DILLENIACEÆ. XVI. COLBERTIA. XVII. Carezzia. 
XVI. COLBE’RTIA (in honour of John Baptist Colbert, mar- 
quis Seignelai, a famous French statesman, and patron of the Paris 
garden, who destroyed with his own hands the vines which had 
been planted therein, in lieu of more curious objects ; died 1683.) 
Sal. par. lond. no. 73. D. C. syst. 1. p. 435. prod. 1. p. 75. 
Lin. syst. Polydndria, Tetra-Polygynia. Sepals 5-6, per- 
manent. Petals 5, deciduous. Stamens indefinite, free, 10-50 
of which are much longer than the rest, bearing empty an- 
thers, Anthers opening by a double pore. Carpels 4-12, joined 
into a ribbed baccate fruit. Styles 4-12, diverging. Stigmas 
capitate? Seeds reniform, many in each cell, all imbedded in a 
pellucid glutinose pulp. Trees with broad leaves and yellow 
flowers. 
1 C. Coromanveria‘'na (D. C. syst. 1. p. 435.) leaves oblong, 
villous on the nerves beneath; pedicels 1-flowered, fascicled ; 
petals oval-oblong, acute ; sepals ovate, obtuse. h.S. Na- 
tive of Coromandel in mountain valleys. Dillénia pentdgyna, 
Roxb. corom. 1. p. 21. t. 20. Leaves oblong, like those of 
Dillénia specidsa, but larger. Pedicels 1-flowered, several of 
which rise from the same floriferous bud, along the naked 
branches of the preceding year. An elegant tree with yellow 
flowers. Fruit pendulous. 
Coromandel Colbertia. 
20 feet. 
_2 C.scapre’tta (D. Don. prod. fl. nep. p. 226.) leaves ellip- 
tical, acute, tapering to the base, pilose on both surfaces, with 
bristly serratures ; peduncles in axillary fascicles, each fur- 
nished with two opposite bracteas, glabrous; leaflets of calyx 
oval-roundish ; petals orbicular or obovate ; anthers obtuse. h. 
S. Native of Bengal. Dillénia scabrélla, Roxb. hort. beng. p. 
43. Wall. pl. asiat. rar. p. 20. t.22. Leaves 1 foot long, deci- 
duous. Ovaries 6-7. Flowers yellow, fragrant. The fleshy leaves 
of the calyx have a pleasant acid taste, and are used in curries 
by the inhabitants of Chittagong in the same manner as those of 
Dillénia speciosa. 
Rough-leaved Colbertia. FI.? Clt. 1820. Tree 3 feet. 
; C. ozova'ra (Blum. bijdr. fl. ned. ind. ex Schlecht. Linnea 
a, P. 492.) leaves obovate, serrated; peduncles 1-flowered ; 
ers polygynous. h.S. Nativeof Java. Wormia obovata, 
preng, syst. app. p. 213. Ovaries 12. 
bovate-leaved Colbertia. Tree 20 feet. 
er C. Aucu sta (Wall. in litt.) leaves large, obovate feather- 
a ved; nerves bifid at the apex, each terminating in a mucrone, 
villous ; pedicels 1-flowered, aggregate, axillary. h. S. 
ant’ of the East Indies. Dillénia augústa, Roxb. Leaves 1 
teeth ve and 7 inches broad. The points of the nerves are the 
eth of the leaves. Flowers yellow. 
August Colbertia. Tree 40 feet. 
ct Colbértia is a genus of elegant trees resembling Dillénia. 
and Species will thrive well in sandy loam, or a mixture of loam 
peat. Ripened cuttings root freely in sand under a hand- 
Blass plunged in a mod teh 
of any of their leaves. erate heat, but they must not be deprived 
Fl. March, April. Clt. 1803. Tree 
AY ne e APE'LLIA (Capell, the name of some botanist ?) 
1s ydr. fl. ned. ind. ex Schlecht. Linnea 1. p. 492. 
e mer a Polyándria Polygýnia. Stamens indefinite, free, 
-8 or r ones much longer than the rest in one row. Carpels 
many seater membranous, joined into a globose fruit. Cells 
series tthe Opening on the inside; seeds disposed in a double 
pals an a margins of the carpels. Styles awl-shaped, diverging. 
oblong re petals 5, the latter deciduous.—A tall tree, with 
owered pand-serrulated, smooth leaves, and terminal many- 
Colbértia’ s, uncles. , Flowers yellow. This genus differs from 
7 n the fruit not being baccate nor pulpy, and in the 
pening inwardly, It differs from Dillenia in the petals 
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being deciduous, not permanent, as well as in the stamens being 
unequal. 
