THE 
GARDENER’S AND BOTANIST’S DICTIONARY. 
Sus-crass III. 
COROLLJEFLO'R & (from corolla, and flos, a flower.) Co- 
rolla monopetalous, or the petals combined into the form of a 
hypogynous corolla, which is not attached to the calyx. To 
this sub-class are to be referred all orders which have a mono- 
petalous corolla, with the stamens inserted into it, and a superior 
ovarium ; but those orders with a monopetalous corolla, having 
the stamens inserted into it and the inferior ovarium, as Rubi- 
cec, Ericacee, Epacridee, Campanulacee, Lobelidcee, Caprifo- 
liàceæ, Loranthàcec, &c. are still retained in the sub-class 
Calyciflore. 
Oxper CXL. SYMPLOCI'NEZ (this order only contains 
the genus Symplocos). D. Don. prod. fl. nep. p. 144,—Guaia- 
cane, part 2. Juss. gen. 157. 
Calyx 5-parted or 5-cleft (f. 1. a.). Corolla monopetalous, 
rotate (f. 1. c.), with a 5 (f. 1. c.) -10-parted spreading limb; 
when 8 or 10, 4 or 5 of which are interior and smaller : imbricate 
in estivation. Stamens very numerous, inserted in the tube of 
the corolla, disposed in 3 or 4 series or rows; filaments cuspi- 
date at the apex, polyadelphous at the base; anthers erect, 
roundish-elliptic, 2-celled, bursting lengthwise. Ovarium 
half inferior, 3-5-celled; ovula 4 in each cell, fixed to inner 
parietes of the cells at various heights, the 2 superior ones pe- 
ritropous, and the 2 inferior ones pendulous. Style 1; stigma 
3-5-lobed. Drupe rather fleshy, crowned by the calyx, contain- 
ing a 3-5-celled nut; cells 1-seeded; seeds bony. Embryo in- 
verted and furnished with albumen, having a superior radicle. 
Trees with alternate branches. Leaves alternate, entire, or 
serrulated, exstipulate, turning yellow on drying. Flowers axil- 
lary, sessile, or pedunculate, almost solitary, conglomerate, or 
somewhat racemose, white or scarlet, furnished with imbricating 
bracteas at the base (f. 1. b.), sometimes fragrant. The leaves 
of most of the species are astringent; those of Simplocos tinc- 
tòria are used in America, under the name of Sweetleaf, for 
3 -dyeing yellow; and the bark of S. racemósa is used with mun- 
geet for dyeing red in the East Indies, under the name of 
Lohd. 
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I. SY'MPLOCOS (ovurokn, symploke, a connection ; in re- 
ference to the stamens being combined at the base). Lin. gen. 
677. Jacq. amer. 166. Swartz, prod. 109. obs. t. 7. f. 1. Juss. 
gen. 157. L'Herit. in Lin. trans. 1. p. 174. H. B. et Kunth, 
nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 256. D. Don. prod. fl. nep. p. 144.— 
Ciponima, Aubl. guian. 1. p. 226. Cav. diss. 7. p. 370. t. 217. 
Alstonia, Mut. in Lin. suppl. p. 264.—Hopea, Lin. but not of 
Roxb. 
Lin. syst. Polyadélphia, Polyándria. 
as that of the order. 
Sect. I. ArsrówiA (named in memory of Charles Alston, 
Professor of Botany in the University of Edinburgh). Corolla 
8-10-parted ; segments disposed in adouble row. Stamens dis- 
posed in 3 or 4 series. Drupe half inferior, 3-5-celled ; cells 1- 
seeded.—Species natives of South America. 
1 S. ArsrówiA (Lher. in Lin. trans. 1. p. 176.) glabrous in 
every part; leaves roundish-elliptic or oblong, obtuse, rounded 
at the base, obsoletely crenated at the apex, coriaceous, shining ; 
flowers by threes or fours, sessile. b. S. Native of New 
Granada, near Santa Fe de Bogota and Popayan. Humb. et 
Bonpl. pl. equin. 1. p. 181. t. 51.  Alstónia thezefórmis, Lin. 
suppl. p. 264. Habit of Thèa Bohèa. Leaves pale green and 
shining above, and pale beneath, and are employed as tea on 
account of their slight astringency. Corollas white, 8-10-cleft. 
Drupe 3-celled. 
Alston’s Symplocos. Tree 12 to 15 feet. 
2 S. c&'nNvA (Humb. et Bonpl. pl. zequin. 1. p. 188. t. 53.) 
branches glabrous; leaves oblong, bluntish, running into the 
petioles at the base, serrulated at the apex, coriaceous, glabrous 
and shining above, pilose on the nerves beneath; flowers soli- 
tary, on short pedicels, drooping. h.S. Native of Peru, in 
woods, near the town of Jaen de Bracamoros. Leaves 24 inches 
long. Corolla 10-11-parted, white. Ovarium 3-celled. 
Drooping-flowered Symplocos. Tree 30 feet. 
3 S. coccinea (Humb. et Bonpl. pl. zequin. 1. p. 185. t. 52.) 
branches hispid from pili; leaves elliptic-oblong, acuminated, 
rounded at the base, obsoletely crenulated, membranous, gla- 
brous, shining, pilose on the middle nerve; flowers solitary, 
almost sessile. h. S. Native of Mexico, near Xalapa and 
elsewhere. Corolla rose-coloured or purplish, silky outside, 
10-11-parted, an inch in diameter when expanded. Drupe 5- 
celled. Stamens disposed in 4 series. 
Scarlet Symplocos. Tree tall. 
4 S. sceRRULA TA (Humb. et Bonpl. pl. equin. 1. p. 190. 
t, ae branchlets clothed with rusty hairs; leaves obovate- 
Character the same 
