624 MARCGRAVIACE. 
Lin. syst. Polydndria, Monogynia. Calyx of 4, rarely of 
2, ovate, caducous sepals, Corolla ovately cylindrical, with a 
crenate, rather toothed margin. Stamens about 100, inserted in 
a spongy disk; anthers oblong, bursting at the apex. Ovary 
bluntly 4-sided. Style long, crowned by an acute stigma. 
Unripe fruit 4-celled, and probably capsular—A tree, with ellip- 
tical-oblong, coriaceous, stalked leaves, which are scattered at 
the top of the branchlets. Racemes of flowers axillary, some- 
what umbellate, reflexed, with naked peduncles. 
1 A. monra‘na (Labill. voy. t. 41.). hk. G. Native of New 
Caledonia. Flowers white? 
Mountain Antholoma, Clt.1810. Tree 20 feet. 
Cult. This fine tree will thrive best in a light loamy soil, 
mixed with a little peat, and ripened cuttings will root in sand 
under a hand-glass. 
II. MARCGRA‘VIA (in honour of George Marcgrave, who 
was born at Leipstadt in Germany; he published a Natural 
History of Brazil in 1718, wherein many singular plants are 
mentioned), Plum. amer. 29, Lin. gen. 640. Juss. gen. 244. 
D. C. prod. 1. p. 566. 
Lin. syst. Polydndria, Monogynia. Calyx 6-parted, per- 
manent, ovate-roundish, coriaceous, imbricate, unequal. Corolla 
coriaceous, conical, entire at the apex. Stamens in 1 row, in- 
serted in a little membrane which surrounds the ovary ; anthers 
oblong, bursting lengthwise. Style almost wanting. Stigma 
thick, permanent. Capsule coriaceous, baccate, somewhat glo- 
bose.—Shrubs commonly with ascending stems, as in the ivy, with 
the flower-bearing branches pendulous. Leaves alternate. Pe- 
duncles furnished with pitcher-shaped bracteas. Flowers white ? 
1 M. umperra'ta (Lin. spec. 503.) leaves sessile, ovate- 
elliptical, acute, hardly veined, those on the sterile branches 
ovate, blunt; peduncles umbellate, usually tubercled and fur- 
nished with spoon-shaped bracteas. h.S. Native of the Ca- 
ribbee Islands and South America in cool, wooded mountains. 
Jacq. amer. p. 156. t. 96. ed. pict. 77. t. 143. Plum. gen. 7. t. 
173. f.1. Lam. ill. t. 447.—Browne, jam. 244. t. 26.—Sloan. 
jam. 1. p. 74. t. 28. f. 1. This is a shrubby, creeping plant, 
but not properly parasitical, at first it is radicant; but as it 
advances in age it becomes shrubby, but adhering still by its 
fibres to the trunks of trees. Leaves distich. The seeds and 
pulp are usually of a shining-scarlet colour. 
Umbellate-flowered Marcgravia. Clt. 1792. 
attached to trees. 
2 C. coriacea (Vahl. eccl. 2. p. 39.) leaves elliptical, co- 
riaceous, veinless; pedicels in whorles to the number of 17 or 
18, spreading much, tubercled; ovary depressed, globose ; 
stigma 6-cleft, convex, rayed. h. S. Native of Guiana in 
woods. ‘This shrub has the habit of the last. 
Coriaceous-leaved Marcgravia. Clt. 1820. Shrub like the last. 
3 M. sricirtora (Juss. ann. mus. 14. p. 402. t. 25.) leaves 
ovate, obtuse, rarely acuminated ; pedicels racemose, furnished 
with simple bracteas; stigma 4-lobed. h. S. Native of 
Guiana and Guadaloupe on wooded mountains. Habit of ivy. 
Spiked-flowered Marcgravia. Shrub rooting like the rest. 
4 M. prrcra (Willd. mag. berl. 1808. p. 172.) leaves of the 
sterile branches elliptical, cordate, roundish, very blunt, about 
an inch long, dark-green above, and netted with white veins, 
but pale-green beneath (Willd.). hk. S. Native of Brazil. 
Shrub with the habit of ivy. 
Painted-leaved Marcgravia. Shrub rooting like the rest. 
