
nts. 
