640 MALPIGHIACE. VIII. Turyatuis. IX. 
leaves disposed 4 in a whorl, upper ones opposite, bearing glands 
at their base, entire. Flowers disposed in racemes, yellow, 
Madagascar Tristellateia. Shrub tw. 
Cult. This beautiful twining shrub will grow in a mixture of 
loam and peat, and ripened cuttings will strike root in sand un- 
der a hand-glass, in heat. 
VIII. THRYA’LLIS (a name given by the Greeks to Ver- 
bascum, which comes from Opavw, thrauo, to divide. The pre- 
sent plant has nothing to do with the plant of the Greeks unless 
in having yellow flowers). Lin. gen. 533. D.C. prod. 1. p. 583. 
Lin. syst. Monadélphia, Decdndria. Calyx 5-parted, perma- 
nent. Petals roundish, unguiculate. Stamens 10, awl-shaped, 
monadelphous at the base. Styles 3, connate at the base. Cap- 
sules inclosed within the large calyx, divisible into 3, triangular, 
1-seeded nuts; cells opening by the exterior angle. 
1 T. Brasttie’nsis (Lin. spec. 554.) branches jointed; leaves 
ovate, stalked ; racemes of flowers terminal, h.S. Native of 
Brazil.—Marcg. bras. p. 79. f. 3. Flowers small, yellow. 
Brazilian Thryallis. Shrub 2 feet? 
2 T. tonarroria (Mart. fl. bras. 3. p. 78. t. 230.) leaves obe 
long-lanceolate, acutish, canescent beneath ; petioles glandular 
towards the base; glands oblong. k.. S. Native of Brazil 
in the province of Bahia. Petals yellow. 
Long-leaved Thryallis. Shrub cl. 
3 T. vatiroria (Mart. fl. bras. 3. p. 79. t. 231.) leaves broad, 
ovate, obtuse or emarginate, cordate at the base, white from 
tomentum beneath ; petioles biglandular at the top; glands glo- 
bose k. S. Native of Brazil. Petals yellow. 
Broad-leaved Thryallis. Shrub cl. 
4 T.? pracuysta'cnya (Lindl. bot. reg. 1162.) leaves ovate- 
lanceolate, glaucous-green above, white beneath; racemes short, 
panicled; petioles biglandular at the apex. kh. J. S. Native 
of Brazil about Rio Janeiro. Petals yellow, on long claws. 
Short-spiked 'Thryallis. Shrub 4 feet. 
Cult. A mixture of loam and peat will suit these plants, and 
ripened cuttings will root in sand under a hand-glass, in heat. 
IX. ASPICA’RPA (from arte, aspis, a shield, and kap- 
roc, karpos, a fruit; form of fruit), Rich. in mem. mus. 2. p. 
399. t. 12. D.C. prod. 1. p. 583.—Acésmus, Desv. 
Lin. syst. Mondndria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-parted, conni- 
vent. Petals wanting. Stamen 1, enclosed. Ovary roundish, 
half-cleft, 2-celled. Style 1, very short, seated in the fissure 
of the ovary. Fruit dry, indehiscent, 1-celled from abortion, 
I-seeded. Seeds orbicular, without albumen. Embryo re- 
curved, with a basilar radicle, pointing to the hilum. 
1 A. urens (Lag. nov. gen. et spec. 1. no. 5.) h.^.S. 
Native of New Spain. Stem somewhat shrubby, twining, fili- 
form. Leaves cordate-oval, beset with stinging, hair-like bris- 
tles, which are fixed by their centre, and lie very close. Flowers 
disposed in axillary bundles, almost sessile, without petals. 
Stinging Aspicarpa. FI. June, July. Clt. 1821. Sh. tw. 
Cult. This plant is hardly worth cultivating except in a bo- 
tanic garden, It will thrive well ina mixture of loam and peat, 
and cuttings will strike root in sand under a hand-glass, in heat. 
X. GAUDICHAU’DIA (in honour of Charles Gaudichaud, 
who accompanied Freycinet as naturalist in his voyage round the 
world). H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 156. t. 445. 
St. Hil. bull. philom. 1823. p. 132. D. C. prod. 1. p. 584. 
Lin. syst. Monadélphia, Pentándria. Calyx 5-parted, or 5- 
cleft, furnished with 10, but usually with 8, glands on the out- 
side. Petals 5, sometimes perigynous, roundish, spreading. 
