ANONACER. X. Orornea. XI. Duguet. . . 97 
duncles short, 1-flowered? bracteolate. h.S. Native of South 
America near Espinal. Dun. mon. anon. p. 120. t.17. A tree 
with blackish branches. Capsules 5-7, indehiscent. 
Willow-leaved Bitter-wood. Tree 40 feet. 
4 X. nicustriro LIA (Dun. mon. anon. p. 121. t. 18.) leaves 
oblong, acutish, smooth ; peduncles short, few-flowered, bracteo- 
late. h. S. Native of South America near Buga in Popayan. 
H. B. et Kth. nov. amer. spec. 5. p. 63. Petals and sepals on the 
outside clothed with brown-velvety hairs. ` Capsules indehiscent. 
Privet-leaved Bitter-wood. Tree. . 
5 X. cra'sra (Lin. spec. 1367.) leaves oblong-ovate, smooth; 
peduncles 1-flowered, solitary or in pairs; carpels smooth. h. 
S. Native of the islands of Barbadoes and Jamaica. Dun. mon. 
anon. p. 121. t. 19.—Pluk. alm. 395. t. 238. f. 4. . Flower- 
buds oblong, pubescent on the outside. 
The wood, bark, and berries of this tree have an agreeable 
bitter taste, not unlike that of an orange-seed. The wild pigeons 
feed much upon the latter, and owe that delicate bitterish flavour 
so peculiar to them in the season wholly to this part of their 
food. Fresh gathered from the tree, they are agreeable to the 
palate and grateful to the stomach. The bitter quality of this 
tree 1s communicated with great facility. A handful of the 
shavings immersed in water and instantly taken out again will 
render it of a very bitter taste. Sugar sent over in hogsheads 
made of this wood was so bitter that no person would purchase 
it. Bedsteads and presses made of it are proof against cock- 
roaches and other insects. Carpenters who work the wood per- 
ceive a bitter taste in their mouths and throats. A decoction of 
ìt is said to be of service in colics, and to create appetite. This 
Species is called bitter-wood in Jamaica. Perhaps all the species 
of this genus partake more or less of this bitter quality. 
Smooth-leaved Bitter-wood. Fl.? Clt. 1820. Tree 40 feet. 
6 X. Martinice’nsts (Spreng. syst. 2. p. 636.) leaves obovate- 
oblong, tapering into the petiole, smooth on both surfaces, but 
of a different colour beneath ; branchlets angular; peduncles 
racemose, hk. S. Native of Martinico. 
Martinico Bitter-wood. Tree 20 feet. 
i 7 X. wi’rrpa (Dun. mon. anon. p- 122. t. 20.) leaves oblong- 
anceolate, smooth, upper surface shining; peduncles branched, 
many-flowered ; calyx nearly entire. h. S. Native of Ca- 
yenne in the mountains of Oyac. 
Shining-leaved Bitter-wood. Fl.? Tree 28 feet. 
oblon ACUMINA'TA (Dun. mon. anon. p. 122. t. 16.) leaves 
Osea tical long-pointed, quite smooth, capsules 1-valved, 
bla k ed. . Native of Cayenne and Portorico. Seeds 
Ck, fetid, Convex on the outside, and flat on the inside. 
Acuminated-leaved Bitter-wood. Tree 
oblon, ` PRINOT DES (Dun. mon. anon, p. 122. t. 15.) leaves 
meme anceolate, acuminated, bluntish at the apex, smooth, 
oie Tanous; flowers solitary; capsules 2-valved. k. S. 
P e of Cayenne, Seeds as in the preceding species. 
rnos-like Bitter-wood. Tree. 
reous y SRANDIPLO RA (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 40.) stem arbo- 
ceolat, ranches clothed with rufous down ; leaves elliptical-lan- 
neath acute, obtuse at the base, puberulous above and downy 
acutish ; peduncles very short, 2-flowered ; outer petals linear, 
ative rBo ones triquetrous, 2-eared at the base. k. S. 
smooth ° Brasil in the province of Rio Janeiro. Leaves distich, 
si » 4 inches long and 14 broad. Petals clothed with rufous 
y pubescence, 
11 at flomered Bitter-wood. Fl. Feb. Tree 20 feet. 
briithes en cea (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 41.) stem arboreous ; 
with: Jon clothed with rufous down ; leaves lanceolate-oblong, 
quite she Points, smooth above, but silky beneath ; peduncles 
rt, 3-flowered ; petals erect, outer ones oblong-linear, 
unt, i : . 
