ANONACE^. 



Nat. si/st. ed.2. p. 18. 



XYLOPIA. 



Petals 6. Stamens numerous. Torus cup-shaped, bearing the 

 stamens on the outside, the ovaries on the inside. Ovaries 

 numerous, distinct ; ovules ascending, in one row, attached to 

 the central angle ; stigmas acute, distinct, collected in a cone. 

 Carpels indefinite, ovate, compressed, indehiscent, stalked, 

 1-4-seeded. Seeds oblique or somewhat erect, more or less 

 surrounded by the adhering pericarp, arillate, ovate. 



59. X. longifolia A. de C. mem. anon. 34. — Uvaria febrifuga 

 Humb. and Bonpl. Unona xylopioides Dunal monogr. t. 21. 



DC.prodr. i. 92 South America on the banks of the Oro- 



noko. 



A tree 70 feet high. Leaves oblong, acuminate, silky and shining 

 beneath, revolute at the margin, especially near the base. Peduncles 

 2-4, axillary, smooth. Three outer petals oblong linear, acuminate, 

 silky, brownish externally, white and excavated in the inside; the 3 

 interior linear, white, red at the base, 3-confered at the point. — The 

 fruit, called " Frutta de Burro " is found a valuable febrifuge on the 

 Oronoko. Humb. 



60. X. glabra Linn. sp. pi. 1367- Dunal. monogr. t. 19. 

 DC.prodr. i. 92. — Barbadoes and Jamaica. (Bitterwood.) 



A tree. Branches smooth, scarcely dotted. Leaves, even the 

 youngest, smooth on each side, oblong-ovate, acuminate smooth, on 

 very short stalks. Peduncles 1-flowered, solitary or in pairs, bracteo- 

 late. Calyx smooth, trifid, with very obtuse lobes. Carpels smooth. 

 — Wood, bark, and berries warm and bitter, resembling orange seed; 

 considered tonic and stimulant. Burnett says the wood is intensely bitter. 



HABZELIA. 



Calyx 3-lobed. Petals 6, the inner smallest. Stamens very 

 numerous. Torus convex. Carpels distinct, indefinite in num- 

 ber, long, cylindrical, obsoletely ventricose or torulose, smooth, 

 striated lengthwise, becoming many-celled by the pericarp 

 growing together, many-seeded. Seeds elliptical, arillate, some- 

 what erect, numerous, shining ; one in each of the cells of the 

 fruit. Arillus formed of 2 white unequal obcordate membranes. 



61. H. aethiopica A. de C. mem. anon. 31. — Unona sethiopica 

 Dunal. mon. p. 113. DC. prodr. i. 91. Habzeli et piper 

 nigrorum C. Bauh. pin. p. 412. — Sierra Leone; palmwoods 

 of Senegambia. 



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