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MAGNOLIACEjE. IV. TASMANNIA. V. MANGLIETIA. 



is not much used in practice at present, there being many drugs 

 of equal or superior power, as Canella alba, &c. 



Winter' '*-bark. Fl. Dec. Clt. 1827. Tree 40 feet. 



3 D. GRANATE'NSIS (Lin. fil. FIG. 20. 

 suppl. 269.) leaves ovate-oblong 



or oblong, acute, gradually tapering 

 to the base, under surface glau- 

 cous ; peduncles umbellate, 3-5- 

 cleft, sometimes simple, usually 

 aggregate at the tops of the 

 branches. P? S. Native of New 

 Granada, and in the kingdom of 

 Santa-Fe de Bogota in the moun- 

 tains at the height of 9300 feet, 

 also of Brasil in the province of 

 Minas Geraes. Humb. Bonpl. pi. 

 asquin. 1. p. 205. t. 58. St. Hil. 

 pi. usu. bras. t. 26 and 28. Win- 

 tera Granatensis, Murr. syst. 507. 

 Drimys Winte'ri, Mart. Reis. 1. 

 p. 280. but not of Lin. The flavour of the bark is the same 

 as the preceding. A tree about 20 feet high, called in New 

 Granada Agi, and in the province of Quito and Popaya Canela 

 de Parama. Flowers white, rather larger than those of D. Win- 

 teri ; petals about 12. 



Var. a, campestris (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 22. pi. usuell. bras. 

 t. 26.) stem shrubby or arboreous ; leaves 2 or 3 inches long, 

 obovate-oblong, very blunt ; with the nerves rufescent on the 

 under surface ; peduncles 3-5-cleft, but usually 4-cleft ; pedicels 

 short, aggregate at the top of the branches rising from the axils 

 of the caducous bracteas ; petals usually 10, oblong-linear, blunt. 

 ^ . S. Native of Brazil in fields on the banks of rivers. 



Var. (3, sylvatica (St. Hil. 1. c. pi. usu. bras. t. 27.) stem arbo- 

 reous ; leaves 4-6 inches long, oblong, rather narrow and rather 

 acute, hoary beneath with rufescent nerves ; peduncles umbel- 

 late, 3-4, but usually 5-cleft, very numerous, crowded at the 

 tops of the branches, rising from the axils of the caducous 

 bracteas ; pedicels slender, longer than the peduncles ; petals 

 5-7 lines long, linear, acute. Native of Brazil in woods, usually 

 on the banks of rivulets, (f. 20.) 



Var. y, axillaris (St. Hil. 1. c.) stem arboreous ; branches 

 glaucous ; leaves 2 or 3 inches long, full of pellucid dots ; hoary 

 glaucous beneath, with reddish nerves ; peduncles umbellate, 

 3-4 cleft, but often 5-cleft, rising from the axils of the upper 

 leaves; pedicels shorter than the peduncles ; petals usually 10, 

 oblong-linear, narrowest at the base, rather acute at the apex. 

 Native of Brazil on mountains near Villa Ricca. 



Var. S, montana (St. Hil. 1. c. pi. usu. bras. t. 28.) stem 

 shrubby, a little branched ; leaves crowded, 1 or 1J inches 

 long, obovate oblong, obtuse, usually somewhat emarginate, 

 hoary pubescent beneath ; peduncles crowded, not numerous, 

 usually lateral, rising from the axils of the caducous bracteas, 

 simple, 1 -flowered or divided, longer than the pedicels; flowers 

 small; petals 12-15, oblong-linear, obtuse. Native of Brasil on 

 the high mountains, commonly called Serra Negra. This variety 

 is called in Brasil Casca d. Anta, signifying ecorse de taper. 

 The bark of all the varieties is aromatic stimulating, and the inha- 

 bitants in the provinces of the mines make much use of it. It is 

 employed as a tonic to cure colics, and as a spice, and is much 

 used by the inhabitants of Brasil to season their food, and there- 

 fore the plant is considered of great importance by them. 



New Granada Winter's-bark. Tree 25 feet. 



4 D. CHILE'NSIS (D. C. syst. 1. p. 444.) leaves oblong-ob- 

 ovate, under surface glaucous ; pedicels crowded, 1 -flowered, or 

 rising from a common peduncle ; petals 6-9, oblong, bluntish. 



1? . G. Native of Chili in marshy places. Deless. icon. sel. 1. 

 t. 83. Berries oval, somewhat compressed, blunt. A tall shrub, 

 with very aromatic bark. Flowers white. 



