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FLACOURTIANE^:. III. FLACOURTIA. IV. ROUMEA. V. STIOMAROTA. VI. KIGGELAKIA. 



oblong, repandly serrated. ^ . S. Native of the East Indies. 

 Rheed. mal. 2. p. 39. Many of the synonyms given to this 

 plant are probably confused with those of Eleeodendron Ar'gan. 

 Fruit red, eatable, and are sold in public markets ; they are 

 called Canrem by the Telingas. This bush answers well for 

 fences, the spines being very strong. 

 Hedge Flacourtia. Clt. 1820. Shrub 6 feet. 



5 F. CATAPHRA'CTA (Roxb. in. Willd. spec. 4. p. 830.) leaves 

 oval-oblong, acuminated, serrated. Tj . S. Native of the East 

 Indies. Flowers yellow. Fruit reddish, when ripe eatable. 



All-armed Flacourtia. Clt. 1804. Shrub 8 feet. 



6 F. FLAVE'SCENS (Willd. spec. 4. p. 830.) leaves oblong, 

 bluntish, serrated, narrowed at the base. Jj . S. Native of 

 Guinea. Flowers and fruit yellow. 



Yellowish Flacourtia. Clt. 1780. Shrub 15 feet. 



7 F. RHAMNOIDES (Burch. cat. afr. austr. no. 4012.) leaves 

 elliptical, somewhat serrated, acutish. Tj . G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope, in woods. Flowers axillary, small, yel- 

 lowish ; pedicels 1 -flowered. Berry ovate, red, eatable when ripe. 



Rhamnus-like Flacourtia. Clt. 1819. Shrub 4 feet. 



8 F. FLEXUOSA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. spec. 7. p. 239.) branches 

 flexuous, spinose ; leaves ovate-oblong, remotely serrated, mem- 

 branous, smooth, shining : male flowers axillary, aggregate. Tj . 

 S. Native of Mexico. Flowers yellowish. 



F/exuous-branched Flacourtia. Shrub 6 feet. 



9 F. CELASTRI'NA (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c. p. 239.) spines of 

 the branches very long and straight ; leaves obovate-roundish, 

 membranous, crenated, smooth, shining ; peduncles axillary, 

 usually twin ; berry subglobose-elliptical. ^ . S. Native of 

 Mexico. Flowers yellowish. Berries red. 



Celastrus-like Flacourtia. 'Shrub 6 feet. 



10 F. PRUNIFO'LIA (H. B. 1. c. p. 240. t. 654.) trunk beset 

 with strong spines ; branches unarmed ; leaves obovate, ellip- 

 tical, obtuse, coriaceous, smooth, shining, glandularly crenated ; 

 racemes axillary, short. T? . S. Native of New Granada. 

 Flowers yellowish. Berries red, eatable when ripe ? 



Plum-leaved Flacourtia. Tree 20 feet. 



11 F. CORDA'TA (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c. p. 241.) unarmed; 

 leaves cordate, acute, crenated, coriaceous, smooth, shining ; male 

 flowers aggregate, female ones solitary. Fj . S. Native of Peru. 

 Flowers yellowish. Berries red ? 



Corrfafe-leaved Flacourtia. Shrub. 



Cult. This genus thrives best in a mixture of loam and peat. 

 Cuttings will root freely planted in a pot of sand, and placed 

 under a hand-glass, in heat. 



IV. ROU'MEA (in memory of Philippe Rose Roume, de St. 

 Laurent, once an agent of the French Government in St. Domin- 

 go, who was of great service to Poiteau while he travelled there.) 

 Poit. mem. mus. 1. p. 62. t. 4. 

 D. C. prod. 1. p. 256. 



LIN. SYST. Dice'cia, Polyandria. 

 Male flowers with the stamens in- 

 serted in a narrow receptacle (f. 56, 

 a.) girded at the base by crenated 

 glands. Female flowers. Calyx per- 

 manent, 4-5 cleft. Stigmas depress- 

 ed-capitate at the top, (f, 56, e.) 

 Seeds cartilaginous.Thorny shrubs. 



1 R. CORIA'CEA (Poit. I.e.) spines 

 of adult branches sometimes large 

 and branched, sometimes small, 

 simple ; leaves serrated. Tj . S. 

