536 
Indies. Mill. fig. t. 200. Ker. bot. reg. t. 575,—Rumph. 
amb, 5. p. 288. t. 100. f. 1.—Rheed. mal. 10. p, 1. t. 1. Flowers 
drooping, scarlet. 
Scarlet-flowered Pentapetes. 
Pl. 2 to 3 feet. 
2 P. ancustirOtia (Blum. bijdr. ex Schlecht. Linnza. 1. p. 
655.) leaves linear-lanceolate, serrated, roundish and cordate at the 
base; flowers 1-2, axillary, drooping; fertile anthers 15; style 
clavate, sulcated. ©? S. Native of Java. Flowers probably 
red or scarlet. 
Narrow-leaved Pentapetes. PJ. 1 to 3 feet. 
3 P. ova'ta (D. C. prod. 1. p. 498.) leaves ovate, serrated ; 
Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1690. 
peduncles axillary, 2-3-flowered; anthers 5; styles 5. ©. S. 
Native of New Spain. Brotéra ovata, Cav. icon. 5. p. 19. t. 
433. Sprengélia modésta, Schultz. obs. 134. Flowers reddish- 
yellow. Perhaps generically distinct from P. pheenicea. 
Ovate-leaved Pentapetes. Fl. June, Sep. Clt. 1805. Pl. 2 ft. 
Cult. Beautiful flowering plants, which will grow freely in a 
mixture of loam, sand, and peat, or any light rich soil; and 
cuttings soon strike root in sand or mould under a hand-glass, in 
heat. They are also easily increased by seeds, which generally 
ripen in this country. 
XXII. ASSO'NIA (in honour of Ignatius de Asso, a distin- 
guished Spanish botanist, who wrote on the plants of Arragon,) 
Cav. diss. 3. p. 120. D.C. prod. 1. p. 498. 
Lin. syst. Monadélphia, Polydndria. Calyx permanent, 5- 
‘parted, girded by a 1-leaved, 3-crenated, lateral involucel. 
Petals 5. Stamens 15, bearing anthers, that is, 3 fertile ones 
between each sterile one. Styles 5, very short. Carpels 5, 2- 
seeded, closely joined together into a capsule. Seeds some- 
what triquetrous, not winged. ‘Trees with undivided leaves, and 
axillary, bifid, subcorymbose peduncles. Flowers white or red. 
1 A. poru'tneA (Cav. diss. 3. p. 120. t. 42. f. 3.) leaves cor- 
date, acuminated, smooth, a little serrated ; peduncles scarcely 
longer than the petioles. h.S. Native of the island of Bour- 
bon. Flowers red? disposed in a terminal, bifid corymb. 
Poplar-leaved Assonia. Clt.1820. Tree 10 to 20 feet. 
2 A. visurnorpss (D. C. prod. 1. p. 498.) leaves cordate, 
somewhat acuminate, crenated, tomentose beneath, as well as 
younger leaves ; peduncles 3 times longer than the petioles. h. 
S. Native of the island of Bourbon. Flowers white ? 
iburnum-like Assonia. Clt. 1822. Tree 10 to 20 feet. 
Cult. These trees will grow freely in any light rich soil, or a 
mixture of loam and peat. Young cuttings planted in mould 
under a hand-glass, in heat, will soon strike root. 
XXIII. DOMBE’YA (in honour of Joseph Dombey, a French 
botanist, and traveller in Peru and Chili, companion of Ruiz and 
Pavon.) Cav. diss. 3. p. 121. Geert. fruct. 2. p. 259. t. 137. 
but not of Lam. D. C. prod. 1. p. 498. 
Lin. syst. Monadélphia, Polydndria. Calyx 5-parted, per- 
manent, girded by a 3-leaved, unilateral involucel. Petals 5. 
Stamens 15-20. Filaments joined together at the very base, 
5 sterile, with 2-3 fertile ones between each of the sterile ones. 
Style 1, divided at the top into 5 somewhat reflexed stigmas. 
Carpels 5, 2-valved, 1 or many-sceded, closely joined together 
into a capsule. Cotyledons twisted, bifid. Flowers in bifid 
corymbs, with a single-stalked flower in the fork. 
§ 1. Leaflets of involucel broad, ovate or cordate. 
1 D. patma’ra (Cav. diss. 3. p. 122. t. 38. f. 1.) leaves 
smooth, palmate, 7-cleft, 7-nerved, with lanceolate, serrated 
lobes ; corymbs bifid. k.S. Native of the island of Bourbon. 
BYTTNERIACEH. XXI. Penraretes. XXII, Assonra. XXIII. DoMBEYA. 
