DILLENIACEiE. 



Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 20. 



DAVILLA. 



Sepals 5, very unequal, increasing after flowering. Petals 

 1-6, deciduous. Stamens numerous, placed all round the 

 pistil, with linear filaments dilated upwards. Carpel 1, testa- 

 ceous, 1-2-seeded, enclosed in the two inner concave, opposite, 

 thickened, valve-like sepals. Seeds solitary, enveloped in an 

 arillus, which is only open at the apex. 



64. D. elliptica A. S. H. pi. us. Bras. No. 23. fl. bras, 

 merid. i. 17. — In carrascos or thickets of Brazil, in the pro- 

 vince of Minas Novas. (Cambaibinha.) 



Stem shrubby, erect, much branched ; branchlets hairy. Leaves 

 elliptical, obtuse at each end, entire, between crustaceous and leathery, 

 rough and hairless above, downy and netted beneath ; petiole villous 

 on the under side. Racemes hairy, bracteolate. Sepals silky. Petals 

 1-6, somewhat obcordate. Carpels 2. — An astringent; furnishing 

 the vulnerary called Cambaibinha in Brazil. 



65. D. rugosa Poir. encycl. suppl. ii. 457. A. S. H. pi. 

 us. No. 22. Ji. bras. i. 18. — D. brasiliana DC. syst. i. 405. 

 Delessert ic. i. t. 71. — Forests of Brazil. (Cipo de Carijo, 

 Cambaibinha, Cipo de Caboclo Brazil.) 



Stem twining ; twigs hairy. Leaves oblong, remotely and obsoletely 

 serrated, rough and hairless above, shaggy beneath on the principal 

 veins. Petioles very shaggy beneath. Peduncles and pedicels hairy. 

 Petals 2-3. Carpels usually solitary. — Astringent. A decoction 

 used in Brazil in swellings of the legs and testicles, very common 

 complaints in the hot damp parts of South America. 



CURATELLA. 



Sepals 4-5, permanent, roundish, unequal. Petals 4-5. 

 Stamens numerous, surrounding the pistil. Carpels 2, roundish, 

 hispid, united at the base, 1 -celled, 2-seeded. Seeds obovate, 

 with an arillus. 



66. C. Cambaiba A. de S. H. pi. us. No. 24. fl. bras. i. 22. 

 — In wooded plains, and the deciduous forest ground of Brazil. 

 (Cambaiba Brazil.) 



Twigs downy. Leaves broad, very obtuse, more or less repand, toothed, 

 rough above, downy beneath. Compound lateral racemes, pedicels, and 

 sepals villous. Petals very deciduous. — Astringent. A decoction 

 used in Brazil as a wash for wounds. 

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