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ROTTLERA TINCTORIA 



CLUYTIA PATULA 



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proportion of oil of 



be perceptibl 



whole is put into boiling water, proportionate to the silk to be dyed, 

 and kept boiling smartly more or less time, according to the shade 

 required, but turning the. silk frequently, to render the colour 

 uniform . 



169. 



CLUYTIA COLLINA 



Cadeshew of the Telingas. 



Leaves alternate, short-petioled, two-faced ; the smaller orbicular, 



the larger inverse-egg'd ; intire, smooth, 



shining, size va- 



rious. 



Stipules small, acute, hairy, falling. 



Flowers short-peduncled, middle-sized, green ; the male and fe- 

 male sometimes mixed in the axills of the leaves ; sometimes 

 the male are collected by themselves in little bundles in the 

 axills, and the female solitary in distinct axills ; but it often 

 happens that they occupy different trees. 



Bractes several, very minute, surround the insertions of the pe- 



duncles. 



MALE FLOWERS. 



Calyx split to very near the base into five segments: divisions half- 

 lanced, withering. 

 Petals five, very minute, lanced. 

 Nectary saucer-form. 

 Stamens: in the centre of the nectary there is a cylindric column, 



from which, near the apex, 

 Anthers oblong, erect. 



five ascending filaments, 



FEMALE FLOWERS. 



Calyx and Corolla as in the male. 



Nectary cup-form, closely embracing half the germ: margin slightly 



notch'd. 

 Germ above, egg'd. Styles three, two-cleft. Stigma simple. 

 Capsule somewhat three-lob'd, smooth, three-cell'd, six-valved, size 



Seeds 



of a nutmeg. 

 , only one 





in each cell comes 



h 



young there are the rudiments of two) round, smooth, size of 



a pea 



Th 



d ripe in December and J 



The bark, or outer crust of the capsules, is said to be exceedingly 

 poisonous. 



The wood of the tree is of a reddish colour, uncommonly hard 



and durable. 



bundles in the axills, sometimes on small axillary interrupted 



spikes. 

 Bractes small, numerous, chaffy, surrounding the insertion of the 



flowers. 



MALE FLOWERS. 



Calyx as in Cluytia collina. 



Petals five, orbicular, crenulated, inserted by claws much smaller 



than the calyx. 

 Nectary and Stamen as in Cluytia collina. 



FEMALE FLOWERS. 



Calyx and Cowl as in the male. 



Nectary cup-form, embracing only about a third of the germ. 



Germ above, egg'd, hairy. Styles 3, two-cleft. Stigmas small. 



Capsule size of a small cherry, 3-celfd, 3-valved. 



Seed solitary. 



This is a much larger tree than the former, and a native of moist 

 vallies. Flowers during the hot season. 



Its wood is of the colour of dried rose-leaves, hard and durable. 



171. 



CLUYTIA MONTANA 



Pantinga of the Telingas 



Trunk erect, short and thick. 



Branches numerous, spreading. Branchlets two-faced, twiggy. 



Leaves alternate, short-petioled, two-faced, inverse-egg'd or wedge- 

 form, smooth, intire, from two to three inches long, broad in 

 proportion. 



Stipules small, acute, withering. 



Flowers small, green, axillary, crowded, sessile, male and female 



mixed. 



Bracks minute, numerous, withering. 



male flowers exactly as in Cluytia patula. 



FEMALE FLOWERS. 



Calyx, Corol, and Nectary as in Cluytia patula. 

 Germ egg'd. Styles two, two-cleft. Stigmas simple. 

 Berry globular, succulent, size of a pea. 

 Seeds two, oval, one side flat, the other convex. 



On the interior mountains it grows to a tree, but on the lower 

 lands it is only found of small size. 



The wood, like that of the two preceding species, is very hard, 

 and of a reddish colour. 



172. CLUYTIA SPINOSA. 



170. 



CLUYTIA PATULA. 



Branches very numerous, spread horizontally, forming a large shady 



head. Branchlets two-faced, twiggy. 

 Leaves alternate, short-petioled, two-faced oblong, attenuated to a 



pretty long slender point, intire, smooth, shining, about three 



inches long, and one and a half broad. 

 Stipules small. 

 Flowers small, nearly sessile, male and female collected in little 



VOL. II. 



Cora-maun of the Telingas. 



cabro 



ches di 



Trunk straight. Bark 



Thorns a few, large and strong, on the larger branches. 



Leaves also disposed in the same manner, oblong, pointed, intire, 



firm, smooth, many parallel protuberant veins, running from 

 the centre to the circumference, about five inches long, and 

 two and a half broad. 



Spikes axillary or terminal, interrupted (flowers collected in bundles, 



leaving the interstices naked.) 



