DILLENIACE^E. I. TETRACEKA. 



species with 1-5 capsules, which invalidate the strict propriety of 

 its name, and render its situation in the Linnean System truly 

 ambiguous). Lin. gen. no. 683. Gaert. fruct. 1. p. 336. t. 69. 

 D. C. syst. 1. p. 397. prod. 1. p. 67. 



LIN. SYST. Diofcia or Polygamia, Polydndria. Calyx of 

 4-6 permanent sepals. Petals 3-6, deciduous. Flowers usually 

 dioecious or polygamous, female ones with an indefinite number 

 of stamens, male ones with 1-5, but usually 4, capsular carpels, 

 girded by the imbricate sepals (f. 15. a.). Seeds 1 (f. 15. e.) or 2, 

 ovate, shining, arillate. Flowers yellow or white. Mostly 

 climbing shrubs rarely erect. 



1 T. VOLU'BILIS (Lin. spec. 617.) leaves obovate, blunt, very 

 rough, somewhat toothed at end ; flowers panicled, rather loose ; 

 peduncles velvety, ^i . r ^. S. Native of the island of Barbadoes, 

 Brazil, and South America about Panama. Gaert. fruct. 1 . p. 

 336. t. 69. f. 3. Breyn. exot. 20. t. 6. Capsules clothed with 

 some hairs at the apex. 



Twining Tetracera. Fl. ? Clt. 1818. Shrub, cl. 



2 T. OBLONGA V TA (D. C. syst. 1. p. 399.) leaves oblong, blunt, 

 sinuately-toothed, scabrous on both surfaces ; flowers crowded, 

 in simple, dense racemes ; peduncles smooth, fj . *"\ S. Native 

 of Brazil, about Rio Janeiro. Deless. icon. sel. 1. t. 67. Like 

 T. volubilis, but differing from it in the branches and peduncles 

 being very smooth. Capsules 3, smooth. Petals 3, white. 



OWong-leaved Tetracera. Fl. March. Shrub cl. 



3 T. LI'MA (Willd. ined. in herb. Bonpl. D. C. syst. l.p. 

 399.) leaves oblong, blunt, cuneated at the base, entire, scabrous 

 on both surfaces ; peduncles panicled, pubescent. Tj . w . S. Na- 

 tive of Brazil. Petals oblong, blunt, narrow, a little longer than 

 the calyx. The two outer sepals small, the three inner ones 

 connivent and concave. 



Rasp-leaved Tetracera. Shrub cl. 



4 T. ACUMINA'TA (D.C. syst. 1. p. 399.) leaves oval-oblong, 

 acuminated, serrulated, scabrous on both surfaces ; peduncles 

 racemose, pubescent, fj. w . S. Native of South America? 

 The two outer sepals are very short ; the three inner ones orbi- 

 cular. 



Acuminated-\ea.\e&. Tetracera. Shrub cl. 



5 T. HI'SPIDA (Spreng. syst. 2. p. 629.) leaves lanceolate, 

 tapering to both ends, serrulated, smooth above, but discoloured 

 below, and strigose at the veins ; peduncles axillary, racemose, 

 and are, as well as the branchlets, hairy, fj . ,_,. S. Native of 

 Brazil. 



Hispid Tetracera. Shrub cl. 



6 T. JAMAICE'NSIS (D. C. syst. 1. p. 399.) leaves oval-oblong, 

 acutish, somewhat serrulated, drawn out at the base along the 

 petioles, smoothish on both surfaces; peduncles racemose, gla- 

 brous, rather roughish. Tj . S. Native of Jamaica. 



Jamaica Tetracera. Shrub, cl. 



7 T. OVALIFO'LIA (D. C. syst. 1. 

 p. 400.) leaves oval, obtuse, quite 

 entire, roughish on both surfaces ; 

 peduncles racemosely panicled, 

 somewhat velvety, fj . w . S. Native 

 of Cayenne. Deless. icon. sel. 1. t. 

 68. Sepals roundish, exterior ones 

 velvety on the back, interior ones 

 ciliated at their margins (f. 15. a.). 



Oval-leaved Tetrar >ra. Shrub cl. 



8 T. ROTUNDIFO'LIA (Smith, in 

 Rees, cycl. vol. 35.) leaves round- 

 ish-elliptical, entire, scabrous on 

 both surfaces ; panicles terminal ; 

 flowers hermaphrodite, with four 

 styles, smooth inside. I? . S. Na- 

 tive of Guiana. Capsules 3-4, 



FIG. 15. 



oval, smooth, shining, compressed, inflated, smaller than those of 

 T. volubilis. 

 Round-leaved Tetracera. Shrub cl. 