Chili Winter's-bark. Shrub 12 feet. 



5 D. MEXICA'NA (Moc. et Sesse, pi. mex. ined. D. C. syst. 1. 

 p. 444.) leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminated at both ends ; pe- 

 duncles elongated, bearing 4 elongated pedicels at the apex ; 

 petals 20-24, acute. Tj . G. Native of Mexico. Berries 4, or 

 from abortion only 2 or 3, obovate, tapering towards the base, of 

 a bluish- violet colour. Flowers white. 



Mexican Winter's-bark. Shrub 8 feet. 



Cult. A mixture of loam, peat, and sand will suit the species 

 of Drimys, and ripened cuttings will probably root in sand under 

 a hand-glass ; however they are extremely difficult to preserve.f 



IV. TASMA'NNIA (in honour of Tasman, a Dutch navi- 

 gator; discoverer of Van Diemen's Land.) R. Br. in D. C. syst. 

 l.p. 445. 



LIN. SYST. Dicecia, Polyandria. Flowers dioecious or poly- 

 gamous, small, like those of Drimys. Male flowers with an 

 indefinite number of stamens, and with the rudiment of a pistil. 

 Female flowers with 2 sepals and 2-5 deciduous petals. Ovary 

 1 -celled. Stigma adhering longitudinally to the inner side of 

 the ovary. Fruit membranous, indehiscent, 1 -celled, many- 

 seeded. Stamens a little curved. This genus comes very near 

 to Drimys, but differs in the flowers being dioecious with the 

 female ones bearing only 1 berry. Very smooth evergreen shrubs, 

 with entire alternate leaves. Flowers crowded in the upper 

 axils of the leaves. Pedicels 1 -flowered. 



1 T. AROMA'TICA (R. Br. in D. C. syst. 1. p. 445.) leaves 

 oblong, gradually tapering to' the base along the petiole ; fruit 

 globose, subdidymous. Jj . G. Native of the colder parts of 

 New Holland, and especially in Van Diemen's Land. Deless. 

 icon. sel. 1. t. 84. Winterana lanceolata, Poir. diet. 8. p. 799. 

 Bark aromatic. Flowers small, white. 



Aromatic-barked Tasmannia. Fl.? Clt. 1820. Shrub 8 feet. 



2 T. INSI'PIDA (R. Br. in D. C. syst. 1. p. 445.) leaves oval- 

 oblong, abruptly eared at the apex of the very short petiole ; 

 fruit oval-oblong. 17 . G. Native of New Holland about Port 

 Jackson. T. dipetala, R. Br. in litt. Bark insipid. 



Insipid-barked Tasmannia. Shrub 8 feet. 



Cult. A mixture of loam and peat will suit the species of 

 this genus, and ripened cuttings will strike root if planted in a 

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



Tribe II. 



M AGNOLIE' IE (plants agreeing in character with Magnolia). 

 D. C. prod. 1. p. 79. Carpels disposed in spikes along the 

 axis. Leaves destitute of pellucid dots. Calyx deciduous. 



V. MANGLIETIA (Manglet is the name of M. glauca in 

 Java). Blum, bijdr. fl. ned. ind. 1. p. 8. fl. jav* fasc. 19. p. 22. 



LIN. SYST. Polyandria, Polygynia. Calyx spathaceous, irre- 

 gularly deciduous. Corolla usually 9-petalled. Stamens awl- 

 shaped ; anthers bursting inwards. Carpels numerous, some- 

 what 2-valved, permanent, 2 or many-seeded, disposed in a 

 dense imbricated cone. Elegant trees with elliptical-oblong 

 leaves, acuminated at both ends, and glaucous beneath. Flowers 

 solitary, terminal. 



1 M. GLAU'CA (Blum, bijdr. 1. p. 8. fl. jav. fasc. 19. p. 22. 

 t. 6.) leaves elliptical-oblong, acute at both ends, pale glaucous 

 beneath ; buds smooth ; carpels 2-4 or many-seeded. Tj . S. Na- 

 tive of Java. Flowers beautiful pale yellow, fragrant. 



Glaucous-\ea\ed Manglietia. Tree 80 feet. 



2 M. INSI'GNIS (Blum. fl. jav. fasc. 19. p. 22. in a note.) 

 leaves oblong, acuminated ; glaucous and netted, with veins 'be- 



