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VIOLARIE.E. X. HYBANTHUS. XI. ANCHIETEA. XII. GONOHORIA. 



whitish, with the pedicels bracteate at the base and jointed 

 above the base. St. Aug. St. Hilaire considers Pombalia and 

 Hybtinthus to be identical with lonidium. 



1 H. HAVANE'NSIS (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c. p. 385. t. 494.) 

 stem erect, spiny, branched ; leaves oblong, remotely serrated ; 

 flowers whitish ; lower petal 2-lobed at the apex ; peduncles 

 bifid, somewhat racemose, tj . S. Native near Havanah in the 

 island of Cuba. 



Var. a, Jacquinianus (D. C. prod. p. 311.) leaves emarginate 

 at the apex, tapering at the base ; sepals ovate, 3 lower ones 

 gibbous at the base ; flowers so small as scarcely to be examined 

 with the naked eye ; petals, 4 of which are ovate and obtuse, 

 the fifth one is oblong, attenuate in the middle and bifid at the 

 apex, a little longer than the rest ; style awl-shaped, fj . S. 

 Native in wooded mountains. lonidium Jacquinianum, Rcem. 

 et Schult. syst. 5. p. 397. 



Var. ft, Humboldtianus (D. C. prod. 1. p. 312.) leaves entire 

 at the apex, scarcely stalked ; stipulas ovate, obtuse ; flowers 

 in racemose fascicles, larger than those of var. a ; sepals oblong, 

 obtuse, smooth ; lower petal saccate and concave at the base, 3 

 times longer than the calyx, with a dilated 2-lobed limb, lateral 

 ones oblong, obtuse, obsoletely 3-lobed, double the length of 

 the calyx, upper ones obtuse, hardly shorter than the lateral 

 ones ; anthers somewhat cordate ; ovary roundish-ovate, gla- 

 brous, 9-seeded; style jointed and somewhat hooked at the 

 apex. 



Havanah Hybanthus. Shrub 2 to 7 feet. 



2 H. ? MEXICA'NUS (Ging. mss. and D. C. prod. 1. p. 312.) 

 stem prickly ; leaves oblong ; lower petal acuminated at the 

 apex; peduncles 1 -flowered, in fascicles. Tj. S. Native of 

 Mexico. Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. Flowers whitish ? 



Mexican Hybanthus. Shrub 1 foot. 



Cult. These shrubs may be grown in a mixture of loam, 

 sand, and peat ; and young cuttings will root freely under a 

 bell-glass if planted in sand, and placed in a moderate heat. 



XI. ANCHIE'TEA (in honour of P. Anchietea, a very 

 celebrated Brazilian Jesuit, who wrote on the plants of the pro- 

 vince of St. Paul in Brazil.) St. Hil. in mem. mus. 11. p. 464. 

 pi. usu. bras. t. 18. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx deeply 5-parted, 

 unequal. Petals 5, very unequal, two upper ones smallest, 

 two intermediate ones longer, lowest one largest, and unguiculate, 

 with a spur at the base. Anthers almost sessile, alternating with 

 the petals, two lowest ones on very short filaments, each drawn 

 out into a filiform appendage, which is bent back into the spur. 

 Ovary superior. Stigma simple. Capsule large, bladdery, in- 

 flated, obtuse, 1-celled, 3-valved, many-seeded. Valves mem- 

 branaceous, bearing the seeds on the middle. Seeds in 2 rows, 

 large, very flat, emarginate at the umbilicus, and girded by a 

 broad membrane Shrubs with alternate, stalked, stipulate 

 leaves. Stipulas twin, lateral, caducous. Flowers axillary, so- 

 litary, or in fascicles. 



1 A. SALUTA'RIS (St. Hil. 1. c. p. 465.) leaves ovate, acute, 

 crenated; flowers in axillary fascicles ; upper petal longer than the 

 calyx ; labellum ovate ; spur incurved. Ij . S. Native of 

 Brazil, in the province of St. Paul. The roots of this shrub are 

 used by many persons in the neighbourhood of Rio Janeiro, as 

 a cathartic. It is used with success in eruptions of the skin. 

 Flowers whitish. 



Salutary Anchietea. Shrub 6 feet. 



2 A. PYRIFOLIA ; leaves ovate, acute, crenated ; flowers in 

 axillary fascicles ; upper petal longer than the calyx ; labellum 

 obovate ; spur incurved. Jj . w . S. Native of Brazil about Rio 

 Janeiro. Noisettia pyrif olia, Mart. fl. bras. 1. p. 24. t. 16. 



