﻿SchomhurghiaiKr^. N. O. Violariea? 



TAB. LXIII. 



CONOHORIA CASTANiEFOLIA. 



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Foliis praecipue in apice ramulorum alternis oblongo-lanceolatis 

 argute serratis serraturis mucroiiatis, racemis simplicibus, 

 pedunculis pedicellisqne pubescentibns, "ovulis ex apice pla- 

 centarum pendulis/' 



Conohoria castanaefolia. Aug. de St. HiL Plant Us. des Bresil. 

 n. 10. PL ReiJiarg. Bres.etParag. p. 321. PL Brazil, Merid. 

 V. 2. p. 149. 



Hab. Hedges about St, Christopher, Rio de Janeiro. Aug. St. 



Hilaire. Essequibo River. Dr. Schomhurgk {n. 125). 



Mr. Brown^ in his Botany of tlie Congo, has shown that the 

 Ahodeia and Ceranthera of P. de Beauvois, and the Passoura 

 of Aubletj are the same Genus as Conohoria of the latter author, 

 with which Kunth united Jihiorca and Bi ana, also of Aublet; 

 to which Martius has properly added the Physiphora of Solander. 

 Thus this Genus is an inhabitant of Guiana and Brazil, western 

 Africa and Madagascar. Our plant differs from the Conohoria 

 Rinorea, St. HiL {Rinorea Guianensis, Aubl. t. 95.) in tlie simple 

 racemes and very different toothing of the leaves. These leaves 

 are eaten by tlie Negroes of Rio de Janeiro, cooked, as a vege- 

 table : and St. Hilaire strongly recommends its culture for that 

 purpose. 



No. 119 of Schomburgk's Essequibo collection seems to be 

 the Riana Guianensis of Aublet {t. 96), with the leaves less 

 serrated than in Aublet's figure. It appears that Conohoria 

 Rinorea, above mentioned, varies in the same way. 



Fig. 1. Flower. / 2. Stamens and pistil. /.3. Single stamen. 

 y! 4. Pistil : — magnijied. 



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