1 C. murtirto'ra (Blum. 1. c.) h.S. Native of Java. ° 
Many-flowered Capellia. Tree 40 feet. 
Cult. Capéllia will require the same treatment as that re- 
commended for the species of Dillénia.t 
XVIII. DILLE'NIA (in honour of John James Dillenius, the 
famous professor of botany at Oxford, author of Historia Mus- 
corum and Hortus Elthamensis, &c.) Lin. gen. no. 688. D. C. 
syst. 1. p. 435. prod. 1. p. 75. 
Lin. syst. Polydndria, Polygynia. Sepals and petals 5, both 
permanent. Stamens indefinite, free, equal (f. 19. b.) Carpels 
10-20, joined into a spurious, many-celled, many-seeded berry 
(f. 19. c.) crowned by the radiant stigmas (f. 19. d.) Elegant 
trees, with large white or yellow flowers. Fruit eatable, of an 
acid taste. 
1 D. speciosa (Thunb. in Lin. 
soc, trans. 1. p. 200.) leaves ellip- 
tical-oblong, simply serrated ; pe- 
duncles 1-flowered. h. S. Native 
of Malabar, especially about Cochin 
and Moutan; also in Java and 
Ceylon. Smith, exot. bot. 1. t. 2. 
Syalita, Rheed. mal. 3. p. 39. t. 
$8 and 39. D. Indica, Lin. spec. 
745, <A tall elegant tree, with 
leaves like those of the sweet 
chesnut. Flowers large, with white 
petals and yellow anthers. (f. 19.) 
The fruit is eatable, though very 
acid, which, as Rheede informs 
us, requires sugar, broth, or some 
other addition to make it palatable. 
The acid juice of the fruit, with sugar, is used in India mixed 
with water as a pleasant cooling beverage in fevers. 
Shewy Dillenia. Fl.? Clt. 1800. Tree 40 feet. 
2 D. av’rea (Smith, exot. bot. t. 92, 93.) leaves elliptical- 
oblong, serrated ; flowers often solitary on peduncles, rising be- 
fore the expansion of the leaves. h.S. Native of the East 
Indies, near the river Gogra. A deciduous tree, with the ap- 
pearance of D. specidsa. Margins of seeds not fringed. Flowers 
yellow. 
Golden-flowered Dillenia. Tree 30 feet. 
3 D. orna‘ra (Wall. pl. asiat. rar. p. 21. t. 23.) leaves ob- 
ovate, remotely crenately toothletted, stalked, smooth above, but 
pubescent beneath ; flowers solitary, terminal. kh.S. Native 
of the East Indies in the forests of the principal rivers in Mala- 
bar. A noble deciduous tree, resembling the Teak when in 
foliage. Flowers large, yellow, fragrant. Stigmas 9, stellately 
spreading. Perhaps a species of Colbértia. 
Ornamented Dillenia. Fl. March. Tree 50 feet. 
4 D. rnre'cra (Thunb. in Lin. trans. 1. p. 199. t. 18.) leaves 
oblong-obovate, obtuse, nearly entire; peduncles 1-flowered. 
h.S. Native of Ceylon. A tree with broad leaves. Flowers 
terminal on the extreme branches. This is perhaps a species ot 
Wormia as well as D. elliptica and D. retisa. Called in Ceylon 
Gudapara and Runumidale.—A decoction of the leaves is used 
by the inhabitants for cleansing foul ulcers. 
Entire-leaved Dillenia. Fl.? Tree 30 feet. 
5 D. exxiptica (Thunb. in Lin. soc. trans. 1. p. 200.) leaves 
elliptical-ovate, acute, serrated; peduncles 1-flowered. R.S. 
Native of Amboina, Celebes, near Tambocco. Songium, Rumph. 
amb. 2. p. 140. t. 45. A tree like Citrus Limònia, with leaves 
about 2 feet long. Flowers white. Fruit the size of an 
orange, filled with copper-coloured bitterish-sweet pulp ; it is 
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