Flowers whitish, veined with red at the base ; lower petal ob- 

 ovate. 



Pear-leaved Anchietea. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1826. Shrub cl. 



Cult. For cultivation and propagation see Hybanthus. 



Tribe II. 



ALSODI'NE^E (R. Br. congo. p. 21. D. C. prod. 1. p. 312.) 

 Petals equal between themselves. Stamens usually joined to- 

 gether at their base, or adnate to the inner side of an urceolus, 

 which is situated between the petals and the stamens. Accord- 

 ing to Aug. St. Hilaire (see mem. mus. 11. p. 493.) Alsbdea, 

 Ceranthera, and Rinbria are not generically distinct. 



XII. GpNOHO'RIA (Gonohorie is the name of Gonohbria 

 flavescens in Guiana.) D. C. mss. and prod. 1. p. 312. Gono- 

 horia, Passoura and Riana, Aubl. guian. 1. p. 237 and 239. t. 

 95 and 94. and app. p. 21. t. 380. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Sepals imbricate. 

 Petals convolute in aestivation. Stamens free, approximate ; 

 filaments on short stipes, dilated at the apex into a strap, fur- 

 nished each on the outside with an appendiculate erect scale, 

 and bearing the anthers a little higher up ; lobes of anther bristly 

 at the apex. Style flexuous, awl-shaped ; stigma obtuse. Ovary 

 villous. Capsule 3-valved, with the valves few-seeded. Seeds 

 according to Aublet globose. Shrubs with opposite or alternate 

 leaves. Flowers in axillary or terminal racemes. Pedicels very 

 short, erect, 1 -flowered, furnished with a bractea at the base of 

 each, and 2 bracteoles in the middle. Flowers small, white. 

 Stipulas deciduous. 



1 G. RIA'NA (D. C. mss. and prod. 1. p. 312.) leaves ovate, 

 serrated, acuminated at the apex ; scales of stamens acumi- 

 nated ; racemes spike-formed. fj . S. Native in the woods 

 of Guiana about Arauren. Riana Guianensis, Aubl. guian. 1. 

 p. 237. t. 94. Flowers white. Riana is probably the name of 

 the tree in Guiana. 



Riana Gonohoria. Shrub 10 feet. 



2 G. ULMIFOLIA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 387. 

 t. 491.) leaves twin or tern, but somewhat opposite at the 

 top of the branchlets, oblong, acuminated, toothed, smooth, 

 upper surface shining, with the nerves and veins puberulous ; 

 racemes terminal, solitary, branched, 2 or 3 times shorter than 

 the leaves. Tj . S. Native of New Granada on the banks of 

 the river Magdalena. Sepals lanceolate, ciliated. Petals 2 or 

 3 times longer than the calyx, oblong, obtuse, veined, with the 

 veins somewhat parallel, flat, and whitish. Terminal membranes 

 of stamens rounded at the apex. Scales wanting on the lower 

 stamens ? Ovary triquetrous, pilose, 3-seeded. Capsules obovate, 

 turbinate, triquetrous, rather pilose or smooth and brown at the 

 apex. Seeds somewhat globose, with the sides hardly com- 

 pressed, smooth, glabrous, marked by a longitudinal furrow 

 from the hilum to the opposite faveola. Flower whitish ? 



Elm-leaved Gonohoria. Shrub 10 feet. 



3 G. PASSOU'RA (B.C. mss. and prod. 1. p. 312.) leaves 

 ovate, almost entire, with a short acumen at the apex ; sepals 

 lanceolate, acute ; scales of stamens acute. ^ . S. Native in 

 the woods of Guiana. Gonohoria flavescens, Aubl. guian. 1. p. 

 239. t. 93. Passoura, Aubl. guian. suppl. p. 21. t. 380. Pas- 

 soura is the name of the tree in Guiana. Flowers yellow. 



Passoura Gonohoria. Shrub 6 feet. 



4 G. LOBOLO'BA (St. Hil. in mem. mus. 11. p. 494.) leaves 

 alternate and opposite, crowded at the tops of the branches, 

 oblong-lanceolate, narrow, acute, obsoletely-serrated ; racemes 

 simple ; pedicels puberulous ; scales hardly manifest at the base 

 of the stamens ; seeds fixed to the base of the placentas. Jj. S. 

 Native of Brazil near Rio Janeiro. Alsodea physiphora, Mart. 



