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Long-leaved Jackia. Tree. 



Cult. A mixture of loam, peat, and sand will suit this genus 

 well, and young cuttings will root if planted in a pot of sand, with 

 a hand-glass placed over them, in heat.f 



X. BREDEME' YERA (in honour of Bredemeyer, a German 

 botanist). VVilld. nov. act. nat. scrut. berl. 3. p. 411. t. 6. 

 D. C. prod. 1. p. 340. 



LIN. SYST. Monodelphia, Octdndria. Calyx of 5 sepals, 

 two inner sepals petal-formed. Petals 3, with the middle one 

 keel-formed. Stamens 8, monadelphous at the base. Drupe 

 ovate, with a 2-celled nut. A doubtful genus. 



1 B. FLORIBU'NDA (Willd. 1. c.). Tj . S. Native of Caraccas 

 by the margins of woods. Leaves alternate, oblong-lanceolate, 

 very entire, glabrous, on short footstalks. Bracteas awl-shaped, 

 situated at the base of the pedicels. Flowers small, yellow, 

 disposed in terminal panicles. 



Bundle-flowered Bredemeyera. Shrub 5 to 8 feet. 



Cult. This shrub will thrive well in a mixture of sand, loam, 

 and peat. Cuttings taken from young branches and planted in 

 the same kind of soil will root freely under a hand-glass, in heat. 



XI. SECURIDA'C A (from securis, a hatchet ; in allusion to 

 the form of the wing at the end of the pod). Lin. gen. no. 852. 

 Lam. ill. t. 599. D. C. prod. 1. p. 340. but not of Tourn. 



LIN. SYST. Monadelphia, Octdndria. Calyx 5-sepalled, 2 

 inner sepals petal-formed, 3 outer ones small. Petals 5, almost 

 joined together and united to the tube of the stamens at their 

 base ; the middle one forming a keel which is 3-lobed at the 

 top, the 2 lateral ones are scale-formed, the superior 2 conniving. 

 Stamens 8, united into a tube at the base, which is cleft in front 

 but free at the apex ; anthers bursting by a pore at the apex. 

 Capsules ovate, indehiscent, 1 -celled, 1- seeded, ending in a 

 hatchet-formed, leafy wing at the apex, and often marginated. 

 Seed naked, hanging from the top of the cell. Albumen sparing. 

 Climbing shrubs. Leaves alternate, ovate, or oblong, entire. 

 Flowers in lateral or terminal racemes. Pedicels furnished with 

 3 bracteas at the base. 



" Stems twining and climbing. 



1 S., VIRGA'TA (Swartz, fl. ind. occid. 3. p. 1231.) glabrous; 

 stem climbing ; branches twiggy ; leaves roundish, very blunt ; 

 racemes terminal ; wing of capsule rounded. Tj . w . S. Na- 

 tive of Jamaica, Hispaniola, Porto-Rico, Trinidad, &c. in bushy 

 places. Plum, ed Burm. t. 248. f. 1. Leaves deciduous, 

 hardly half an inch long. Flowers fragrant, variegated. 



Twiggy-branched Securidaca. Clt. 1739. Shrub climbing. 



2 S. VOLI/BILIS (Lin. spec. 992.) stem twining; branchlets 

 somewhat pubescent ; leaves oval-oblong, acute ; racemes la- 

 teral ; wing of capsule obovate, appendiculated on the back from 

 the base. fj . ^. S. Native of South America near Santa 

 Martha and Carthagena as well as in Trinidad. S. scandens, 

 Kunth. Flowers red or purple, fragrant. 



Twining Securidaca. Clt. 1739. Fl. March. Shrub twining. 



3 S. QVALiFoYiA (St. Hil. fl. bras. 2. p. 68.) stem suffruti- 

 cose, climbing, branched; leaves thin, ovate, or orbicularly- 

 ovate, very blunt and finely nerved, smooth above and pilose 

 beneath ; wings of flower obovate, scarcely ciliated at the base ; 

 wing of capsule finely ciliated and denticulated. Fj . w . S. 

 Native of Brazil near Rio Janeiro. Flowers yellowish-white. 



Oval-leaved Securidaca. Fl. Dec. Shrub climbing. 



4 S. RIVINJEFOLIA (St. Hil. fl. bras. 2. p. 69.) stem shrubby, 

 climbing ; branches tomentose ; leaves elliptical, sometimes rather 

 orbicular, with a very short acumen, smoothish above and to- 

 mentose beneath ; wings of flowers obovately-orbicular, very 

 blunt, hardly ciliated ; wing of fruit ? fy . w . S. Native of 



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Brazil in the province of Minas Geraes near a village called 

 Curumatahy. Flowers purple. 



