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DILLENIACE^E. II. DAVILLA. 



Wahlbom's Tetracera. Shrub cl. 



19 T. TIGAREA (D. C. syst. 1. p. 403.) leaves roundish, 

 somwehat repand, rough on both surfaces as well as branches ; 

 panicles, branched, many-flowered. Jj.^.S. Native of Guiana 

 and Cayenne in woods. Tigarea aspera, Aubl. guian. 2. p. 920. 

 t. 350. Tetr. aspera, Willd. spec. Calyx persistent, outer 

 sepals a little reflexed, inner ones conniving. This species, as 

 well as the following, is called Liane rouge in French Cayenne, 

 from its colour in an infusion of water, which the natives consider 

 a remedy for syphilis. Flowers monogynous with 4 white petals. 

 Tigarea is the name of this plant in Guiana. 



Tigarea Tetracera. Fl. Jan. Shrub cl. 



20 T. TOMENTO SA (Willd. spec. pi. 2. p. 1241.) leaves ovate, 

 acuminated, toothed, upper surface smooth, under surface, as 

 well as the branches, are tomentose. Jj . w . S. Native of Cayenne 

 in woods. Tigarea dentata, Aubl. Guian. 2. p. 920. t. 351. 

 Flowers white, monogynous. 



Tomentose Tetracera. Fl. Jan. Shrub cl. 



21 T. CUSPIDA'TA (Mey. prim. fl. esseq. p. 205.) leaves oval- 

 oblong, with cuspidate serratures, under surface tomentose; pe- 

 duncles 1-flowered, in axillary fascicles. ^ w S. Native of the 

 island of Arowabish in Guiana in dry woods. Flowers mono- 

 gynous. 



Cuspidate-toothed Tetracera. Shrub cl. 



22 T. SERI'CEA (Blum. bijd. fl. ned. ind. ex Schlecht. Linnaea 

 1. p. 491.) leaves oblong, acuminated, acute at the base, serru- 

 lated at the apex, pubescent beneath, as well as the branchlets 

 and pedicels ; racemes 4-5-flowered ; flowers trigynous ; sepals 

 and petals silky on the inside. T} . w . S. Native of Java. 



>S r itty-flowered Tetracera. Shrub cl. 



23 T. ERE'CTA (Sesse, etMoc. fl. mex. icon, et D. C. syst. 1. 

 p. 404.) leaves obovate, rather bluntish at end, acutely toothed, 

 attenuately-cuneated at the base ; panicle much branched. Tj . S. 

 Native of Mexico. The flowers are either hermaphrodite, po- 

 lygamous or monoecious. 



Erect Tetracera. Shrub 10 feet. 



24 T. LU V TEA (Spreng. neue. entd. 1. p. 164.) leaves ellip- 

 tical-oblong, quite entire, shining ; peduncles lateral, racemose. 

 Tj. S. Native of Brazil. Calyx coloured. Corolla yellow. 

 Flowers monogynous. Capsules 3. 



Yellorv-fiowereA Tetracera. Shrub cl. 



25 T. PERRINIANA (Spreng. neue. entd. l.p. 164.) leaves 

 elliptical, shining on both surfaces, obsoletely serrulated ; corymbs 

 of flowers axillary, fj . S. Native of South America ? Calyx 

 4-5-sepals. Corolla white. Flowers monogynous. Capsules 4. 



Perrin's Tetracera. Shrub, cl. 



26 T. ARBORE'SCENS (Mai. misc. 1. no. 2. p. 45.) leaves obovate, 

 quite entire, smooth ; flowers disposed in axillary and terminal 

 panicles. ^ . S. Native of Sumatra. Arillus jagged, yellowish. 



Arborescent Tetracera. Shrub 16 feet. 



27 T. DICHO'TOMA (Blum, bijdr. fl. ned. ind. ex Schlecht. 

 Linnaea l.p. 492.)leaves elliptical, acute at both ends, toothletted 

 from the middle to the apex, with the veins on the under surface, 

 as well as the pedicels pubescent ; peduncles sub-dichotomous ; 

 sepals smooth and ciliated, tj . w . S. Native of Java. Flowers 

 trigynous, subumbellate. 



Z)k7wtomow*-peduncled Tetracera. Shrub cl. 



28 T. GRA'CILIS (Blum. 1. c.) leaves oval, acute at both ends, 

 serrulated at the apex, rather villous beneath, as well as the 

 branchlets and pedicels; peduncles 1-2-flowered; sepals 4, 

 ciliated. Jj . w . S. Native of Java. Flowers trigynous. 



Slender Tetracera. Shrub cl. 



29 T. RI'GIDA (Blum. 1. c.) leaves oval, tapering to both 

 ends, repand at the apex, stiff, scabrous beneath ; panicle diva- 

 ricating, tomentose ; sepals and petals silky-villous on the inside. 



