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BYTTNERIACEjE. XXI. PENTAPETES. XXII. ASSONIA. XXIII. DOMBEYA. 



Indies. Mill. fig. t. 200. Ker. bot. reg. t. 575. Humph, 

 amb. 5. p. 288. t. 100. f. 1. Rheed. mal. 10. p, 1. 1. 1. Flowers 

 drooping, scarlet. 



Scarlet-Qovrered Pentapetes. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1690. 

 PL 2 to 3 feet. 



2 P. ANGIJSTIFOLIA (Blum, bijdr. ex Schlecht. Linnaea. 1. p. 

 655.) leaves linear-lanceolate, serrated, roundish and cordate at the 

 base; flowers 1-2, axillary, drooping; fertile anthers 15 ; style 

 clavate, sulcated. O ? S. Native of Java. Flowers probably 

 red or scarlet. 



Narrow-leaved Pentapetes. PI. 1 to 3 feet. 



3 P. OVA'TA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 498.) leaves ovate, serrated ; 

 peduncles axillary, 2-3-flowered ; anthers 5 ; styles 5. () S. 

 Native of New Spain. Brotera ovata, Cav. icon. 5. p. 19. t. 

 433. Sprengelia modesta, Schultz. obs. 134. Flowers reddish- 

 yellow. Perhaps generically distinct from P. phoenicea. 



Oate-leaved Pentapetes. Fl. June, Sep. Clt. 1805. PI. 2 ft. 



Cult. Beautiful flowering plants, which will grow freely in a 

 mixture of loam, sand, and peat, or any light rich soil ; and 

 cuttings soon strike root in sand or mould under a hand-glass, in 

 heat. They are also easily increased by seeds, which generally 

 ripen in this country. 



XXII. ASSO'NIA (in honour of Ignatius de Asso, a distin- 

 guished Spanish botanist, who wrote on the plants of Arragon,) 

 Cav. diss. 3. p. 120. D. C. prod. 1. p. 498. 



LIN. SYST. Monadelphia, Polyandria. Calyx permanent, 5- 

 parted, girded by a 1-leaved, 3-crenated, lateral involucel. 

 Petals 5. Stamens 15, bearing anthers, that is, 3 fertile ones 

 between each sterile one. Styles 5, very short. Carpels 5, 2- 

 seeded, closely joined together into a capsule. Seeds some- 

 what triquetrous, not winged. Trees with undivided leaves, and 

 axillary, bifid, subcorymbose peduncles. Flowers white or red. 



1 A. POI>U'LNEA (Cav. diss. 3. p. 120. t. 42. f. 3.) leaves cor- 

 date, acuminated, smooth, a little serrated ; peduncles scarcely 

 longer than the petioles. Jj . S. Native of the island of Bour- 

 bon. Flowers red ? disposed in a terminal, bifid corymb. 



Poplar-leaved Assonia. Clt. 1820. Tree 10 to 20 feet. 



2 A. VIBURNOI'DES (D. C. prod. 1. p. 498.) leaves cordate, 

 somewhat acuminate, crenated, tomentose beneath, as well as 

 younger leaves ; peduncles 3 times longer than the petioles. Jj . 

 S. Native of the island of Bourbon. Flowers white ? 



Viburnum-like Assonia. Clt. 1822. Tree 10 to 20 feet. 



Cult. These trees will grow freely in any light rich soil, or a 

 mixture of loam and peat. Young cuttings planted in mould 

 under a hand-glass, in heat, will soon strike root. 



XXIII. DOMBE'YA (in honour of Joseph Dombey, a French 

 botanist, and traveller in Peru and Chili, companion of Ruiz and 

 Pavon.) Cav. diss. 3. p. 121. Gaert. fruct. 2. p. 259. t. 137. 

 but not of Lam. D. C. prod. 1. p. 498. 



LIN. SYST. Monadelphia, Polyandria. Calyx 5-parted, per- 

 manent, girded by a 3-leaved, unilateral involucel. Petals 5. 

 Stamens 15-20. Filaments joined together at the very base, 

 5 sterile, with 2-3 fertile ones between each of the sterile ones. 

 Style 1, divided at the top into 5 somewhat reflexed stigmas. 

 Carpels 5, 2-valved, 1 or many-seeded, closely joined together 

 into a capsule. Cotyledons twisted, bifid. Flowers in bifid 

 corymbs, with a single-stalked flower in the fork. 



1 . Leaflets of involucel broad, ovate or cordate. 

 1 D. PALMA'TA (Cav. diss. 3. p. 122. t. 38. f. 1.) leaves 

 smooth, palmate, 7-cleft, 7-nerved, with lanceolate, serrated 

 lobes ; corymbs bifid. Tj . S. Native of the island of Bourbon. 



