MALPIGHIACE. XVII. Hereroprteris. 
adpressed hairs beneath, and rather glaucous; petioles without 
glands; panicles axillary and terminal; flowers in racemose 
corymbs ; calyxes silky. h.S. Native of New Granada near 
Ibague. Banistéria cornifolia, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 388. Flowers 
rose-coloured. 
- Dogwood-leaved Heteropteris. Shrub. 
9 H. praty’prera (D. C. prod. 1. p. 592.) leaves ovate-ob- 
long, blunt at both ends, coriaceous, smooth; petioles very 
short, without glands ; panicles terminal ; wings of fruit broad. 
h.S. Native of Guadaloupe. Leaves 7-8 inches long, and 
about 3 in breadth. Flowers yellow. 
Broad-ninged-fruited Heteropteris. Shrub. 
10 H. appenpicuza‘ra (D. C. prod. 1. p. 592.) leaves oval, 
lengthened into a blunt acumen, somewhat coriaceous, smooth 
above, and pale beneath, with the nerves clothed with adpressed 
hairs; petioles very short, without glands ; corymbs axillary ; 
earpels each with a wing-like appendage on the inside at the 
base. h.^©?S. Native of the Island of St. Vincent, where it 
is probably cultivated. Banistéria appendiculata, Lamb. herb. 
Flowers yellow ? 
Appendiculate-carpelled Heteropteris. Clt. 1820. Shrub cl.? 
11 H.? rrorru’npa (H.B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 
166.) leaves oblong, acute at both ends, somewhat coriaceous, 
smooth; branches and petioles clothed with rusty down, as well 
as the axillary and terminal panicles; petioles without glands. 
h.S. Native of Mexico on the mountains. Very like H. cæ- 
rulea, but the fruit is unknown. Flowers bluish ? 
Bundle-flowered Heteropteris. Clt. 1824. Shrub. 
-12 H.? tonerro‘nia (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c.) leaves oblong, 
acute at both ends, rather coriaceous, smooth; petioles without 
glands ; panicles axillary, and are, as well as the calyxes, clothed 
with rusty down, glandular ; flowers racemose. h.S. Native 
hear the city of Mexico. Flowers yellow ? 
Long-leaved Heteropteris. Shrub. 
Cult. These shrubs will thrive well in sandy loam, or a 
mixture of loam, peat, and sand; and cuttings taken from 
npened wood will root in sand under a hand-glass, in heat. 
XVIII. ANOMALO’PTERIS (from avopoc, anomos, sin- 
gular, and zrepor, pteron, a wing ; fruit with unequal wings.) 
Lin. syst. Decdndria, Digynia. Calyx 5-parted. Petals 5, 
Unguiculate, with roundish, fringed limbs, upper one largest. 
Stamens 10. Anthers sagittate, obtuse. Styles 2, filiform. 
amare 2, 1-seeded, each ending in a wing at the apex, thickened 
on the outer side.— Shrubs with alternate leaves, by which it dif- 
low from all the rest of the genera in this order, and yellow 
ers. 
tie A. SPICA'TA ; leaves oval-oblong, acuminated, smooth, en- 
€; racemes simple, spike-formed, terminal. h.S. Native 
pgo erra Leone. Heterópteris Smeathmánni, D. C. prod. 1. p. 
2. (v. s. herb. Lamb.) 
Spiked-flowered Anomalopteris. Shrub 8 feet. 
ven A. opova‘ra ;_leaves obovate, entire, rounded at the top, 
y ny, smooth ; petioles covered with rusty down, as well as the 
acemes, which are simple and lateral. h.S. Native of Sierra 
one, (v. s. herb. Lamb.) 
Obovate-leaved Anomalopteris. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 
pind i LONGIFÒLIA; leaves oblong-lanceolate, entire, with re- 
tive poan flowers in terminal spicate racemes. Rh. S. Na- 
i Guinea. Flowers pale-yellow. 
ong-leaved Anomalopteris. Shrub 8 feet. 
ult. See Heterépteris for cultivation and propagation. 
t A genus allied to Malpighiacee. 
T NIO'TA (Karin njotti is the name of one,of the N. 
apetala in Malabar). Lam, ill. t. 299. D. C. prod. 1. p. 
