~ S18 
- Lani syst. Dioecia, Monogynia. Calyx small, 4-cleft.' Petals 4, 
alternating with the teeth of the calyx. Male flowérs; stamens 
8, inserted with the petals and equal in length to them. Anthers 
inverse. Pistil abortive, minute. Female with 8 abortive 
OCHNACEZ. V. CASTELA. 
stamens. Ovary 4-lobed, seated on a circular disk. Lobes 4,- 
distinct, drupaceous, l-seeded; rising from a fleshy gynobase. 
-Style.1; or hardly any, crowned by 4 recurved stigmas. -Drupes 
+4, -at length free. Seed inverted, with a superior radicle and 2 
leafy cotyledons.. Albumen sparing.—Small shrubs with alter- 
-nate branches; which are spiny at the apex, alternate entire 
leaves, and small, axillary, yellow flowers. 
1 C. pepre’ssa (Turp. l. c. p. 79, t. 5. A.) leaves oval-oblong, 
sessile, somewhat cordate at the base; spines axillary. 
‘Native of St. Domingo -between Monte Christi and St. Yago. 
Flowers purplish. a 
Depressed Castela. Shrub 2 feet. 
2 C: erecta (Turp. l. c. p. 80. t. 5. B.) leaves lanceolate, 
stalked ; spines infra-axillary. h. S. Native of Antigua. 
Erect Castela. Shrub 2 feet. , 
3 C. Nicnoxson1 (Hook. bot. misc. 3d part, p. 271. t. 54.) 
leaves elliptical, mucronulate, silky and hoary beneath, as well 
as the branches; spines axillary; stamens hairy. h. S. Native 
of Antigua, where it is called Goat-bush by the Negroes. Flowers 
small, copper-coloured, dioecious. The whole plant is very bitter. 
Nicholson’s Castela. Shrub 4 feet. 
Cult. See Gémphia for culture and propagation. 
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Orver LXII. CORIARIE'E (plants agreeing with Coridria 
in important characters). D.C. prod. 1. p. 739. 
Flowers hermaphrodite, monoecious or dioecious. Calyx (or 
perigone) of one campanulate 10-cleft sepal, the 5 outer lobes 
are ovate, larger than the 5 inner ones, which are callose, alter- 
nating with each other. Petals wanting. Stamens 10, pro- 
truding from the torus, 5 of which are between the outer lobes of 
the calyx and angles of the ovary; and the other 5 between the 
inner or callose lobes of the calyx, and the furrows of the ovary. 
Filaments filiform. Anthers oblong, 2-celled. Ovary seated 
on a thickish torus, 5-celled, 5-angled. Style wanting. Stigmas 
5, long, awl-shaped, rising from the top of the ovary. Carpels 
5, when at maturity almost free, approximate, indehiscent, 1- 
seeded, surrounded by large glandular lobes. Seed pendulous. 
Albumen wanting. Embryo straight, with a superior radicle, 
and 2 fleshy cotyledons.—Shrubs, with somewhat tetragonal, 
opposite or tern branches. Leaves opposite, simple, 3-nerved, 
entire, ovate or cordate. Leaf bud scaly. Racemes of flowers 
terminating the branches and branchlets, leafy at the base, sim- 
ple: pedicels opposite or alternate at the tops of the racemes, 
furnished with bracteas at their base, and usually with two in 
their middle. The proper place which this order should occupy 
in the natural system is very doubtful. It has been referred to 
Terebinthacee by old authors, but on account of the hypogy- 
h. S. 
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CORIARIEÆ.. I. CORIARIA. 
nous insertion of ‘the ‘stamens and straight embryo, it cannot 
belong to it. By Jussieu it was referred to 4triplices, on account 
of its want of petals, but it has.no other analogy with that order. 
I. CORIA'RIA (from corium, a hide. C. myrtifòlia is con- 
siderably astringent, and is used not only in tanning leather, but 
in dying black colours). Niss. in act. par. t711. t. 12.-D. C. prod. 
1. p. 739. ` 
Lin. syst. Dioecia, Decándria. Character the same as that 
of the order. 
1 C. myrtironia (Lin. spec. 1467.) leaves ovate-lanceolate, 
acute, triple-nerved, on short petioles, smooth ; racemes rather © 
erect. 
Africa, in hedgés and bushy places. 
arb. 1. t. 73. Wats, dend. brit. t. 103: 
vacancies in shrubberies and plantations. 
Myrtle-leaved Coriaria. Fl. May, Aug. 
4 to 6 feet. 
Clt. 1629. 
Shrub - 
h. H. Native of the south of Europe and north of | 
Lam. ill. t. 822. Duham. 
Flowers hermaphro-; 
dite, monoecious or dioecious, greenish. This shrub sends up” 
many stems” from the root, and is therefore useful to fill up « 
2 C. MICROPHY'LLA (Poir. dict. 6. p. 87.) leaves ovate, blunt- ` 
ish, 5-nerved, almost sessile ; racemes nodding. k. G. Native 
of Peru. Flowers greenish. 
Small-leaved Coriaria. Shrub 3 to 6 feet. 
3 C. sarmenTosa (Forst. prod. p. 377.) sarmentose, diffuse ; 
leaves cordate-ovate, acuminated, quite entire, 5-nerved, on 
very short stalks; racemes nodding. h. G. Native of New 
Zealand. Hook. bot. mag. t. 2470. Flowers brownish-green. 
Sarmentose Coriaria. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1823. Shrub 3 
to 6 feet. 
4 C. ruscIròLIA (Lin. spec. 1467.) leaves cordate-ovate, acute, 
sessile, many-nerved; racemes nodding, cylindrical. R. 
Native of Peru, and of Chili, at Conception.—Feuill. per. 3. pe 
17. t. 12. Leaves usually tern on the branches, but opposite 
on the branchlets. Flowers hermaphrodite, greenish. 
Butcher’s-broom-leaved Coriaria. Shrub. 0 
5 C. egyriciròLia (Humb. in Willd. spec. 4. p. 819.) leaves 
subcordate, oblong, acute, stalked, 3-nerved, veiny ; peduncles 
hispid. ).G. Native of Peru. Flowers greenish. 
Phylica-leaved Coriaria. . Shrub. 
BY 
"6 C. ruymiròrra (Humb. in Willd. spec. 4. p. 819.) leaves _ 
oblong, acute, stalked, $-nerved ; petioles and peduncles hispid. 
h.G. Native of Peru. Hardly distinct from the preceding. 
Thyme-leaved Coriaria. Shrub. : ooo 
7 C. ATRorURPU REA (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. me 
prod. 1. p. 740.) leaves- cordate, ovate, acute, sessile, 3-nerved ; 
racemes terminal, cylindrical, simple. h. G. Native of Mexico. - 
Flowers with 5 petals and 5 styles, dark-purple. 
Dark-purple-flowered Coriaria. Shrub. © | pres 
Cult. The hardy species, C. myrtifola, will thrive my 
common soil, and is-readily increased by cuttings of the roots 
by suckers. The other species will all require the protection, 
agreen-house; they will thrive very well in a mixture ot San. 
d. D.C. 7 
loam, and peat ; and cuttings planted in the same kind of soil . 
will readily strike root under a hand-glass. 
END OF VOL. I. 
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