BIXINEZ. II. Ecutnocarpus. 
ribbed. h.S. Native of Peru or Chili. Corymbs terminal, 
panicled ; peduncles 2-3-flowered. 
Broad-capsuled Arnotta-Tree. Tree 20 feet. 
4 B. opora ra (Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 5. t. 460.) leaves cor- 
date, acuminated, with one small lobe on each side, and therefore 
the leaves appear as if they were 3-lobed. h.S. Native of 
Peru or Chili, Corymbs terminal, panicled; peduncles 2- 
flowered. 
Sweet-scented Arnotta-Tree. Tree 20 feet. 
5 B. purru REA (Hort.) leaves like those of Bira Orellana. 
The flowers and capsules are purple. h. S. Native of the 
East Indies. 
Purple Arnotta-Tree. Clt. 1820. Tree 20 feet. 
Cult. These trees grow to a large size before they can be 
got to flower from seed. Butif cuttings be taken from a flower- 
ing plant and struck, they may be brought to flower when small 
plants. Loam and peat suit them well, and cuttings root freely 
in sand under a hand-glass, in heat. 
II. ECHINOCA’RPUS (from extvoc, echinos, a hedgehog, 
and kapzoc, karpos, a fruit; in allusion to the prickly capsules). 
Blum. bijdr. fl. ind. ned. ex Schlecht. Linnza. 1. p. 645. 
Lis. syst. Polydndria, Monogynia. Calyx 4-parted, deci- 
duous. Petals 4-5, cut. Stamens numerous, hypogynous ; 
anthers pointed. Ovary 1. Style awl-shaped. Stigma simple. 
Capsule woody, 4-valved; valves echinated on the outside, but 
filled with farinaceous pulp in the inside. Seeds arillate at the 
base, 1 or 2 adhering to the middle of each valve. A tree with 
alternate, stalked, oval-acute or acuminated leaves, and 1-flow- 
ered lateral peduncles. 
1 E.Sicun (Blum. l.c.) R.S. Native of Java, where the 
tree is called Sigun. 
Sigun. Tree 120 feet. 
Cult. For the cultivation and propagation of this tree, see 
ixa, 
III. TRICHOSPE’RMUM (from Jp% rpexoc, thrix trichos, 
a hair, and oxepua, sperma, a seed ; in allusion to the seeds be- 
ue Blum. bidjr. fl. ind. ned. ex Schlecht. Linnza 1. 
Lin. syst. Polyéndria, Monogynia. Calyx of 5 oval decidu- 
ous sepals, which are imbricate in the bud. Petals 5, oval, rather 
smaller than the calyx. Stamens indefinite, free, hypogynous ; 
anthers twin. Ovary somewhat bilocular, crowned by 2? 
emarginate stigmas. Capsules kidney-shaped, 2-valved, hairy 
on the outside, bearing the seeds on linear intervalvular pla- 
centas? Seeds numerous, lenticular, arillate, ciliated. Albu- 
men fleshy. A tree with alternate ovate-oblong serrulated leaves, 
which are cordate at the base, and furnished with 2 glands be- 
neath. Stipulas ovate. Flowers disposed in cymes, which are 
“xillary and solitary. 
- Java’nic - le. . S. i . j- 
ers reddish? um (Blum. l.c.) k.S. Native of Java. Flow 
Java Trichospermum. Tree 50 feet. 
Fuks, This tree will grow well in a mixture of loam and sand ; 
and ripened cuttings will strike freely, if planted in a pot of 
sand, and placed under a hand-glass, in heat. 
1 IV. BANA'RA (the name of a shrub in Guiana.) Aubl. guian. 
° ae D. C. prod, 1. p. 259. 
- Syst. Polydndria, Monogynia. Calyx permanent, 6- 
ect lobes rounded. Petals EI roundish, inserted beneath 
the e Stamens 15 and more, inserted at the edge of the 
ti isk. Ovary orbicular, seated on the disk. Style one. 
