ANONACEZ. XII. Guarreria. 
Hairy-flowered Guatteria. Fl. Jun. Sept. Shrub 12 feet. 
14 G. pe’npuLa (Ruiz. et Pav. fl. per. syst. 1. p. 146.) leaves 
lanceolate ; peduncles axillary, very long, pendulous. h. S. 
Native of Peru in the mountains about Chinchao and Pozuzo. 
Dun. mon. anon. p. 131. Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per 5. t. 476. 
Pendulous-flowered Guatteria. Fl. May, July. Shrub 10 ft. 
15 G. ova‘uis (Ruiz. et Pav. fl. per. syst. 1. p. 146. fl. per 5. 
t. 476.) leaves oblong, oval; peduncles axillary. h . S. Native of 
Peru in the mountains about Pozuzo. Dun. mon. anon. p. 131. 
Oval-leaved Guatteria. Fl. June, Aug. Tree 23 feet. 
16 G. erav'ca (Ruiz. et Pay. fl. per. syst. 1. p. 145.) leaves 
oblong or ovate, pointed ; peduncles axillary. h.S. Native of 
Peru in groves towards the villages of Cuchero and Chinchao. 
Dun. mon. anon. p. 131. Ruiz. et Pav. fl. per 5. t. 475. 
Glaucous Guatteria. Fl. Jun. Aug. Tree 20 feet. 
17 G. virca‘ta (Dun. mon. anon. p. 131. t. 31.) leaves ovate, - 
acuminated, quite smooth, nearly sessile ; peduncles axillary, 
1-flowered ; berries somewhat stipitate, coriaceous, bluntish, egg- 
shaped. h. S. Native of Jamaica in wooded mountains. 
Uvaria lanceolata, Swz. prod. 87. U. virgata, Swz. fl. ind. 
occid. 2. p. 999. A middle-sized tree with smooth bark and 
flexile branches. The three outer petals are largest, white. 
Twiggy Guatteria. Fl.? Clt. 1793. Tree 16 feet. 
18 G. ravrro La (Dun. mon. anon. p. 132. t. 32.) leaves 
oblong, acuminated at both ends, smooth, on short petioles ; 
peduncles axillary, rather crowded; berries somewhat stipitate, 
egg-shaped, mucronate. h.S. Native of Jamaica on wooded 
Mountains, and also in St. Domingo and Portorico. Uvaria ex- 
celsa, Vest. ex Vahl. in herb. Juss. A middle-sized tree with 
rigid branches and flexile twiggy branchlets. Petals white, nearly 
equal, not expanding. 
Laurel-leaved Guatteria. Fl.? Clt. 1820. Tree 30 feet. 
19 G. Gomezia'na (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 36.) stem arbo- 
reous, with hairy branches; leaves oblong or elliptical-oblong, 
acuminated at the apex and acute at the base, adult ones smooth 
above but pilose beneath ; outer petals ovate, acutish or bluntish, 
mner ones longer and narrower, ovate or oblong-lanceolate. 
S. Native of Brazil in the province of Minas Geraes. 
; rr 2-4 inches long, 9-12 lines broad. Peduncles axillary, 
Olltary, 1-flowered. Petals spreading, pubescent, green, or 
yellowish-red. > 
e de Abreu’s Guatteria. Fl. Jan. Tree 30 feet. 
bran LU TEA (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 87.) stem shrubby; 
na ain os hardly puberulous at the top; leaves oblong, downy ; 
acut ncles axillary, solitary, 1-flowered; outer petals ovate, 
® mner ones a little longer and narrower, oblong, acute. 
hich Native of Brazil in the province of Minas Geraes on 
8 Mountains near Villa Rica. Sepals ovate, acuminated, pu- 
yo Petals yellowish, pubescent. — 
5 flow-flowered Guatteria. Fl. Jan. Shrub8 feet. 
branche ‘AusTRA'Lis (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 37.) stem frutescent ; 
acumina pubescent or smoothish ; adult leaves oblong-elliptical, 
obovate e N smooth ; petals almost equal, ovate, obtuse; berries 
LP, obtuse. h. S. Native of Brazil in the province of 
long 9019 i the banks of the river Tarere. Leaves 4 inches 
tack nes broad. Calyx 4 times shorter than the recep- 
seate pubescent. Berries blunt, black, with a thin pericarp, 
5 on a short receptacle. 
> outhern Guatteria. Fl. Jan. Shrub 12 feet. 
reous peeRnvar NEA (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 38.) stem arbos 
leaves ellintant’® clothed with rusty pubescence at the top; 
with the middi » acute, rather cuneated at the base, puberulous, 
we e nerve and lateral veins clothed with rusty pu- 
a little « hort petals oblong-linear, acutish, inner ones broader, 
short point t than the rest, ovately-trapeziform, obtuse, with a 
- h. S. Native of Brazil in cut down woods, near 
. West Indies. 
