TILIACE^E. I. SPARMANNIA. II. ENTELEA. 



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scales around the stigma. Stamens numerous, inserted round the 

 apex of a turbinate receptacle. Style crowned by a 3-lobed 

 stigma. Capsule of 1 to 5 2-valved, 1-2-seeded carpels. 



15 DIPLOPHRA'CTUM. Sepals and petals 5 (f. 94. a. &.). Sta- 

 mens numerous (f. 94. d.). Style 1, crowned by 5 aggregate 

 stigmas (f. 94. g.). Capsule globose, indehiscent, 5-winged (f. 94. 

 e.), 10-celled ; cells parted into 1 -seeded divisions by a transverse 

 dissepiment. Seeds arillate, fixed to the sides of the valves. 



16 MICROSTE'MMA. Sepals 5-6. Petals 10-12. Stamens 30, 

 rather connected at the base. Style 1, crowned by 5-6 aggre- 

 gate stigmas. Capsule globose, 5-6-winged, 5-6-valved, with a 

 dissepiment in the middle of each valve. Seeds solitary, placed 

 at the top of the valves. 



17 MUNTI'NGIA. Calyx 5-7-parted. Petals 5-7. Stamens 

 numerous. Ovary sessile, globose, girded by hairs at the base, 

 crowned by a capitate-rayed stigma. Berry 5-celled, many- 

 seeded. Seeds small, imbedded in pulp. 



18 APEI'BA. Calyx 4-5-parted. Petals 4-5, unquiculate, 

 smaller than the calyx. Stamens numerous, short. Anthers 

 long, ending in 2 leafy lobes. Style 1, dilated at the apex into 

 a funnel-shaped stigma. Capsule spherical, depressed, scabrous 

 from soft bristles, or rigid tubercles, 8-24-celled. Seeds minute, 

 numerous, fixed to the central fleshy receptacle. 



19 SLOA'NEA. Calyx 4-7-lobed. Petals wanting. Stamens 

 numerous ; filaments almost wanting ; anthers very long, crowned 

 by a small acumen. Ovary 1. Style 1, filiform. Capsule 

 ligneous, roundish, echinated with crowded prickles, 4-5-valved, 

 4-5-celled ; cells 1-3-seeded. Seeds covered with fleshy aril. 



20 ESENBE'CKIA. Calyx saucer-shaped, girded by a 3-parted, 

 deciduous involucel. Petals 5. Stamens numerous ; anthers 

 twin. Style 1, crowned by a capitate, 5-angled stigma. Cap- 

 sule woody, 5-angled, 5-valved, 5-celled ; valves with a dissepi- 

 ment in the middle of each. Seeds 3-6 in each cell, adhering to 

 the dissepiment. 



21 ABLA'NIA. Calyx 4-5-parted. Petals wanting. Stamens 

 numerous ; anthers roundish. Ovary ovate. Styles 2, bifid. 

 Capsule 4-valved, 1 -seeded, hispid from rigid bristles. Seeds 

 numerous, arillate, fixed to a free central placenta. 



22 GYROSTE'MON. Flowers dioecious. Calyx 6-7-lobed. 

 Stamens numerous, disposed in a concentric circle ; anther seated 

 on a naked receptacle, without filaments, 2 or somewhat 4- 

 celled. Capsule of numerous 2-valved, 1 -seeded carpels, dis- 

 posed in a whorl around the central axis. Perhaps belonging to 

 Euphorbiacece. 



23 CHRISTIANA. Calyx 3-lobed. Petals 5. Stamens in- 

 definite. Capsule of 5, 1 -seeded carpels, which are connected 

 at the base. This genus is hardly known. 



24 LUHE'A. Calyx 5-parted, girded by a 6-9-1 2-parted in- 

 volucel. Petals 5. Stamens numerous, somewhat connected at 

 the base in 5 bundles, with 5 pencilled or fringed scales opposite 

 each bundle. Style thick, crowned by a 5-lobed stigma. Capsule 

 5-angled, 5-celled, 5-valved, with a dissepiment in the middle of 

 each valve. Seeds winged at the apex, disposed in 2 rows on the 

 margin of the dissepiment. 



