72 DILLENIACE.E. VI. CURATELLA. VII. TRACHYTELLA. VIII. RECCHIA. IX. PACHYNEMA. X. HEMISTEMMA. 



bescent. Jj . w . S. Native of Guiana. Male flowers unknown. 

 Perhaps a species of Doliocdrpus. 

 Guiana Delima. Shrub cl. 



8 D. NI'TIDA (Vahl. symb. 3. p. 70.) leaves lanceolate-oblong, 

 scabrous, quite entire ; flowers hermaphrodite, panicled, 4- 

 petalled. Tj . w . S. Native of the island of Trinidad. Style 

 length of stamens ; stigma somewhat peltate. 



/Shining-leaved Delima. Shrub cl. 



9 D. ? PIRI'PU (D. C. syst. 1. p. 408.) leaves oval-oblong, 

 soft, with the margins undulately-crenated ; flowers panicled, 

 hermaphrodite, pentandrous. Tj . S. Cultivated aboutPananie, 

 &c. in Malabar. Piripu, Rheed. mal. 7. p. 101. t. 54. Flowers 

 white, 5-petalled. 



Piripu Delima. Fl. December. Shrub cl. 



Cult. A genus of fine climbing shrubs. The species will 

 thrive in a mixture of loam peat and sand, and ripened cuttings 

 will strike root if planted in a pot of sand with a hand-glass placed 

 over them, in heat. 



VI. CURATE'LLA (from curatus, worked ; because the 

 leaves, which have a rough surface, are used in Guiana for 

 polishing bows, sabres, and other weapons.) Lin. gen. no. 679. 

 Lam. ill. t. 479. Juss. gen. 282. D. C. syst. 1. p. 409. prod. 1. 

 p. 70. 



LIN. STST. Polyandria, Digynia. Calyx of 4-5-spreading 

 unequal sepals. Petals 4-5, roundish, deciduous. Stamens in- 

 definite. Carpels 2, capsular, 1 or 2-seeded. Seeds ovate, shin- 

 ing. Small shrubs, with ovate rough leaves, winged petioles, and 

 white flowers. 



1 C. AMERICA' NA (Lin. spec. 248.) leaves ovate, repand, and 

 somewhat denticulated, very rough, running along the petiole 

 at the base ; racemes issuing from the adult branches. Tj . S. 

 Native of South America, particularly Guiana and Peru. 

 Aubl. guian. 1. p. 579. t. 232. Lam. ill. t. 479. Petals white. 

 The leaves of this species are used in Cayenne for polishing wood. 

 The bark is thick, wrinkled, and cracked, and falls off in large 

 pieces. 



American Curatella. Fl. Aug. Clt. ? Shrub 10 feet. 



2 C. CABA'IBA (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 22. pi. usu. bras. t. 24.) 

 leaves broad, very blunt, more or less repand-toothed, wrinkled 

 above, downy beneath ; racemes compound, lateral, and are as 

 well as the pedicels and calyx villous. Tj . S. Native of Brasil, 

 where it is called Cabaiba, and where the inhabitants employ the 

 inner bark in the cure of wounds. 



Cabaiba Curatella. Shrub 6 feet. 



3 C. ALA'TA (Vent, clioix. p. 49.) leaves oval, quite entire, 

 smooth ; blunt at both extremities ; petioles winged ; panicle ter- 

 minal, fj . S. Native of Guiana. Perhaps a species of Wbrmia. 



Jfing-petioled Curatella. Fl. ? Clt. 2 Shrub 10 feet. 



Cult. A genus of fine shrubs. The species will grow well 

 in a mixture of loam and peat, and ripened cuttings will root 

 freely if planted in a pot of sand with a hand-glass placed over 

 them, in^eat. 



VII. TRACHYTE'LLA, (from rpa^vrric, trachytes, rough- 

 ness ; because the leaves, which have a very rough surface, are 

 used for polishing wood as well as metal). D. C. syst. 1. p. 

 410. prod. 1. p. 70. 



LIN. SYST. Polyandria, Mono-Digynia. Calyx of 4-5 per- 

 manent sepals. Petals 4-5, deciduous. Stamens indefinite. 

