BIXINE^E. II. ECHINOCARPUS. III. TRICHOSPERMUM. IV. BANARA. V. LSTIA. 



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ribbed. Tj . S. Native of Peru or Chili. Corymbs terminal, 

 panicled ; peduncles 2-3-flowered. 



Broad-capsuled Arnotta-Tree. Tree 20 feet. 



4 B. ODORA'TA (Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 5. t. 460.) leaves cor- 

 date, acuminated, with one small lobe on each side, and therefore 

 the leaves appear as if they were 3-lobed. Tj . S. Native of 

 Peru or Chili. Corymbs terminal, panicled ; peduncles 2- 

 flowered. 



Sweet-scented Arnotta-Tree. Tree 20 feet. 



5 B. PURPU REA (Hort.) leaves like those of Bixa Orellana. 

 The flowers and capsules are purple. Tj . S. Native of the 

 East Indies. 



Purple Arnotta-Tree. Clt. 1820. Tree 20 feet. 



Cult. These trees grow to a large size before they can be 

 got to flower from seed. But if cuttings be taken from a flower- 

 ing plant and struck, they may be brought to flower when small 

 plants. Loam and peat suit them well, and cuttings root freely 

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



II. ECHINOCA'RPUS (from WVOQ, echinos, a hedgehog, 

 and Kapiroc, karpos, a fruit; in allusion to the prickly capsules). 

 Blum, bijdr. fl. ind. ned. ex Schlecht. Linncea. 1. p. 645. 



LIN. SYST. Polydndria, Monogynia. Calyx 4-parted, deci- 

 duous. Petals 4-5, cut. Stamens numerous, hypogynous ; 

 anthers pointed. Ovary 1. Style awl-shaped. Stigma simple. 

 Capsule woody, 4-valved; valves echinated on the outside, but 

 filled with farinaceous pulp in the inside. Seeds arillate at the 

 base, 1 or 2 adhering to the middle of each valve. A tree with 

 alternate, stalked, oval-acute or acuminated leaves, and 1 -flow- 

 ered lateral peduncles. 



1 E. SIGUN (Blum. 1. c.) fj . S. Native of Java, where the 

 tree is called Sigun. 



Sigun. Tree 120 feet. 



Cult. For the cultivation and propagation of this tree, see 

 Bixa. 



III. TRICHOSPE'RMUM (from % Tpi X oc, thrix trichos, 

 a hair, and o-Trtpjua, sperma, a seed ; in allusion to the seeds be- 

 ing ciliated.) Blum, bidjr. fl. ind. ned. ex Schlecht. Linnaea 1. 

 p. 645. 



LIN. SYST. Polydndria, Monogynia. Calyx of 5 oval decidu- 

 ous sepals, which are imbricate in the bud. Petals 5, oval, rather 

 smaller than the calyx. Stamens indefinite, free, hypogynous ; 

 anthers twin. Ovary somewhat bilocular, crowned by 2 ? 

 emarginate stigmas. Capsules kidney-shaped, 2-valved, hairy 

 on the outside, bearing the seeds on linear intervalvular pla- 

 centas ? Seeds numerous, lenticular, arillate, ciliated. Albu- 

 men fleshy. A tree with alternate ovate-oblong serrulated leaves, 

 which are cordate at the base, and furnished with 2 glands be- 

 neath. Stipulas ovate. Flowers disposed in cymes, which are 

 axillary and solitary. 



1 T. JAVA'NICUM (Blum. 1. c.) ^ . S. Native of Java. Flow- 

 ers reddish ? 



Java Trichospermum. Tree 50 feet. 



Cult. This tree will grow well in a mixture of loam and sand ; 

 and ripened cuttings will strike freely, if planted in a pot of 

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



IV. B AN A 1 R A (the name of a shrub in Guiana.) Aubl. guian. 

 1. p. 547. D. C. prod. 1. p. 259. 



LIN. SYST. Polydndria, Monogynia. Calyx permanent, 6- 

 parted ; lobes rounded. Petals 6, roundish, inserted beneath 

 the disk. Stamens 15 and more, inserted at the edge of the 

 the disk. Ovary orbicular, seated on the disk. Style one. 