25 MO'LLIA. Sepals and petals 5. Stamens collected into 



many sets, disposed in many series, outer series in 5 sets, inner 

 series indeterminately joined. Style simple. Capsule 2-celled, 

 2-valved, without a central column. Seeds numerous, awl- 

 shaped, disposed in 2 series in each cell. 



26 VA'TICA. Calyx 5-cleft. Petals 5, twisted in the bud. 

 Anthers 15, sessile, ovate, 4-celled, 3 in front of each petal. 

 Ovary 5-angled. Style crowned by a 3-lobed stigma. Capsule 

 3-celled? cells 1 -seeded. A doubtful genus. 



27 ESPE'RA. Calyx 4-parted, spreading. Petals long, per- 

 manent. Stamens numerous, capillary. Style 1. Stigma 1. 

 Capsule oblong, 4-6-winged, 4-6-celled ; cells 1 -seeded. Seeds 

 round, hairy. 



28 BE'RRYA. Sepals and petals 5. Stamens numerous, 

 rather connected at the base. Style crowned by a trigonal, 

 capitate stigma. Capsule roundish, 3-celled, 3-valved, 6-wing- 

 ed, with 2 horizontal wings on the back of each valve, with a 

 dissepiment in the middle of each on the inside. Seeds large, 

 ovately -globose, covered with stiff hairs, 2 in each cell. 



29 EUTHE'MIS. Sepals and petals 5. Stamens 5. Anthers 

 oblong, acuminated, bursting at the apex by 2 pores. Style 

 filiform, crowded by a simple stigma. Berry 5-seeded ; seeds 

 disposed round the central axis, covered with a fibrous aril. 

 This genus differs from the rest of Tiliacece in the dehiscence 

 of the anthers. 



80 XEROPE'TALUM. Calyx 5-cleft. Petals 5, emarginate. 

 Stamens about 20, 5 of which are sterile. Capsule 3-celled, 3- 

 valved. 



I. SPARMA'NNIA (in honour of Andrew Sparmann, M.D. 

 a Swedish botanist, who went round the world with Captain Cook 

 in his second voyage in 1772 to 1775.). Thunb. nov. gen. 88. 

 Lin. fil. suppl. 41. D. C. prod. 1. p. 503. 



LIN. SYST. Polydndria, Monogynia. Calyx of 4 sepals. Petals 

 4, roundish. Stamens numerous, intermixed with numerous 

 threads, which are tomentose and rather adhering at the base. 

 Capsules echinated, 5-angled, 6-celled, 6-valved ; cells 2-seefled. 

 A shrub, with large leaves, resembling those of Kitalbelia 

 vittfblia. 



1 S. AFRICA'NA (Lin. fil. suppl. 265.) ^. G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope on the sides of mountains. Vent. malm. t. 

 78. Sims, bot. mag. t. 726. or 516. Leaves angular, hairy, as 

 well as the younger branches. Flowers white with the sterile 

 threads yellow, mixed with brown. 



African Sparmannia. Fl. Mar.Jul. Clt. 1790. Tr. 20 ft. 



Cult. A beautiful shrub, flowering early in spring. It thrives 

 best in a mixture of loam and peat ; and cuttings root freely in 

 sand under a hand-glass. 



II. ENTELE'A (from tvreXije, enteles, perfect; alluding 

 to the stamens being all fertile). R. Br. in bot. mag. t. 2480. 



LIN. SYST. Polydndria, Monogynia. Calyx of 4-5-sepals. 

 Petals 4-5. Stamens indefinite, all fertile, without any sterile 

 threads. Capsule spherical, echinated, 6-celled, half-6-valved, 

 many-seeded A tree, with cordate, angular, double-crenated, 

 5-nerved leaves, furnished with small permanent stipulas. 

 Flowers white, in simple, lateral, or terminal stalked umbels. 

 Involucel many-leaved, short. Pedicels bractless. Anthers 

 purplish or yellow. The genus differs from Sparmannia in the 

 stamens being all fertile, and in the capsule being undivided to 

 the base, not as in that genus opening into 6 distinct valves, as 

 well as in the cells being many-seeded. 



