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` Sharp-petalled Unona. Shrub 6 feet. 
$6 Ü. sictanputo'sa (Blum. bijdr. fl. ned. ind. ex Schlecht. 
Linnea. 1. p. 495.) leaves somewhat cordate, ovate-lanceolate, 
acuminated, with 2 glands on the margin, glaucous beneath ; pe- 
duncles lateral, 1-flowered, shorter than the leaves ; fruit moni- 
 liform, stipitate. h.S. Native of Java. 
Two-glanded-leaved Unona. Shrub 6 feet. 
37 U. suaveorens (Blum. l. c.) leaves oblong-lanceolate, 
smooth, tapering to both ends; peduncles hooked, many-flower- 
ed; petals linear, silky, closed at the base; berries oval-oblong, 
2-seeded, tapering to both ends, on short stipes. k.S. Native 
of Java. 
~ Sweet-scented Unona. Shrub. 
38 U. LEPTOPE'raLa (D. C. syst. 1. p. 496.) leaves oval- 
oblong, acuminated, and are, as well as branches, smooth ; pe- 
duncles axillary, branched ; petals oblong-linear, pointed. h. S. 
Native of the island of Timor. Deless. icon. sel. 1. t. 88. 
Petals six times longer than the calyx, rather velvety with fine 
down. 
Slender-petalled Unona. Shrub 10 feet. 
Secr. III. Mertopo rum (mel, honey, odor, smell, as the 
leaves of M. dumetorum.) D. C. syst. 1. p. 497. prod. 1. p. 91. 
Flowers pyramidal, narrow, elongated ; petals linear-triangular, 
acute, generally closed, covering the base of the genitals ; carpels 
baccate, smoothish, or exceedingly torulose. 
39 U. LATIFOLIA (Dun. mon. anon. p. 115.) leaves broad- 
oblong-lanceolate, under surface woolly ; flowers racemose ; ber- 
ries numerous, 2-3-seeded. h.S. Native of the Moluccas. 
A tree with broad leaves, like those of Michélia Champaca. 
Berries, when ripe, about the size of a nut; at first whitish, 
‘then reddish, and at last becoming black. Seeds aromatic. 
‘Broad-leaved Unona. ‘Tree 30 feet. 
.40 U. sytva’tica (Dun. mon. anon. p. 115.) leaves ovate- 
_ oblong, under surface tomentose; flowers solitary, on short 
pedicels ; berries ovate-oblong, fleshy, rough. h.S. Native 
of Cochin-China in woods. Melodorum arboreum, Lour. coch. 
ed. Willd. 1. p. 430. A large tree, used in Cochin-China for 
building houses. Flowers of a greenish-white colour, fleshy. 
Berries not eatable. 
Wood Unona. ‘Tree 40 feet. 
41 U. Kent (Blum. bijdr. fl. ned. ind. ex Schlecht. Linnza. 
1. p. 495.) leaves oblong-lanceolate, coriaceous, shining; pe- 
duncles axillary, 1-flowered, nodding ; berries globose, 2-seeded, 
on short stipes. %.S. Native of Java. 
Kent’s Unona. Shrub 6 feet. 
- 42 U. nv'mitis (Blum. 1. c.) leaves broad-lanceolate, with the 
veins underneath rufous-silky ; peduncles opposite the leaves, 3- 
flowered; berries 1-2-seeded, globose, stipitate. h.S. Native 
of Java. ' 
Humble Unona. Shrub 6 feet. 
43 U. pumeTO RUM (Dun. mon. anon. p. 116.) leaves lanceo- 
late, smooth; flowers solitary; berries nearly sessile, ovate-ob- 
long, rough. h.S. Native of Cochin-China in bushy places. 
Melodorum fruticosum, Lour. cochin. ed. Willd. 1. p. 430. A, 
shrub, with sweet-scented leaves. Flowers yellowish-brown. 
Pulp of fruit, sparing, but of a grateful taste. 
Bush Unona. Shrub 4 feet. 
44 U. ru'cipa (D. C. syst. 1. p. 498.) leaves oval-oblong, 
acuminated at both ends, quite smooth, upper surface shining ; 
peduncles simple ; berries oblong, blunt, somewhat flattened and 
torulose, on short stipes. h.S. Native of Peru. Deless. icon. 
sel. 1. t. 89. 
Shining-leaved Unona. Shrub 6 feet? 
45 U. acuTIFLO RA (Dun. mon. anon. p. 116. t. 22.) leaves 
ovate-lanceolate, acute, rather stiff, smooth ; peduncles very short, 
ANONACE. VIII. Unona. 
