FLACOURTIANEjE. I. RYANSA. II. PATKISIA. III. FLACOURTIA. 



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5 STIGMAROTA. Stamens as in Roumea. Style crowned by 

 6 radiant stigmas. 



TEIBE III. 



KIGGELARIE^. Flowers dioecious from abortion (f. 57. a. b.) 

 Petals 5. Fruit baccate, at length dehiscent. 



6 KIGGELA'RIA. Petals 5, bearing 3 glands at the claw (f. 57.) 



7 MELICYTUS. Petals 5, glandless. Stigmas 4-5, radiant. 



8 HYDNOCA'RPUS. Petals 5, furnished each with a scale at 

 the base. 



TRIBE IV. 



ERYTHROSPE'RMEJE. Flowers hermaphrodite. Petals and sta- 

 mens 5-7. Fruit baccate, indehiscent. 



9 ERYTHROSPE'RMUM. Calyx of 4 sepals, about equal in 

 length with the petals. 



Tribe I. 



PATRISIE\iE (plants agreeing with Patrisia in some im- 

 portant characters). D. C. prod. 1. p. 255. Flowers herma- 

 phrodite, apetalous. Sepals 5, coloured on the inside, permanent. 

 Stamens indefinite. Fruit capsular or baccate. Perhaps refer- 

 able to some genera in Passifldrece near Smeathmannia ? but the 

 seeds are smooth, not as in Passiflorece, scrobiculate, wholly 

 fixed to the disk, not fixed longitudinally to the nerves of the 

 valves as in that order. 



I. RYAN.E'A (named by Vahl after John Ryan, who col- 

 lected and sent to him many plants from Guiana and Cayenne). 

 D. C. prod. 1. p. 254. Ryania, Vahl. eel. 1. p. 51. t. 9. Patri- 

 sia, Rich. act. sbc. par. p. 111. 



LIN. STST. Polyandria, Monogynia. Urceolus petaloid, si- 

 tuated between the stamens and the pistil. Fruit baccate, inde- 

 Tiiscent. Branching shrubs with simple leaves. The name is a 

 little changed to prevent its being confounded with Riana. 



1 R. SPECIO'SA (Vahl. 1. c.) leaves green on both surfaces, 

 under surface bearing stellate hairs on the ribs; peduncles 1- 

 flowered. ^ . S. Native of the island of Trinidad and in 

 Cayenne in mountain woods. Patrisia pyrifera, Rich. 1. c. Pers. 

 ench. 2. p. 69. Flowers large, somewhat cream-coloured. 



Shervy Ryansea. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1823. Shrub 10 feet. 



Cult, This beautiful and singular shrub deserves a place in 

 every stove. It will thrive well in vegetable mould mixed with 

 a little sand ; and ripened cuttings will strike freely if planted in 

 a pot of sand, which should be plunged in a gentle heat, under a 

 hand or bell-glass. 



II. PATRI'SIA ( Patris, who collected numerous plants 

 in Cayenne). H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 5. p. 356. D. C. prod. 

 1. p. 255. 



LIN. SYST. Polyandria, Tri-Penlagynia. Urceolus none. 

 Fruit capsular, dehiscent, suberose or papery, 3-5-valved. 



1 P. BI'COLOR (D. C. prod. 1. p. 256.) leaves white on the 

 under surface from very fine tomentum ; peduncles many-flow- 

 ered. Pj . S. Native of Cayenne and Trinidad. Flowers large, 

 cream-coloured. 



Tivo-coloured-leaved Patrisia. Shrub 8 feet. 



2 P. PARVIFLORA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 256.) leaves villous on 

 the under surface without ribs; peduncles 1 -flowered. fy. S. 

 Native of Cayenne. Flowers whitish. 



Small-flowered Patrisia. Shrub 12 feet. 



3 P. DENTA'TA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. spec. 5. p. 357.) leaves 

 glabrous on the ribs, on the under surface, and with the veins 

 puberulous; flowers axillary, 1-2, on short pedicels; branchlets 

 somewhat flexuous. fj . S. Native of sandy shady places 



between Atures and Maypures on the Orinoco river. Flowers 

 whitish. 



