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grow. About the end of June they should be removed into the 
green-house, where they will flower and seed. A fewplants may 
be planted out into a sheltered situation in the open border, in 
order to ascertain whether the plant will grow in the open air. 
XIX. THYLA’CHIUM (from 6vXaktor, thulakion, a sack or 
follicle ; in allusion to the form of the calyx.) Lour. coch. 1. p. 
342. D. C. prod. 1. p. 254. 
Lin. syst. Polydndria, Monogynia. Calyx follicular, at 
length cut round at the base. Petals none. Stamens indefinite, 
seated on a short receptacle. Berry oblong, 1-seeded, stipitate. 
Unarmed shrubs, with variable leaves. Peduncles few or many- 
flowered, terminal. 
1 T. tu‘crpum (D. C. prod. 1. p. 254.) leaves entire, ellip- 
tical, acutish, glabrous ; branchlets and footstalks velvety ; berry 
ovate-globose. h.G. Native of Booby Island, lying between 
New Holland and New Guinea. Capparis lùcida, Banks, 
herb. Flowers with copper-coloured stamens and anthers. 
Shining-leaved Thylachium. Shrub 10 feet. 
2 T. Arrica‘num (Lour. l. c.) leaves entire, ovate, mucro- 
nulate, and are, as well as the branches, gl@brous ; berry. oblong. 
h.S. Native of the eastern coast of Africa. T. ovalifolium, 
Juss. ann. 12. p. 71. Flowers with copper-coloured stamens and 
anthers. 
African Thylachium. Shrub 10 feet. 
3 T. HETEROPHY'LLUM (Juss. ann. 12. p. 71.) leaves glabrous, 
some of which are simple, others trifoliate. h.S. Native of 
Madagascar. Cápparis panduriférmis, Pet. Th. obs. afr. aust. p. 
26. Flowers with brownish stamens. 
Variable-leaved Thylachium. Shrub 8 feet. 
4 T. PANDURIFO'RME (Juss. ann. 12. p. 71.) leaves glabrous, 
some of which are simple, fiddle-shaped, others are trifoliate. 
h. S. Native of the Mauritius. Cdapparis panduriformis, 
Lam. dict. 1. p. 609. Flowers with brownish stamens. 
Fiddle-shaped-leaved Thylachium. Shrub 10 feet. 
5 T.? oppositirto‘rum (D. C. prod. 1. p. 254.) leaves gla- 
brous, ovate-lanceolate, somewhat cordate at the base, entire ; 
pedicels 1-flowered, opposite the leaves. h. S. Native of the 
est Indies. 
Opposite-flowered Thylachium. Shrub 8 feet. 
_ Cult. No species of this genus has as yet been introduced 
into European gardens, but should they be, we would advise 
that they should be treated in the same manner as the genus 
Stephania, which see, p. 285. 
XX. HERMU'POA (native name of the plant.) Leefl. 
itin. 307. D. C. prod. 1. p. 254. 
Lin. syst. Hexándria, Monogýnia. Calyx double, exterior 
one tubular, interior one 4-sepalled, small. Petals 4, linear. 
Stamens 6, very long. Berry oblong, cylindrical. Allied to C. 
Bréynia, from Leefl. Perhaps the interior calyx should be termed 
a nectary. 
1 H. Le@rurmera‘na (D. C. prod. 1. p. 254.) h.S. Na- 
tive of South America. Flower scarlet. + 
Leefling’s Hermupoa-tree. Tree 20 feet ? 
Cult. This plant has not yet been introduced, therefore the 
mode of cultivating and propagating it is not known; but we 
would recommend its being treated in the same manner as Ste- 
phania. See p. 285. 
XXI. MÆRUA (Meru is the Arabic name of M. unijfldra.) 
Forsk. egyp. 104. D.C. prod. 1. p. 254. 
Lin. syst. Polydndria, Monogynia. Calyx tubular, 4-part- 
ed, valvate in the bud; throat crowned with petaloid scales. 
Petals none. Torus elongated. Stamens indefinite, seated 
on the top of the receptacle, somewhat monadelphous at the 
CAPPARIDEZX. XIX. Tuytracnium. XX. Hermvupoa. 