 Carpels 1 or 2, baccate, many-seeded. A perfectly doubtful 

 genus, which was only known to Loureiro. Climbing shrubs 

 with rough leaves and racemes of white flowers. 



1 T. ACTS? A (D. C. syst. 1. p. 410.) leaves lanceolate, some- 

 what serrated ; racemes spiked, linear, interrupted. Jj . w . G. 

 Native of uncultivated places near Canton in China. Actae'a 



aspera, Lour, cochin, ed Willd. 1 . p. 405. The leaves of this 

 species are used in China for polishing works of wood as well as 

 of metal. 



4ct<za-like Trachytella. Shrub cl. 



2 T. CALLI'GONUM (D. C. syst. 1. p. 410.) leaves ovate, quite 

 entire ; racemes somewhat divided. ^ , w . G. Native of Cochin 

 China in woods. Callfgonum asperum. Lour, cochin, ed Willd. 

 1. p. 418. The name is derived from uraXAoe, kallos, beauty, 

 and yovv, gonu, a knee or joint ; because the leaves are jointed, 

 which gives the plant a very remarkable appearance. 



Beautiful-jointed Trachytella. Shrub cl. 



Cult. A mixture of loam and peat will probably suit these 

 plants, and ripened cuttings will probably root if planted in a pot 

 of sand, with a hand-glass placed over them. 



VIII. RE'CCHI A (in honour of Nardo Antonio Reecho, who 

 arranged Hernandez Mexico). Sesse et Moc. fl. mex. icon. ined. 

 and D. C. syst. 1. p. 411. prod. 1. p. 70. 



LIN. SYST. Decandria, Digynia. Calyx of 5, equal, spread- 

 ing sepals. Petals 5, oblong, deciduous. Stamens 10. Ova- 

 ries 2. Shrub with twisted angular branches, and yellow flowers. 



1 R. MEXICA'NA (Sess. et Moc. 1. c.) Ij. S. Native of 

 Mexico. Leaves oval or oblong. Flowers somewhat racemose 

 along the superior branches. 



Mexican Recchia. Shrub cl. 



Cult. A mixture of loam and peat will suit this shrub, and 

 ripened cuttings will root if planted in a pot of sand with a hand- 

 glass placed over them, in heat. 



Tribe II. 



DILLE V NE./E (plants agreeing with Dillenia in some charac- 

 ters). Sal. par. lond. no. 73. D. C. syst. 1. p. 411. prod. 1. p. 70. 



Filaments of stamens not dilated at the apex, but somewhat 

 tapering (f. 16. a. & f. 17. a.), anthers elongated, adnate (f. 17. 

 c.) ; carpels usually from 2 (f. 16. d.) to 5, distinct; rarely soli- 

 tary, or from 5-20, joined (f. 19. c.). Trees, shrubs, or sub- 

 shrubs, very rarely scandent. 



pachys, thick, vtjua, nema, a 

 R. Br. in D. C. syst. 1. p. 411. 



FIG. 16. 



IX. PACHYNE' MA 



filament; filaments very thick). 

 prod. 1. p. 70. 



LIN. SYST. Heptandria Digynia or Decandria Trigynia. 

 Petals 5, ovate (f. 16. a.), soon falling off. Stamens 7 (f. 16. a.) 

 10 ; filaments very thick at the base (f. 16. 6.), erect, tapering to 

 the top (f. 16. a.) ; anthers ovate, adnate at the top of narrowed 

 filaments (f. 16. c.), distinct conniving or parallel. Ovaries 2 (f. 

 16. rf.) 3, ovate, each ending in an awl-shaped style (f. 16. d.). 

 Fruit unknown. 



1 P. COMPLANA'TUM (R. Br. in 

 D.C. syst. l.p. 412.) >j.G. Na- 

 tive of Carpentaria. Deless. icon. 

 sel. 1. t. 73. A little leafless 

 shrub with the habit of Ephedra; 

 branches compressed, toothed on 

 the margins with the flowers rising 

 from the axils of these teeth either 

 singly or in pairs (f. 16.). 



.F/ai-branched Pachynema. Clt. ? 

 Shrub 1 foot. 



Cult. This shrub will thrive 

 well on a mixture of loam and peat, 

 and cuttings will strike root freely 

 in sand under a hand-glass. 



X. HEMISTE'MMA 



a, stemmat 



