672 
Toothed-leaved Hypelate. Tree 16 feet. 
4 H. cenicura'ra (Spreng. syst. 2. p. 220. under Melicécca,) 
leaves ternate or pinnate, with 2 pairs of oblong-lanceolate, acu- 
minated leaflets; rachis knotted, jointed at the apex ; panicles 
axillary, spreading. h.S. Nativeof Brazil. Flowers decan- 
drous. Berry 1-seeded. 
Jointed-petioled Hypelate. Tree small. 
5 H. piversiro't1a (Cambess. in mem. mus. 18. p. 32.) leaves 
with 1-9 pairs of oval, entire leaflets; flowers apetalous, oc- 
tandrous, axillary, glomerate, 5-parted ; drupe spherical, 2- 
seeded. h. S. Native of the Mauritius. Melicocca diver- 
sifdlia, Juss. mem. mus. 3. p. 187. t. 7. M. apétala, Poir. 
suppl. 3. p. 224. The leaves are probably sometimes simple 
and ovate. It is called in the Mauritius Bois de Gaulette. 
Diverse-leaved Hypelate. ‘Tree. 
Cult. This is rather a handsome genus of shrubs. They will 
thrive well in a mixture of loam and peat, or any light loamy 
soil, and ripened cuttings will root if planted in sand under a 
hand-glass, in a moist heat. 
XXIII. APHA'NIA (from agavec, aphanes, obscure). Blum. 
bijdr. p. 236. Cambess. in mem. mus. 18. p. 37. 
Lin. syst. Pentandria, Monogynia. Calyx 4-parted, unequal. 
Petals 4, ciliated, each furnished with 2 scales at the base. Disk 
hypogynous, girding the genitals. Stamens 5, approximating 
the pistil. Ovary ovate, compressed, 2-celled ; cells 1-seeded. 
Style almost wanting, terminated by an emarginate stigma.—A 
tree with abruptly-pinnate leaves ; leaflets nearly opposite. Pa- 
nicle terminal, composed of many racemes. 
1 A. monta Na (Blum. l.c.) h.S. Native of Java. 
Mountain Aphania. Tree. 
Cult. A mixture of loam and sand will suit this tree, and 
ripe cuttings will root in sand under a hand-glass, in heat. 
XXIV, MELICO’CCA (from jdt, meli, honey, and koxkoc, 
coccos, a berry ; the taste of the fruit is very sweet). Juss. mem. 
mus. 3. p. 178. D. C. prod. 1. p. 614. 
Lin. syst. Octo-Decándria, Monogynia. Calyx 4-5-parted. 
Petals 4-5, or wanting, naked inside. Disk occupying the 
bottom of the calyx, entire, or lobed. Stamens 8-10, inserted 
between the margin of the disk and the ovary. Style crowned 
by a 2-3-lobed stigma. Ovary 2-3-celled. Fruit baccate, 1-2- 
celled from abortion, 1-2-seeded. Seeds enwrapped in a fleshy 
substance. Embryo straight.—Trees with exstipulate, abruptly- 
pinnate leaves ; leaflets nearly opposite. Flowers small, white, 
disposed in spike-formed racemes. 
1 M. srsvea (Lin. spec. 495.) leaves with 2 pairs of leaflets ; 
rachis winged; racemes terminal and axillary, simple, spike- 
formed ; flowers octandrous, of 4 petals ; drupe 1-seeded from 
abortion. h.S. Native of the Antilles and of New Spain in 
the province of Caraccas, but is now cultivated throughout the 
West Indies for its fruit. M. bijugatus, Jacq. amer. 108. t. 72. 
M. carpoidea, Juss. mem. mus. 3. p- 187. t. 4. Leaflets large, 
yellowish-green. The male flowers are more yellow than the 
female. The fruit of this is as large as a bullace-plum, jet- 
black, with a very sweet pleasant taste. It is now known in 
Jamaica by the name of bullace-plum, but in the time of Patrick 
Browne the tree was called Genip-tree. At Curagoa the Spa- 
niards call it Monos; it is cultivated to a great extent there. 
It is also called Honey-berry. 
Two-paired-leaved or Common Honey-berry. 
Tree 16 to 20 feet. 
2 M. oxivero’rmis (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 
150.) leaves with 2 pairs of large, elliptical, acute, coriaceous 
leaflets ; rachis naked ; peduncles terminal, branched ; flowers 
octandrous, of 4 petals; drupe 1-seeded from abortion. h.S. 