There is a variety with 5-cleft, 5-nerved leaves. Flowers at 
first white, then pale-yellow, but at last rust-coloured. 
Palmate-leaved Dombeya. Tree 20 feet. 
2 D. acura’ncuta (Cav. diss. 3. p. 122. t. 38. f. 2.) younger 
leaves tomentose, at length smooth, cordate, 5-7-nerved, round- 
ish, crenated, with 3-5 angles, angles or lobes acute, when 5 
the 2 lower ones are very small; corymbs bifid, with racemose 
branches. h . S. Native of the island of Bourbon. Flowers red, 
larger than those of the preceding. 
Acute-angled-leaved Dombeya. Shrub 20 feet. 
3 D. ancuna‘ra (Cav. diss. 3. p. 123. t. 39. f. 1.) leaves 
tomentose, cordate, roundish, toothed, obsoletely 3-lobed ; um- 
bels simple ; peduncles shorter than the leaves. h. S. Native 
of the island of Bourbon. Flowers red. Calyx tomentose. 
Angular-leaved Dombeya. Shrub 10 feet. 
4 D. tuæròLa (Cav, diss. 3. p. 124, t. 39. f. 2.) younger 
leaves tomentose, adult ones smoothish, cordate, 7-nerved, cre- 
nate; corymbs bifid. kh. S. Native of Bourbon. Flowers 
probably red. 
Lime-tree-leaved Dombeya. Fl. 1820. Shrub 10 feet. 
5 D. tomentosa (Cav. diss. 3. p. 125. t. 39. f. 3.) leaves 
tomentose, roundish, cordate, acuminate, 5-nerved, transversely 
veined, crenated ; umbel bifid. h.S. Native of Madagascar. 
Flowers white or red. Peduncles, petioles, and branches beset 
with long hairs. 
Tomentose Dombeya. Shrub 10 feet. 
6 D. Hamitronra‘na (Wall. pl. rar. asiat. 1. p. 69. t. 77.) 
shrub densely clothed with tomentum ; leaves ovate, subcordate, 
obtuse, unequally and acutely toothed ; peduncles axillary, 3- 
flowered, twice the length of the petioles. h.S. Native of the 
East Indies on the banks of Irawaddi near Melloon, also on 
Mount Taong Dong near Ava. Flowers large, yellow, invo- 
lucrated. 
Hamilton’s Dombeya. Fl. Nov. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 
7 D. corpiròLa (D. C. prod. 1. p. 499.) leaves smooth, cor- 
date, acuminate, serrated, 5-7-nerved, sometimes 3-lobed, lateral 
lobes small; peduncles rather longer than the petioles. k. S. 
Native of the East Indies. D. tiliæfòlia and angulata, Roxb. 
hort. beng. Hook, bot. mag. 2905. Involucre soon falling off. 
Anthers 10. Flowers large, red, in dichotomous crowded corymbs. 
Calyx reflexed. Leaves pubescent beneath. 
Heart-leaved Dombeya. Clt. 1820. Shrub 10 feet. 
§ 2. Leaflets of involucel narron, lanceolate, or linear. 
8 D. umpexta‘ta (Cav. diss. 3. p. 127. t. 41. f. 1.) leaves 
smooth, cordate, ovate-oblong, acuminated, somewhat repand ; 
umbels globose, simple; peduncles twice as long as petioles. 
h. S. Native of Bourbon. Lam. ill. t. 576. f. 2. Flowers 
at first white, then rust-coloured. 
Umbel-flowered Dombeya. Shrub 10 feet. 
9 D. rerrucinea (Cav. diss. 3. p. 128. t. 42. f. 2.) leaves 
tomentose beneath, smooth above, ovate-oblong, 7-nerved, some- 
what peltately cordate, toothed ; corymbs 2-parted ; peduncles 
twice as long as petioles. k.S. Native of the Mauritius. 
Leaves rusty beneath, as well as the branches. 
Rusty-leaved Dombeya. Clt. 1815. Shrub 10 feet. 
10 D. GRANDIFÒLIA (Lamb. herb.) leaves broad, cordate, 
slightly lobed, smooth ; peduncles panicled. R.S. Native of 
the Mauritius. Flowers red ? 
Great-leaved Dombeya. Tree 20 feet. 
11 D., puncra'ta (Cav. diss. 3. p. 125. t. 40. f. 1.) leaves 
rather downy beneath, roughly dotted above, somewhat cordate, 
ovate-oblong, acuminated, 5-nerved, entire; corymbs crowded ; 
peduncles longer than the leaves. h.S. Native of Bourbon. 
Flowers white or red, 
