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acute at both ends, smooth, with glandular margins ; younger 
ones clothed with close-pressed hairs; petioles with 2 glands in 
the middle of each; racemes terminal; calyxes pubescent and 
bearing 8 glands. h.. S. Native of South America in the 
province of Caraccas near La Victoria. Flowers white. 
Plum-leaved Hiræa. Shrub cl. 
18 H.? comprica‘ra (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c.) leaves elliptical, 
acute, rounded at the base, somewhat cordate, complicated, 
smooth ; petioles bearing 2-4 glands; racemes terminal and 
axillary; calyx silky brown and furnished with 10 glands; 
petals concave, keeled on the back. h. 2S. Native on the 
banks of the river Orinoco near Carichana. 
Complicated-leaved Hireea. Shrub cl.? 
19 H.? xrrtipa (H.B. et Kunth, 1. c.) leaves ovate-elliptical, 
acutish, rounded at the base, somewhat coriaceous, smooth, 
shining above ; racemes axillary, solitary, and terminal, usually 
in fives, panicled ; calyxes clothed with rusty hairs, and furnished 
with 8 glands ;. petals concave, keeled on the back. kh. U.S. 
Native of South America near St. Barbara at the head of the 
river Orinoco. Flowers white or reddish. 
Shining-leaved Hirzea. Shrub cl. 
++ Mexican species not sufficiently known, but probably be- 
longing to section Mascagnia. 
20 H.? mucrona‘'ta (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. 
D.C. prod. 1. p. 586.) leaves oval, acutely mucronated at the 
apex, hardly cordate at the base; petioles longish, without 
glands; pedicels numerous, axillary, 1-flowered. h. VY. S. 
Native of Mexico. This plant has the habit of Banistéria, fruit 
of Hire‘a, and calyx of Tridpteris. 
Mucronate-leaved Hirzea. Shrub cl. 
21 H.? cycto’prEra (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. 
D.C. prod. 1. p. 586.) leaves oval-oblong, acuminated at both 
ends, rather villous; petioles without glands; peduncles vil- 
lous; axillary, somewhat corymbose. kh. VU. S. Native of 
Mexico. Wings of fruit large, orbicular, as in Hire‘a, but the 
calyx is biglandular. 
Round-winged-fruited Hireea. Shrub cl. 
22 H.? oxy’ora (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. D. C. 
prod. 1. p. 586.) leaves oval-oblong, acute, villous, cordate at 
the base, with very small, acute auricles; petioles without glands, 
but are as well as the peduncles villous. kh. S. Native of 
Mexico. Carpels 3, winged, on a pedicel within the calyx. 
Calyx biglandular. 
Sharp-eared-leaved Hirzea. Shrub cl. 
23 H. vopoca’rpa (Moe. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. D.C. 
prod, 1. p. 586.) leaves lanceolate, smooth, on short footstalks ; 
peduncles trifid. h. |? S. Native of Mexico. Carpels 3, 
winged, on a pedicel within the calyx. Calyx probably without 
glands. 
Foot-fruited Hireea. Shrub cl. ? 
24 H. acumina‘ta (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. D.C. 
prod. 1. p. 586.) leaves oval, acuminate-mucronate, villous ; 
petioles without glands; peduncles villous, twice as long as 
leaves, corymbiferous at the top. h. J. S. Native of Mexico. 
Samara 2-winged, emarginate at both ends. Calyx biglandular. 
Acuminated-leaved Hirea. Shrub cl. 
25 H.? macro’prera (Moe. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. 
D. C. prod. 1. p. 586.) leaves oval, oblong, acuminated at both 
ends, smooth; petioles bearing 2 glands at the top; racemes 
axillary. hk. VJ. S. Native of Mexico. Fruit exactly of 
Hire'a, as painted in Cavanilles, diss. 9. t. 264., but the fruit 
is 3-times larger. Lobes of calyx coarsely biglandular. 
Long-winged-fruited Hire’ a. Shrub cl. 
‘ult. Hiræ'a is a genus of climbing or reclining shrubs, with 
yellow, white or reddish flowers. They will thrive well in a mix- 
MALPIGHIACE. XII. 
