teeth somewhat glandular. 
HIPPOCRATEACEZ#. III. Saraca. 
2-ovulate. kh. VY. S. 
Minas Geraes. Petals yellow. 
Serrated-leaved Salacia. FI. Jan. Shrub cl. 
25 S. Cuine’nsis (Lin. mant. 293.) peduncles axillary, 
crowded, 1-flowered ; leaves alternate? oval, quite entire, smooth; 
branches angular. h. G. Native of China. Probably the 
same as S. Cochinchinénsis. 
China Salacia. Shrub 6 feet. 
Cult. Shrubs of no beauty, therefore hardly worth culti- 
vating, except in general collections. They will thrive in a 
mixture of loam and peat, and ripened cuttings will root in sand 
under a hand-glass, those of the stove species in heat. 
Native of Brazil in the province of 
IV. CALY’PSO (in mythology daughter of Oceanus and 
Thetis ; she reigned in the island of Ogygia). Pet. Th. veg. afr. 
1. p. 29.t. 6. St. Hil. fl. bras. 2. p.110. Salacia, spec. D. C. 
prod. 1. p. 570. 
Lin. syst. Tridndria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-parted. Pe- 
tals 5, alternating with the segments of the calyx. Disk gird- 
ing the ovary, expanded between the petals and stamens. 
Stamens 3, inserted between the margin of the disk and ovary; 
filaments flat, free. Anthers adnate, 2-celled; cells bursting 
outwards. Style short, crowned by an obsoletely 3-lobed stigma. 
Ovary more or less immersed in the disk, 3-celled; cells 2 or 
many-ovulate ; ovule fixed to the inner angle of the cells. 
Fruit indehiscent, fleshy, globose, usually 1-celled from abortion. 
Seeds globose, solitary in the’ cells, clothed with mucilaginous 
pulp. Embryo straight, destitute of albumen, with thick coty- 
ledons.—Shrubs_ with opposite, entire leaves, deciduous sti- 
pulas, axillary, dichotomous panicles of flowers, or from abor- 
tion subumbellate. 
1 C. campr’srris (St. Hil. fl. bras. 2. p. 111. t. 104.) quite 
smooth ; leaves oblong or oblong-lanceolate, narrow at the apex, 
somewhat acuminated, serrate-toothed ; flowers panicled ; petals 
twice the length of the calyx, denticulated; cells of ovary 2- 
ovulate. kh. S. Native of Brazil in the provinces of Goyaz 
and St. Paul, where it is called Bacopari do Campo. This is a 
much-branched shrub, with green flowers. 
Field Calypso. Fl. Sept. Feb. Shrub 2 to 8 feet. 
2 C. Arrica'na (D. C. prod. 1. p. 570. under Salàcia) pe- 
duncles crowded, 1-flowered ; leaves oval, shining, toothletted ; 
" i h. S. Native of Guinea. Ton- 
sélla Africàna, Willd. spec. 1. p. 194. 
African Calypso. Shrub 5 feet. 
3 C. SENEGALENSIS (D. C. prod. 1. p. 570. under Salàcia,) 
peduncles crowded, 1-flowered, rising from an axillary tubercle ; 
ka oblong, acuminated, smooth, shining, serrated; branches 
cabrous, h.S. Native of Senegal. Hippocratèa Senegalénsis, 
gan, ill. p. 101. H. verticillata a, Pers. ench. 1. p. 40. Tonsélla 
Tennis, Vahl. enum. 2. p. 31. Fruit eatable, very sweet. 
enegal Calypso. Shrub 5 feet. 
‘ PYRIFORMIS ; peduncles axillary, 1-flowered, aggregate ; 
a oblong, slightly toothed ; fruit large, pear-shaped, 3- 
. ©, S-seeded. h. S. Native of Sierra Leone on the moun- 
sine > è Flowers small, greenish-yellow. The fruit is about the 
i a Bergamot pear, obscurely 3-sided, with a very sweet 
p ad 1s eaten by the inhabitants of Sierra Leone. Tonsélla 
emis, Hort. trans. vol. 5. p. 459. 
*ar-shaped Calypso. Fl. Feb. Mar. Clt.1822. Sh. 5 ft. 
lacig.\ | APAGAScARIENsis (D. C. prod. 1. p. 570. under Sa- 
tubercle quncles crowded, 1-flowered, rising from an axillary 
3 leaves lanceolate-oblong, almost entire, acuminated, 
Hippoerata ey petals linear, h. S. Native of Madagascar. 