Toothed-leaved Patrisia. Tree 30 feet. 



4 P. AFFI'NIS (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c.) leaves glabrous, with the 

 nerve and veins on the under surface rather hairy, ovate, acumi- 

 nated, obsoletely denticulated ; flowers 1-2, axillary on short 

 pedicels ; branchlets somewhat erect. T? . S. Native on rocks 

 near Carichana on the river Orinoco. Flowers whitish. Root 

 poisonous. 



Allied Patrisia. Tree 20 feet. 



Cult. The species of Patrisia require to be grown in a mix- 

 ture of loam and vegetable mould, and ripened cuttings will root 

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

 them, plunged in heat. 



Tribe II. 



FLACOURTIFjE (shrubs agreeing with Flacourtia in many 

 important characters). B.C. prod. 1. p. 256. Flowers dioe- 

 cious from abortion (f. 55. a. b. f. 56. a. d.}, petalless (f. 55. a. 

 f. 56. 6.). Stamens indefinite (f. 55. a.). Fruit baccate, inde- 

 hiscent (f. 55. c. f. 56. d.). 



HI. FLACOU'RTIA (in honour of Etienne de Flacourt, a 

 Director of the French East India Company, and the commander 

 of an expedition to Madagascar in 1648, of which he afterwards 

 wrote an account, which contained considerable details upon the 

 botany of that country). Lher. stirp. 59. t. 30. D. C. prod. 1. 

 p. 256. 



LIN. SYST. Dice'cia, Polyandria. Male flowers. Stamens 

 densely crowded upon the hemispherical receptacle (f. 55. a.), 

 glandless at the base. Female flowers. Calyx 4-5-cleft, (f. 55. 6.) 

 deciduous. Stigmas 4-9 (f. 55. &.), furnished each with one 

 longitudinal furrow above. Seeds bony. Shrubs thorny. The 

 sepals are whitish and the stamens and anthers are yellow. 



1 F. RAMO'NTCHI (Lher. 1. c. Lam. ill. t. 826.) leaves roundish- 

 ovate, acute, crenated. Tj . S. Native of Madagascar, where it 

 is called Ramontchi. Alamotou, Flac. mad. 124. Flowers 

 yellowish or cream-coloured. The fruit is of the size and shape 

 of a small plum, red when ripe, but at length becoming violet- 

 coloured with a transparent red flesh. The natives eat the 

 fruit ; they are sweet, but leave a sharpness in the mouth. 



An island on the coast of Madagascar is covered with these 

 trees, and because they resemble the European plum-tree, the 

 sailors have named the island Isle aux Prunes, or Plum-tree Island. 



Ramontchi Flacourtia. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1775. Sh. 8 feet. 



2 F. SA'PIDA (Roxb. cor. 1. p. 

 49. t. 69.) leaves elliptic, repandly- 

 serrated, bluntish at both extremi- 

 ties. Tj . S. Native of the East In- 

 dies on mountains. Flowers yellow. 

 Fruit red, the size of a common cur- 

 rant ; they are eaten by the inhabit- 

 ants, and are very palatable. The 

 tree is- called Pedda Canren by 

 the Telingas. (f. 55.) 



Sapid Flacourtia. Fl. Clt. 1800. 

 Tree 12 feet. 



3 F. INE'RMIS (Roxb. cor. 3. t. 

 222.) an unarmed tree ; leaves el- 

 liptic, crenately-serrated, shining ; 

 racemes axillary, short ; flowers 

 hermaphrodite ; style 5-cleft. 1? . 



S. Native of the Molucca islands. Mai. misc. 1. no. 1. p. 25. 

 Stamens 20-30. Berries reddish-purple, of a pleasant acid taste, 

 for which the tree is cultivated extensively in the Moluccas, 

 t/mmned Flacourtia. Fl. Feb. Nov. Clt. 1814. Tree 30 ft. 



4 F. SEPIA'RIA (Roxb. cor. 1. p. 48. t. 68.) leaves obovate- 

 Pp 2 



FIG. 55. 