> mner Ones triquetrous; berries few, almost dry, smooth, 
VOL. I.—PART Il. ; 
l-valved. h. S. Native of Brazil in the province of Rio 
Janeiro in woods. St. Hil. pl. usu. bra. t. 33. Embira Pindaiba, 
Pis. bras. 71. with a figure. Ibira Margr. bras. 99. with a 
figure. Unona carmativa, Amd. diss. 48? 
The tree is called Pao d. Embira and Pindaiba in Brasil. The 
bark is thready and tough, and is useful for making cables and 
cordage. The bark of a number of the other species is employed 
for the same purposes. The fruit is truly aromatic, with the 
smell of a pear, and its taste is very agreeable. It might be 
employed as an excellent condiment. 
Silky Bitterewood. Tree 20 feet. 
12 X. Brasitre‘nis (Spreng. neue. entd. 3. p. 50.) leaves lan- 
ceolate, acuminated, coriaceous, under surface pilose ; branchlets 
as well as erect 1-flowered peduncles, hairy; petals thickish, 
velvety, spreading. kh.S. Native of Brasil. This plant is said 
to be very like X. frutéscens. 
Brasil Bitter-wood. Tree 20 feet. 
Cult. All the species of this genus require a stove heat. They 
grow best in sandy loam, or a mixture of loam and peat; and 
ripened cuttings will root in sand under a hand-glass, plunged in 
a moderate heat. The seeds when procured from their native 
countries should be sown immediately in pots in the same sort of 
soil recommended for the plants, and placed in a hot-bed. These 
seeds soon lose their vegetative property. 
X. ORO'PHEA (from opogn, orophe, the top of any thing ; 
cohesion of inner petals at apex.) Blum. bijdr. fl. ned. ind. ex 
Schlecht. Linnza 1. p. 496. 
Lin. syst. Hexo-Ennedndria, Tri-Tetragynia. Calyx 3-parted. 
Petals 6, in two series, outer ones smallest, inner ones stalked, 
cohering at the apex in the form of a calyptra. Stamens 6-9, 
alternate ones usually sterile. Anthers 2-celled, adnate out- 
wardly. Ovaries 3, rarely 4, villous, at first approximating, but 
at length diverging, 2-seeded. Stigma blunt. Carpels 3-4, 
rarely solitary from abortion, sessile, baccate, cylindrical, 1-2- 
seeded. Seeds adhering to the top of the cell.—Shrubs. 
1 O. wexa'npra (Blum. bijdr. fl. ned. ind. ex Schlecht. 
Linnea. 1. p. 496.) leaves ovate-lanceolate ; peduncles axillary 
and terminal, solitary, somewhat racemose ; pedicels 1-flowered ; 
flowers hexandrous. h.S. Native of Java. 
Hexandrous Orophea. Shrub. 
2 O. ENNEA'NDRA (Blum. l. c.) leaves oblong; peduncles 
supra-axillary, or opposite the leaves, usually 3-flowered ; pedi- 
cels in fascicles; flowers enneandrous. h.S. Native of Java. 
Enneandrous Orophea. Shrub. 
Cult. The species of Ordphea will thrive well in a mixture 
of loam, peat and sand, and ripened cuttings will root if planted 
in a pot of sand, with a hand-glass placed over them, in heat. 
None of the species have yet been introduced into the gardens 
of Europe.t 
XI. DUQUETIA (to the honour of James Joseph Duquet, 
once professor of theology and philosophy in the college of 
Troyes. He wrote commentaries on most of the books of the 
New Testament, and a collection of letters on piety: born at 
Montbrison 1649, died 1733.) St. Hil. fl. bras. J. p. 35. t. 7. 
Lin. syst. Polydndria, Polygynia.. Receptacle large, trans- 
versely 2-parted, cylindrically globose, honey-combed. Carpels 
numerous, free, 3-5-angled, acuminated with the permanent 
style, tapering at the base into a thick hardly narrower pedicel, 
woody, very thick, l-seeded, indehiscent, deciduous. Seed 
erect, fixed to the bottom of the carpel.—A small tree, with 
alternate simple quite entire leaves, furnished with stipulas, short 
petioles, which are jointed at the base, and extra-axillary, soli- 
tary, 1-flowered, peduncles. This genus differs materially from 
the rest in the presence of stipulas. 