 Native of St. Domingo, in dry and 

 sunny places. Kcelera laurifolia, 

 Willd. (exclusive of the descrip- 



tion confused with Drypetes,) Bessera spinosa, Spreng. pug. 2. 

 p- 91. Limacia laurifolia, Dietr. Flowers greenish-yellow, 

 aggregate. Fruit small, saffron-coloured, without taste. 



Leathery-leaved Roumea. Shrub 1 2 feet. 



2 R. INE'RMIS (D. C. prod. 1. p. 256.) spines none; leaves 

 quite entire. ^ . S. Native of Bengal. Bessera inermis, Spreng, 

 pug. 2. p. 90. Branches angular from 3 strong nerves running 

 down the stem from each leaf. Flowers 15-20 aggregate, small, 

 on slender pedicels, in the axils of the leaves ; greenish-yellow. 

 Male flowers with sessile anthers. 



Unarmed Roumea. Shrub 8 feet. 



Cult. These plants will thrive best in a mixture of loam and 

 peat. Ripened cuttings will strike freely if planted in a pot of 

 sand, and placed under a hand-glass, in heat. 



V. STIGMARO'TA (from stigma, a stigma, and rota, a 

 wheel ; in allusion to the rayed stigmas.) Lour. coch. 2. p. 634. 

 D. C. prod. 1. p. 257. 



LIN. SYST. Diofcia, Polyandria. Male flowers as in Rou- 

 mea. Female flower. Calyx deciduous, 4-5 parted. Style cy- 

 lindrical, short ; stigmas 6, rayed. Berry fleshy, 6-seeded, 

 brownish-purple, eatable ; they are sweetish, and somewhat as- 

 tringent. Perhaps this genus should be joined with Flacourtia, 

 or Roumea 1 



1 S. JA'NGOMAS (Lour. 1. c.) spines on the female plants sim- 

 ple, on the males branched ; leaves ovate, acuminated, serrated ; 

 peduncles many-flowered, \ . G. Native of Cochin-china, 

 from Lour, in Java, and Beleya, from Rumph. 7. p. 36. t. 

 19. f. 1. and 2. Roumea Jangomas, Spreng syst. 2. p. 632. 

 Jangomas is the name of the tree in Java ? 



Jangomas Stigmarota. Tree 12 feet. 



2 S. AFRICA'NA (Lour. 1. c.) differs from the last species in 

 the stem being shrubby and prickly ; flowers solitary, terminal ; 

 stigmas 6-7. Jj . G. Native of Cochin-china. 



African Stigmarota. Shrub 6 feet. 



Cult. Should these plants ever be introduced into our gardens, 

 we would recommend that they should be grown in a mixture of 

 loam, peat, and sand ; and ripened cuttings to be tried in sand, 

 under a hand-glass. 



Tribe III. 



KIGGELARIE* JE (shrubs agreeing with Kiggelaria in some 

 important characters.) D'. C. prod. 1. p. 257. Flowers dioe- 

 cious from abortion, (f. 57. c. 6.) Petals 5 ? alternating with 

 the sepals. Stamens definite, (f. 57. d.) Fruit somewhat bac- 

 cate, at length dehiscent. 



VI. KIGGELARIA (in memory of Francis Kiggelar, an 

 obscure Dutch botanist, who lived about the end of the seven- 

 teenth century. He published a catalogue of the garden of 

 Beaumont, in 1790.) Linn. gen. no. 1128. D. C. prod. 1. p. 

 257. 



LIN. SYST. Dice'cia, Polyandria. Petals 5, (f. 57. 6.) bearing 

 3 glands at the claw. Male flowers. Stamens 10-20 ; filaments 

 short ; anthers opening by a double chink at the top. Female 

 flowers. Styles 2-5. Shrubs with willow-like leaves, which are 

 somewhat velvety on the under surface, bearing racemes of small 

 insignificant whitish-yellow flowers. 



1 K. AFRICA V NA (Lin. spec. 1466.) leaves serrated at length, 

 glabrous and shining on the upper surface ; stamens 10 ; styles 

 5. Jj.G. Native of South Africa. Lam. ill. t. 821. Lin. 

 hort. cliff. 462. t. 29. herb. citr. 246. t. 12. Flowers greenish- 

 white. 



African Kiggelaria. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1683. Shrub 

 15 feet. 



