Tab. 5865. 

 clusia odorata. 



Sweet-scented Clusia. 



Nat. Ord. Guttifee^e.— Poltandria Monogynia. 

 Gen. Char. {Vide supra, Tab. 5325.) 



Clusia odorata; ramulis teretiusculis, foliis longiuscule petiolatis anguste 

 cuneato-obovatis v. oblanceolatis subacutis obtusisve coriaceis nitidis, 

 nervo medio (siccitate) subprominulo, lateralibus tenuissimis, cymis 

 paucifloris foliis rmilto brevioribus, floribus 1| poll. diam. roseis breviter 

 pedicellatis, bracteis bracteolisque parvis orbiculatis, sepalis 4-5 fere 

 orbicularis, petalis 4-5 patentibus late obovato- orbiculatis obcordatisve 

 ungue latissimo, staminodiorum cuj>ula crenulata, stigmatis lobis 6-8 

 triangularibus. 



Clusia odorata, Seem. Bot. Voy., Herald, p. 89 ; Planch. $■ Lind. Mem. 

 Guttif., p. 38. 



Clusia rosseflora, PL and Lind., I. c. 



An inhabitant of the volcano of Cheriqui in New Grenada, 

 near Veraguas, where it was discovered by Dr. Seemann, 

 when Botanist on the voyage of H.M.S. Herald, in 1849, and 

 by whom living plants were sent to Kew, which have long been 

 cultivated in the Palm House of the Eoyal Gardens. It has 

 also been found at Panama, by the late Mr. Sutton Hayes ; 

 at La Paila, in New Grenada, by Holton ; and near Truxillo, 

 in Venezuela, by Linden ; for I have little hesitation in re- 

 ferring the C. rosceflora of Planch on and Linden to this plant, 

 our specimens, indeed, presenting characters that unite them. 

 Like various other Clusias, this is a subscandent, or half- 

 epiphytic shrub when young, which, after it has established 

 itself and attained a sufficient height, supports itself by its 

 thickened and interlacing roots, as a small tree, without 

 other support. 



The plant from which the accompanying drawing was made 



OCTOBER 1st, 1870. 



