796 RUTACEÆ. XXVIII. Pizocarrus. 
petals, and longer; filaments awl-shaped, reflexed. Anthers 
roundish. Ovaries 5, minute, connected, smooth. Styles 5, 
rising from beneath the top of the ovaries, connected at the top 
into a 5-lobed broader stigma. Fruit of 5 small 1-seeded car- 
pels, immersed in the base of the gynophore, and has the ap- 
pearance of a single ovary ; but there are sometimes fewer than 
5 from abortion. Albumen wanting. Cotyledons thick, witha 
short radicle-—Shrubs of humble growth, with alternate or oppo- 
site, simple, bi or trifoliate leaves. Racemes terminal, or at last 
lateral ; pedicels spreading, furnished with bracteas. Flowers 
greenish or purplish, full of glandular dots. Petals valvate in 
the bud. i 
1 P. racemosa (Vahl. eclog. 1. p. 29. t. 10.) smooth ; leaves 
crowded, elliptical, rounded at the apex; flowers disposed in a 
terminal raceme. h.S. Native of the island of Montserrat, 
on the mountains.—Plum. ed. Burm. p. 119. t. 127. Branches 
pendulous. Flowers greenish. 
Racemose-flowered Pilocarpus. Shrub 6 feet. 
2 P. seica'ra (St. Hil. in bull. philom. 1823. p. 131. pl. rem. 
bras. p. 146. t. 16.) smooth ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, or ellip- 
tical-lanceolate, bluntly acuminated ; flowers spiked, somewhat 
approximate, on very short pedicels. kh.S. Native of Brazil, 
at Cabo Frio in woods. P. parviflérus, Nees et Mart. in nov. act, 
bonn. xi. p. 177. t. 30. Flowers small, pale. 
Spiked- flowered Pilocarpus. Shrub 4 feet. 
3 P. paucirLora (St. Hil. bull. philom. 1823. p. 181. pl. 
rem. bras. p. 147. fl. bras. 1. p. 83. t. 17.) leaves lanceolate, 
obtuse, acuminated ; petioles thickened, jointed; racemes few- 
flowered; rachis, pedicels, and bracteas puberulous. h. S. 
Native of Brazil, in the province of St. Catharine. St. Hil. pl. 
rem. bras. 1. p. 147. Flowers purplish. 
Fen-flonered Pilocarpus. Shrub 4 feet. 
Cult. See Esenbéckia for cultivation and propagation. 
XXIX. HO’RTIA (in honour of the Count de Horta, a Por- 
tuguese nobleman). Vand. in Roem. script. bras. 188. D.C. 
prod. 1. p. 732. St. Hil. pl. usu. bras. p. 17. Andr. Juss. in 
mem. mus. 12. p. 489. t. 22. no. 30. St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 80. 
Lin. syst. Pentandria, Monogynia. Calyx cup-shaped, 
bluntly 5-toothed, permanent. Petals 5, bearded above the 
base on the inside, uncinately acuminated at the apex, and re- 
flexed, inserted in the disk. Stamens 5, inserted above the 
petals, and scarcely longer ; filaments erect, covered with glan- 
dular tubercles ; anthers linear-ovate, adnate. Ovary smooth, 
pentagonal, 5-celled, seated on the disk, which is broader, de- 
pressed, and glandular. Style conical, thickest at the apex, ter- 
minated by a coloured 5-furrowed stigma. Capsule 5-4-2-cell- 
ed; cells 1-2-seeded. Embryo slender, straight, in a fleshy 
albumen, with large, obovate cotyledons, and a short superior 
radicle. —A small shrub, having the appearance of Daphne Lau- 
reola, with large, alternate, simple leaves, full of pellucid dots, 
as well as the petals. Branches terminal, corymbosely many- 
flowered; peduncles thick, and are, as well as the pedicels, fur- 
nished with bracteas. Flowers cymose, terminal, rose-coloured. 
Petals convolute in the bud. 
1 H. Brasiiia'na (Vand. 1. c.) hk. S. Native of Brazil, 
where it is commonly called Quina. The bark is bitter and 
astringent, and is used for the same purposes as Peruvian bark. 
Brazilian Hortia. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 
Cult. See Esenbéckia for cultivation and propagation. 
XXX. CHOI’SYA (in honour of M. Choisy, a Genevese 
botanist, author of several papers in De Candolle’s, Prodromus). 
H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 4. t. 513. D.C. prod. 1. 
p- 724. Andr. Juss. in mem. mus. 12. p. 490.—Plénckia, Moc. 
et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined, but not of Rafin. 
