MELIACE Æ. 
sand under a hand-glass, in heat. 
raised from seeds. 
The last species can only be 
II. QUIVI'SIA (one of the species is called Bois de quivi in 
the Isle of France). Comm. in Juss. gen. 264. D. C. prod. 1. p. 
620.—Gilibértia, Gmel. syst. 682. 
Lin. syst. Monadélphia, Octo-Decdndria. Calyx urceolate, 
4-5-toothed. Petals 4-5, short, silky on the outside. Anthers 
8-10, seated on the top of a short tube. Stigma capitate. Cap- 
sule coriaceous, 4-5-celled, opening by 4-5 valves at the apex ; 
valves with a dissepiment in the middle of each; cells 2- 
seeded. Leaves simple. 
1 Q. peca’npra (Cav. diss. 7. p. 367. t. 211.) leaves alter- 
nate, oblong, entire, tapering to both ends; peduncles axillary, 
racemose. h. S. Native of the Mauritius. Q. racemdsa, 
Pers. ench. 1. p. 468. Gilibértia decdndra, Willd. spec. 2. p. 551. 
Flowers white. 
Decandrous Quivisia. Tree 20 feet. 
2 Q.oprositirétra (Cav. diss. 7. p. 368. t. 214.) leaves op- 
posite, ovate, quite entire, smooth; peduncles axillary, 3-5- 
flowered. 2.8. . Native of the Mauritius. Gilibértia opposi- 
tifolia, Willd. 1. c. Flowers white. 
Opposite-leaved Quivisia. ‘Tree 15 feet. 
3 Q. ova'ra (Cav. diss. 7. p. 368. t. 212.) leaves alternate, 
obovate, obtuse, entire ; pedicels tern, axillary, 1-flowered ; 
fruit downy. h.S. Native of the Island of Bourbon. Gili- 
bértia ovata, Willd. spec. 2. p. 552.—-Gilibértia rutilans, Smith 
in Rees’ cycl. 16. no. 4. is hardly distinct from this, unless that 
the flowers are somewhat racemose. Flowers white. 
Ovate-leaved Quivisia. Shrub 6 feet. : 
4 Q. HETEROPHY’LLA (Cav. l. c. t. 213.) leaves alternate, oval 
or obovate, entire, sinuately-toothed and pinnatifid ; pedicels in 
pars, axillary, 1-flowered. h. S. Native of the Mauritius, 
Ty: Voy. 1. p. 196. Flowers white ? 
Variable-leaved Quivisia. Clt. 1822. Shrub 6 feet. 
Cult. These trees will succeed well in a mixture of loam and 
Peat. Ripened cuttings will root freely in sand under a hand- 
glass, in heat. 
IV. STRIGI’LIA (from strigilis, a comb; resemblance in 
e denticulations of the anthers). Cav. diss. 7. p. 358. D. C. 
Prod. 1. p. 621.—Foveolaria, Ruiz et Pav. syst. fl. per. 99.— 
femanthus, Pers. ench. 1. p. 467. 
IN. syst. Monadélphia, Decándria. Calyx campanulate, 5- 
toothed. Petals 5; somewhat joined at the base, with linear seg- 
ments, which are silky on the outside. Stamens 10; fila- 
ments joined into a tube; anthers rough from stellate-setaceous 
ots. Drupe ovate, somewhat trilocular, 1-seeded from abor- 
tion (Ruiz et Pav.), but according to Cavanilles 6-celled; cells 
“seeded. This genus comes very near to Strax, but differs 
in the anthers being sessile at the top of the tube, not with the 
nts free at the apex as in that genus. The leaves in all 
è species are furnished with gland-bearing hollows. 
with RaceMOsa (Cav. diss. 7. p. 358. t. 201.) plant clothed 
vol rufous hairs; leaves oblong, with a short acumen, with re- 
t ute edges, glandless beneath, velvety from rusty hairs; 
ya mes solitary, erect; flowers secund. 
ri Tremánthus ferrugineus, Pers. ench. 1. p. 467. Foveo- 
F] a ferruginea, Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 4. t. 392. Calyx 5-toothed. 
owers probably white. Fruit hairy. 
acemose-flowered Strigilia. Tree 80 feet. 
Fo OPLONGA (Ruiz et Pav. l. c. and fl. per. 4. t. 391. under 
Sreolaria,) leaves oblong, acuminated, smooth ; racemes pa- 
n . 
