FLACOURTIANE^E. VII. MELICYTUS. VIII. HYDNOCARPUS. IX. ERYTHROSPERMOM. BIXINEjE. 



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FIG. 57. 



2 K. INTEGRIFO'LIA (Jacq. coll. 

 2. p. 269. icon. rar. t. 628.) leaves 

 entire, velvety on both surfaces; 

 stamens 20; styles 2, (f. 57. d.) 

 +1 . G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Flowers whitish. 



Entire-leaved Kiggelaria. Fl. 

 May, June. Clt. 1819. Shrub 

 10 feet. 



Cult. These shrubs grow freely 

 in a mixture of loam and peat ; 

 ripened cuttings, planted in sand 

 under a hand-glass, will root rea- 

 dily. 



VII. MELICYTUS (from fttXt, 

 meli, honey, and KVTOS, cytos, a ca- 



vity ; because of the filaments which are called nectaries by For- 

 ster bearing on the tip a meliferous cavity.) Forst. gen. t. 62. 

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



LIN. SYST. Dicdcia, Pentdndria. Petals 5, glandless. Male 

 flowers. Stamens 5 ; filaments club-shaped ; anthers adnate. Fe- 

 male flowers. Style very short ; stigmata 4-5, rayed. 



1 M. RAMIFLORUS (Forst. 1. c. Lam. ill. t. 812. f. 1.) leaves 

 toothed, oblong-cuneate, smooth on both surfaces. \i . G. Na- 

 tive of New Zealand. Peduncles aggregate, fasciculate. Flow- 

 ers very minute, whitish. 



Branch-flowered Melicytus. Clt. 1822. Shrub 6 feet. 



2 M. ? UMBELLATUS (Gaert. fr. 1. t. 206. t. 44. f. 3.) Per- 

 haps the same as M. ramiflorus, or perhaps a species of Ery- 

 throspermum 1 



Umbellate-flowered Melicytus. Shrub 6 feet. 

 Cult. This Genus requires the same treatment as Kiggelaria, 

 which see. 



VIII. HYDNOCA'RPUS (from vSvov, hydnon, a tuber, and 

 Kapiroe, karpos, a fruit ; in allusion to the fruit being crowned 

 by 4 tubercles.) Gaert. fruct. 1. p. 288. t. 60. f. 3. D. C. prod. 

 1. p. 257. 



LIN. SYST. Didcia, Pentdndria. Male flower. Sepals 5, two 

 outer ones ovate. Petals 5, with villous margins, furnished with 

 a scale on the inside. Stamens 5. Female flower ? Berry sphe- 

 rical, terminated by 4 reflexed tubercles. Placentas 4, many- 

 seeded. A tree with flexuous branches, and alternate broad 

 leaves. 



1 H. INE'BRIANS (Vahl. symb. 3. p. 100.) Tj . S. Native 

 of Ceylon. H. venenata, Gaert. fr. 1. c. The fruit, when eaten, 

 occasions giddiness, and is greedily devoured by fishes ; but 

 when fish are taken by means of this fruit they are not eatable, 

 as they occasion vomiting and other violent symptoms. 



Inebriating Hydnocarpus. Tree 30 feet ? 



Cult. This tree, if ever it should be introduced to the gar- 

 dens, will probably thrive in a mixture of loam and peat, and 

 ripened cuttings will root in sand, under a hand-glass, in heat. 



Tribe IV. 



ERYTHROSPE'RMEjE (shrubs agreeing with Erythro- 

 spermum in some important characters.) D. C. prod. 1. p. 257. 

 Flowers hermaphrodite. Petals and stamens 4-7. Fruit inde- 

 hiscent, somewhat baccate. 



IX. ERYTHROSPE'RMUM (from tpwSpoe. erythros, red, 

 and airtpjua, sperma, a seed ; because the seeds are red.) Lam. 

 ill. t. 274. D. C. prod. 1. p. 257. 



LIN. SYST. Tetra-Hept&ndria, Tetra-Pentagynia. Calyx 4- 



sepalled, deciduous. Petals 4-7, scarcely longer than the calyx. 

