MARCGRAVIACE. III. Noranrea. 
nated, of a different colour beneath. h.S. Native of the West 
Indies. A’scyum Bertérii, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 599. 
Bertero’s Norantea. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 
8 N. opova‘ra ; leaves nearly sessile, obovate, entire, termi- 
nated by a small mucrone ; bracteas cucullate at the base, and 
bifid at the apex, equal in length to the pedicel; calyx one-half 
shorter than the corolla. .S. Native of Peru. Marcgravia 
obovata, Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 5. t. 437. Flowers large, disposed 
in corymbose racemes. 
Obovate-leaved Norantea. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. . 
9 N. corpacurpa; leaves oblong-lanceolate, entire, acute, 
tapering to the base ; flowers disposed in long terminal racemes; 
pedicels 2 together, one of which is very short; fruit obovate, 
h.S. Native of Peru. Marcgravia cordachida, Ruiz et Pav. 
fl. per. 5. t. 438. A. 
Cordachida Norantea. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 
10 N. cacAaBY FERA; leaves oblong or obovate-lanceolate, ob- 
tuse, mucronate ; racemes long ; flowers 2 together, the one ses- 
sile, the other pedicellate. h.S. Native of Peru. Marcgravia 
: cacabifera. Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 5. t. 439. 
Kettle-bearing Norantea. Shrub 6 feet. 
11 N. macroca’rpa ; leaves obovate-oblong, mucronate, on 
short petioles; flowers corymbose, terminal; pedicels long; 
petals reflexed; fruit large. h. S. Native of Peru. Marc- 
gravia macrocarpa, Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 5. t. 436. 
Large-fruited Norantea. Shrub. 
Cult. Nordntea is a genus of beautiful and singular shrubs. 
They will thrive well in a mixture of loam and peat, and cut- 
tings will root readily in sand or mould under a hand-glass, in a 
moist heat. i 
IV. RUYSCHIA (in honour of Frederick Ruysch, a Dutch 
Paysician, who published Hortus Amsteladamensis, a posthumous 
ng of John Commelin; he died 1731). Jacq. amer. p. 75. 
. C. prod. l.p. 566. Souróubea, Aubl. guian. 1. p. 244. 
„N. syst. Pentándria, Monogynia. Stamens 5, alternating 
with the petals; the rest as in the preceding genus. 
Ku SOURÓUBEA (Willd. spec. 1116.) leaves obovate, obtuse, 
on short petioles; flowers in loose spikes ; peduncles elongated, 
with sessile bracteas, which approximate the calyx, each of which 
n m nished with 2 long auricles. kh.S. Native of Guiana 
ahat. Ach the banks of the river Gallion. Souréubea Guia- 
a ls, Aubl, guian. 1. p. 244. t.97. Souróubea Aublètii, Meyr. 
seq. prim. p. 119. Logania pentácrina, Scop. introd. gen. 1076. 
Sarmentose shrub, with long, round, divaricating, flexile, ram- 
sig Footing branches. Leaves alternate, acuminated at the 
nisa ha emarginate at the apex, with a mucrone in the middle, 
a shy. Racemes terminal, simple, long, many-flowered. 
-Ga tad mate, somewhat remote from each other. Calyx 
daaa vl, Bracteas opposite, scarlet. Petals oblong, deci- 
at E. yellow. Filaments red; anthers brown. Stigma fleshy, 
 9-rayed. Souroubea is the Guiana name of the plant. 
ouroubea Ruyschia. Shrub rambling, and rooting on trees. 
obovat, CLUSLEFOLIA (Jacq. amer. p. 75. t. 51. f. 2.) leaves 
teas Mote flowers densely spiked ; peduncles very short; brac- 
tive of Gen ate, but concave on the outside. h.S. Na- 
amer, ed ulana and the Caribbee islands in moist woods. Jacq. 
ter sed. pict. t, 76. This is a parasitical under-shrub. Leaves 
ate, thick, shining, about 4 inches long. Racemes ter- 
acute thir) -fowered, about a foot long; bracteas obovate, 
eit ick, deflexed, concavo-convex, scarlet, dotted with red. 