9 T. MULTIFLO'RA (D.C. syst. 1. p. 400.) leaves oval, rather 

 obtuse, sinuately toothed at the apex, smooth, drawn out along 

 the petiole ; panicle many-flowered ; pedicels smooth. Jj S. 

 Native of Para. Deless. icon. sel. 1. 1. 69. Flowers monogynous. 



Many-flowered Tetracera. Shrub cl. 



10 T. ALNIFO'LIA (Willd. spec. 2. p. 1243.) leaves oval-oblong, 

 blunt, or somewhat acute, glabrous, upper surface roughish, 

 under surface smooth, somewhat denticulated at the top ; pe- 

 duncles panicled, somewhat pubescent. Jj . w . S. Native in 

 woods along the coast of Guinea from the river Senegal to Congo. 

 Petals obovate, scarcely longer than the calyx. 



Alder-leaved Tetracera. Fl. Jan. Feb. Clt. 1793. Shrub cl. 



11 T. POTATO'RIA (Afz.) leaves oblong, glabrous, dark-green, 

 toothed, sessile, somewhat sheathing at the base ; panicle large, 

 terminal. fj . w . S. Native of Sierra Leone on the mountains. 

 Leaves large, sometimes more than half a foot long. 



This shrub, when cut across, yields a quantity of clear, whole- 

 some water ; hence it has obtained the name of Water Tree in 

 the colony of Sierra Leone. 



Drinking Tetracera or Water Tree. Fl.? Clt. 1822. Shrub cl. 



12 T. OBOVA'TA (D. C. syst. 1. p. 401.) leaves large, obo- 

 vate, obtuse, tapering to the base, smooth, entire, brownish vel- 

 vety on the under surface ; flowers panicled. ^ . w . S. Native 

 of the coast of Guinea from the river Senegal to Cape Coast. 



O6oae-leaved Tetracera. Fl. Jan. Feb. Clt. 1822. Shrub cl. 



13 T. SENEGALE'NSIS (D.C. syst. 1. p. 401.) leaves oval, 

 rather acute, quite entire, smooth ; peduncles panicled, many- 

 flowered. Tj . ^\ S. Native of Senegal. Calyx of 5, nearly 

 orbicular sepals. Petals 3. 



Senegal Tetracera. Shrub cl. 



14 T. UE'VIS (Vahl. symb. 3. p. 71.) leaves oblong, acumi- 

 nated, nearly entire, smooth ; racemes terminal, simple. ^ . S. 

 Native of the East Indies. Capsules 4, roundish, ventricose, 

 mucronate, very smooth, shining. 



Smooth Tetracera ? Shrub cl. 



14 T. EURYA'NDRA (Vahl. symb. 3. p. 71.) leaves oval, ob- 

 tuse, quite entire, smooth ; peduncles paniculately-racemose, pu- 

 bescent. 5. vy . S. Native of New Caledon. Euryandra scan- 

 dens. Forst. prod. no. 228, gen. no. 41. t. 41. Deless. icon, 

 sel. 1. t. 70. Petals 3, oblong, longer than the calyx. 



Broad-stamened Tetracera. Shrub cl. 



16 T. RHEE'DII (D. C. syst. 1. p. 402.) leaves oblong, acumi- 

 nated at both ends, quite entire, smooth ; panicle branched, 

 somewhat dichotomous ; flowers of 4 sepals. J? . w . S. Native 

 of Malabar in mountainous and rocky places. Acara-pats jotti. 

 Rheed. mal. 5. p. 15. t. 8. Very like T. Assa, but differing 

 from it in the leaves being large, oblong, and entire. Flowers 

 white, sweet-scented ; anthers flesh-coloured. Carpels dark- 

 red, shining. 



Rheede's Tetracera. Fl. Sept. Oct. Shrub cl. 



17 T. A'SSA (D.C. syst. 1. p. 402.) leaves oval, acuminated 

 at both ends, a little denticulated, upper surface smooth, under 

 surface, as well as peduncles, pubescent ; panicle 4-5 flowered ; 

 sepals 4, smoothish. Jj . w . S. Native of the East Indies. T. 

 Malabarica, Lam. ill. t. 485. f. 1. A'ssa ex&tica, Gmel. syst. 839. 

 Ay-assa, Rumph. amb. 7. p. 20 ? 



Ay-assa Tetracera. Shrub cl. 



18 T. WAHI,BO'MIA (D.C. syst. 1. p. 403.) leaves elliptical, 

 acuminated at the top, and serrated, stipulate at base, with the 

 under surface, as well as peduncles, pubescent ; panicle 4 or 5- 

 flowered ; sepals 4, villous on the outside. fy . S. Native of 

 Java. Wahlbomia I'ndica. Thunb. act. holm. 1790. p. 215. t. 

 9. Lam. ill. t. 485. 



