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the top of filaments, which are drawn out a long way beyond 

 the tube of the stamens. Style length of tube. 



Brotherly Kydia. Clt. 1 823. Tree 40 feet. 



Cult. These trees grow freely in any rich soil, or in a mix- 

 ture of loam, peat, and sand ; and young cuttings not deprived 

 of their leaves, planted in mould, and placed under a hand-glass 

 in heat, will root readily. 



XXX. GLtTTA (from gluta, glue, in allusion to the petals 

 being glued to the stipe-formed torus,) Lin. mant. 293. D. C. 

 prod. 1. p. 501. 



LIN. SYST. Monadelphia, Polydndria. Calyx campanu- 

 late, membranaceous, deciduous, naked. Petals 5, lanceolate, 

 longer than the calyx, glued to a long stipe-formed torus. 

 Stamens monadelphous, glued around the torus, exserted, and 

 free at the apex. Anthers roundish, turning like a weather- cock. 

 Ovary obovate. Style 1. Fruit? A tree, with broad, lanceo- 

 late, naked leaves, and panicles of white flowers, almost as 

 in Clematis jlummula. 



1 G. BE'NGHAS (Lin. mant. 293.) Tj . S. Native of Java, 

 where it is called Benghas. Branches and buds pubescent. 

 Leaves obtuse, entire, even and smooth on both surfaces. 



Benghas Gluta. Tree 30 feet ? 



Cult. Gluta will thrive well in a mixture of loam, peat, and 

 sand ; and young cuttings, not stripped of their leaves, will root 

 freely in mould under a hand-glass, in heat. 



XXXI. MARA'NTHUS (from fiapaivw, maraino, to fade, 

 and avdoe, anthos, a flower ; the withered flowers are permanent.) 

 Blum, bijdr. ex Schlecht. Linnaea. 1. p. 656. 



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

 manent. Petals 5, hardly longer than the calyx. Stamens nu- 

 merous, rather connate at the base, all fertile, and marcescent. 

 Anthers 2-celled. Ovary didymous, villous, 2-celled. Style 1, 

 lateral, permanent, crowned by a simple stigma. Drupe oval, 

 villous, 2-celled ; cells 1-seeded. Seeds fixed by their base. 



1 M. CORYMBO'SA (Blum. 1. c.) Pj . S. Native of Java. 

 A tree, with alternate, oblong, entire leaves, with 2 glands at 

 the base instead of stipulas, and axillary and terminal corymbs 

 of flowers. 



Corymbose-fiowered. Maranthus. Tree 20 feet. 



Cult. This tree will grow in a mixture of loam and peat, 

 and cuttings taken off at a joint will root readily if planted in a 

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



Tribe V. 



WALLICHIE'/E (plant agreeing with Wallichia in important 

 characters). D. C. mem. mus. 10. p. 102. prod. 1. p. 501. 



Calyx 5-lohed, surrounded by a 3 or 5-leaved involucel, which 

 is rather distant from the flower. Petals 5, flat. Stamens in- 

 definite ; filaments in a long monadelphous tube, outer ones 

 shortest. Anthers erect, bilocular. Fruit 5-10-valved, 5-10- 

 celled ; cells 1-8-seeded. 



XXXII. ERIOLTE'NA (from tpi<>, erion, wool, and - 

 chlaina, a cloak ; in allusion to the woolly involucel and calyx.) 

 D. C. mem. mus. 10. p. 102. prod. 1. p. 501. 



LIN. SYST. Monadelphia, Polydndria. Calyx tomentose, 5- 

 parted, acuminate, surrounded by a 5-leaved involucel ; leaflets 

 tomentose, jagged, the 3 inner ones largest, 2 outer ones smaller, 

 all shorter than the calyx. Petals 5, unguiculate, shorter than 

 the calyx. Stamens in many series around the column from top 

 to bottom, monadelphous, outer ones shortest, all fertile. Style 



villous. Stigmas 10, aggregated into a head. Capsule 10-celled, 

 10-valved ; cells 8-seeded, with a dissepiment in the middle of 

 each valve bearing the seeds. Structure of the involucel resem- 

 bling that of section Pterolce'na of Pterospermum. 