S purple, deciduous. Filaments purple. Stigma 5-rayed. 
3 j faved Ruyschia. Clt. 1823. Shrub rooting on trees 
2 R. Pavon 11; leaves obovate, mucronate, with revolute mar- 
racemes terminal; pedicels single, bracteate ; flowers pen- 
OL. I,—PART VIIL 
IV. Ruyscu1a. HIPPOCRATEACEÆ. 625 
tandrous. h.S. Native of Peru. 
et Pav. fl. per. 5. t. 440. 
Pavon’s Ruyschia. Shrub. 
Cult. These pretty radicant shrubs will thrive well in a mix- 
ture of loam and vegetable mould, and ripened cuttings will root 
freely in sand under a hand-glass, in a moist heat. 
Orver XLIII HIPPOCRATEA'CEZ (plants agreeing 
with Hippocratea in important characters). H. B. et Kunth, 
nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 135. D, C. prod. 1. p. 567.—Hippocra- 
ticeze, Juss. in ann. du. mus. 18. p. 486. 
Calyx of 5 (f. 105. a.), rarely of 4 or 6 sepals, small, and 
joined to the middle, permanent. Petals equal in number to the 
sepals (f. 105. b.), equal, somewhat imbricate in estivation. Disk 
occupying the bottom of the calyx, expanded between the petals 
and the stamens. Stamens 3 (f. 105.c.), rarely 5 or 10; filaments 
free at the apex, dilated at the base (f. 105. c.). Anthers (ex 
Kunth) 1-celled, bursting transversely at the apex or 2-4 celled 
at the base. Ovary hidden within the urceolus or staminiferous 
tube, trigonal, free. Style 1, crowned by 1-3 stigmas. Fruit 
sometimes of 3 samara-like carpels, sometimes baccate, 1-3-cell« 
ed. Seeds in each cell usually numerous, fixed by pairs to the 
central axis, erect, exalbuminous, often solitary from abortion. 
Embryo straight, with an inferior radicle pointing to the base, 
and flat, elliptic, oblong, fleshy cotyledons.—Arborescent or 
climbing shrubs, usually smooth, with opposite, entire, toothed, 
feather-nerved, rather coriaceous, stipulate leaves, and axillary 
corymbs or fascicles of small, inelegant flowers. According to 
Jussieu, this order is allied to Acertnee in the ternary number of 
the stamens. It differs from all the foregoing orders in the sin- 
gular form of the disk or urceolus, which is either separate from 
the stamens or formed from the cohesion of the filaments. 
Synopsis of the Genera. 
1 Hirpocrate'a. Petals foveate at the apex. 
anthers 1-celled, opening transversely at the apex. 
samara-like, or only 1-2 from abortion, 2-valved. Seeds winged 
downwards. 
2 Rapvr'sta. Calyx of 5 sepals. Ring girding the ovary on 
the outside of the stamens. Stamens 3; anthers 2-celled. Cap- 
sule 3-celled; cells many-seeded. 
3 Saza‘cra. Calyx 5-parted. Petals 5, with a fleshy urceo- 
lus between the petals and pistillum, Stamens 3 ; anthers adnate, 
2-celled. Berry roundish, 3-celled, many-seeded. 
4 Caty’pso. Calyx 5-parted. Petals 5, with the urceolus 
expanded between the petals and stamens. Stamens 3 ; anthers 
adnate, 2-celled. Berry usually 1-celled from abortion, some- 
times 3-celled; cells 1-seeded. 
5 Jo'unta. Anthers 3, seated on the top of the urceolus. 
Fruit baccate, younger ones 3-celled, with 1 or 2 peltate ovule 
in each cell, adult ones few-seeded. 
+ Spurious Hippocrateacee, with stamens beyond 5. 
6 Triconia. Calyx 5-parted, unequal. Petals 5, arched at 
the apex, 2 lateral ones wing-formed, 2 inferior ones connected 
in the form of a keel. Stamens 10-12, fertile, irregularly con- 
nected at the base. Capsule trigonal, 3-valved, 3-celled, woolly 
inside, containing many woolly seeds. 
Marcgravia pentandra, Ruiz 
Stamens 3; 
Carpels 3, 
