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ANONACEjE. VIII. UNONA. IX. XYLOPIA. 



Sharp-petalled Unona. Shrub 6 feet. 



36 U. BIGLANDULO'SA (Blum, bijdr. fl. ned. ind. ex Schlecht. 

 Linnaea. 1. p. 495.) leaves somewhat cordate, ovate-lanceolate, 

 acuminated, with 2 glands on the margin, glaucous beneath ; pe- 

 duncles lateral, 1 -flowered, shorter than the leaves ; fruit moni- 

 liform, stipitate. Tq . S. Native of Java. 



Ttvo-glanded-le&ved Unona. Shrub 6 feet. 



37 U. SUAVE' OLENS (Blum. 1. c.) leaves oblong-lanceolate, 

 smooth, tapering to both ends ; peduncles hooked, many-flower- 

 ed ; petals linear, silky, closed at the base ; berries oval-oblong, 

 2-seeded, tapering to both ends, on short stipes. J; . S. Native 

 of Java. 



Sweet-scented Unona. Shrub. 



38 U. LEPTOPE'TALA (D. C. syst. 1. p. 496.) leaves oval- 

 oblong, acuminated, and are, as well as branches, smooth ; pe- 

 duncles axillary, branched ; petals oblong-linear, pointed. Tj . S. 

 Native of the island of Timor. Deless. icon. sel. 1. t. 88. 

 Petals six times longer than the calyx, rather velvety with fine 

 down. 



Slender-petalled Unona. Shrub 10 feet. 



SECT. III. MELODO'RUM (mel, honey, odor, smell, as the 

 leaves of M. dumetdrum.) D. C. syst. 1. p. 497. prod. 1. p. 91. 

 Flowers pyramidal, narrow, elongated ; petals linear-triangular, 

 acute, generally closed, covering the base of the genitals ; carpels 

 baccate, smoothish, or exceedingly torulose. 



39 U. LATIFO V LIA (Dun. mon. anon. p. 115.) leaves broad- 

 oblong-lanceolate, under surface woolly ; flowers racemose ; ber- 

 ries numerous, 2-3-seeded. ^ . S. Native of the Moluccas. 

 A tree with broad leaves, like those of Michelia Champaca. 

 Berries, when ripe, about the size of a nut ; at first whitish, 

 then reddish, and at last becoming black. Seeds aromatic. 



Broad-leaved Unona. Tree 30 feet. 



40 U. SYLVA'TICA (Dun. mon. anon. p. 115.) leaves ovate- 

 oblong, under surface tomentose ; flowers solitary, on short 

 pedicels ; berries ovate-oblong, fleshy, rough. ^ . S. Native 

 of Cochin- China in woods. Melodorum arboreum, Lour. coch. 

 ed. Willd. 1. p. 430. A large tree, used in Cochin-China for 

 building houses. Flowers of a greenish-white colour, fleshy. 

 Berries not eatable. 



Wood Unona. Tree 40 feet. 



41 U. KENTII (Blum, bijdr. fl. ned. ind. ex Schlecht. Linnaea. 

 1. p. 495.) leaves oblong-lanceolate, coriaceous, shining; pe- 

 duncles axillary, 1 -flowered, nodding; berries globose, 2-seeded, 

 on short stipes. *; . S. Native of Java. 



Kent's Unona. Shrub 6 feet. 



42 U. HU'MILIS (Blum. 1. c.) leaves broad-lanceolate, with the 

 veins underneath rufous-silky ; peduncles opposite the leaves, 3- 

 flowered; berries 1-2-seeded, globose, stipitate. Ij . S. Native 

 of Java. 



Humble Unona. Shrub 6 feet. 



43 U. DUMETO RUM (Dun. mon. anon. p. 116.) leaves lanceo- 

 late, smooth ; flowers solitary ; berries nearly sessile, ovate-ob- 

 long, rough. J? . S. Native of Cochin-China in bushy places. 

 Melodorum fruticosum, Lour, cochin, ed. Willd. 1. p. 430. A 

 shrub, with sweet-scented leaves. Flowers yellowish-brown. 

 Pulp of fruit, sparing, but of a grateful taste. 



Bush Unona. Shrub 4 feet. 



44 U. iu CIDA (D. C. syst. 1. p. 498.) leaves oval-oblong, 

 acuminated at both ends, quite smooth, upper surface shining ; 

 peduncles simple ; berries oblong, blunt, somewhat flattened and 

 torulose, on short stipes. ^ S. Native of Peru. Deless. icon, 

 sel. 1. t. 89. 



Shining -leaved Unona. Shrub 6 feet? 