Cae erect, solitary or in pairs. h. S. Native of Peru. 
5-toothed. Flowers white? Fruit large, obovate. 
long-leaved Strigilia.. Tree 90 feet. 
HI. Quivisra. 
h. S. Native of 
IV. SrriciLa. V. CANELLA. 
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3 S. ova`ra (Ruiz et Pav. l. c. and fl. per.. 4. t. 390. under 
Foveolària,) leaves ovate-oblong, acuminated, smooth ; furnished 
with very small glanduliferous hollows ; panicles axillary, usually 
2-3 together. h.S. Native of Peru. Flowers white. l 
Ovate-leaved Strigilia. Tree 60 feet. 
4 S.crocga (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 4. t. $92. under Foveolaria,) 
leaves oblong, broad, acuminated; panicles axillary, usually 
twin; anthers beset with stellate bristles ; calyx entire or nearly 
so. h.S. Native of Peru. 
Copper-coloured Strigilia. Tree. 
5 S. corpa’ra (Ruiz et Pav. l. c. and fl. per. 4. t. 389. under 
Foveolaria,) leaves cordate, ovate, acute, furnished with glan- 
duliferous hollows; racemes panicled, axillary, usually 3 to- 
gether. k. S. Native of Peru in groves. Flowers probably 
white. 
Cordate-leaved. Strigilia. Tree 60 feet. 
Cult. These trees will succeed in a mixture of loam and 
peat, and ripened cuttings will strike root in sand under a hand- 
glass, in heat. 
V. CANE'LLA (from canna, a reed ; in allusion to the rolled 
- bark like cinnamon). Browne, jam. 215. D. C. prod. 1. p. 563. 
—Winterana, Lin. gen. 598. 
Lin. syst. Monadélphia, Deca-Icosdndria. Calyx of 5 sepals 
(f. 113. a.). Petals 5 (f. 113. b.), somewhat coriaceous, ofa bluish- 
glaucous colour, twisted in the bud. Stamens joined into a tube 
(f. 113. c.); anthers 10-15 (f. 113. c.), fixed to the inside of the 
tube. Stigmas 3. Berry 3-celled, but sometimes only 1-celled 
from abortion; cells 1-2-seeded. Embryo curved (according to 
Geert.), enwrapped ina fleshy seed-cover, with linear cotyledons. 
Leaves simple. 
1 C. a'rBa (Murr. syst. 4. p. 
443.) leaves alternate, obovate, cu- 
neated at the base, white or glau- 
cous beneath, somewhat coriace- 
ous, sometimes full of pellucid 
dots; flowers terminal, cymose ; 
anthers 15. h.S. Native of the 
Caribbee Islands and the mainland 
of South America in woods. Win- 
terana canélla, Lin. spec. 636. C. 
Alba, Swartz in Lin. trans. lond. 1. 
p. 96. t. 8.—Browne, jam. p. 215. 
t. 37. £ 3. C. Winterana, Geert. 
fruct. 1. p. 373. Laúrus Winter- 
anus, Lin. spec. ed. 1. p. 371. Cór- 
tex Winterànus, Blackw. herb. t. 
206.—Pluk. phyt. t. 160. f. 7.— 
Sloan. jam. 2. p. 87. t. 191. f. 2. 
This is`a tree from 10 to 15 feet high, branched only at the top. 
The bark is whitish, by which it is known at first sight in the 
woods. The leaves are entire, glaucous beneath, and are very 
like those of the laurel, shining above. The flowers grow at 
the tops of the branches in clusters, but upon divided peduncles ; 
they are small and seldom open, of a violet colour ; the calyx is 
permanent ; the petals are coriaceous and deciduous. The ber y 
is fleshy, smooth, black ; the receptacle is the central angle of 
the cells. The seeds are usually globular and beaked, alw ays 
very smooth, black, and shining, the outer skin is erustaceous, 
thin, and brittle; the inner of a bay-brown colour. The whole 
tree is very aromatic, and when in blossom perfumes the whole 
neighbourhood. The flowers dried, and softened again in warm 
water, have a fragrant odour, nearly approaching to that of musk, 
The leaves have a strong smell of laurel. The white-bellie 
and bald-pate pigeons feed greedily upon the berries, and thence 
acquire their peculiar flavour. The bark of this tree is brought 
FIG. 113. 
