FLACOURTIANE. 
2 K. rnreeriro LIA (Jacq. coll. 
2. p. 269. icon. rar. t. 628.) leaves 
entire, velvety on both surfaces; ; 
stamens 20; styles 2, (f. 57. d.) N A 
? , ° ENYN 
h.G. Native of the Cape of Good È ANJ 
Hope. Flowers whitish. SAM LRP 
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Entire-leaved Kiggelaria. Fl. Da NAS ie 
May, June. lt. 1819. Shrub Se), A 
10 feet. 
_ Cult. These shrubs grow freely 
in a mixture of loam and peat ; 
ripened cuttings, planted in sand 
under a hand-glass, will root rea- 
dily. 
VII. MELICY'TUS (from pers, 
meli, honey, and kuroc, cytos, a ca- . 
vity; because of the filaments which are called nectaries by For- 
ster bearing on the tip a meliferous cavity.) Forst. gen. t. 62. 
D. C. prod. 1. p. 257. 
Lin. syst. Diœ cia, Pentándria. Petals 5, glandless. Male 
flowers. Stamens 5 ; filaments club-shaped ; anthers adnate. Fe- 
male flowers. Style very short ; stigmata 4-5, rayed. 
1 M. ra{mirròrus (Forst. l. c. Lam. ill. t. 812. f. 1.) leaves 
toothed, oblong-cuneate, smooth on both surfaces. h. G. Na- 
tive of New Zealand. Peduncles aggregate, fasciculate. Flow- 
ers very minute, whitish. 
Branch-flowered Melicytus. Clt. 1822. Shrub 6 feet. 
2 M.? umseELLA TUS (Geert. fr. 1. t. 206. t. 44. f. 3.) Per- 
haps the same as M. ramiflorus, or perhaps a species of Ery- 
throspérmum ? 
Umbellate-flowered Melicytus. Shrub 6 feet. 
Cult. This Genus requires the same treatment as Kiggelaria, 
which see. 
VIII. HYDNOCA’RPUS (from vdvor, hydnon, a tuber, and 
kaproc, karpos, a fruit; in allusion to the fruit being crowned 
by 4 tubercles.) Geert. fruct, 1. p. 288. t. 60. f. 8. D. C. prod. 
1. p. 257. 
Lin. syst. Diœ cia, Pentdndria. Male flower. Sepals 5, two 
Outer ones ovate. Petals 5, with villous margins, furnished with 
a scale on the inside. Stamens 5. Female flower ? Berry sphe- 
rical, terminated by 4 reflexed tubercles. Placentas 4, many- 
ed. A tree with flexuous branches, and alternate broad 
es. 
1 H. rye’srrans (Vahl. symb. 3. p. 100.) h.S. Native 
of Ceylon. H. venenata, Geert. fr. l. c. The fruit, when eaten, 
occasions giddiness, and is greedily devoured by fishes; but 
When fish are taken by means of this fruit they are not eatable, 
as they occasion vomiting and other violent symptoms. 
nebriating Hydnocarpus. Tree 30 feet ? 
a Cult. This tree, if ever it should be introduced to the gar- 
ee will probably thrive in a mixture of loam and peat, and 
Ipened cuttings will root in sand, under a hand-glass, in heat. 
Tribe IV. 
: ERYTHROSPE/RMEE (shrubs agreeing with Erythro- 
id mum in some important characters.) D.C. prod. 1. p. 257. 
.Owers hermaphrodite. Petals and stamens 4-7. Fruit inde- 
‘scent, somewhat baccate. 
IX. ERYTHROSPE’RMUM (from epuSpoc, erythros, red, 
ill. + o PHA, sperma, a seed ; because the seeds are red.) Lam. 
É 274. D. C. prod. 1. p- 257. 