XXIX. Horta. 
XXX. Cuotsya. XXXI. SPIRANTHERA. 
Lin. syst. Decdndria, Monogynia. Calyx of 5 deciduous 
sepals. Petals 5, somewhat unguiculate. Stamens 10, shorter 
than the petals; filaments awl-shaped, the 5 shortest opposite 
the petals ; anthers heart-shaped, blunt. Ovaries 5, connected, 
pubescent, inserted in the gynophore, each containing 2 ovule. 
Styles 5, connected, hispid, shorter than the stamens, terminated 
by a 5-lobed capitate stigma.—A shrub, with opposite, ternate, 
stalked leaves, full of pellucid dots; petioles channelled beneath. 
Peduncles axillary at the tops of the branches, simple, trifid, or 
somewhat umbellately few-flowered, bearing large deciduous 
bracteas at the base, and at the divisions under the pedicels. 
Corolla white, and is, as well as the calyx, full of glandular 
dots. 
1 C. rerna‘ra (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c. t.513.) h.S. Native 
of Mexico. In Kunth’s specimen, the ovaries are truly con- 
nected, but in that of Andr. Juss. they are partly distinct. 
Ternate-leaved Choisya. Clt. 1825. Shrub 6 feet. 
Cult. This beautiful shrub will grow freely in a mixture of 
loam, sand, and peat; and rather ripened cuttings will strike 
root if planted thinly in a pot of sand under a hand-glass, in 
heat. 
Tribe VI. 
CUSPARIE Æ (plants agreeing with Cuspdria in important 
characters). D. C. in mem. mus. 9. p. 141.—Fraxinélle, Nees 
et Mart. in nov. act. bonn. vol. xi. Andr. Juss. mem. mus. 12. 
p. 490. Flowers regular or usually anomalous. Petals 5, free, 
but usually connected into a labiate, campanulate, or funnel- 
shaped corolla. In the polypetalous flowers the stamens are 
alternate with the petals, and free; in the monopetalous flowers 
the filaments are free, but usually adhering to the tube of the 
corolla, sometimes all bearing anthers, sometimes 2-5 of which 
are barren. Disk urceolar, girding the ovaries at the base. 
Ovaries equal in number to the petals, distinct, rarely connected 
in one, each containing 2 ovule. Styles connected at the top or 
middle, or in one. Seeds with a thin covering. Embryo desti- 
tute of albumen, with large, short, or usually corrugated cotyle- 
dons, the outer one wrapped round the inner one, bearing 2 
auricles on each side, and covering the radicle.—Trees and 
shrubs, rarely herbs. Leaves alternate, rarely nearly opposite, 
simple, but usually trifoliate ; leaflets lanceolate and obtuse, quite 
entire. Flowers disposed in terminal or axillary racemes. Di- 
verse parts frequently bitter. ; 
XXXI. SPIRANTHE RA (from orecpa, speira, a spire, and 
avSnpa, anthera, an anther; anthers spirally twisted). St. Hil. 
bull. philom. 1823. p. 130. pl. rem. bras. 1. p. 148. t. 17. D. C. 
prod. 1. p. 728. Andr. Juss. in mem. mus. 12. p. 491. t. 25. no. 
32.—Terpnánthus, Nees et Mart. nov. act. bonn. xi. p. 152. and 
177. t. 19. f. K. 
Lin. syst. Pentándria, Monogýnia. Calyx short, 5-cleft. 
Petals 5, very long, free, linear, somewhat falcate, rather un- 
equal. Stamens 5, a little shorter than the petals, free; fila- 
ments filiform, tubercled; anthers linear, at length becoming 
spirally revolute. Ovaries 5, villous, connected at the base, and 
stipitate, girded by the bell-shaped disk. Styles 5, rising from 
the inner angles of the ovaries, joined in one, longer than the 
petals, hispid at the base, terminated by a 5-lobed capitate 
stigma. Fruit of 5, or fewer carpels, connected at the base.— 
A small shrub, with alternate, stalked, ternate, exstipulate 
leaves. Peduncles axillary at the tops of the branches, naked 
below, but trifid and 3-flowered at the top, or terminal corym- 
bose ; pedicels furnished with 1 or 3 bracteas. Flowers shewy, 
white, with a tinge of rose-colour, very sweet-scented. 4 
1 S. oporari’ssima (St. Hil. Lc.) h. S. Native of Braz. 
Terpnanthus Jasminodorus, Nees et Mart. in act. bonn. X1. p. 
