XYLOPIA. 469 



p. emarginatum,'Pvmz et Pavon, Syst. Veg. Flor. Peru., iv., t. 418. 

 Native of Peru. Height 8 to 10 feet. 



F. macrostemo/i, Euiz et Pavon, Ibid., iv., t. 420. Native of 

 Peru. 



P. ruiidocarpon, Kuiz et Pavon, Ibid., iv., t. 420, f. b. Native of 

 Peru. 



Besides the above, there are about half-a-dozen doubtful 

 species. 



All species are of easy cultivation, either from seeds or cuttings. 



Xylopia. 



A genus of trees or shrubs belonging to the Natural Order 

 Anonacece, indigenous to Brazil and other warm districts of South 

 America, also in the AVest Indies. The genus is widely distributed 

 throughout tropical regions, and although most abundant in South 

 America and the West Indies, a number of species are known in 

 West Africa, and one is a native of Mauritius. Species are also 

 found in Ceylon and the Malayan Peninsula. 



The name is derived from ^vXov, " wood," and Trt/cpo^, " bitter," 

 in allusion to the bitterness of the wood of some of the species. 

 Thirty or forty species are known ; some are remarkable for the 

 aromatic properties of their fruit and seeds. As general characters 

 of the genus, the flowers have a 3- to 5-lobed calyx, with ovate 

 leathery segments ; 6 petals, the 3 outermost of which are largest ; 

 and numerous stamens on a globular receptacle, which also bears 

 2 to 15 carpels, each containing one or two seeds. 



JC. ferruginea, Hooker's Flora of Brit. Ind., i., p. 83. Syn. Hah- 

 zelia ferruginea, Hooker and Thomson, Flor. Ind., i., p. 123. A 

 flexuous, ramous slirub, native of Malacca. Its branchlets are 

 rusty-pubescent. Leaves 5 to 7 inches by IJ to 2 inches, base 

 oblique, rounded or subcordate, much reticulate, glabrous and 

 shining above, glaucous beneath and rusty-pubescent on the veins, 

 petiole I to J inch. Flowers pendulous, yellow, fragrant ; ped- 

 uncles f to 11 inch, rusty pubescent ; sepals ovate, acute ; outer 

 petals l inch, taper, pointed, yellow, tomentose, the inner ones 

 shorter, narrower, base contracted. Anthers with a long, narrow 

 process ; cells septate. Ovaries many. Seeds ovoid. 