IN. syst. Tetra-Heptándria,, Tetra-Pentagýnia. Calyx 4- 
VII. Merricyrus. VIII. Hypxocarrus. IX. Eryrurospermum. BIXINEÆ. 293 
sepalled, deciduous. Petals 4-7, scarcely longer than the calyx, 
Stamens 4-7: filaments very short. Ovary roundish. Stigmas 
3-5. Fruit many-seeded. Very smooth unarmed shrubs. Flow- 
ers small, greenish-yellow. 
1 E. MAcRoPHY'LLUM (Poir. suppl. 2. p. 585.) leaves scattered, 
lanceolate, blunt, mucronate ; racemes shorter than the leaves. 
k. S. Native of the Mauritius. 
Long-leaved Erythrospermum. Shrub. 
2 E. panicuta‘tum (Poir. l. c.) leaves scattered, ovate, blunt 
at both ends ; racemes panicled, longer than the leaves. kh. S. 
Native of the Mauritius. 
Var. B, pauciflorum, (D. C. prod. 1. p. 257.) racemes 2-4-flow- 
ered. 
Paniculate-racemed Erythrospermum, Shrub. 
3 E. exxipticum (Poir. l.c. p. 585.) leaves scattered, ellip- 
tically-roundish, blunt at both ends; racemes few-flowered, 
longer than the leaves. k.S.. Native of the Mauritius. 
Var. B, mucronatum (D.C. prod. 1. p. 528.) leaves ovate- 
mucronate. h.S. Native of Java. 
Elliptic-leaved Erythrospermum. Shrub. 
4 E. ampcexicau Le (D.C. prod. 1. p. 852.) leaves scattered, 
crowded at the top of the branches, oval, cordate at the base; 
peduncles somewhat umbellate, shorter than the leaves. hk. S. 
Native of the Mauritius. 
Stem-clasping-leaved Erythrospermum. Shrub. 
5 E. pyrirorium (Lam. ill. t. 274. f. 1.) leaves scattered, on 
very short footstalks, blunt at both ends; racemes somewhat 
terminal, shorter than the leaves. h.S. Native of the Mau- 
ritius. 
Pear-leaved Erythrospermum. Shrub. 
6 E. VERTICILLA`TUM (Lam. ill. t. 274. f. 2.) leaves 3 in a 
whorl, almost sessile, roundish ; peduncles corymbosely-umbel- 
late at the top, length of the leaves. hk. S. Native of the Mauri- 
tius and Bourbon. The fruit of this species is referable to the 
genus Kiggelaria. 
Whorl-leaved Erythrospermum. Shrub. 
Cult. These shrubs will thrive well in a mixture of loam, 
peat, and sand, and ripened cuttings will root if planted in a 
pot of sand, and placed under a hand-glass, in heat. t 
Orper XIX. BIXI'NEÆ. Kunth. malv. p. 17. nov. gen. 
amer. 5. p. 331. D.C. prod. 1. p. 259. 
Calyx of 4-8 sepals, which are imbricate in the bud, these are 
sometimes truly distinct, and sometimes they are connected at 
the base. Petals 5, or wanting, but when present they are very 
like the sepals. Stamens indefinite in number, inserted in the re- 
ceptacle or at the bottom of the calyx; filaments free ; anthers 
2-celled. Ovary superior, sessile, l-celled. Style 1, undivided, or 
2-4-cleft at the apex. Fruit capsular or baccate, 1-2-celled, many- 
seeded. `Seeds fixed to parietal placentas, which are from 1-7 
in number, the seeds of all are probably inwrapped in a fleshy 
membrane., Albumen fleshy or very thin. Embryo inclosed. 
erectish, or curved with leafy cotyledons, and with the radicle 
looking towards the hilum (Kunth). ` Smoothish tropical trees, 
with alternate, simple, entire, or slightly-lobed leaves, which are 
generally full of pellucid dots. The stipulas are caducous. 
The peduncles are axillary or terminal, bracteate, 1 or many- 
flowered, usually forming terminal panicles. Flowers middle- 
sized. The genera of this order are very imperfectly known. 
The habit of the plants come near to Malvacee and Flacourtia- 
nee, but the character of the fruit comes nearer to Cistinee@ and 