 Stamens 4-7 : filaments very short. Ovary roundish. Stigmas 

 3-5. Fruit many-seeded. Very smooth unarmed shrubs. Flow- 

 ers small, greenish-yellow. 



1 E. MACROPHY'LLUM (Poir. suppl. 2. p. 585.) leaves scattered, 

 lanceolate, blunt, mucronate ; racemes shorter than the leaves. 

 J; . S. Native of the Mauritius. 



Long-leaved Erythrospermum. Shrub. 



2 E. PANICULA'TUM (Poir. 1. c.) leaves scattered, ovate, blunt 

 at both ends ; racemes panicled, longer than the leaves. fj . S. 

 Native of the Mauritius. 



Far. fi, pauciflorum, (D. C. prod. 1. p. 257.) racemes 2-4-flow- 

 ered. 



Paniculate-racemed Erythrospermum. Shrub. 



3 E. ELLI'PTICUM (Poir. 1. c. p. 585.) leaves scattered, ellip- 

 tically-roundish, blunt at both ends ; racemes few-flowered, 

 longer than the leaves. Tj . S. Native of the Mauritius. 



Far. ft, mucronatum (B.C. prod. 1. p. 528.) leaves ovate- 

 mucronate. Tj . S. Native of Java. 



Elliptic-leaved Erythrospermum. Shrub. 



4 E. AMPLEXICAU'LE (B.C. prod. 1. p. 852.) leaves scattered, 

 crowded at the top of the branches, oval, cordate at the base ; 

 peduncles somewhat umbellate, shorter than the leaves. Jj . S. 

 Native of the Mauritius. 



Siem-clasping-\ea.ved Erythrospermum. Shrub. 



5 E. PYRIFOLIUM (Lam. ill. t. 274. f. 1.) leaves scattered, on 

 very short footstalks, blunt at both ends ; racemes somewhat 

 terminal, shorter than the leaves. Tj . S. Native of the Mau- 

 ritius. 



Pear-leaved Erythrospermum. Shrub. 



6 E. VERTICILLA'TUM (Lam. ill. t. 274. f. 2.) leaves 3 in a 

 whorl, almost sessile, roundish ; peduncles corymbosely-umbel- 

 late at the top, length of the leaves. J? . S. Native of the Mauri- 

 tius and Bourbon. The fruit of this species is referable to the 

 genus Kiggelaria. 



Whorl-\ea\ed Erythrospermum. Shrub. 



Cult. These shrubs will thrive well in a mixture of loam, 

 peat, and sand, and ripened cuttings will root if planted in a 

 pot of sand, and placed under a hand-glass, in heat, f 



ORDER XIX. BIXI'NE.E. Kunth. malv. p. 17. nov. gen. 

 amer. 5. p. 331. B. C. prod. 1. p. 259. 



Calyx of 4-8 sepals, which are imbricate in the bud, these are 

 sometimes truly distinct, and sometimes they are connected at 

 the base. Petals 5, or wanting, but when present they are very 

 like the sepals. Stamens indefinite in number, inserted in the re- 

 ceptacle or at the bottom of the calyx ; filaments free ; anthers 

 2-celled. Ovary superior, sessile, 1-celled. Style 1, undivided, or 

 2-4-cleft at the apex. Fruit capsular or baccate, 1-2-celled, many- 

 seeded. Seeds fixed to parietal placentas, which are from 1-7 

 in numb.er, the seeds of all are probably inwrapped in a fleshy 

 membrane. Albumen fleshy or very thin. Embryo inclosed, 

 erectish, or curved with leafy cotyledons, and with the radicle 

 looking towards the hilum (Kunth). Smoothish tropical trees, 

 with alternate, simple, entire, or slightly-lobed leaves, which are 

 generally full of pellucid dots. The stipulas are caducous. 

 The peduncles are axillary or terminal, bracteate, 1 or many- 

 flowered, usually forming terminal panicles. Flowers middle- 

 sized. The genera of this order are very imperfectly known. 

 The habit of the plants come near to Malvacece and Flacourtia- 

 nece, but the character of the fruit comes nearer to Cistinete and 