XVIII. ANOMALOPTERIS. 
XIX. Niora. ACERINEÆ. 
647 
592.—Samadèra, Geert. fruct. 2. p. 352. t. 156.—Biporièia, Pet. 
Th. gen. mad. p. 14. 
Lix. syst. Octo-Decándria, Monogynia. Calyx 4-5-parted, 
permanent, with the 2 outer lobes glandular. Petals 4-5, ob- 
tuse, much longer than the calyx. Stamens 8-10, free, hypo- 
gynous, furnished with a scale at the base. Ovary turbinate, 4 
or 5-lobed at the apex. Style 1, filiform, rising from between 
the lobes. Capsules 4-5, or from abortion only 1-3, compressed, 
1-celled, 1-seeded.—Shrubs, with alternate leaves. Perhaps 
this genus is allied to Banistéria or Balanépteris, But accord- 
ing to Jussieu the fruit is referable to Ochnacee or Simarubacee. 
1 N. rerrare’tata (Lam. ill. t. 299.) flowers 4-petalled, 
octandrous. h. S. Native of Madagascar. Mauduita pen- 
duliflora, Comm. ined. Vittmannia elliptica, Vahl. symb. 3. p. 
51. t. 62. Leaves oval, rather coriaceous, veiny. Lateral pe- 
duncles nodding, bearing 5-7 1-flowered pedicels at the top. 
Flowers with the petals yellow, red, and white mixed. 
Four-petalled Niota. Clt. 1820. Tree 30 feet. 
2 N. pentape rata (Poir. dict. 4. p. 490.) flowers of 5 petals, 
pentandrous. h. S. Native of Malabar.—Karin njotti, Rheed. 
mal. 6, te 18. Peduncles long, pendulous, nodding, umbellately 
many-flowered. Perhaps only a variety of the preceding. Flowers 
variegated. Fruit intensely bitter. 
Five-petalled Niota. Tree 26 feet. 
Cult. These trees will thrive well in a mixture of loam and 
peat, and cuttings taken from ripened wood will root in sand 
under a hand-glass, in heat. 
Orver XLVI. ACERI'NE. D.C. Theor. ed. 2. p. 477. 
—A`cera, Juss. gen. 50. ann. mus. 18. p. 477. exclusive of sec- 
tions 1 and 3. D.C. prod. 1. p. 593.—A’cer, Tourn. inst. 386. 
Lin. gen. no. 1115. Geert. fruct. 2. p. 166. t. 116. 
Calyx 5, rarely 4-9-parted. Petals about the same number, 
inserted round the hypogynous disk, alternating with the caly- 
cine lobes, usually self-coloured, rarely wanting. Stamens in- 
serted in the hypogynous disk, usually 8 in number, rarely 5-12; 
anthers oblong. Ovary twin. Style 1. Stigmas 2. Fruit 
constantly of 2 carpels (rarely 3), which are at length separable, 
indehiscent, samara-like, ]-celled, 1-2-seeded, compressed, end- 
ing at top in a membranous, diverging wing, which is thickened 
on the outer side. Seeds oblong, fixed to the base of the cell. 
Seed-cover rather fleshy. Albumen wanting. Embryo curved 
or convolute, with leafy, irregularly-wrinkled cotyledons and 
a roundish radicle, which is directed to the base of the cell.— 
Valuable timber-trees, with opposite, usually simple leaves, as 
in Malpighiacee, rarely compound, as in Hippocastanee and 
Sapindacee. Flowers inconspicuous, racemose or corymbose, 
axillary, usually dioecious or polygamous from abortion, and 
sometimes without petals. All the species abound in saccharine 
sap, from which sugar may be prepared. This order is truly” 
intermediate between the two preceding and the two following, 
but is easily distinguished from them in the flowers being mo- 
noecious, dioecious or polygamous, never hermaphrodite. 
Synopsis of the Genera. 
1 A’cer. Flowers polygamous. Calyx 5-lobed. Stamens 
7-9, rarely 5. Leaves simple, usually lobed. 
2 Necu’Nvo. Flowers dioecious. Calyx unequally 4-5- 
toothed. Anthers 4-5, linear, sessile. Leaves pinnate. 
