DILLENIACE#. 
species with 1-5 capsules, which invalidate the strict propriety of 
its name, and render its situation in the Linnean System truly 
ambiguous). Lin. gen. no. 683. Geert. fruct. 1. p. 336. t. 69. 
D.C. syst. 1. p. 397. prod. 1. p. 67. 
Lin. syst. Dic'cia or Polygdmia, Polydndria. Calyx of 
4-6 permanent sepals. Petals 3-6, deciduous. Flowers usually 
dioecious or polygamous, female ones with an indefinite number 
of stamens, male ones with 1-5, but usually 4, capsular carpels, 
girded by the imbricate sepals (f. 15. a.). Seeds 1 (f. 15. e.) or 2, 
ovate, shining, arillate. Flowers yellow or white. Mostly 
climbing shrubs rarely erect. 
1 T. vorv' sits (Lin. spec. 617.) leaves obovate, blunt, very 
rough, somewhat toothed at end; flowers panicled, rather loose ; 
peduncles velvety. h.^. S. Native of the island of Barbadoes, 
Brazil, and South America about Panama. Geert. fruct. 1. p. 
336. t. 69. f. 3.—Breyn. exot. 20. t.6. Capsules clothed with 
some hairs at the apex. 
Twining Tetracera. Fl.? Clt. 1818. Shrub. cle — 
_2 T. ostonca ra (D. C. syst. 1. p. 399.) leaves oblong, blunt, 
sinuately-toothed, scabrous on both surfaces; flowers crowded, 
in simple, dense racemes; peduncles smooth. h. ©. S. Native 
of Brazil, about Rio Janeiro. Deless. icon. sel. 1. t. 67. Like 
T. volibilis, but differing from it in the branches and peduncles 
being very smooth. Capsules 3, smooth. Petals 3, white. 
Oblong-leaved Tetracera. Fl. March. Shrub cl. 
3 T. Lrma (Willd. ined. in herb. Bonpl. D. C. syst. 1. p. 
399.) leaves oblong, blunt, cuneated at the base, entire, scabrous 
on both surfaces; peduncles panicled, pubescent. k. VS. Na- 
tive of Brazil. Petals oblong, blunt, narrow, a little longer than 
the calyx. The two outer sepals small, the three inner ones 
connivent and concave. 
Rasp-leaved Tetracera. Shrub cl. 
T. acumina'ra (D.C. syst. 1. p- 399.) leaves oval-oblong, 
acuminated, serrulated, scabrous on both surfaces ; peduncles 
Thee pubescent. kh. .,.8. Native of South America? 
cular” outer sepals are very short; the three inner ones orbi- 
Acuminated-leaved Tetracera. Shrub cl. 
aa HI SPIDA (Spreng. syst. 2. p. 629.) leaves lanceolate, 
pering to both ends, serrulated, smooth above, but discoloured 
eow, and strigose at the veins ; peduncles axillary, racemose, 
B: N a as well as the branchlets, hairy. h. S. Native of 
o apid Tetracera. Shrub cl. 
„+ YAMAICE Nsis (D. C. syst. 1. p. 399.) leaves oval-oblong, 
mete somewhat serrulated, drawn out at the base along the 
es, smoothish on both surfaces; peduncles racemose, gla- 
r . 
ous, rather roughish. h. 5. Native of Jamaica. 
amaca Tetracera. Shrub. cl. 
* OVALIFO LIA (D. C. syst. 1. 
Pr a00.) leaves oval, obtuse, quite 
pe ê, roughish on both surfaces’: 
Pecuncles racemosely panicled, 
ewhat velvety, h, u S. Native 
ayenne. Deless. icon. sel. 1. t, 
velve, Pals roundish, exterior ones 
ciliated on the back, interior ones 
at their margins (f. 15. a.). 
geed Tetracera. Shrubcl. 
* ROTUNDIFOLIA (Smith, i 
Rees, cycl. vol, 35.) As round. 
is ; . 
an Ptica], entire, scabrous on 
taces ; i inal ; 
owers pa? panicles terminal ; 
ermaphrodite, wi 
Styles, smooth inside. eS Na 
ti . 
ve of Guiana, Capsules 3-4, 
FIG. 15. 
I. TETRACERA. 
69 
oval, smooth, shining, compressed, inflated, smaller than those of 
T. volubilis. 
Round-leaved Tetracera. Shrub cl. 