XXI. Marva. XXII. Arsts)s RESEDA‘CE. 
base. Silique fleshy, stipitate. Unarmed, downy shrubs, with 
simple coriaceous leaves, furnished with setaceous stipulas. 
1 M. unirto'ra (Vahl. symb. 1. p. 36.) pedicels axillary, 
solitary, 1-flowered ; petaloid crown filamentosely jagged ; leaves 
veinless. h.S. Native of Arabia Felix at Yemen. M. crassi- 
folia, Forsk. l.c. Flowers with white filaments and yellow anthers. 
One-flowered Merua. Shrub 4 feet. 
2 M. Ancotr’nsis (D. C. prod. 1. p. 254.) pedicels axillary, 
solitary, 1-flowered ; petaloid crown 4-lobed, with deeply-jagged 
lobes ; leaves in the middle l-nerved. h.S. Native of An- 
gola. Perhaps sufficiently distinct from M. uniflora. 
Angola Merua. Shrub 6 feet? 
3 M. racemosa (Vahl. symb. 1. p. 36.) racemes terminal, 
drooping ; petaloid crown entire. h.G, Native of Arabia. 
Racemose-flowered Merua. Shrub 6 feet? 
4 M. rica (R. Br. in append. to Clapp. and Denh. trav.) 
corymbs terminal, few-flowered ; leaves obovate, thick, rigid, 
downy, veinless ; petaloid crown, many-parted. h.G. Native 
of the north of Africa, at Aghedem. 
Rigid-leaved Merua. Shrub 4 feet. 
5 M. Senzcarr’ysis (R. Br. ined.) corymbs terminal, scarcely 
pubescent ; leaves ovate or obovate, distinctly veined ; petaloid 
crown many-parted. h.S. Native of Senegal. 
Senegal Mærua. Shrub. » 
Cult. These shrubs will no doubt thrive well in a mixture of 
loam and peat, and cuttings taken from young wood will strike 
root if planted in a pot of sand, placed under a hand-glass, in a 
moderate heat. 
XXII. A’RSIS (from apotc, arsis, elevation ; because of the 
fruit being seated on a long pedicel within the calyx.) Lour. fl. 
coch. p. 335. 
Lin. syst. Polyándria, Monogýnia. Calyx of 5-coloured 
deciduous sepals. Petals 5. Stamens numerous, seated on an 
elongated receptacle ; anthers 4-celled. Berry stipitate, 1-seeded. 
A small branched shrub, with ovate-lanceolate, wrinkled, qwte 
entire leaves, and terminal racemes of small white flowers. 
1 A. rugosa (Lour. l. c.) h. G. Native of Cochin- 
china. 
Wrinkled-leaved Arsis. Shrub 5 feet. 
Cult. A mixture of loam and sand will suit this shrub well, 
and cuttings will strike root if planted in a pot of sand, placed 
under a hand-glass. 
Orver XVI. RESEDA'CEÆ (plant agreeing with Reseda 
in some important characters). D. C. 
Calyx of 4-5-6 permanent segments, which are slightly 
open in the bud, or rotate 5-toothed, as in Ochradénus. Petals 
open in estivation, equal in number with the segments or teeth 
of the calyx, and alternating with them, usually fringed or 
cleft, furnished with broad claws, and inserted at the base of 
the elevated, dilated disk. Stamens definite, 2 or 3 for each 
petal, inserted in the disk; they are rather connate at the 
base. Anthers 2-celled, at first erect, at length incumbent, 
and sometimes as if they were bursting outwardly ; cells 
parallel, 2-valved, free at the base, the rest connate, ope? 
ing by a longitudinal suture; the outer valve is largest 
Ovary trigonal, or tetragonal, pedicelled, with the pedicel 
closely fenced by the connate base of the filaments. Style 
none. Stigma 3-4-lobed, with the lobes equal in number ” 
the angles of the capsule, and alternating with them, spreading, 
2-valved; valves connivent, truncate, and papillosely -hispid af 