 Stigma capitate. Berry scarcely succulent, terminated by the 

 1 



style. Seeds indefinite, striated. A shrub with simple leaves, 

 and panicles of small yellow flowers. 



1 B. GUIANE'NSIS (Aubl. 1. c. FIG. 58. 

 217.) J?.S. Native of Cayenne, 



in woods. Leaves ovate-oblong, 

 acute, denticulated, somewhat to- 

 mentose on the under surface. 

 Flowers yellow. Berry black. 



Guiana Banara. Fl. May. Sh. 

 10 feet. 



2 B. ROXBU'RGHII (Spreng. syst. 

 2. p. 472.) leaves lanceolate, re- 

 motely-toothed, tapering to the 

 base, and quite entire, woolly be- 

 neath ; panicle axillary, very vil- 

 lous. jj . S. Native of the East 

 Indies. 



Roxburgh's Banara. Sh. 8 feet. 



Cult. These shrubs will thrive 

 well in a mixture of loam, peat, and sand ; and ripened cuttings 

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

 hand-glass, in heat. 



V. L^TIA (in honour of Jean de Laet of Antwerp, a di- 

 rector of the French East-India Company, who published a Latin 

 history of America in folio, dedicated to King Charles I. of Eng- 

 land. Haller speaks with respect of his botanical remarks as 

 throwing light upon the plants of Marcgrave, and tending to re- 

 concile his descriptions with those of Clusius and the Spanish 

 botanists.) Lin. gen. no. 651. D. C. prod. 1. p. 260. 



LIN. SYST. Polydndria, Monogynia. Calyx 5 -parted, mar- 

 cescent, coloured. Petals 5, or wanting. Stamens indefinite, 

 hypogynous ; anthers roundish. Style one ; stigma capitate. 

 Capsule fleshy, 3-5-valved, small, globose, acuminated with the 

 style. Seeds many, clothed with a pulpy pellicle. Trees with 

 simple leaves, and axillary peduncles of small whitish flowers 

 with yellow anthers. 



* Flowers apetalous. 



1 L. APE'TALA (Jacq. amer. 167. 1. 108.) flowers apetalous ; 

 peduncles terminal and axillary, usually 3-flowered ; leaves ob- 

 long, blunt, serrulated, shining above. Tj . S. Native of Car- 

 thagena, in woods, and at the river Magdalena, as well as in 

 Brazil and Peru. H. B. and Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 354. 

 Flowers white, like those of Hawthorn. Fruit ovate, 4-angled. 

 Mart. 41. bras. 2. p. 78. t. 165. Ruiz, et. Pav. fl. per. 5. t. 

 467. b. 



Petalless Laetia. Fl. Apr. May. Tree 20 feet. 



2 L. SCA'BRA (Spreng. syst. 2. p. 609.) leaves oval, some- 

 what denticulated, opaque, scabrous on the under surface, triple- 

 nerved ; peduncles axillary, tern ; calyx silky. ^ . S. Native 

 of Hispaniola. 



Scabrous Laetia. Shrub. 



3 L ? GUIDONIA (Swz. prod. 83.) flowers petalless ; pedun- 

 cles 1 -flowered, terminal ; leaves oblong, acuminate, pubescent. 



Jj. S. Native of Jamaica. Guidonia, Browne, jam. 249. t. 29. 

 f. 4. ? Samyda icosandra, Swz. fl. ind. occ. 3. p. 1962. Style 

 very shortt Capsule fleshy, 3-valved. Perhaps a species of 

 Samyda ? The tree is called Rod-wood in Jamaica. The wood 

 is used in all sorts of buildings. Flowers white ? Fruit beau- 

 tiful red. Guidonia is probably the name of the tree in Jamaica. 

 Guidonia Laetia. Tree 30 feet. 



4 L. THA'MNIA (Swz. fl. ind. occ. 2. p. 950.) flowers petal- 

 less ; peduncles axillary, many-flowered, sub-divided ; leaves 

 oblong, acute, somewhat crenated, shining. 1? S. Native in 

 the south of Jamaica, in bushy places by the sea side. Tham- 



