EL^EOCARPEJE. I. EL^OCARPUS. 



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FIG. 95. 



4 sepals. Petals 4, linear, erose at the apex. Anthers 8-12, 

 linear, puberulous, destitute of terminal bristles. Female flowers 

 unknown. 



6 VA'LLEA. Sepals 5. Petals 5, trifid, with 5 scales under 

 the claws, which adhere to the petals, and with a ring of glands 



around the torus. Anthers 30-40, mutic, bursting at the top. 

 Capsule 3-4-valved, muricated, 4-5-celled; cells 2-seeded. 



7 TRICUSPIDA'RIA. Calyx 5-toothed. Petals 5, tricuspidate, 

 with a ring of glands around the 10-angled torus. Anthers 15, 

 mutic, opening at the apex. Capsule 3-valved, 3-celled, with 

 a dissepiment in the middle of each valve. Seeds few. 



8? DECA'DIA. Calyx 3-parted. Petals 10, obovate, serrat- 

 ed. Stamens 10, seated on the base of the petals ; anthers 

 roundish. Drupe containing a 5-celled nut. 



I. EL.3iOCA'RPUS (from eXata, elala, an olive, and Kapirot, 

 karpos, a fruit ; the fruit is round, containing a nut furnished 

 with rugosities, which has been compared to an olive.) Lin. 

 gen. 665. D. C. prod. 1. p. 519. 



LIN. SYST. Polydndria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-sepalled. 

 Petals 5, jagged at the apex (f. 95. &.). Anthers ending in 

 bristles. Drupe containing a rugged-furrowed, 5-celled nut, 

 (f. 96. _/.) or only 1-celled from abortion. Trees with white, 

 but not durable wood. Flowers small, usually fragrant ; the 

 fruit is eatable, and the hard rugose stones are manufactured into 

 necklaces set in gold. 



1 E. SERRA'TUS (Lin. spec. 734.) 

 leaves with glands in the axils of 

 the veins beneath, elliptic-oblong, 

 serrated, acuminated ; racemes ax- 

 illary or lateral, drooping; fruit glo- 

 bose ; nut wrinkled and furrowed. 

 Jj . S. Native of the East Indies. 

 Burm. zeyl. 39. t. 40. Ga- 

 nitrus sphae'rica, Gaert. fr. 2. p. 

 271. t. 139. f. 6. Flowers white, 

 but purplish before opening, sweet- 

 scented. 



Serrated-leaved Elaeocarpus. Fl. 

 March to Oct. Clt. 1774. Tree 

 50 feet. 



2 E. GANI'TRUS (Roxb. hort. 

 Seng, p. 42.) leaves elliptic-lan- 

 ceolate, repand-toothed, acumi- 

 nated, younger ones pubescent ; racemes simple, lateral. Tj . S. 

 Native of the East Indies. Ganitrus, Rumph. amb. 3. p. 162. t. 

 101. Flowers white, sweet-scented. 



Ganiter Elaeocarpus. Tree 40 feet. 



3 E. PE'KIM-KA^RA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 519.) leaves ovate- 

 lanceolate, serrated ; flowers racemose ; fruit ovate ; nut even. 



J?. S. Native of Malabar Rheed. mal. 4. p. 51. t. 24. 

 Racemes terminal. Flowers white, sweet-scented. This tree 

 is called Perim-kara by the inhabitants of Malabar. Fruit 

 eatable. 



Perim-kara Elaeocarpus. Tree 40 feet. 



4 E. CYA'NEUS (Sims, hot. mag, t. 1737.) leaves oblong-lan- 

 ceolate, serrated, netted with veins ; racemes axillary, close- 

 flowered ; fruit somewhat globose ; nut almost even. Jj . G. 

 Native of New Holland. Flowers white. Drupe blue. E. re- 

 ticulatus, Smith in Rees' cycl. ex Ker. hot. reg. t. 657. E. cya- 

 neus, Lois. herb. amat. t. 237. 



Blue-fruited Elaeocarpus. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1803. Tree 

 15 feet. 



5 E. OBOVA'TUS ; leaves obovate-oblong, tapering to the base, 

 obtuse at the apex, entire or serrated towards the apex ; racemes 

 numerous, crowded-flowered. Tj . S. Native of New Holland. 

 Flowers white, smaller than those of E. cyaneus. 



Obovate-leaved Elaeocarpus. Shrub. 



