DILLENIACE^E. XVI. COLBERTIA. XVII. CAPEHIA. XVIII. DILLENIA. 



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XVI. COLBE'RTIA (in honour of John Baptist Colbert, mar- 

 quis Seignelai, a famous French statesman, and patron of the Paris 

 garden, who destroyed with his own hands the vines which had 

 been planted therein, in lieu of more curious objects ; died 1 683.) 

 Sal. par. lond. no. 73. D. C. syst. 1. p. 435. prod. 1. p. 75. 



LIN. SYST. Poly&ndria, Tetra-Polygynia. Sepals 5-6, per- 

 manent. Petals 5, deciduous. Stamens indefinite, free, 10-50 

 of which are much longer than the rest, bearing empty an- 

 thers. Anthers opening by a double pore. Carpels 4-12, joined 

 into a ribbed baccate fruit. Styles 4-12, diverging. Stigmas 

 capitate ? Seeds reniform, many in each cell, all imbedded in a 

 pellucid glutinose pulp. Trees with broad leaves and yellow 

 flowers. 



1 C. COROMANDELIA'NA (D. C. syst. 1. p. 435.) leaves oblong, 

 villous on the nerves beneath ; pedicels 1 -flowered, fascicled ; 

 petals oval-oblong, acute ; sepals ovate, obtuse. Tj . S. Na- 

 tive of Coromandel in mountain valleys. Dillenia pentagyna, 

 Roxb. corom. 1. p. 21. t. 20. Leaves oblong, like those of 

 Dillenia speciosa, but larger. Pedicels 1 -flowered, several of 

 which rise from the same floriferous bud, along the naked 

 branches of the preceding year. An elegant tree with yellow 

 flowers. Fruit pendulous. 



Coromandel Colbertia. Fl. March, April. Clt. 1803. Tree 

 20 feet. 



2 C. SCABRB'LLA (D. Don. prod. fl. nep. p. 226.) leaves ellip- 

 tical, acute, tapering to the base, pilose on both surfaces, with 

 bristly serratures ; peduncles in axillary fascicles, each fur- 

 nished with two opposite bracteas, glabrous ; leaflets of calyx 

 oval-roundish ; petals orbicular or obovate ; anthers obtuse, fy . 

 S. Native of Bengal. Dillenia scabrella, Roxb. hort. beng. p. 

 43. Wall. pi. asiat. rar. p. 20. t. 22. Leaves 1 foot long, deci- 

 duous. Ovaries 6-7. Flowers yellow, fragrant. The fleshy leaves 

 of the calyx have a pleasant acid taste, and are used in curries 

 by the inhabitants of Chittagong in the same manner as those of 

 Dillenia speciosa. 



Rough-leaved Colbertia. Fl. ? Clt. 1820. Tree 3 feet. 



3 C. OBOVA'TA (Blum, bijdr. fl. ned. ind. ex Schlecht. Linnaea 

 1. p. 492.) leaves obovate, serrated; peduncles 1 -flowered ; 

 flowers polygynous. Tj . S. Native of Java. Wormia obovata, 

 Spreng. syst. app. p. 213. Ovaries 12. 



O6oate-leaved Colbertia. Tree 20 feet. 



4 C. AUGU'STA (Wall, in litt.) leaves large, obovate feather- 

 nerved ; nerves bifid at the apex, each terminating in a mucrone, 

 all villous; pedicels 1 -flowered, aggregate, axillary. Tj. S. 

 Native of the East Indies. Dillenia augusta, Roxb. Leaves 1 

 foot long and 7 inches broad. The points of the nerves are the 

 teeth of the leaves. Flowers yellow. 



August Colbertia. Tree 40 feet. 



Cult. Colbertia is a genus of elegant trees resembling Dillenia. 

 The species will thrive well in sandy loam, or a mixture of loam 

 and peat. Ripened cuttings root freely in sand under a hand- 

 glass plunged in a moderate heat, but they must not be deprived 

 of any of their leaves. 



XVII. CAPE'LLIA (Capell, the name of some botanist ?) 

 Blum, bijdr. fl. ned. ind. ex Schlecht. Linnaea 1. p. 492. 



LIN. SYST. Poly&ndria Polygynia. Stamens indefinite, free, 

 the inner ones much longer than the rest in one row. Carpels 

 5-8 or more, membranous, joined into a globose fruit. Cells 

 many-seeded, opening on the inside ; seeds disposed in a double 

 series at the margins of the carpels. Styles awl-shaped, diverging. 