Sma capitate, Berry scarcely succulent, terminated by the 
1 
III. TRICHOSPERMUM. 
IV. Banana. V. Læra. 295 
style. Seeds indefinite, striated. A shrub with simple leaves, 
and panicles of small yellow flowers. 
1 B. Gurane’nsis (Aubl. 1. c. 
217.) b. S. Native of Cayenne, 
in woods. Leaves ovate-oblong, 
acute, denticulated, somewhat to- 
mentose on the under surface. 
Flowers yellow. Berry black. 
Guiana Banara. Fl. May. Sh. 
10 feet. 
2 B. Roxsv’reHII (Spreng. syst. 
2. p. 472.) leaves lanceolate, re- 
motely-toothed, tapering to the 
base, and quite entire, woolly be- 
neath; panicle axillary, very vil- 
Jous. h.S. Native of the East 
Indies. 
Roxburgh’s Banara. Sh. 8 feet. 
Cult. These shrubs will thrive 
well in a mixture of loam, peat, and sand ; and ripened cuttings 
will root freely if planted in a pot of sand, and placed under a 
hand-glass, in heat. 
FIG. 58. 
V. LÆTIA (in honour of Jean de Laet of Antwerp, a di- 
rector of the French East-India Company, who published a Latin 
history of America in folio, dedicated to King Charles I. of Eng- 
land. Haller speaks with respect of his botanical remarks as 
throwing light upon the plants of Marcgrave, and tending to re- 
concile his descriptions with those of Clusius and the Spanish 
botanists.) Lin. gen. no. 651. D.C. prod. 1. p. 260. 
Lin. syst. Polydndria, Monoginia. Calyx 5-parted, mar- 
cescent, coloured. Petals 5, or wanting. Stamens indefinite, 
hypogynous; anthers roundish. Style one; stigma capitate. 
Capsule fleshy, 3-5-valved, small, globose, acuminated with the 
style. Seeds many, clothed with a pulpy pellicle. Trees with 
simple leaves, and axillary peduncles of small whitish flowers 
with yellow anthers. . 
* Flowers apetalous. 
1 L. ape’rata (Jacq. amer. 167. t. 108.) flowers apetalous ; 
peduncles terminal and axillary, usually 3-flowered; leaves ob- 
long, blunt, serrulated, shining above.: R.S. Native of Car- 
thagena, in woods, and at the river Magdalena, as well as in 
Brazil and Peru. H. B. and Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 354. 
Flowers white, like those of Hawthorn. Fruit ovate, 4-angled. 
Mart. fl. bras. 2. p. 78. t. 165. Ruiz, et. Pav. fl. per. 5. t. 
467. b. 
Petalless Letia. Fl. Apr. May. Tree 20 feet. 
2 L. sca Bra (Spreng. syst. 2. p. 609.) leaves oval, some- 
what denticulated, opaque, scabrous on the under surface, triple- 
nerved ; peduncles axillary, tern; calyx silky, R. S. Native 
of Hispaniola. 
Scabrous Letia. Shrub. 
3 L? curponta (Swz. prod. 83.) flowers petalless ; pedun- 
cles 1-flowered, terminal ; leaves oblong, acuminate, pubescent. 
h. S. Native of Jamaica. Guiddnia, Browne, jam. 249. t. 29, 
f. 4.2 Sámyda icosandra, Swz. fl. ind. oce. 3. p. 1962. Style 
very short. Capsule fleshy, 3-valved. Perhaps a species of 
Samyda? The tree is called Rod-wood in Jamaica. The wood 
is used in all sorts of buildings. Flowers white? Fruit beau- 
tiful red. Guidònia is probably the name of the tree in Jamaica. 
Guidonia Letia. Tree 30 feet. 
4 L. rHa’mnta (Swz. fl. ind. occ. 2. p. 950.) flowers petal- 
less; peduncles axillary, many-flowered, sub-divided; leaves 
oblong, acute, somewhat crenated, shining. k. S. Native in 
the south of Jamaica, in bushy places by the sea side. Thám- 
