58 I. CoLUMELLIA. 
COLUMELLIEEX. 
calyx and corolla of Menodóra, with those species of Jasminum 
wherein the number of segments are indeterminate, will display 
more clearly the intimate affinity existing between these two 
It differs, however, essentially from Jasmineàcece by 
having an adherent ovarium, by the presence of a perigynous 
disk, by the undivided stigma, and lastly by having an inferior 
capsule with polyspermous cells. The imbricate estivation of 
the corolla, and adherent ovarium, with erect ovula, the presence 
of a perigynous disk, and a capsule with polyspermous cells, 
are characters sufficiently numerous and important to prevent 
its ever being confounded with Olèinæe, and to establish it 
as an osculant group between that family and Jasminedcee. It 
appears also to be nearly related to Halesidcee, a small group 
families. 
forming the connecting link between Oléine and Lbendcee ; 
this group is principally distinguished from Columelliéc by the 
indefinite number of its stamina, and its simple stigma. 
Synopsis of the genera. 
1 CorvuwELLIa. Calyx compressedly 2-edged; with a 5- 
lobed limb. Corolla rotate. ^ Anthers convolute. 
turbinate; cells many-seeded. Albumen fleshy. 
2 Botiva‘ria. Calyx 5-parted. Corolla funnel-shaped ; 
with a 5-parted limb. Capsule cartilaginous ; cells 2-seeded. 
Albumen none, but the seeds are inclosed in a peculiar inte- 
gument. 
3 Menopora. Calyx many-parted, half inferior. 
salver-shaped : with a 5-parted spreading limb. 
celled, many-seeded. 
I. COLUME'LLIA (named in honour of L. J. M. Colu- 
mella, who flourished 42 years before Christ). Ruiz et Pav. fl. 
per. 1. p. 28. syst. p. 8. Pers. ench. 1. p. 13. H. B. et Kunth, 
nov. gen. amer. 2. p. 388. D. Don, in edinb. phil. journ. dec. 
1828.—Ulixia, Juss. gen. 
Lin. syst.  Diándria, Monogynia, Calyx turbinately tu- 
bular, compressed, 2-edged. Corolla rotate: with a 5-lobed 
concave equal limb. Stamens opposite the angles of the calyx; 
filaments short, flat; anthers convolute or replicate ; one of the 
cells very narrow, continuous through all the convolutions of 
the anther: containing angular, resinous pollen. Style decli- 
nate, flattened. Capsule turbinate, woody, 2-celled; cells 
many-seeded. Seeds obovate, compressed, ascending: with a 
basilar umbilicus. Albumen fleshy, yellowish. Embryo erect, 
slender. Plumule inconspicuous.—Evergreen trees or shrubs, 
natives of Peru. Flowers terminal, on short peduncles, yellow. 
Peduncles bibracteate at the base. 
1 C. osrówcA (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 1. p. 28. t. 8. f. a. 
syst. l. p. 8.) leaves oblong, veiny, toothed at top; flowers 
corymbose. bh. G. Native of Peru, in woods at Pillao. C. 
arboréscens, Pers. ench. 1. p. 13. Tree having the habit of. Kál- 
mia, with deciduous bark. Branchlets clothed with silky down, 
compressed between the internodes. Leaves attenuated at the 
base, shining and green above, but silky and glaucous beneath, 
1-2 inches long. Corymbs leafy. Calycine segments lanceo- 
late, silky beneath, furnished with a horny mucrone at the apex. 
Oblong-leaved Columellia. Tree 20 to 25 feet. 
2 C. osovA'ra (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 1. p. 28. t. 12. f. b. 
syst. l. p. 9.) tomentose; leaves obovate, mucronulate, quite 
entire, veinless ; flowers usually solitary. h.G. Native of 
Peru, on arid hills about the town of Tarma.  C.frutéscens, 
Pers. ench. 1. p. 13. Shrub with the habit of a species of 
Capsule 
Corolla 
Capsule 2- 
II. Borivaria. 
III. Menopora. JASMINEACE. 
Leptospérmum. Branchlets clothed with hoary down, which at 
length becomes blackish. Leaves crowded, green and shining 
above, but tomentose beneath, from } to 1 an inch long. Petioles 
connate at the base, hardly distinct from the leaves. Flowers 
rarely twin or tern. Calycine segments ovate, obtuse. 