45 U.. ACUTIFLO'RA (Dun. mon. anon. p. 116. t. 22.) leaves 

 ovate-lanceolate, acute, rather stiff, smooth ; peduncles very short, 



1 -flowered ; berries ovate-oblong, on short stipes. Jj . S. Na- 

 tive of the West Indies or Sierra Leone ? Petals silky on the 

 outside. 



y^cttfe-flowered Unona. Tree 40 feet. 



46 U. XYLOPIOI'DES (Dun. mon. anon. p. 117. t. 21.) leaves 

 oblong, acuminated, under surface silky, shining, margins revo- 

 lute at the base ; peduncles 2-4, axillary, short. Tj . S. Native 

 of New Granada. H. B. Kth. nov. spec. amer. 5. p. 62. 

 Uvaria febrifuga, H. et B. ined. A tree with pendulous branches. 

 Outer petals brown-silky on the outside, and white on the inside, 

 inner petals white, but red at the base. Berries dry, oblong, 

 somewhat curved, many-celled. 



Xylopia-like Unona. Tree 70 feet. 



47 U.? POLYCA'KPA (D. C. syst. 1. p. 499.) leaves oblong, 

 acuminated, rather glaucous, smoothish, with the middle nerve 

 at the base rather tomentose ; berries on long stipes. Tj . S. 

 Native of Sierra Leone. Perhaps a species of Guatteria, or a 

 proper genus. 



Many-fruited Unona. Shrub. 



48 U. ? SELA'NICA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 92.) leaves ovate, acute, 

 upper surface smooth, under surface wrinkled ; racemes few- 

 flowered, terminal, pendulous. Tj . S. Native of the Moluccas 

 Dammara Selanica, Rumph. amb. 2. p. 168. t. 56. ? Lam. diet. 2. 

 p. 259. U. orientalis, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 636. 



Selanic Unona. Tree 60 feet. 



Cult. The whole of this genus require the heat of a stove. 

 A light loamy soil suits them best ; and ripened cuttings will 

 strike root if planted in a pot of sand, and placed under a hand- 

 glass, in heat. If seeds of any of them can be procured from 

 their native places, they should be sown immediately, as they do 

 not retain their vegetative power long, in a mixture of loam, 

 sand, and peat, and placed in a hot-bed. 



IX. XYLO'PIA (from uXov, xylon, wood, and irtKpof, picrot, 

 bitter ; the wood of some species are extremely bitter, abridged 

 from Xylopicron.) Lin. gen. 1027. Lam. ill. t. 495. Aubl. 

 guian. 1. p. 602. Juss. gen. 283. Dun. mon. anon. p. 48. and 

 118. D. C. syst. l.p. 499. prod. 1. p. 92. 



LIN. SYST. Polydndria, Di-Polygynia. Calyx 3-5-lobed ; 

 segments ovate, coriaceous, acutish. Petals 6, 3-outer ones 

 largest. Stamens indefinite, inserted in the receptacle, which is 

 usually globose. Carpels 2-15, on short stipes, flattened, 1- 

 celled, 1-2-seeded, sometimes dehiscent, sometimes somewhat 

 baccate. Seeds obovate, shining, sometimes furnished with aril. 

 Trees or shrubs, with oblong or lanceolate leaves and axillary, 

 bracteate, 1 or many-flowered peduncles. Wood bitter, whence 

 the name of P. Browne Xylopicron. Fruit and bark aromatic. 



1 X. MURICA'TA (Lin. spec. 1367.) leaves lanceolate, acumi- 

 nated, strigose on the under surface, bearded at the apex ; pe- 

 duncles many-flowered ; carpels muricated. Tj > S. Native of 

 Jamaica on the mountains. Dun. mon. anon. p. 120. X. fru- 

 tescens, Gaert. fruct. I. p. 339. t. 69. f. 7. Brown, jam. 250. 

 t. 5. f. 2. A shrub, with smooth twiggy twisted branches. 



Muricated-carpelled Bitter-wood. Fl.? Clt. 1773. Shrub 6 ft. 



2 X. FRUTE'SCENS (Aubl. guian. 1. p. 602. t. 292. exclusive 

 of the synonyms.) leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminated, under 

 surface silky ; peduncles 1-3, very short ; carpels smooth. Tj . 

 S. Native of Brasil and Guiana. Lam. ill. t. 495. Dun. mon. 

 anon. p. 120. X. setosa, Poir. diet. 8. p. 812. A shrub with 

 distich branches. The bark affords a cordage. The leaves and 

 wood are very aromatic, and the seeds have an acrid aromatic 

 taste, and are used by the negroes in Guiana instead of pepper. 

 Flowers 4-lines long, silky. Seeds full of a very fragrant acrid oil. 



Shrubby Bitter-wood. Fl. ? Clt. 1823. Shrub 6 feet? 



3 X. SALICIFOLIA (H. B. et Kth. spe. amer. nov. 5. p. 63.) 

 leaves oblong, acuminated, bluntish, under surface silky; pe- 



