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TERNSTRŒMIACEÆ. XVI. Cararea. XVII. KIELMEYERA. 
Panicled-flowered Caraipa. Fl. Oct. Tree 23 feet. 
2 C.crapra‘ra (Mart. fl. bras. 1. p. 105. t. 65.) leaves alter- 
nate, oblong, acuminated, tapering to the base, glaucescent be- 
neath ; flowers racemose. h.S. Native of Brazil in the pro- 
vince of Rio Negro. Corolla white. 
Smooth Caraipa. Tree 30 feet. 
3 C. pensiròLIA (Mart. fl. bras. 1. p. 105. t. 65. fruit only, ) 
leaves alternate, ovate, oblong, bluntly cuspidate, rounded at 
the base, smooth on both surfaces, glaucous beneath; flowers 
racemose. h. 5. Native of Brazil in the province of Rio 
Negro on the banks of the river Solimoes near Ega. _ 
Dense-leaved Caraipa. Tree 20 feet. 
4 C. GRanpiriora (Mart. fl. bras. 1. p. 106.) leaves alter- 
nate, very long, oblong-lanceolate, cuspidate, acutish at the base, 
shining above, glaucous beneath; flowers racemose. h. S. 
Gathered with the last. Flowers white. 
Great-flowered Caraipa. Tree 20 feet. 
5 C. parviroria (Aubl. guian. 1. p. 561. t. 223. f. 1.) leaves 
alternate, ovate, acute, tomentose beneath and whitish; flowers 
racemose ; ovary villous. h.S. Native of Guiana. This tree 
is called Manche-haches by the Creoles in Guiana, who consider 
the wood to be the best for making handles to hatchets and 
axes. Flowers white, small. 
Small-leaved Caraipa. Tree 20 feet. 
6 C. ronerréria (Aubl. guian. 1. p. 561. t. 223. f. 2.) leaves 
alternate, ovate-oblong, acute, hoary beneath; flowers race- 
mose; ovary tomentose. }.S. Native of Guiana. ' 
Long-leaved Caraipa. Tree 20 feet. 
7 C. Riıcmarnia' na (Cambess. in mem. mus. 16, p. 414. t. 3.) 
. leaves alternate, oblong, usually with a short and blunt acumen, 
quite smooth; flowers corymbose, pedicellate ; ovary smooth. 
hk. S. Native ofGuiana. Flowers white and rose-coloured. 
Richard’s Caraipa. Fl. May. Shrub 6 to 12 feet. 
8 C. racemòsa (Rich. herb. Cambess. l. c. p. 415.) leaves 
alternate, oblong, very blunt, and very smooth ; flowers race- 
mose, almost sessile ; ovary tomentose. h.S. Native of Guiana. 
Petals tomentose. 
Racemose-flowered Caraipa. Tree 20 to 30 feet. 
9 C. varia'BILIs (Cambess. in mem. mus. 16. p. 416.) leaves 
alternate, oblong-lanceolate, narrowed at both ends, usually 
acuminated, smooth ; flowers few, panicled or racemose, pedicel- 
late; ovary tomentose. h. S. Native of Guiana. Petals 
clothed on the outside with refuscent tomentum. 
Variable Caraipa. Tree 20 feet. 
10 C. rascicuta‘ra (Rich. herb. Cambess. 1. c. p. 417.) leaves 
alternate, elliptic, acuminated, quite smooth; flowers few, pa- 
nicled, pedicellate ; ovary tomentose. h.S. Native of Guiana. 
Fascicled Caraipa. Tree 20 feet ? 
11 C. ancusriréria (Aubl. guian. 1. p. 562. t. 224. f. 4.) 
leaves alternate, long, ovate, acuminated, clothed with white 
tomentum beneath; flowers racemose; ovary tomentose. h. S. 
Native of Guiana. 
Narrow-leaved Caraipa. Tree 20 feet. - 
12 C. tartròLa (Aubl. guian. 1. p. 561. t. 224. f. 3.) leaves 
broad, ovate, acuminated, cinereous beneath ; flowers racemose ; 
Ovary tomentose. h.S. Native of Guiana. Leaves alternate. 
Broad-leaved Caraipa. Tree 20 feet. 
Cult. The species of Caraipa will no doubt thrive well in a 
mixture of loam and sand ; and cuttings with their ends ripened 
will root in sand under a hand-glass, in heat. 
XVII. KIELMEYE'RA (from C. F. D. Kielmeyer, Coun- 
sellor of State to the King of Wurtemberg, a patron of botany). 
Mart. et Zuce. fl. bras. 1. p. 112. St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 303. 