99 - 
the village called Arguassu, about 9 leagues from Rio Janeiro. 
Leaves 4-6 inches long and 1} to 24 broad. Peduncles axillary, 
1-flowered, solitary or twin. Calyx 3-times shorter than the 
corolla, clothed with rusty hairs, with broad ovate segments. 
Like G. Ouregou. 
Rusty Guatteria. Fl. Dec. Tree 20 feet. 
23 G. vitxosi'sstma (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 38.) stem arbo- 
rescent; branches very villous; leaves oblong-lanceolate, acu- 
minated, convex, with revolute edges, smooth above, with the 
middle nerve villous beneath; peduncles axillary, usually pro- 
foundly 2-parted, 2-flowered; outer petals lanceolate, acute, 
inner ones a little shorter and narrower, ovate, acute. h.S. 
Native of Brazil on the iron mountains called Serra dos Piloes. 
Leaves 5-6 inches long and 12-18 lines broad. Sepals ovate, 
acute, clothed with villi below but with rusty down above. 
Petals clothed with rusty-green hairs. Berries about 4 lines 
long, obovate -elliptical, crowned by the permanent styles, of a 
blackish-red colour with a thin pericarp. ‘The wood of this tree 
is very light, it is therefore made into fishing-rods, and on that 
accoupt it is called in Brazil Pindaiba from pindai a rod, and 
iba a tree. 
Very villous Guatteria. Tree 25 feet. 
24 G. SEMPERVI RENS (Dun. mon. anon. p. 133.) leaves ovate- 
oblong, smooth, shining ; peduncles 1-flowered; petals oblong. 
acute ; berries stipitate, globose. h. S. Native of Malabar in 
many places, especially about Angiccaimaal.—Rheed. mal. 5. 
p- 31. t.16. A dwarf little tree, always green, flowering, and 
fruiting. Petals cuspidate, reddish. Berries black, fleshy, 
smooth, of an acid-sweet taste. 
Evergreen Guatteria. Tree 10 feet. 
25 G. Kori'nt1(Dun. mon. anon. p. 138.) leaves ovate-oblong, 
smooth, shining ; peduncles axillary, 1-flowered ; petals oblong, 
bluntish ; berries stipitate, globose. h . S. Native every where 
in Malabar, especially in sandy and rocky places. Corinti- 
panel, Rheed. mal. 5. p. 27.t. 14. A shrub from 5 to 10 feet 
high, covered with cinereous or lanuginose bark. Petals green, 
reflexed at the top. Berries at first green, afterwards reddish, 
1-seeded ; flesh sweetish. 
Corinti-panel Guatteria. Fl. Jul. Aug. Shrub 5 to 10 feet. 
26 G. montana (D.C. syst. 1. p.508.) leaves lanceolate- 
oblong, narrow, smooth, shining ; peduncles in twos or threes, 
1 or 3-flowered; petals inflexed. kh. S. Native of Malabar 
in mountainous and rocky places about Paracaro. G. Malabarica, 
Dun. mon. p. 134.—Rheed. mal. 5. p. 33. t. 17. Very like G. 
Korinti, but the leaves are narrower and aromatic, and the 
flowers are smaller. 
Mountain Guatteria. F]. and fruiting all the year. Tr. 16 ft. 
27 G. AcuUTIFLO RA (Dun. mon. anon. p. 134.) leaves ovate- 
oblong, acute, thick, smooth; peduncles axillary, short; lobes of 
calyx blunt ; petals very acute ; berries stipitate, globose. h . S. 
Native of Malabar in mountainous places.—Rheed. mal. 5. p. 35. 
t. 18. An evergreen shrub. 
Acute-flomered Guatteria. Fl. all the year. Shrub 4 ft. 
28 G. umsiiica'ta (Dun. mon. anon. p. 135. t. 33.) leaves 
oblong-elliptical, acuminated, smooth ; peduncles 1-flowered, 
bracteolate ; berries stipitate, umbilicate at the base, depressed 
at the apex. h. S. Native perhaps of South America or the 
Fruit about the size of a small cherry. Seeds 
globose, depressed on both sides. 
Umbilicated-berried Guatteria. Shrub 10 feet. 
29 G. cunerro’RMis (Blum. bijdr. fl. ned. ind. ex Schlecht. 
Linnea 1. p. 496.) leaves obovate, somewhat cordate at the 
base, smooth, glaucous beneath ; peduncles lateral, 1-flowered, 
elongated; outer petals leafy, elongated ; fruit smooth, egg- 
shaped, tapering to both ends. h . S. Native of Java. 
Wedge-shaped-leaved Guatteria. Tree. 
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