1 E. WALLI'CHII (D. C. mem. mus. 10. p. 102. pi. 5.) leaves 

 stalked ; cordate, acuminate, toothed, pubescent above, villous 

 beneath; pedicels villous, 1 -flowered, 3-times as long as the 

 petioles ; involucre of 5-leaves. Tj . S. Native of the East 

 Indies. Branches round. Flowers yellow. Resembles a 

 species of Hibiscus in habit. 



Wallich's Eriolaena. Clt. 1823. Tree 30 feet. 



2 E. CANDO'LLII (Wall. pi. asiat. rar. 1. p. 51. t. 64.) leaves 

 ovate-cordate, acuminated, entire, hoary-tomentose beneath ; 

 flowers terminal, panicled ; involucre of 3 oblong-linear leaves. 

 Jj . S. Native of the East Indies on the mountains of Prome, 

 on the banks of the Irawaddi. Stigmas 10. Capsule 10-celled, 

 10-valved ; cells 8-seeded, with a dissepiment in the middle of 

 each valve, bearing the seeds. The species differs from E. 

 Wall'ichii, in the leaves and inflorescence being covered with 

 stellate, grey tomentum, whereas they are densely hairy in that 

 species. Petals yellow, emarginate. The involucre in the figure 

 appears to be of many jagged leaves. 



De Candolle's Eriolaena. Tree 40 feet. 

 Cult. These trees should be cultivated and treated in the 

 manner recommended for Kydia. 



XXXIII. WALLI'CHIA (in honour of Nathaniel Wallich, 

 M. D. F. R. and L. S. superintendant of the East India Com- 

 pany's botanical garden at Calcutta.) D. C. mem. mus. 10. p. 

 104. prod. 1. p. 501. 



LIN. SYST. Monadelphia, Polydndria. Involucel 3-4-leaved, 

 distant from the flower, small. Calyx 4-parted, with oblong- 

 linear lobes. Flower-bud oblong. Petals 4, spreading, re- 

 flexed, with thick velvety claws. Stamens about 20, monadel- 

 phous into a conical tube, outer ones shortest. Ovary ovate, 

 8-celled. Style 1. Stigmas 8. Capsule 8-celled, 8-valved, 

 with 1-seeded cells. 



1 W. SPECTA'BILIS (D. C. mem. mus. 10. p. 104. t. 6.) Tj. S. 

 Native of Nipaul. Jackia spectabilis, Spreng. syst. 3. p. 85. 

 Branches velvety. Leaves stalked, broad-ovate, somewhat cor- 

 date, serrated, velvety beneath. Peduncles axillary and ter- 

 minal, longer than the leaves, many-flowered, constituting as if 

 it were a leafy panicle. Flowers probably white, smaller than 

 those of Mdlva sylvestris. This tree resembles a species of 

 Tilia in habit. 



Shewy Wallichia. Tree 36 to 40 feet. 



Cult. This is a beautiful tree. A mixture of loam, peat, 

 and sand will suit it best, and young cuttings not deprived of 

 their leaves will root readily if planted in the same kind of soil 

 under a hand-glass, in heat. 



XXXIV. GOETHFA (in honour of the celebrated Baron 

 Goethe of Weimar.) Nees and Mart. nov. act. bonn. xi. p. 91 . 

 D. C. prod. 1. p. 501. 



LIN. SYST. Monadelphia, Polydndria. Calyx campanulate, 

 short, 5-cleft (f. 93. a.), surrounded by a large bladdery invo- 

 lucel (f. 93. &.). Petals 5, somewhat joined together at the 

 base (f. 93. c.), spirally twisted in the bud. Filaments numerous, 

 joined into a long column at the base (f. 93. e.). Anthers 

 ovate, bilocular. Style elongated, cleft at the apex into 8-10 

 stigmas (f. 93. g.}. Carpels 5, coriaceous, 1-seeded. Trees 

 and shrubs, with smoothish coriaceous leaves, and bearded pe- 

 tioles. Stipulas narrow. Flowers shewy, nodding. Peduncles 

 axillary, 1 -flowered. Involucel coloured, netted, bladdery. 

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