I? . w . S. Native of Java. Flowers trigynous. 



SVj^-leaved Tetracera. Shrub cl. 



30 T. FAGIFO'LIA (Blum. 1. c.) leaves ovate-elliptical, acute, 

 serrated at the apex, scabrous beneath ; panicle compound, pyra- 

 midal, tomentose ; sepals and petals ciliated. Tj . ^. S. Native 

 of Java. Flowers trigynous. 



Beech-leaved Tetracera. Shrub cl. 



Cult. Handsome shrubs, well adapted for covering rafters in 

 stoves. They succeed best in a mixture of turfy loam and peat, 

 and ripened cuttings will strike root freely if planted in a pot of 

 sand and placed in heat under a hand-glass. 



II. DAVI'LLA (in honour of Henry Catherine Davilla, a 

 celebrated Italian historian, died 1599.) Vand. fl. lus. et bras, 

 prod. 115. t. 2. f.14. D. C. syst. 1. p. 404. prod. 69. 



LIN. SYST. Polydndria, Mono-Digynia. Calyx of 5 permanent 

 sepals, the three outer ones small. Petals 2-3, deciduous. Stamens 

 indefinite. Carpels 1-2, capsular, indehiscent, testaceous, 1 or 

 2-seeded, inclosed by the two interior joined, concave, opposite, 

 valvseform sepals. Seed somewhat globose. 'The habit of the 

 shrubs is very near Tetracera or Delima, and appears to be the 

 link between these two genera. 



1 D. FLEXUO SA (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 17. t. 2.) plant quite 

 smooth ; leaves elliptical, obtuse at both ends, quite entire, cori- 

 aceous ; racemes nearly simple ; carpels 3, opening irregularly. 



Tj . S. Native of Brazil, at the mouth of the Rio Doce near the 

 Fort called Quartel da Regencia. An upright shrub, branch- 

 ing from the base ; branches reddish and flexuous. Leaves 2-3- 

 inches long. Flowers yellow. 



Flexuous-brancheA Davilla. Shrub 6 feet. 



2 D. ELLI'PTICA (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 17.) stem erect, much 

 branched, leaves elliptical, quite blunt at both ends, quite entire, 

 coriaceous, rough above, but pubescent beneath and reticulately 

 veined ; petioles villous beneath ; racemes villous, bracteate ; 

 calyxes silky ; petals 1-6 rather obcordate ; pistils twin. J; . S. 

 Native of Brazil in the province of Minas Novas, where it is called 

 by the natives Cambaibinha, and is considered by them to be a vul- 

 nerary. The natives of Brazil usually wash wounds with a decoc- 

 tion of Quinquina ; in the Certao or Great Desert they make a si- 

 milar use of the inner bark of this shrub, as well as that of Cu- 

 ratella Cabaiba. It is a powerful astringent. 



Elliptical-leafed Davilla. Fl. May. Shrub 6 feet. 



3 D. CASTANE^FO V LIA (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 17.) branches 

 rather hairy ; leaves oblong-elliptical, quite obtuse at the base, 

 somewhat pointed at the apex, remotely serrated, and furnished 

 with parallel nerves, pilose above, pubescent beneath, and reti- 

 culately veined, rather wrinkled on both surfaces ; calyx silky ; 

 petals 5, obcordate ; pistils twin. tj . S. Native of Brazil in 

 the province of St. Paul in grassy fields. Shrub branched from 

 the base. Flowers yellow. 



Var. ft,Jloribvnda (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 18.) leaves broader, 

 shorter, and blunt, less toothed, and the flowers more crowded 

 and smaller than in the species. 



Chesnut-leaved Davilla. Fl. May. Shrub 3-5 feet. 



4 D. RUGO'SA (Poir. diet, suppl. 2. p. 457.) stem climbing ; 

 branches hairy ; leaves oblong, very remotely and obsoletely ser- 

 rated, wrinkled above and villous beneath on the nerves ; petioles 

 very villous beneath ; peduncles and pedicels hairy ; petals 2-3 ; 

 pistils usually only 1. Tj. w . S. Native of Brazil from the 

 mouth of the Rio Doce to the confines of the province of St. 

 Catherine, and in the province of Rio Janeiro, where it is called 

 Cisso de Carijo, in the province of Minas Geraes Cambaibinha, 

 and in the southern parts of St. Paul Cipo de Coboclo. St. Hil. 

 pi. usu. bras. t. 23. D. Braziliana, D. C. syst. 1. p. 405. 

 Deless. icon. sel. 1. t. 71. but not of Kunth. Flowers yellow. 

 The natives of the interior make use of the pliant stems of this 

 plant for bands, and they employ a fomentation of the leaves for 



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