402 



CLUSIACEiE. 



[Hypogynous Exogens. 



stamens ; so much indeed, that Von Martins says he obtauied an ounce from two flowers ; 

 this resin, inibbed down \\ith the butter of the Chocolate-nut, the Brazihan women employ 

 to alleviate the pain of a sore breast. A few are cultivated for then* timber. CalophyUum 

 angustifoUum, the Piney-tree, furnishes the straight spars called Peon at Penang, and in 

 the islands to the eastward of the Bay of Bengal, and the Mesuas are said to have exces- 

 sively hard timber. Of these last plants the root and bark are bitter and aromatic, and 

 powerfully sudorific, their leaves mucilaginous, theu* unripe fruit aromatic, acrid, and 

 purgative ; the blossoms of Mesua ferrea occur in the bazaars of India under the name of 

 Nagkesur, being used in medicine and esteemed for then' fragi'ance. Lastly, the fruit 

 of many species acqiures great excellence and is higUy esteemed m tropical desserts. 

 The Mammee Apple, or Wild Apricot of South America, is said to rival the Mangosteen : 

 its seeds are anthelmintic ; its flowers yield, by distillation, a stomacliic spirit called Eau 

 de Creole : and a wine is obtauied by fermenting its sap. The large berries of Plato- 

 nia insignis (called Pacom'y-uva in Brazil), are very sweet and delicious, while their 

 seeds have the taste of Almonds. The Mangosteen itself, produced in the Straits of 

 Malacca by Garcinia Mangostana, has the reputation of being the finest of all fruits ; it 

 resembles a middle-sized Orange, and is filled with a sweet and most delightful pulp. It 

 is generally thought that this ti'ee will not thrive beyond the hot and damp atmosphere 

 of Malacca : but Dr. Wight states that it has been introduced into the gardens of Com'tal- 

 lum, where it had already begim to bear in the year 1840. Illust. 1. 115. Garcinia 

 cornea, Kydiana and pedunculata are mentioned as other species whose fruit is brought 

 to table, but they are represented to be very inferior ; that of G. pedunculata is said to 

 be the nearest approach to the Mangosteen. 



GENERA. 



I.— Clusie-se. 



Tovomita, AuU. 



Marialva, Vand. 



Marialvea, Mart. 



Beauharnoisia, Ruiz, 

 et Pav, 



Micranthera, Chois. 



Bertolonia, Spreng. 



Ochrocarpus, Thouars, 

 Chrysoclilaniys, Popp. 

 Verticillaria, RuizetPav. 



Chloromyron, Pers. 

 Havetia, H. B. K. 

 Renggeria, Meisn. 



Schweiggera, Mart. 

 Rengifa,"Po;>p. 



Quapoya, AuU. 



Xanthe, Schreb. 

 Clusia, Linn. 

 Triplandron, Benth. 

 Arrudea, St. Hil. 



II. — MoRONOBEiE. 



Chrysopia, Nnronh. 

 Moronobea, Auhl. 



Symphonia, Linn. f. 



Blackstonia, Scop. 



Aneuriscus, Presl. 



III.— Garcinie^e. 

 Mammea, Linn. 



Garcinia, Linn. 



Mangostana, Rumph. 



Oxycarpus, Lour. 



Brindonia, Thouars, 

 XanthochjTnus, Roxb. 



Stalagmitis, Mun. 

 ? Discostigma, Hassk. 

 Pentadesma, R. Br. 

 Cambogia, L. 



Hebradendron, Grab. 

 Gynotroches, Bl. 

 Platonia, Mart. 



IV.— Calophylle^. 

 Mesua, Linn. 



Rhyma, Scop. 



Nagassarium, Rumph. 

 CalophyUum, Linn. 



Bintagor, Rumph. 

 Calysaccion, Wight. 

 Kayea, Wall. 

 Apoterium, Blum. 



?Rheedia, Linn. 



Van-Rhecdia, Plum. 

 ?Stelecbospermum,£Zi<?H. 

 ?Macanea, Juss. 



Macahanca, Aubl. 

 ?Macoubea, Atibl. 

 ?Souala, Blanc. 



Numbers. Gen. 30. Sp. 150. 



Ehenacece. 

 Position. — Hypericacese. — Clusiace^.,— Tenistrbmiaceae. 