IX. Xyzopra. 
1-flowered ; berries ovate-oblong, on short stipes. h.S. Na- 
tive of the West Indies or Sierra Leone? Petals silky on the 
outside. l 
Acute-flowered Unona. Tree 40 feet. 
46 U. xyrorior pes (Dun. mon. anon. p. 117. t. 21.) leaves 
oblong, acuminated, under surface silky, shining, margins revo- 
lute at the base ; peduncles 2-4, axillary, short. h.S. Native 
of New Granada. H. B. Kth. nov. spec. amer. 5. p. 62. 
Uvaria febrifiga, H. et B. ined. A tree with pendulous branches, 
Outer petals brown-silky on the outside, and white on the inside, 
inner petals white, but red at the base. Berries dry, oblong, 
somewhat curved, many-celled. 
Xylopia-like Unona. Tree 70 feet. 
47 U.? voryca’rpa (D. C. syst. 1. p. 499.) leaves oblong, 
acuminated, rather glaucous, smoothish, with the middle nerve 
at the base rather tomentose; berries on long stipes. R.S. 
Native of Sierra Leone. Perhaps a species of Guattéria, or a 
proper genus. 
Many-fruited Unona. Shrub. 
48 U.? Srxa‘nica (D. C. prod. 1. p. 92.) leaves ovate, acute, 
upper surface smooth, under surface wrinkled ; racemes few- 
flowered, terminal, pendulous. h.S. Native of the Moluccas 
Dammara Selanica, Rumph. amb. 2. p. 168. t. 56. ? Lam. dict. 2. 
p- 259. U. orientalis, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 636. C 
Selanic Unona. Tree 60 feet. 
Cult. The whole of this genus require the heat of a stove. 
A light loamy soil suits them best; and ripened cuttings will 
strike root if planted in a pot of sand, and placed under a hand- 
glass, in heat. If seeds of any of them can be procured from 
their native places, they should be sown immediately, as they do 
not retain their vegetative power long, in a mixture of loam, 
D? 
sand, and peat, and placed in a hot-bed. 
IX. XYLO'PIA (from Evo, xylon, wood, and mikpoc, picros, 
bitter; the wood of some species are extremely bitter, abridged 
from Xylopicron.) Lin. gen. 1027. Lam. ill. t. 495. Aubl. 
guian. 1. p. 602. Juss. gen. 283. Dun. mon. anon. p. 48. and 
118. D. C. syst. 1. p. 499. prod. 1. p. 92. . 
Lin. syst. Polyándria, Di-Polygýnia. Calyx 3-5-lobed ; 
segments ovate, coriaceous, acutish. Petals 6, 3-outer ones 
largest. Stamens indefinite, inserted in the receptacle, which 3s 
usually globose. Carpels 2-15, on short stipes, flattened, 1- 
celled, 1-2-seeded, sometimes dehiscent, sometimes somewhat 
baccate. Seeds obovate, shining, sometimes furnished with aril. 
Trees or shrubs, with oblong or lanceolate leaves and axillary; 
bracteate, 1 or many-flowered peduncles. Wood bitter, whene 
the name of P. Browne Xylopicron. . Fruit and bark aromatic., 
1 X. murica‘ra (Lin. spec. 1367.) leaves: lanceolate, acum 
nated, strigose on the under surface, bearded at the apex; pe 
duncles many-flowered ; carpels muricated. .S. Native of 
Jamaica on the mountains. Dun. mon. anon. p. 120. X. fru- 
téscens, Geert. fruct. 1. p. 339. t. 69. f. 7—Brown. jam. 250. 
t. 5. f. 2. A shrub, with smooth twiggy twisted branches. 
Muricated-carpelled Bitter-wood. FI.? Clt. 1773. Shrub 6 ft. 
2 X. rrute’scens (Aubl. guian. 1. p. 602. t. 292. exclusive 
of the synonyms.) leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminated, under 
surface silky; peduncles 1-3, very short; carpels smooth. 
S. Native of Brasil and Guiana. Lam. ill. t. 495. Dun. mom 
anon. p. 120. X. setdsa, Poir. dict. 8. p. 812. A shrub with 
distich branches. The bark affords a cordage. ‘The leaves an 
wood are very aromatic, and‘ the seeds have an acrid aromatie | 
taste, and are used by the negroes in Guiana instead of peppe™ 
Flowers 4-lines long, silky. Seeds full of a very fragrant acrid oil 
Shrubby Bitter-wood. Fl.? Clt. 1823. Shrub 6 feet? 
3 X. saricrréua (H. B. et Kth. spe. amer. nov. 5. P- 63:) 
leaves oblong, acuminated, bluntish, under surface silky; P” 