There is a variety with 5-cleft, 5-nerved leaves. Flowers at 

 first white, then pale-yellow, but at last rust-coloured. 

 Palmate-\ea\ed Dombeya. Tree 20 feet. 



2 D. ACUTA'NGULA (Cav. diss. 3. p. 122. t. 38. f. 2.) younger 

 leaves tomentose, at length smooth, cordate, 5-7-nerved, round- 

 ish, crenated, with 3-5 angles, angles or lobes acute, when 5 

 the 2 lower ones are very small ; corymbs bifid, with racemose 

 branches. Tj . S. Native of the island of Bourbon. Flowers red, 

 larger than those of the preceding. 



sicute-angled-leaved Dombeya. Shrub 20 feet. 



3 D. ANOULA'TA (Cav. diss. 3. p. 123. t. 39. f. 1.) leaves 

 tomentose, cordate, roundish, toothed, obsoletely 3-lobed ; um- 

 bels simple ; peduncles shorter than the leaves. ^ . S. Native 

 of the island of Bourbon. Flowers red. Calyx tomentose. 



Angular-leaved Dombeya. Shrub 10 feet. 



4 D. TILLEFOLIA (Cav. diss. 3. p. 124. t. 39. f. 2.) younger 

 leaves tomentose, adult ones smoothish, cordate, 7-nerved, cre- 

 nate ; corymbs bifid. (7 . S. Native of Bourbon. Flowers 

 probably red. 



Lime-tree-leaved Dombeya. Fl. 1820. Shrub 10 feet. 



5 D. TOMENTOSA (Cav. diss. 3. p. 125. t. 39. f. 3.) leaves 

 tomentose, roundish, cordate, acuminate, 5-nerved, transversely 

 veined, crenated ; umbel bifid, fj . S. Native of Madagascar. 

 Flowers white or red. Peduncles, petioles, and branches beset 

 with long hairs. 



Tomentose Dombeya. Shrub 10 feet. 



6 D. HAMILTONIA'NA (Wall. pi. rar. asiat. 1. p. 69. t. 77.) 

 shrub densely clothed with tomentum ; leaves ovate, subcordate, 

 obtuse; unequally and acutely toothed ; peduncles axillary, 3- 

 flowered, twice the length of the petioles. Tj . S. Native of the 

 East Indies on the banks of Irawaddi near Melloon, also on 

 Mount Taong Dong near Ava. Flowers large, yellow, invo- 

 lucrated. 



Hamilton's Dombeya. Fl. Nov. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



7 D. CORDIFOLIA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 499.) leaves smooth, cor- 

 date, acuminate, serrated, 5-7-nerved, sometimes 3-lobed, lateral 

 lobes small ; peduncles rather longer than the petioles. Tj . S. 

 Native of the East Indies. D. tiliaefolia and angulata, Roxb. 

 hort. beng. Hook, bot. mag. 2905. Involucre soon falling off. 

 Anthers 10. Flowers large, red, in dichotomous crowded corymbs. 

 Calyx reflexed. Leaves pubescent beneath. 



Heart-leaved Dombeya. Clt. 1820. Shrub 10 feet. 



2. Leaflets of involucel narrow, lanceolate, or linear. 



8 D. UMBELLA'TA (Cav. diss. 3. p. 127. t. 41. f. 1.) leaves 

 smooth, cordate, ovate-oblong, acuminated, somewhat repand ; 

 umbels globose, simple ; peduncles twice as long as petioles, 

 fj . S. Native of Bourbon. Lam. ill. t. 576. f. 2. Flowers 

 at first white, then rust-coloured. 



f/ra6e^-flowered Dombeya. Shrub 10 feet. 



9 D. FERRUGINEA (Cav. diss. 3. p. 128. t. 42. f. 2.) leaves 

 tomentose beneath, smooth above, ovate-oblong, 7-nerved, some- 

 what peltately cordate, toothed ; corymbs 2-parted ; peduncles 

 twice as long as petioles. ^ . S. Native of the Mauritius. 

 Leaves rusty- beneath, as well as the branches. 



Rusty-leaved Dombeya. Clt. 1815. Shrub 10 feet. 



10 D. GRANDIFOLIA (Lamb, herb.) leaves broad, cordate, 

 slightly lobed, smooth ; peduncles panicled. fj . S. Native of 

 the Mauritius. Flowers red 7 



Great-leaved Dombeya. Tree 20 feet. 



11 D. PUNCTA'TA (Cav. diss. 3. p. 125. t. 40. f. 1.) leaves 

 rather downy beneath, roughly dotted above, somewhat cordate, 

 ovate-oblong, acuminated, 5-nerved, entire ; corymbs crowded ; 

 peduncles longer than the leaves. Tj . S. Native of Bourbon. 

 Flowers white or redi 