Stamens 5, inserted with the petals; filaments flattened and 
connate at the base, unequal, two of them bearing smaller 
anthers than the others, or abortive. Style 1. Carpels 3, free, 
1 
AspicarpA. X. GaupicuAuptaA. XI. Camarea. 
or connected at the very base, 1-seeded, one of them usually 
abortive. Samarz 2, each drawn out at the base into a spur-like 
membrane, and winged on the back. Seeds erect at the top of 
a pendulous funicle. Albumen wanting. Embryo straight.— 
Shrubs with opposite entire leaves and yellow flowers. 
1 G. cynancuoipes (H. B. et Kunth, l. c.) stem twining; 
leaves stalked ; racemes crowded with flowers, axillary or ter- 
minal. h.%™.S. Native of Mexico near Valladolid. 
Cynanchum-like Gaudichaudia. Shrub twining. 
2 G. Guarani Tica (St. Hil. bull. philom. 1823. p. 132.) stem 
twining, shrubby ; leaves stalked, ovate-oblong, obtuse, with a 
short mucrone ; petioles with 2 glands at the top of each ; umbels 
axillary, 2-3-flowered. h.%.S. Native of Brazil. 
Guaranitic Gaudichaudia. Shrub tw. 
3 G. LINEARIFÒLIA (St. Hil. 1. c.) stem suffruticose, erect ; 
leaves linear, almost sessile, distant ; umbels terminal. h. S. 
Native of Brazil. 
Linear-leaved Gaudichaudia. Shrub 3 feet. 
4 G. sericea (St. Hil. 1. c.) stem suffruticose, erect ; leaves 
on short stalks, silky beneath, intermediate ones ovate-lanceo- 
late; peduncles filiform, 1-flowered, rarely 2-flowered. h. S. 
Native of Brazil. 
Stlky-leaved Gaudichaudia. Shrub 3 feet. 
5 G. a’tsma (Schlecht. et Cham. in Linnea. 5. p. 217.) 
stem shrubby, climbing; leaves stalked, ovate, oblong, obtuse, 
silky-canescent beneath from adpressed pili; petioles glandless ; 
umbels 2-4-flowered, terminal. h. VU. S. Native of Mexico. 
Banistéria albida, Schiede, mss. Sterile filaments longer than 
the fertile ones. 
Whitened-leaved Gaudichaudia. Shrub cl. , 
Cult. Rather handsome flowering shrubs. They will thrive 
in a mixture of loam, peat, and sand, and ripened cuttings will 
strike root in sand under a hand-glass, in heat. 
XI. CAMA'REA (kapapa, camara, an arch?). St. Hil. 
bull. philom. 1823. p. 183. D.C. prod. 1. p. 584. 
Lin. syst. Hexándria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-parted or 5- 
cleft, with 2 glands at the base ofeach lobe, but sometimes naked. 
Petals 5, somewhat perigynous, rather unequal. Stamens 6, 3 
of which are fertile, with the filaments of these almost joined to 
the top and bearing round anthers, the other 3 are hardly con- 
nected at the base, the middle one of these is fertile, the 2 lateral 
ones are sterile, but bearing petal-like twisted masses instead of 
anthers. Style 1. Carpels 3, or from abortion only 2, some- 
what connate, 1-seeded, indehiscent, crested on the back and 
with a wrinkled crest on the sides. Seeds pendulous at the extre- 
mity of an erect funicle. Albumen wanting. Embryo straight, n- 
verted.—Erect shrubs, all nativesof Brazil. Flowersof all yellow. 
1 C. mirsu'ra (St. Hil. 1. c.) leaves lanceolate or oblong, °F 
ovate-lanceolate, hairy, with silky margins; umbels terminal. 
h.S. Native of Brazil. ° 
Hairy Camarea. Shrub. 
2 C. axirra ris (St. Hil. 1. c.) leaves lanceolate, acute, COT- 
date at the base, villous, spreading ; flowers solitary, axillary. 
k. S. Native of Brazil. 
Axillary-flowered Camarea. Shrub. 
3 C. sericea (St. Hil. 1. c.) leaves long, linear-lanceolaté, 
acute, silky ; umbels terminal. h. S. Native of Brazil. 
Silky-leaved Camarea. Shrub. 
4 C. rricoipes (St. Hil. I. c.) leaves small, linear, narrow, 
crowded; flowers in umbels. h. S. Native of Brazil. 
Heath-like Camarea. Shrub. , , 
5 C. LINEARIFÒLIA (St. Hil. 1. c.) leaves linear, rather distant ; 
flowers in umbels. - h. S. Native of Brazil. 
Linear-leaved Camarea. Shrub. , ve 
Cult. Shrubs with rather shewy flowers. They will thriv 