Obovate-leaved Columellia. Shrub 8 feet. 
3 C. sericea (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 2. p. 388.) 
leaves oblong, quite entire, silky beneath; peduncles 2-3- 
flowered. Q4. G. Native of the province of Quito, in woods. 
Young branches obsoletely tetragonal, clothed with silky down. 
Leaves obtuse, mucronate, green and shining above, and silky 
white beneath. — Pedicels, bracteas, and calyxes silky. 
Silky Columellia. Tree 15 to 20 feet. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Bolivària, below. 
II. BOLIVA'RIA (named after Bolivar, the liberator of 
South America) Cham. et Schlecht. in Linnea. 1. p. 207. 
tA EUIS 
Lin. syst.  Diándria, Monoginia. Calyx 5-parted. Corolla 
funnel-shaped : with a 5-parted limb. Filaments capillary ; an- 
thers erect, fixed by the middle, elliptic, mucronate. Style ex- 
ceeding the stamens ; stigma obscurely 2-lobed. Capsule carti- 
laginous, didymous, circumcised ; cells 2-seeded. Seeds inclosed 
in a peculiar integument, without albumen.—Glabrous shrubs.~ 
Flowers pedunculate, solitary, terminal, and lateral, constituting 
an incomplete, leafy panicle. 
1 B. inrEeriror1a (Cham. et Schlecht. 1. c. p. 208.) leaves 
lanceolate, quite entire. h.. Native of Brazil, in the pro- 
vince of Cisplatine, frequent. Flowers white or yellow, size of 
those of Jasminum früticans. 
Entire-leaved Bolivaria. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
2 B. rníriDA (Cham. et Schlecht. 1. c. p. 209.) leaves linear, 
trifid, or entire. 5. G. Native of Brazil, in the province of 
Cisplatine, and of Chili. Flowers yellow. 
Trifid Bolivaria. Fl. July. Clt. 1828. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
Cult. A mixture of loam, peat, and sand is a good soil for 
the species ; and cuttings will strike root readily in the same 
kind of soil, under a hand-glass. 
III. MENODO'RA (from pevoc, menos, courage, and Cwpor, 
doron, a gift; a vegetable which gives force to animals). Humb. 
et Bonpl. pl. æquin. 2. p. 98. t. 110. D. Don, in edinb. phil. 
journ. dec. 1828. ; 
Lin. syst.  Diándria, Monogijnia. Calyx campanulate, with 
a many-parted limb ; segments 10-11, subulate. Corolla with 
a very short tube, a villous throat, and 5-8-parted concave 
limb; lobes ovate, acuminated. Filaments capillary ; anthers 
Sagittate, 2-celled, erect, mucronulate at the apex. Ovarium 
emarginately 2-lobed. Style declinate, slender; stigma trun- 
cate, pruinose. Capsule 2-celled, with a septicidal dehiscence, 
many-seeded.— A small, suffruticose, hairy plant, with numerous 
decumbent stems ; oval-lanceolate, almost sessile, entire leaves: 
and solitary, pedunculate, yellow flowers. 
1 M. wevtaytaemoives (Humb. et Bonpl. l.c). kh. G. 
Native of Mexico, between Actopan and the village of Mag- 
dalena. Stems tetragonal. 
Sun-rose-like Menodora. Shrub 4 to 1 foot. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Bolivària above. 
Orper CXLIX. JASMINEA'CEAX. Jasminez, R. Br. 
prod. p. 520.—Jasminee, part. Juss. gen. p. 104. 
Calyx monophyllous, tubular, divided or toothed (f. 11. a.), 
permanent. Corolla monopetalous, hypogynous, regular, salver- 
shaped (f. 11. b.), with a 5 (f. 11. b.) -8 (f. 10. a.) -cleft limb; 
segments lying over each other laterally, imbricate and twisted 
in estivation. Stamens 2, epipetalous, inclosed. Ovarium not 
