NONATELIA. 



shaped, with a rather gibbous tube, and 5 lobes. Stamens 5, 

 somewhat enclosed. Drupe globose, furrowed, with 5 stones. 

 Albumen horny. — Shrubs or small trees, with terminal thyrses 

 of white flowers. 



870. N. officinalis Aubl. guian. i. 188. t. 73. DC. prodr. 

 iv. 466. — Forests of Cayenne and Guayana. 



A shrub 2 or 3 feet high. Stem knotty. Leaves smooth, ovate- 

 lanceolate, subsessile, united at the base by a 4-toothed stipule on each 

 side ; teeth long and acute. Flowers in terminal corymbs, each sub- 

 tended by 3 long scale-like bracts. Tube of the corolla very short, 

 white, with 5 white lobes. Ovary surmounted by 5 yellow glands, 

 from the midst of which the style is projected. Fruit black, spherical, 

 succulent, with 10 streaks. — All the parts when bruised or dried give 

 out a slight aromatic odour. The Creoles call the bush Azier a 1' Asthme, 

 because they find the infusion of the leaves an excellent remedy for that 

 malady. 



ANTIRRHCEA. 



Limb of calyx campanulate, 4-toothed. Corolla tubular, 

 4-cleft, with the lobes shorter than the tube. Anthers nearly 

 sessile in the throat, not exserted. Stigma bifid. Drupe some- 

 what baccate, crowned, containing a 2-celled stone ; with 

 1-seeded cells. — Isle of France plants, with opposite or ternate 

 leaves often having glandular hairs in their axils. Stipules in- 

 terpetiolar. Peduncles axillary, shorter than the leaf, bifid, 

 with the flowers, which are small and white, arranged unila- 

 terally along the branches. 



871. A. verticillata DC. prodr. iv. 459. — A. borbonica Gmel. 

 syst. i. 244. Cunninghamia verticillata Willd. sp. pi. i. 615. 

 Malanea verticillata Lam. illustr. t. 66. f. 1. — Isles of Bourbon 

 and Mauritius. 



Leaves 3 in a whorl, obovate-oblong, cuneate at the base, acuminate 

 at the point, smooth on each side. Flowers hermaphrodite. Drupes 

 oblong, the size of a grain of wheat. — Root and bark said to be 

 powerfully astringent. In Bourbon it is employed as a styptic to 

 restrain haemorrhage, and is known by the name of Bois de Losteau. 



Tribe VIII. P^ederie^e. 



Fruit 2-celled, indehiscent, scarcely fleshy ; with the tube of the 

 calyx forming a rind which readily separates from the carpels. 

 Carpels compressed, 1 -seeded, pendulous from a filiform axis. 

 Albumen fleshy. — Climbing shrubs. Leaves opposite. Stipules 

 interpetiolar. 



P^DERIA. 



Calyx small, 5-toothed, permanent. Corolla funnel-shaped, 

 hairy inside, 5-lobed, with a plaited aestivation. Stamens 5, 

 437 f f 3 