Verticilise a Madagascariénsis, Lam. ill. 1. p. 101. Hippocratea 
tap, Pers, ench. 1. p. 40. Tonsélla Madagascariénsis, 
IV. Caryrso. V. Jonna. VI. Triconia. 629 
Madagascar Calypso. Shrub 6 feet. 
6 C. SALACIOÌDES (St. Hil. fl. bras. 2. p. 111.) peduncles 
usually in threes, 1-flowered, rising from an axillary tubercle ; 
leaves oval-oblong, slightly and bluntly toothed, veiny ; petals 
ovate. k.S. Native of Madagascar. Calypso, Pet. Th. veg. 
afr. 1. p. 29. t. 6. Salacia Calypso, D. C. prod. 1. p. 571. 
Berry globose, mucronate. Seeds albuminose (Pet. Th.). 
Salacia-like Calypso. Shrub 5 feet. 
7 C. DEBILIS; branches weak; leaves ovate, acuminated, 
serrated ; flowers in clusters in the axils of the leaves ; pedicels 
1-flowered. h.S. Native of Sierra Leone. 
Weak-branched Calypso. Shrub cl. 
8 C. ere’cta; branches erect; leaves oval-lanceolate, acu- 
minated, obtuse, serrated, smooth; flowers axillary, nearly ses- 
sile; fruit ovate, acuminated. h.S. Native of Sierra Leone. 
Erect Calypso. Shrub 6 feet. 
Cult. These shrubs will thrive well in a mixture of loam 
and sand, and ripened cuttings will strike root freely in sand 
under a hand-glass, in heat. 
V. JO'HNIA (in honour of the Rev. Dr. John, a missionary, 
once resident in Tranquebar, who has sent many curious plants 
to Roxburgh). Roxb. fl. ind. 1. p. 172. D.C. prod. 1. p. 571. 
Lin. syst. Monadélphia, Triándria. Anthers 3, sessile, on 
the top of the urceolus. Fruit baccate; younger ones 3-celled ; 
ovulz peltate, 1 or 2 in each cell; adult fruit few-seeded.— 
Little trees, with 1-flowered, axillary peduncles. 
1 J. satacioipes (Roxb. fl. ind. 1. p. 172.) leaves broad- 
lanceolate, entire ; calyx 5-parted; petals 5, sessile. h.S. Na- 
tive of Chittagong. Flowers small, orange-coloured. Fruit 
dull-red, 2-3-seeded. The pulp of the fruit is white and is 
eaten by the natives. 
Salacia-like Johnia. Clt. 1822. Shrub 10 feet. 
2 J. Coromanveia'na (Roxb. l. c.) leaves serrulated ; calyx 
5-toothed ; petals 5, unguiculate. h. U.S. Native of Coroman- 
del on wooded mountains. Flowers small, greenish-yellow. Berry 
1-seeded, about the size of a small cherry, as well as shape. 
Coromandel Johnia. Clt. 1820. Shrub cl. 
Cult. Johnia is a genus of very pretty little trees. The 
fruit of both species is eatable. They will thrive well in a 
mixture of loam and peat, and ripened cuttings will strike root 
in sand, under a hand-glass, in a moist heat. 
+ Hippocrateacee spirie. Stamens 5 or more, but never ex- 
ceeding 12. 
VI. TRIGO'NIA (from rpetc, treis, three, and ywvia, gonia, 
an angle; the fruit is 3-angled, 3-celled, and 3-valved). Aubl. 
guian. 1. p. 390. D. C. prod. 1. p. 571. 
Lin. syst. Monadélphia, Decándria, Calyx 5-parted, un- 
equal, permanent. Petals 5, broadat the base, unequal ; upper one 
arched, gibbous and concave ; 2 lateral ones small, wing-shaped ; 
2 lower ones connected into the form of a keel. Stamens 10-12, 
some of them sterile, and irregularly connected into a tube at 
the base, which is cleft in front. Anthers fixed by the back, 2- 
celled, bursting lengthwise. Glands 2-4, opposite the superior 
petal, situated at the base of the ovary. Ovary trigonal, 3-celled ; 
cells containing many ovule. Style 1, crowned by a 3-lobed 
stigma. Capsule trigonal, 3-valved, 8-celled; valves woolly on the 
inside and constituting dissepiments. Seeds numerous, woolly, 
fixed to the axis. Albumen fleshy.—Sarmentose or climbing 
shrubs, with opposite, entire, bistipulate leaves, and racemosely- 
panicled flowers, either axillary or terminal. 
1 T. sericea (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 141.) 
leaves obovate, clothed beneath with silky or silvery down, 
_&.S. Native on the Andes about Quindiu. 
Silky-leaved Trigonia. Shrub cl. 
