MALPIGHIACEÆ. XII. Hirea. 
well in a mixture of loam, sand, and peat, and ripened cuttings 
will strike root in sand under a hand-glass, in heat. 
Tribe III. 
BANISTERIE'~ (plants agreeing with Banistéria in many 
important characters). D.C. prod. 1. p. 584. Styles 3, distinct. 
Fruit of 2-3 dry, indehiscent, 1-seeded carpels, which are variously 
expanded into wings.—Leaves opposite, very rarely in whorles. 
XII. HIRÆ'`A (in honour of John Nicholas de la Hire, a 
French physician, member of the Academy of Sciences, who dis- 
covered an ‘exudation resembling manna on the leaves of orange 
trees; he died in 1727.) H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. 
p 167. D.C. prod. 1. p. 585. 
Lin. syst. Monadélphia, Decdndria. Calyx of 5 sepals, either 
bearing glands or without. Petals 5, roundish, unguiculate. 
Stamens 10, with awl-shaped filaments, which are a little con- 
nected at the base, the 5 alternate ones longest. Styles 3. Car- 
pels 3, samareeform, rarely 2, 1-seeded, crested or naked on the 
back, and surrounded by a membranous wing, usually emarginate, 
at both extremities. —Climbing shrubs, all probably with panicles 
of white, yellow or reddish flowers. 
$1. Hire‘a (see genus). Jacq. am. 137. D.C. prod. 1. 
P. 585. Calyxes destitute of glands. 
* Carpels roundish. 
1 H. recrina‘'ra (Jacq. amer. p. 137. t. 176. f. 42. pict. p. 
68. t. 260. f. 37.) leaves obovate, blunt at both ends, pubescent 
above and smooth beneath. h. u- S. Native of South America in 
the woods of Carthagena in New Spain, where it flowers in June. 
This small tree divides into many bending and reclining branches, 
by which it supports itself on the neighbouring trees. Flowers 
yellow, an inch in diameter. 
Reclined-branched Hiræ'a. FI. July, Aug. Clt.? Tree cl. 
2 H. opora TA (Willd. spec. 2. p. 743.) leaves ovate, acute, 
smooth above but downy beneath. h.S. Native of Guinea. 
; e fruit of Flabellaria paniculata, Cav. diss. 9. p. 436. t. 
64. probably belongs to this plant, but the leaves, according to 
A Town, are probably referable to a species of Pterocdrpus. 
reclining shrub with yellow sweet-scented flowers. 
Sweet-scented-flowered Hirea. Clt. 1822. Shrub reclining. 
41 H. cra‘sra (Spreng. neue. entd. 2. p. 154.) leaves ovate- 
ob'ong, smooth on both surfaces, shining; panicle terminal, 
trichotomous ; branchlets and calyxes clothed with pressed hairs. 
‘wu: S. Native of Brazil. Flowers yellow ? 
Smooth-leaved Hirwa. Shrub cl. 
‘4. conca'va (Wall. pl. rar. asiat. 1. p. 13.) leaves oblong, 
tering, obtuse, rounded a the base, mouth on both surfaces ; 
of re nearly orbicular, crested on the back. kh. U.S. Native 
e East Indies in the province of Martaban. 
heave Hirzea. Shrub cl. 
a ORBIcULA'TA (Roxb. hort. beng. app. p. 90.) leaves orbi- 
chien oe beneath as well as the panicles ; samare orbicular, 
“on the back. h.. S. Native of Chittagong. 
rbicular-leaved Hiræa. Shrub cl. 
linear. HYPERIcoipEs (Burch. cat. no. 2486 and 2531.) leaves 
T, smooth on both surfaces. h.G. Native of the Cape of 
St. J Ope. Wings of fruit roundish, half orbicular. 
‘ Yohn’s-wort-like Hiraea. Shrub. 
TH * * Carpels ovate or oblong. 
minated Nu'Tans (Roxb. hort. beng. p. 34.) leaves ovate, acu- 
beneath, Smooth above, but clothed with close-pressed hairs 
the East faich are fixed by their centre. h.^. S. Native of 
ite ndies in Bengal. Samare 2 or 3, oval-oblong. Flowers 
Nodding Hiræa. 