Ricina-leaved Securidaca. Fl. Sept. Shrub climbing. 



5 S. LANCEOLA'TA (St. Hil. fl. bras. 2. p. 69.) stem shrubby, 

 climbing ; branches spotted, puberulous at the apex ; leaves 

 lanceolate, lower ones obovate or somewhat orbicular, finely 

 nerved, all smooth above and puberulous beneath ; racemes 

 rather loose ; wings of flower somewhat elliptically orbicular, 

 finely ciliated ; wing of fruit crested. Tj . w . S. Native of 

 Brazil near Rio Janeiro. Flowers purple. 



Lanceolate-leaved Securidaca. Shrub climbing. 



6 S. MO'LLIS (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 421.) 

 stem climbing ; branchlets pubescent ; leaves roundish-ovate, 

 obtuse at both ends, upper surface puberulous, under surface 

 soft, pubescent ; racemes terminal, fj . w . S. Native on the 

 banks of the river Amazon. P. coria,cea, Bonpl. Lower petal 

 spatulate. Flowers violaceous. 



Soft-leaved Securidaca. Fl. Aug. Shrub twining. 



7 S. PUBE'SCENS (D. C. prod. 1. p. 341.) stem climbing; 

 leaves oval, ovate, or obovate, under surface as well as branch- 

 lets somewhat pubescent ; racemes terminal. Tj . w . S. Native 

 of Cayenne and Guiana. Perhaps two species are here con- 

 fused. Flowers purplish. 



Far. a, obovata (D. C. 1. c.) leaves obovate, obtuse. 

 Far. /3, ovata (D. C. 1. c.) leaves ovate, acutish. 

 Pubescent Securidaca. Shrub climbing. 



8 S. HEBE'CLADA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 341.) stem rather climb- 

 ing ; branches and nerves of leaves on the under surface as 

 well as pedicels clothed with velvety hairs ; leaves oval, mu- 

 cronate, shining on the upper surface ; racemes terminal, rather 

 leafy. ^ w S. Native in Brazil. Flowers the size of those 

 of S. virgata, very smooth. Fruit unknown. 



Hairy-branched Securidaca. Shrub climbing. 



9 S. ACUMINA'TA (St. Hil. fl. bras. 2. p. 70.) stem shrubby, 

 climbing ; branches hirsutely-tomentose ; leaves ovate, acu- 

 minated, smooth above, pilose beneath ; racemes rather conical, 

 broadish ; wings irregularly orbicular, puberulous in the mid- 

 dle on the back. Tj. w . S. Native of Brazil in the province of 

 Minas Geraes. Flowers purple. 



Acuminate-leaved Securidaca. Fl. Jan. Shrub climbing. 



10 S. TOMENTOSA (St. Hil. fl. bras. 2. p. 71. t. 96.) branches 

 woody, hirsutely-tomentose; leaves elliptically ovate, some- 

 what emarginate, obtuse, ciliated, smooth and shining above, 

 but tomentose beneath ; racemes capitate, sessile ; wings of 

 flower obovate, very blunt ; outer sepals ciliated. Tj . ^. S. 

 Native of Brazil. S. divaricata, Mart. ? Flowers purplish. 



Tomentose Securidaca. Shrub climbing. 



11 S. DIVARICA'TA (Mart, in act. bonn. vol. 11.) branches 

 twisted; leaves ovate -elliptical, very obtuse, coriaceous, shining 

 above, tomentose beneath ; racemes dense, panicled. fj . w - S. 

 Native of Brazil. Flowers purplish. 



Divaricate-branched Securidaca. Shrub climbing. 



12 S. COMPLICA'TA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 

 423.) stem climbing; leaves ovate- elliptic, obtuse, rounded at 

 the base, covered with complicated hairs on the under surface ; 

 branchlets soft, hairy. Tj . ,_,. S. Native on the banks of the river 

 Orinoco. S. pendula, Bonpl. Bearing two glands at the base 

 of the leafstalks in place of stipulas. Lower petal linear- 

 oblong, equalling in length the upper one. Flowers purplish. 



Complicated-hailed Securidaca. Fl. May. Shrub climbing. 



* * Stems erect. 



13 S. ERE'CTA (Lin. spec. 992.) stem erect ; leaves oblong, 

 acute at both ends ; branchlets and pedicels somewhat pubes- 

 cent ; racemes terminal, simple. Tj . S. Native of Hispaniola 



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