Cult. These singular shrubs will thrive well ina mixture of 
turfy loam and peat, and cuttings will root in sand under a 
chand-glass, in heat. They are well adapted for covering the 
walls or rafters of stoves, 
Shrub rooting, 
I. AntHotoma. II. Marceravia. 
III. NORANTEA. 
Suborder II. 
NORA'NTEE (plants agreeing with Nordntea in the corolla 
being of 5 petals). D. C. prod. 1. p. 566. Corolla of 5 petals. 
Stamens pressed to the corolla and appearing as if they were 
inserted on it. 
II. NORA’NTEA (altered from the Caribbean name of N. 
Guianénsis, Gonora-antegri). Aubl. guian. 1. p. 554, Juss. 
gen. p. 245. D.C. prod. 1. p. 566.—A’scyum, Vahl. Willd. 
Lin. syst. Polydndria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-parted, round- 
ed, coriaceous. Petals 5, free, reflexed. Stamens few or nume- 
rous, small, disposed in a simple or double series, adhering to 
the bottom of the petals. Filaments flat. Anthers fixed by 
the back. Ovary free, conical, furrowed, 3-5-celled ; cells 
many-seeded. Seeds fixed to the central axis. Style nearly 
wanting. Stigma capitate or acute. Trees or shrubs, rarely 
climbing or rooting, excepting those species, natives of Guiana. 
Leaves scattered, jointed, entire, exstipulate. Flowers disposed 
in terminal racemes or spikes. Pedicels jointed at the base, 
furnished with 3 bracteas each, lower one sack-formed or cu- 
cullate, stalked, the 2 upper ones small, usually guarding the 
calyx, and therefore appear as if they were sepals. 
1 N. Gurane’nsts (Aubl. guian. 1. p. 554. t. 220.) spikes of 
flowers long; flowers nearly sessile; bracteas large, bladdery, 
or cucullate ; anthers numerous, very minute, scarcely exserted ; 
leaves oblong, blunt, emarginate. h .S. Native of Guiana and 
Trinidad in woody mountains. A’scyum violaceum, Vahl. ecl. 
p. 41. A beautiful shrub, with oblong, mucronate, coriaceous 
leaves. Branches red, throwing out roots by which it supports 
itself on the trees which it grows near. Flowers of a violet 
colour, with scarlet bracteas. 
Guiana Norantea. Clt. 1818. Shrub rooting on trees. 
2 N. Brasixie’nsts (Chois. mss. D. C. prod. 1. p. 566. St. 
Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 311.) leaves obovate, stalked ; flowers race- 
mose, on long peduncles; bracteas about one-half the size of 
those of the preceding plant; anthers ovate, emarginate at the 
base, with scarlet bracteas; petals green in the middle but 
white on the margins. h,.S. Native of Brazil. Habit of the 
preceding species. 
Brazilian Norantea. Clt. 1820. Shrub 6 feet. 
3 N. apame’ntum (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 313. t. 62.) leaves 
obovate, nearly sessile; flowers racemose, on long pedicels ; 
anthers ovate, emarginate at the base. h.S. Native of Brazil 
in the province of Minas Geraes near Tejuco, in the district of 
the Diamonds. Petals green marked with red. 
Adamant Norantea. Shrub 6 feet. 
4 N. Goyase’nsis (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 313.) leaves ob- 
ovate, nearly sessile ; flowers racemose, on short pedicels ; an- 
thers subtrigonal, entire at the base. h.S. Native of Brazil 
in the province of Goyaz near Villa Boa. Petals dark-purple- 
Goyaz Norantea. FI. July. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 
5 N. ano'mara (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 7. t; 647. b.) 
flowers somewhat spiked, octandrous ; bracteas hemispherical, 
helmet-shaped; leaves oblong, obtuse, somewhat coriaceous; 
tapering to the base. h.S. Native of South America. A s- 
cyum anémalum, Spreng. syst. app. p. 207. Flowers violet- 
coloured. Habit of the preceding two species. 
Anomalous Norantea. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. , 
6 N. SeLrròr; flowers racemose; bracteas almost sessile, 
rather remote from the flower, roundish ; leaves obovate-oblong, 
retuse. h. S. Native of Brasil. A’scyum Sellòi, Spreng: 
syst. 2. p. 599. 
Sello’s Norantea. Shrub 6 feet. , 
7 N. BertE'RI; flowers racemose ; bracteas sessile, approxi- 
mating the flower, mucronated beneath; leaves oblong, mucro- 