 Sepals and petals 5, the latter deciduous. A tall tree, with 

 oblong repand-serrulated, smooth leaves, and terminal many- 

 flowered peduncles. Flowers yellow. This genus differs from 

 Colbertia in the fruit not being baccate nor pulpy, and in the 

 carpels opening inwardly. It differs from Dillenia in the petals 



FIG. 19. 



being deciduous, not permanent, as well as in the stamens being 

 unequal. 



1 C. MULTIFLO^RA (Blum. 1. c.) ^ . S. Native of Java. 



Many-flowered Capellia. Tree 40 feet. 



Cult. Capellia will require the same treatment as that re- 

 commended for the species of Dillenia.^ 



XVIII. DILLENIA (in honour of John James Dillenius, the 

 famous professor of botany at Oxford, author of Historia Mus- 

 corum and Hortus Elthamensis, &c.) Lin. gen. no. 688. D. C. 

 syst. 1. p. 435. prod. 1. p. 75. 



LIN. SYST, Poly&ndria, Polygynia. Sepals and petals 5, both 

 permanent. Stamens indefinite, free, equal (f. 19. 6.) Carpels 

 10-20, joined into a spurious, many-celled, many-seeded berry 

 (f. 19. c.) crowned by the radiant stigmas (f. 19. d.) Elegant 

 trees, with large white or yellow flowers. Fruit eatable, of an 

 acid taste. 



1 D. SPECIO'SA (Thunb. in Lin. 

 soc. trans. 1. p. 200.) leaves ellip- 

 tical-oblong, simply serrated ; pe- 

 duncles 1 -flowered, fy . S. Native 

 of Malabar, especially about Cochin 

 and Moutan ; also in Java and 

 Ceylon. Smith, exot. bot. 1. 1. 2. 

 Syalita, Rheed. mal. 3. p. 39. t. 

 38 and 39. D. I'ndica, Lin. spec. 

 745. A tall elegant tree, with 

 leaves like those of the sweet 

 chesnut. Flowers large, with white 

 petals and yellow anthers, (f. 19.) 



The fruit is eatable, though very 

 acid, which, as Rheede informs 

 us, requires sugar, broth, or some 

 other addition to make it palatable. 

 The acid juice of the fruit, with sugar, is used in India mixed 

 with water as a pleasant cooling beverage in fevers. 



Shewy Dillenia. Fl. ? Clt. 1800. Tree 40 feet. 



2 D. AU'REA (Smith, exot. bot. t. 92, 93.) leaves elliptical- 

 oblong, serrated ; flowers often solitary on peduncles, rising be- 

 fore the expansion of the leaves. Tj . S. Native of the East 

 Indies, near the river Gogra. A deciduous tree, with the ap- 

 pearance of D. speciosa. Margins of seeds not fringed. Flowers 

 yellow. 



GWrfen-flowered Dillenia. Tree 30 feet. 



3 D. ORNA'TA (Wall. pi. asiat. rar. p. 21. t. 23.) leaves ob- 

 ovate, remotely crenately toothletted, stalked, smooth above, but 

 pubescent beneath ; flowers solitary, terminal, fy . S. Native 

 of the East Indies in the forests of the principal rivers in Mala- 

 bar. A noble deciduous tree, resembling the Teak when in 

 foliage. Flowers large, yellow, fragrant. Stigmas 9, stellately 

 spreading. Perhaps a species of Colbertia. 



Ornamented Dillenia. Fl. March. Tree 50 feet. 



4 D. INTEGRA (Thunb. in Lin. trans. 1. p. 199. t. 18.) leaves 

 oblong-obovate, obtuse, nearly entire ; peduncles 1-flowered. 

 lj . S. Native of Ceylon. A tree with broad leaves. Flowers 

 terminal on the extreme branches. This is perhaps a species of 

 Wormia as well as D. elliptica and D. retusa. Called in Ceylon 

 Gudapara and Runumidale. A decoction of the leaves is used 

 by the inhabitants for cleansing foul ulcers. 



Entire-leaved Dillenia. Fl. ? Tree 30 feet. 



5 D. ELLI'PTICA (Thunb. in Lin. soc. trans. 1. p. 200.) leaves 

 elliptical-ovate, acute, serrated; peduncles 1-flowered. Tj.S. 

 Native of Amboina, Celebes, near Tambocco. Songium, Rumph. 

 amb. 2. p. 140. t. 45. A treelike Citrus Limbnia, with leaves 

 about 2 feet long. Flowers white. Fruit the size of an 

 orange, filled with copper-coloured bitterish-sweet pulp ; it is 