Hıræa. XIII. Triorreris. 
ture of loam and peat; and cuttings taken from ripe wood will 
strike root in sand under a hand-glass, in heat. All the species 
are extremely difficult to bring into flower in this country. 
XIII. TRIO’PTERIS (from zpete, treis, three, and zrepoy, 
pteron, a wing; in allusion to the carpels being each furnished 
with 3 wings). Lin. gen. no. 574. Cav. diss. 9. p. 431. 
D. C. prod. 1. p. 586. 
Lin. syst. Monadélphia, Decéndria. Calyx 5-parted, each 
segment bearing 2 glands on the outside at the base: Petals 5, 
roundish, unguiculate. Stamens 10, with awl-shaped filaments, 
which are somewhat connected at the very base, each alternate 
one larger than the others. Styles 3. Carpels rather connected 
at the base, 1-seeded, expanded into 3 wings, especially 2 supe- 
rior and 1 inferior, and sometimes into a small dorsal crest.— 
Twining shrubs with yellow flowers. ; 
1 T. rrepa (Swartz, fl. ind. occ. 2. p. 859.) leaves roundish, 
acuminated, marginated, lined, coriaceous, stiff, very smooth ; 
petioles without glands. h.%.S. Native of St. Domingo on 
the mountains among bushes. Branches rather twining. Younger 
fruit puberulous. Racemes compound, axillary. 
Stff-leaved Triopteris. Shrub tw. . 
2 T. ova‘ra (Cav. diss. 9. p. 431. t. 259.) leaves ovate, 
bluntish, somewhat cordate, smooth; petioles bearing 2 glands 
at the top. h. ©. S. Native of St. Domingo. Panicle terminal. 
Ovate-leaved Triopteris. Shrub tw. 
3 T. ruca (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 167. t. 
451.) leaves roundish-elliptical, acute at both ends, coriaceous, 
smooth, shining; petioles without glands; panicles axillary, 
and terminal, simple. h. ©. S. Native of Cuba in shady 
places. Flowers pale-rose coloured. 
Shining-leaved Triopteris. Shrub tw. 
4 T. Havane’nsts (H. B. et Kunth, l. c.) leaves oblong, 
rather mucronate, acute at the base, coriaceous, smooth, shining ; 
petioles without glands. h. ©. S. Native of Cuba near 
Havannah. Flowers and fruit unknown. 
Havannah Triopteris. Shrub tw. ; 
5 T. Jamaice’ysts (Lin. spec. 612.) leaves oblong, acuminated, 
veiny, smooth, shining; petioles without glands ; flowers in 3- 
parted panicles, rising from the upper axils of the leaves and the 
tops of the branches. h.%.S. Native of Jamaica in hedges 
as well as of Hispaniola. Branches twining. 
Jamaica Triopteris. Clt. 1822. Shrub tw. 
6 T. Braste’nsis (Poir. dict. 8. p. 105.) leaves ovate-lan- 
ceolate, acute, coriaceous, smooth, shining ; petioles short, with- 
out glands. h.%.S. Native of Brazil. 
Brazilian Triopteris. Shrub tw. . 
7 T. tincura‘ra (Poir. dict. 8. p. 104.) leaves linear-lingu- 
late, obtuse, mucronate, smooth on both surfaces, shining above. 
h.™.S. Native of St. Domingo. Panicle terminal, with very 
long divaricating branches, 
Tongue-leaved Triopteris. Shrub tw. 
8 T. rLorisu'nva (Bilberg. in flora. 1821. 
oblong, blunt, smooth. h.%.S. Native of Brazil. 
terminal. 
Bundle-flowered Triopteris. Shrub tw. 
9 T. sericea (Lodd. cat. Loud. hort. brit. 
silky. h. ©. S. Native of South America. 
hardly known. ` 
Silky-leaved Triopteris. Clt. 1823. Shrub tw. 
Cult. Tridpteris is a genus of beautiful twining shrubs, but 
are extremely difficult to bring into flower in this country. They 
will thrive well in a mixture of loam and peat; and cutting? 
taken from ripened wood will strike root in sand under a hand- 
glass, in heat. 
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p Panicle 
p. 182.) leaves 
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