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TILIACE^E. XV. DIPLOPHRACTUM. XVI. MICROSTEMMA. XVII. MUNTINGIA. XVIII. APEIBA. 



FIG. 94. 



XV. DIPLOPHRA'CTUM (from Sm\ooe, diploos, double, 

 and fypayiioc, phragmos, a dissepiment ; in allusion to the cells 

 of the fruit being divided by transverse dissepiments). Desf. 

 mem. mus. 5. p. 34. t. 1. Kunth, malv. p. 15. nov. gen. amer. 

 5. p. 334. in a note. D. C. prod. 1. p. 514. 



LIN. SYST. Polydndria, Monogynia. Calyx of 5 sepals (f. 

 94. a.). Petals 5 (f. 94. 6.), each furnished with a scale on the 

 inside at the base (f. 94. c.). Stamens numerous, free (f. 94. 

 d.). Style crowned by 5 aggregate stigmas (f. 94. g.). Cap- 

 sules globose, indehiscent, 5-winged (f. 94. e.), 10-celled (f. 

 94. /.), cells divided by transverse dissepiments into 1-seeded 

 divisions. Seeds arillate, fixed to the sides of the cells. Em- 

 bryo fleshy, placed at the base of the albumen. A tree, with 

 oak-like leaves. 



1 D. AURICULA'TUM (Desf. 1. c.) 

 ?2 . S. Native of Java. Leaves 

 sessile, oblong- lanceolate, wrink- 

 led, downy beneath, serrated to- 

 wards the top, obliquely auricled 

 at the base. Stipulas 2 to each 

 leaf, the 1 is of 2-rounded lobes, 

 with a bristle-like appendage rising 

 between these lobes (f. 94. h.), the 

 other is of 1 round lobe on one 

 side of a bristle-like appendage 

 (f. 94. rf.). Flowers rather larger 

 than those of the Lime-tree, yellow- 

 ish or white, solitary, axillary, and 

 terminal, pedicellate. 



Auricled-leaved Diplophractum. 

 Tree 20 feet. 



Cult, This tree will thrive well 

 in a mixture of loam and peat ; and 

 cuttings will root in sand or mould under a hand-glass, in heat. 



XVI. MICROSTE'MMA (from piKpos, micros, small, and 

 artfifia, stemma, a crown ; in allusion to the petals being smaller 

 than the sepals.) Lab. aust. cal. p. 58. t. 57. 



LIN. SYST. Monadelphia, Polydndria. Calyx of 5-6 sepals, per- 

 manent. Petals 10-12, shorter than the sepals. Stamens 30 or 

 more ; filaments connected at the base. Anthers kidney-shap- 

 ed, 2-celled. Capsule ovate, 10-1 2-celled, 10-12 valved. Style 

 simple, crowned by a 5-6-cleft stigma. Valves of capsule with 

 a dissepiment in the middle of each. Seeds solitary at the top 

 of the valves. Albumen fleshy. A shrub, with terminal clus- 

 ters of flowers and fascicled exstipulate leaves. 



1 M. SALICIFOLIUM (Lab. 1. c.) leaves oblong, tapering to 

 both ends, almost entire ; stipulas wanting ; peduncles crowded, 

 terminal, fj . G. Native of New Caledonia. Diplophractum 

 salicifolium, Spreng. syst. app. p. 205. 



Willow-leaved Microstemma. Tree 1 6 feet. 



Cult. This tree will thrive well in a mixture of peat and 

 loam ; and ripened cuttings will root in sand under a hand-glass. 



XVII. MUNTI'NGIA (in honour of Abraham Hunting, once 

 professor of botany in the university of Groningen, died in 1 682, 

 author of several botanical works.) Lin. gen. no. 651. D. C. 

 prod. 1. p. 514. Gaert. fruct. 1. t. 59. 



LIN. SYST. Polydndria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-7-parted, de- 

 ciduous. Petals 5-7. Stamens numerous, unconnected. Ovary 

 sessile, globose, surrounded with many hairs at the base, crown- 

 ed by a sessile, permanent, rayed stigma. Berry 5-celled, many- 

 seeded. Seeds small, imbedded in pulp. Embryo small. 



Trees, allied to Apelba, with oblique, alternate, serrated leaves, 

 and large axillary flowers, rising in twos or threes above the axils 

 of the leaves. Pedicels bracteate at the base. 

 1 



1 M. CALABU'RA (Lin. spec. 728. Jacq. amer. t. 107.) leaves 

 sessile, oblique, and semi-cordate at the base, lanceolate, villous 

 beneath, as well as the branches ; pedicels in pairs, or sometimes 

 in fours, axillary, 1-flowered ; sepals acuminated. T? . S. Native 

 of Jamaica on calcareous subalpine hills. Jacq. amer. pict. p. 