VoL, Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1820. Shrub cl. 
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8 H. I’nptca (Roxb. hort. beng. p. 90.) leaves ovate, acumi- 
nated, shining, smooth ; panicles axillary and terminal. h.. S. 
Native of the East Indies on the Circar mountains. Triópteris 
Indica, Willd. spec. 2. p. 744. Roxb. cor. 2. p. 31. t. 160. 
Samaræ 3, oblong. Calyxes pubescent. Flowers white. 
Indian Hiræa. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. Shrub cl. 
9 H. roruxniròLa (Roxb. hort. beng. p. 90.) leaves round. 
k. S. Native of the East Indies at Chittagong. Flowers 
white. The carpels are not known. 
Round-leaved Hiræa. Shrub cl. 
10 H. uirsu'ra (Wall. pl. rar. asiat. 1. p. 13. t. 13.) leaves 
obovate, short-acuminated, retusely obcordate at the base, hairy 
as well asthe panicle ; samaræ oblong, naked on the back, emar- 
ginate at the apex. h.. S. Native of the Burman empire on 
mountains about Prome and at the bottom of Mount Taong 
Dong. Flowers white. This species is easily distinguished by 
the long and rust-coloured hairs, which cover all its parts, and 
nowhere, except on the partial peduncles, mixed with those 
decumbent centrally fixed hairs, so remarkable in the rest of 
the species. 
Hairy Hiræa. Fl. Aug. Shrub cl. 
11 H. raxucixo`sa (Wall. pl.asiat. rar. 1. p. 13.) leaves ovate- 
cordate, attenuated, acuminated, smooth above, by clothed with 
adnate wool beneath; samarz ovate, retuse, naked on the back. 
h. J.-S. Native of Nipaul. 
Woolly Hirea. Fl. June. Shrub cl. 
12 H. corpa'ra (Heyne, ex Wall. 1. c.) leaves cordate, drawn 
out at the apex into a broad, elongated acumen, woolly be- 
neath. k.. S. Native of the peninsula of India? Perhaps 
only a variety of H. lanuginosa or H. nutans. 
Cordate-leaved Hirea. Shrub cl. 
§ 2. Mascagnia (probably the name of some botanist known 
to Bertero). Bert. mss. D. C. prod. 1. p. 585. Calyxes bearing 
glands on the outside. 
13 H. macrave'na (D. C. prod. 1. p. 585.) leaves ovate, 
acuminated, smooth above, beneath as well as the branchlets and 
petioles without glands, but are clothed with close-pressed, silky 
villi; flowers racemose ; pedicels jointed at the base. kh. U.S. 
Native of South America at St. Martha. Mascagnia Americana, 
Bert. Wings of fruit orbicular and emarginate at both ends. 
Calyx furnished with large glands. Flowers yellow. 
Large-glanded Hirea. Shrub cl. 
14 H. opsonerroxia (D. C. prod. 1. p. 585.) leaves ovate- 
oblong, acuminated, smooth, with the nerves and petioles as 
well as the branchlets clothed with velvety pubescence ; flowers 
panicled; pedicels jointed at the base. k. U.S. _Native of St. 
Martha with the preceding species, to which it is very nearly 
allied. Mascdgnia oblongifolia, Bert. ined, 
Oblong-leaved Hireea. Shrub cl. 
15 H: prvarica'ra (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 
169.) leaves oblong, acuminated, acute at the base, somewhat 
quintuple-nerved, smooth ; petioles bearing 3-7 glands; panicles 
axillary, composed of from 5-7 racemes, which are twice as long 
as the leaves; calyx clothed with close-pressed hairs. R. o. S. 
Native of South America near Cumana. Flowers pale violet. 
` Divaricate-branched Hiræa. Shrub cl. 
16 H. ovatiıròrra (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 169.) 
leaves ovate, acuminated, rounded at the base, smooth and shin- 
ing above; petioles glandless ; panicles axillary, about equal in 
length with the leaves; fruitorbicular. h. U.S. Native of South 
America in shady woods near Cumana. Flowers probably white. 
Ovate-leaved Hirzea. Shrub cl. 
+ Species doubtful, the fruit being unknown. 
17 H.? erunrrousa (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c.) leaves elliptical, 
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