6 E. STRI'CTUS (Lamb, herb.) leaves oblong-lanceolate, coria- 

 ceous, tapering to the base, serrated, silky beneath ; racemes 

 simple, axillary. Tj . S. Native of New Zealand. Flowers 

 crowded, white. 



Straight Elaeocarpus. Tree 15 feet. 



7 E. MONO'CERAS (Cav. icon. 6. p. 1. t. 501.) leaves lanceolate, 

 cuneated at the base, serrated at the top ; racemes axillary. J? . 

 S. Native of the island of Luzon, and at the town of Bannos. 

 Ovary 2-celled ? Anthers furnished with 1 bristle at the apex. 

 Flowers of a rusty-red colour. 



One-horned-anthered Elaeocarpus. Tree 20 feet. 



8 E. RUGOSUS (Roxb. hort. beng. p. 42.) leaves large, elliptic 

 or obovately-oblong, acuminated, abrupt at the base, repandly- 

 serrated ; anthers ending in 1 bristle each j petals 2-lobed, 

 jagged; racemes simple, axillary, fy . S. Native of Chittagong. 

 Flowers large, white. Anthers with beardless valves. 



Wrinkled-leaved Elaeocarpus. Tree 20 feet. 



9 E. INTEGRIFOLIUS (Lam. diet. 2. p. 604.) leaves obovate- 

 oblong, obtuse, quite entire ; racemes axillary, longer than the 

 leaves ; flowers 4-cleft. Tj . S. Native of the Mauritius. 

 Flowers white. Anthers beardless. 



Entire-leaved Elaeocarpus. Tree 20 feet. 



10 E. OBLONGUS (Smith in Rees' cycl. no. 2.) leaves ovate- 

 oblong, acute, quite entire; drupe ovate-oblong, 1 -seeded. Tj . 

 S. Native of the Moluccas. Ganitrum oblongum, Rumph. 

 amb. 3. p. 163. t. 102. Gaert. fruct. l.p. 202. t. 43. Racemes 

 axillary. Flowers white. Fruit eatable. 



Oblong-leaved Elaeocarpus. Tree 40 feet. 



11 E. INTEGE'RRIMUS (Lour. coch. 1. p. 412.) leaves lanceo- 

 late, quite entire ; flowers axillary, crowded. J? . G. Native 

 of Cochin-china. ^ Flowers sweet-scented, of a golden-colour. 

 Drupe black, somewhat ovate. This plant is cultivated in China 

 for the sweetness and beauty of its flowers. 



Very-entire-leaved Elaeocarpus. Tree 20 feet. 



12 E. SYLVE'STRIS (Poir. suppl. 294.) leaves ovate-lanceolate, 

 serrated ; spikes almost terminal ; glands of receptacle 2-lobed ; 

 drupe 1-seeded. ^ Gr. Native of Cochin-china in woods. 

 Adenodus sylvestris, Lour. coch. 294. Branches spreading. 

 Flowers white, varying to red. 



Wild Elseocarpus. Tree 20 feet. 



13 E. NI'TIDUS (Mal. misc. 1. no. 2. p. 41.) leaves ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, serrated ; racemes axillary, shorter than the leaves ; 

 stamens 15 ; nut 5-celled, 4 of which are for the most part abor- 

 tive. Tj . S. Native of Pulo-Pinang. Flowers white. 



Shining-leaved Elaeocarpus. Tree 20 feet. 



14 E. ELLI'PTICUS (Smith in Rees' cycl. no. 3.) leaves smooth, 

 glandless ; calyxes acute ; ovary globose, with 5 little scales at 

 the base. ^ . S. Native of? Lin. mant. 2. p. 401. in a note. 

 Flowers white ? 



Elliptic-leaved Elaeocarpus. Tree. 



15 E. LANCEOLA'TUS (Blum, bijdr. ex Schlecht. Linnaea. 1. 

 p. 659 and 660.) leaves lanceolate, bluntish and remotely ser- 

 rated at the top ; racemes axillary, longer than the leaves, nod- 

 ding ; pedicels longer than the petioles ; drupe oval ; nut wrink- 

 led, and covered with recurved prickles. T; . S. Native of Java. 

 Flowers white. 



Zawceo/ate-leaved Elaeocarpus. Tree 20 feet. 



16 E. OBTUSUS (Blum. 1. c.) leaves obovate-oblong, bluntish, 

 mucronately-serrated above the base ; racemes axillary, and are 

 as well as the petals silky ; pedicels longer than the petioles. 



Tj.S. Native of Java. Flowers white. Like E. monoceras. 