Lin. syst. Polyándria, Monogýnia. Calyx permanent, bract- 
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less, 5-parted, imbricate, 2 outer leaflets smallest. Petals 5, 
free, equal, unequal-sided, twisted in the bud. Stamens nu- 
merous, free, rarely connected at the base, filiform. Anthers 
fixed by the back, oblong, 2-celled, bursting lengthwise inwards. 
Style simple, crowned by 3 free or connate stigmas, and appear- 
ing as if the style was trifid. Capsule 3-celled, 3-valved ; valves 
bent in at the margins so much as to constitute dissepiments. 
Central column awl-shaped, placentiferous, each placenta opposite 
the valves. Seeds oblong, girded by a membranous margin ex- 
tended at both ends. Integument thin. Albumen wanting. 
Embryo straight, flat, with a minute radicle pointing towards the 
umbilicus, and large kidney-shaped cotyledons.—T rees or shrubs, 
full of resinous juice. Leaves scattered, exstipulate, usually 
crowded at the tops of the branches, coriaceous, entire, 1-nerved, 
and marked with feathered veins; petioles jointed at the base. 
Flowers large, axillary, and terminal, usually at the tops of the 
branches among the shorter leaves, or appearing in corymbs, 
or racemes, rarely in panicles, in consequence of the upper leaves 
being absent. Peduncles bracteate, articulated at the base. 
1 K. sreciòsa (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1, p. 304. pl. usu. bras. no. 
58.) stem arboreous ; leaves oblong, somewhat elliptical, obtuse, 
puberulous beneath on the nerves; flowers racemose ; calycine 
segments ovate, obtuse, tomentose, nearly equal. h.S. Native 
of Brazil in the province of Minas Geraes, where it ‘is called 
Malvado Campo, Folha Santa, and Pinhao, and where a decoction 
of the leaves is employed to prepare emollient baths. Petals 
white or flesh-coloured. 
Shewy Kielmeyera. Fl. April. Tree 20 feet. 
2 K. ratca ta (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 304.) stem arboreous ; 
leaves oblong-subelliptic, somewhat falcate, puberulous ; flowers 
racemose; calycine segments ovate, acuminated, puberulous, 
nearly equal. h.S. Native of Brazil in the province of St. 
Paul. Petals fiesh-coloured. A small twisted tree. 
Falcate-leaved Kielmeyera. Fl. Oct. Tree 15 feet. 
3 K. corta'cea (Mart. fl. bras. 1. p. 112. t. 70.) shrubby ; 
leaves spatulate, glaucescent, glabrous; flowers racemose ; sepals 
ovate, acute, tomentose, nearly equal. h.S. Native of Bra- 
zil in the province of Minas Geraes. A small twisted shrub, 
abounding in yellow juice. Petals flesh-coloured. 
Coriaceous-leaved Kielmeyera. Fl. Aug. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 
4 K. rupririora (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 305.) stem suffruti- 
cose, simple ; leaves oblong-subelliptic, obtuse ; puberulous be- 
neath; flowers corymbose; sepals ovate, puberulous, nearly 
equal. h. S. Native of Brazil in the province of Minas 
Geraes. Petals obovate-oblong, obliquely truncate at the apex, 
red. 
Red-flowered Kielmeyera. Fl. May. Shrub 1} foot. 
5 K. rosea (Mart. fl. bras. 1. p. 110. t. 68.) stem shrubby, 
branched; leaves lanceolate, very smooth, pale beneath ; flowers 
corymbose ; sepals ovate-roundish, nearly equal. h.S. Native 
of Brazil in the province of Minas Geraes. Petals obovate, rose- 
coloured. 
Rose-coloured-flowered Kielmeyera. FI. Feb. Sh. 3 to 4 ft. 
6 K. nerurorsa (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1, p. 306.) stem shrubby, 
simple ; leaves long, lanceolate, quite smooth ; flowers racemose 
or panicled ; sepals ovate, acute, puberulous, nearly equal. , h. 
S. Native of Brazil in the provinces of Minas Geraes and Minas 
Novas. Petals obovate, rose or flesh-coloured. 
Oleander-leaved Kielmeyera. Fl. May. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 
7 K. corymposa (Mart. fl. bras. 1. p. 113. t. 72.) stem 
shrubby, simple ; leaves obovate-oblong, very blunt, and quite 
smooth; flowers panicled; sepals ovate-lanceolate, ciliated, 
nearly equal. h.S. Native of Brazil in the province of Goyaz 
near Villa Boa. Petals obovate, rather retuse, red. 
Var. B, pauciflòra (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 307.) branches naked 
above; panicle few-flowered. In the province of Minas Geraes. 
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