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oblong, repandly serrated. kh.S. Native of the East Indies. 
—Rheed. mal. 2. p. 39. Many of the synonyms given to this 
plant are probably confused with those of Elæodéndron A r’ gan. 
Fruit red, eatable, and are sold in public markets; they are 
called Canrew by the Telingas. This bush answers well for 
fences, the spines being very strong. 
Hedge Flacourtia. Clt. 1820. Shrub 6 feet. 
5 F. cararura’cta (Roxb. in. Willd. spec. 4. p. 830.) leaves 
oval-oblong, acuminated, serrated. h.S. Native of the East 
Indies. Flowers yellow. Fruit reddish, when ripe eatable. 
All-armed Flacourtia. Clt. 1804. Shrub 8 feet. 
6 F. rxave'scens (Willd. spec. 4. p. 830.) leaves oblong, 
bluntish, serrated, narrowed at the base. h.S. Native of 
Guinea. Flowers and fruit yellow. 
Yellowish Flacourtia. Clt. 1780. Shrub 15 feet. 
7 F. rwamnorpes (Burch. cat. afr. austr. no. 4012.) leaves 
elliptical, somewhat serrated, acutish. h.G. Native of the 
Cape of Good Hope, in woods. Flowers axillary, small, yel- 
lowish ; pedicels 1-flowered. Berry ovate, red, eatable when ripe. 
Rhamnus-like Flacourtia. Clt. 1819. Shrub 4 feet. 
8 F. rrexvdsa (H. B. et Kunth, nov. spec. 7. p. 239.) branches 
fiexuous, spinose; leaves ovate-oblong, remotely serrated, mem- 
branous, smooth, shining: male flowers axillary, aggregate. h. 
S. Native of Mexico. Flowers yellowish. 
Flexuous-branched Flacourtia. Shrub 6 feet. 
9 F. cetastrirna (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c. p. 239.) spines of 
the branches very long and straight; leaves obovate-roundish, 
membranous, crenated, smooth, shining; peduncles axillary, 
usually twin; berry subglobose-elliptical h.S. Native of 
Mexico. Flowers yellowish. Berries red. l 
Celastrus-like Flacourtia. Shrub 6 feet. 
10 F. proniro‘ntia (H. B.1. c. p. 240. t. 654.) trunk beset 
with strong spines; branches unarmed; leaves obovate, ellip- 
tical, obtuse, coriaceous, smooth, shining, glandularly crenated ; 
racemes axillary, short. h. S. Native of New Granada. 
Flowers yellowish. Berries red, eatable when ripe ? 
Plum-leaved Flacourtia. Tree 20 feet. 
11 F. corpa‘ta (H. B. et Kunth, l. c. p. 241.) unarmed ; 
leaves cordate, acute, crenated, coriaceous, smooth, shining ; male 
flowers aggregate, female ones solitary. h.S. Native of Peru. 
Flowers yellowish. Berries red ? 
Cordate-leaved Flacourtia. Shrub. 
Cult. This genus thrives best in a mixture of loam and peat. 
Cuttings will root freely planted in a pot of sand, and placed 
under a hand-glass, in heat. 
IV. ROU’MEA (in memory of Philippe Rose Roume, de St. 
Laurent, once an agent of the French Government in St. Domin- 
go, who was of great service to Poiteau while he travelled there.) 
Poit. mem. mus. 1. p. 62. t. 4. 
D. C. prod. 1. p. 256. 
Lin. syst. Diæcia, Polyándria. 
Male flowers with the stamens in- 
serted in a narrow receptacle (f. 56, 
a.) girded at the base by crenated 
glands. Female flowers. Calyx per- 
manent, 4-5 cleft. Stigmas depress- 
ed-capitate at the top, (f. 56, e.) 
Seeds cartilaginous. Thorny shrubs. 
1 R. coriacea (Poit. 1. c.) spines 
of adult branches sometimes large 
and: branched, sometimes small, 
simple; leaves serrated. h. S. 
Native of St. Domingo, in dry and 
sunny places. Kceléra laurifòlia, 
Willd. (exclusive of the descrip- 
FLACOURTIANES. III. Fracourtia. IV. 