 81. t. 158 Sloan, jam. 2. p. 80. t. 194. f. 1. Calabura alba, 

 Pluk. mant. t. 152. f. 4. Flowers handsome, white, an inch in 

 diameter, resembling those of the bramble. Fruit about the 

 size of a cherry, of a dark-purple colour when ripe. Leaves 4 

 or 5 inches long, and three quarters broad. Calabura is the 

 name of the tree in South America. 



Calabura Muntingia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1690. Tree 12 

 to 25 feet. 



2 M. GLA'BRA (Spreng. syst. 2. p. 592.) leaves obliquely 

 ovate-oblong, smooth ; branches compressed, smooth ; pedicels 

 axillary, 1 -flowered, in pairs; sepals very blunt. >j . S. Native 

 of Brazil. Flowers white. 



Smooth Muntingia. Tree 30 feet. 



Cult. These trees thrive well in a light loamy soil ; and 

 cuttings will root freely in sand under a hand-glass, in heat. 

 They are handsome trees, and worth cultivating. 



XVIII. APEPBA (a name given to Apelba Tibourbou by the 

 natives of Brazil.) Margr. bras. p. 124. Aubl. guian. 1. p. 538. 

 D. C. prod. 1. p. 514. Aubletia, Schreb. gen. no. 889. Oxy- 

 tandrum, Neck. elem. no. 1005. 



LIN. SYST. Polydndria, Monogynia. Calyx 5, rarely 4-parted. 

 Petals 5, rarely 4, unguiculate, rather smaller than the calyx. 

 Stamens numerous, with short filaments and long anthers, each 

 ending in 2 leafy lobules. Style dilated at the apex into a funnel- 

 shaped, toothed stigma. Capsule spherical, depressed, coria- 

 ceous, rough from stiff hairs or rigid bristles, 8-24 celled. Seeds 

 minute, many in each cell, fixed to the central fleshy receptacle. 

 Trees or shrubs, clothed with starry down. Leaves broad, 

 entire. Flowers large, golden-yellow or greenish. Peduncles 

 opposite the leaves, branched, many-flowered. The wood of 

 all the species is white and very light. The bark is fibrous 

 and tough, and fit for making cordage. 



1 A. TIBOU'RBOU (Aubl. guian. 1. p. 538. t. 213.) leaves cor- 

 date, ovate-oblong, serrated, hairy beneath; calyx 5 -parted; 

 fruit 10-celled, densely clothed with bristles. Jj.S. Native of 

 Guiana and Cayenne on hills, also of Tobago and the province of 

 Caraccas. Rich. act. soc. hist. nat. par. p. 110. H. B. et Kunth, 

 nov. gen. amsr. 5. p. 347. Apeiba, Margr. bras. t. 124. Sloanea, 

 Lcefl. itin. 311. A. hirsuta, Lam. diet. 1. p. 208. Aubletia Ti- 

 burbu, Swartz. Petals dark-yellow. The tree is called Tibour- 

 bou by the inhabitants of Guiana. 



Tibourbou Apeiba. Fl. Aug. Oct. Clt. 1756. Tree 10 feet. 



2 A. PETOU MO (Aubl. guian. 1. p. 543. t. 215.) leaves ovate- 

 oblong, somewhat cordate at the base, entire, hoary beneath ; 

 calyx 4-5-parted ; fruit densely clothed with bristles, 1 8 or 20- 

 celled. f? . S. Native of Guiana in the woods of Sinemaria. 

 Rich. act. hist. soc. nat. par. 110. A. hispida, Gaert. fr. 2. p. 

 121. Aubletia Petoumo, Willd. spec. 2. p. 1156. Corolla yel- 

 low. The tree is called Petoumo by the Caribbees. 



Petoumo Apeiba. Aug. Oct. Clt. 1817. Tree 40 feet. 



3 A. ULMIFOLIA (H. B. et Kunth. nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 347.) 

 leaves elliptical-oblong, somewhat acuminated, rounded at the 

 base, sharply toothed, downy above, but clothed with very fine 

 cobwebbed rusty tomentum beneath. Tj . S. Native of South 

 America on the banks of the river Orinoco. Corolla yellow. 

 Resembles A. Petoumo. 



Elm-leaved Apeiba. Tree 20 to 30 feet. 



4 A. A'SPERA (Aubl. guian. 1. p. 545. t. 216.) leaves ovate- 

 oblong, somewhat cordate, quite entire, smooth ; calyx 4-5- 

 parted; fruct 8-10-celled, muricated with short conical pu- 