9 T. muttirto RA (D.C. syst. 1. p. 400.) leaves oval, rather 
obtuse, sinuately toothed at the apex, smooth, drawn out along 
the petiole; panicle many-flowered; pedicels smooth. R.S. 
Native of Para. Deless.icon. sel. 1. t. 69. Flowers monogynous. 
Many-flowered Tetracera. Shrub cl. 
10 T. atntro‘zra (Willd. spec. 2. p. 1243.) leaves oval-oblong, 
blunt, or somewhat acute, glabrous, upper surface roughish, 
under surface smooth, somewhat denticulated at the top; pe- 
duncles panicled, somewhat pubescent. h.. S. Native in 
woods along the coast of Guinea from the river Senegal to Congo. 
Petals obovate, scarcely longer than the calyx. 
Alder-leaved Tetracera. Fl. Jan. Feb. Clt. 1793. Shrub cl. 
11 T. porato’rta (Afz.) leaves oblong, glabrous, dark-green, 
toothed, sessile, somewhat sheathing at the base; panicle large, 
terminal. k.. S. Native of Sierra Leone on the mountains. 
Leaves large, sometimes more than half a foot long. 
This shrub, when cut across, yields a quantity of clear, whole- 
some water; hence it has obtained the name of Water Tree in 
the colony of Sierra Leone. 
Drinking Tetracera or Water Tree. Fl.? Clt. 1822. Shrub cl. 
12 T. opova'ra (D. C. syst. 1. p. 401.) leaves large, obo- 
vate, obtuse, tapering to the base, smooth, entire, brownish vel- 
vety on the under surface ; flowers panicled. k.. S. Native 
of the coast of Guinea from the river Senegal to Cape Coast. 
Obovate-leaved Tetracera. Fl. Jan. Feb. Clt. 1822. Shrub cl. 
13 T. Sengcare’nsis (D. C. syst. 1. p. 401.) leaves oval, 
rather acute, quite entire, smooth ; peduncles panicled, many- 
flowered. h.%™. S. Native of Senegal. Calyx of 5, nearly 
orbicular sepals. Petals 3. 
Senegal Tetracera. Shrub cl. 
14 T. uz'vis (Vahl. symb. 3. p. 71.) leaves oblong, acumi- 
nated, nearly entire, smooth; racemes terminal, simple. k. S. 
Native of the East Indies. Capsules 4, roundish, ventricose, 
mucronate, very smooth, shining. 
Smooth Tetracera? Shrub cl. 
14 T. Eurya’ypra (Vahl. symb. 3. p. 71.) leaves oval, ob- 
tuse, quite entire, smooth ; peduncles paniculately-racemose, pu- 
bescent. 5. .S. Native of New Caledon. Euryandra scán- 
dens. Forst. prod. no. 228, gen. no. 41. t. 41. Deless. icon. 
sel. 1. t.70. Petals 3, oblong, longer than the calyx. 
Broad-stamened Tetracera. Shrub cl. 
16 T. Ruyer pu (D. C. syst. 1. p. 402.) leaves oblong, acumi- 
nated at both ends, quite entire, smooth ; panicle branched, 
somewhat dichotomous ; flowers of 4 sepals. kh. U.S. Native 
of Malabar in mountainous and rocky places. Acara-pats Jotti. 
Rheed. mal. 5. p. 15. t.8. Very like T. Assa, but differing 
from it in the leaves being large, oblong, and entire. Flowers 
white, sweet-scented ; anthers flesh-coloured. Carpels dark- 
red, shining. 
Rheede’s Tetracera. Fl. Sept. Oct. Shrub cl. , 
17 T. A’ssa (D.C. syst. 1. p. 402.) leaves oval, acuminated 
at both ends, a little denticulated, upper surface smooth, under 
surface, as well as peduncles, pubescent; panicle 4-95 flowered ; 
sepals 4, smoothish. h.. S. Native of the East Indies. T. 
Malabarica, Lam. ill. t. 485. f. 1. A’ssa exótica, Gmel. syst. 839. 
Ay-assa, Rumph. amb. 7. p. 20? 
Ay-assa Tetracera. Shrub cl. E 
18 T. Wanrsomia (D.C. syst. 1. p. 403.) leaves elliptical, 
acuminated at the top, and serrated, stipulate at base, with the 
under surface, as well as peduncles, pubescent; panicle 4 or 5- 
flowered; sepals 4, villous on the outside. h. S. Native of 
Java. Wahlbòmia I'ndica. Thunb. act. holm, 1790. p. 215. t. 
9. Lam. ill. t. 485. 