Clt. 1778. 
SAPINDACEAR. XXIII. Arnasa. XXIV. Mericocca. XXV. KOELREUTERIA. XXVI. CosstentA. 
Native of New Granada at Turbaco. Fruit the size and shape 
of an olive, jet-black, with a pleasant taste. 
Olive-shaped-fruited Honey-berry. Clt. 1818. Tree 16 ft. 
3 M. rrisuca (Juss. in mem, mus. 3. p. 187. t. 8.) leaves 
with 3 pairs of oblong, obovate, obtuse leaflets; racemes axil- 
lary, elongated; flowers 6-parted, apetalous, octandrous ; drupe 
spherical, 2-3-celled, 2-3-seeded. h.S. Native of the islands 
of Ceylon and Timor., Schleichéra trijuga, Willd. spec. 4. p. 
1096. Scytalia trijuga, Roxb.mss. Fruit black, eatable. 
Three-paired-leaved Honey-berry. Clt. 1820. Tree 20 ft. 
4 M.? puse’scens (Roth. nov. spec. 385.) leaves with 2 pairs 
of very blunt leaflets and an odd one ; rachis tomentose. h.S. 
Native of the East Indies. 
Pubescent-petioled Honey-berry. Tree. 
Cult. Most of the species of this genus bear eatable fruits. 
They will thrive in a mixture of loam and peat, or a light loamy 
soil; and ripened cuttings will strike root in sand under a hand- 
glass, in heat. 
Section II. 
DODONÆA'CEÆ. (Cambess. in mem. mus. 18. p. 33.). 
Cells of ovary containing 2-3-ovulx, rarely more (f. 112. g.) 
Embryo spirally twisted. 
XXV. KOELREUTERIA (in honour of John Theophilus 
Koelreuter, once Professor of Natural History at Carlsrhue). 
Laxm. nov. comm. petrop. 16. p. 561. t. 18. but not of Murr. 
D.C. prod. 1. p. 616. 
Lin. syst. Octdndria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-parted. Petals 
3-4 from abortion, each furnished at the claw inside with a 2- 
parted appendage. Disk very fleshy, occupying the whole 
bottom of the calyx, regular, 8-crenate. Stamens 8, rarely 
5-6-7, inserted between the margin of the disk and the ovary. 
Style truncate or acutish at the apex. Ovary 3-celled; cells 
2-ovulate. Capsule bladdery, 1-celled above, 3-celled at the 
bottom, 3-valved; valves seminiferous beneath the middle. 
Seeds without aril.—A deciduous tree, with exstipulate, impari- 
pinnate leaves; leaflets opposite or alternate, coarsely lobed or 
toothed. Flowers yellow, disposed in terminal, racemose, spread- 
ing panicles. ; , 
1 K. pranicura`ra (Laxm. 1. c.) h. H. Native of China. 
Sapíndus Chinénsis, Lin. fil. suppl. 228. K. Paullinoides, Lher. 
sert. 18. t.19. K. paniculata, Duh. ed. nov. t. 36. Ker.. bot. 
reg. t. 320. 
Panicled-flowered Koelreuteria, Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1763. 
Tree 10 to 15 feet. A 
Cult. This beautiful tree deserves a place in every collection; 
when in flower it is extremely shewy. It will thrive in any 
common soil, but it should be planted in as sheltered a any 
as possible, because it does not flower if too much exposee- 
If the summer prove cold, the wood seldom ripens, therefore 
the tops of the branches are generally killed the following on 
ter by the frost. It may be either propagated by layers ° 
cuttings from the root. 
XXVI. COSSI’GNIA (in honour of M. Cossigny, a French 
naturalist, once resident at Pondicherry, who presented Commer" 
son with an herbarium of the plants of Coromandel). Comm. ! 
Juss. gen. 248. D.C. prod. 1. p. 614. d 
Lin. syst. Penta-Hexdndria, Monogynia. Calyx oper 
Petals4, naked inside. Disk irregular, occupying the bottoni 
the calyx. Stamens 5-6, inserted in the disk. Pistil excentra > 
Style longish, terminated by a capitellate stigma. Ovary or 
celled ; cells 3-ovulate. Capsule 3-celled, 3-valved ; cells fixe 
from abortion only 2-seeded. Seeds destitute of aril, ae 
to the permanent triangular centril axis.—A tree with exstip 
late, impari-pinnate leaves. Flowers in panicles. 