Roumea. V. Stiemarota. VI. KIGGELARIA. 
tion confused with Drypétes,) Besséra spinésa, Spreng. pug. 2. 
p- 91.—Limacia laurifolia, Dietr. Flowers greenish-yellow, 
aggregate. Fruit small, saffron-coloured, without taste. 
Leathery-leaved Roumea. Shrub 12 feet. 
2 R. 1ne’rmis (D. C. prod. 1. p. 256.) spines none ; leaves 
quite entire. }.S. Native of Bengal. Besséra inérmis, Spreng, 
pug. 2. p. 90. Branches angular from 8 strong nerves running 
down the stem from each leaf. Flowers 15-20 aggregate, small, 
on slender pedicels, in the axils of the leaves; greenish-yellow. 
Male flowers with sessile anthers. 
Unarmed Roumea. Shrub 8 feet. 
Cult. These plants will thrive best in a mixture of loam and 
peat. Ripened cuttings will strike freely if planted in a pot of 
sand, and placed under a hand-glass, in heat. 
V. STIGMARO'TA (from stigma, a stigma, and rota, a 
wheel ; in allusion to the rayed stigmas.) Lour. coch. 2. p. 634 
D. C. prod. 1. p. 257. 
Lin. syst. Dicecia, Polydndria. Male flowers as in Rot- 
mea. Female flower. Calyx deciduous, 4-5 parted. Style cy- 
lindrical, short; stigmas 6, rayed. Berry fleshy, 6-seeded, 
brownish-purple, eatable; they are sweetish, and somewhat as- 
tringent. Perhaps this genus should be joined with Flacotrtia, 
or Roúmea ? 
1 S. Ja’ncomas (Lour. l. c.) spines on the female plants sim- 
ple, on the males branched ; leaves ovate, acuminated, serrated ; 
peduncles many-flowered, h. G. Native of Cochin-china, 
from Lour. in Java, and Beleya, from Rumph. 7. p. 36. t. 
19. f. 1. and 2. Roúmea Jangomas, Spreng syst. 2. p. 632. 
Jangomas is the name of the tree in Java? 
Jangomas Stigmarota. Tree 12 feet. 
2 S. Arrica‘na (Lour. l. c.) differs from the last species in 
the stem being shrubby and prickly ; flowers solitary, terminal ; 
stigmas 6-7. h. G. Native of Cochin-china. 
African Stigmarota. Shrub 6 feet. 
Cult. Should these plants ever be introduced into our gardens, 
we would recommend that they should be grown in a mixture of 
loam, peat, and sand; and ripened cuttings to be tried in sand, 
under a hand-glass. 
Tribe III. 
KIGGELARIE'# (shrubs agreeing with Kiggelaria in some 
important characters.) D. C. prod. 1. p. 257. Flowers dioe- 
cious from abortion, (f. 57. c. b.) Petals 5? alternating with 
the sepals. Stamens definite, (f. 57. d.) ‘Fruit somewhat baca 
cate, at length dehiscent. 
VI. KIGGELA'RIA (in memory of Francis Kiggelar, an 
obscure Dutch botanist, who lived about the end of the seven- 
teenth century. He published a catalogue of the garden 0 
Beaumont, in 1790.) Linn. gen. no. 1128. D. C. prod. 1. p 
257. 
Lin. syst. Dice'cia, Polyéndria. Petals 5, (f. 57. b.) bearing 
3 glands at the claw. Male flowers. Stamens 10-20 ; filaments 
short ; anthers opening by a double chink at the top. Female 
flowers. Styles 2-5. Shrubs with willow-like leaves, which are 
somewhat velvety on the under surface, bearing racemes of small 
insignificant whitish-yellow flowers. 
1 K. Arrica'na (Lin. spec. 1466.) leaves serrated at length, 
glabrous and shining on the upper surface ; stamens 10; styles 
5. k.G. Native of South Africa. Lam. ill. t. 821. Lin. 
hort. cliff. 462. t. 29. herb. citr. 246. t. 12. Flowers greenish- 
white. 
African Kiggelaria, 
Fl. M Cit. 1683. Shrub 
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