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Var. |3 Wallichidna (D. C. prod. 1. p. 524.) Ternstrce'mia 

 Lushia, Hamilt. mss. in D.Don, prod. 1 . p. 225. Flowers yellow ? 



Lushia Cleyera. Fl. June. Tree 20 feet. 



Cult. The species of Cleyera will thrive well in a mixture of 

 loam, sand, and peat ; and ripe cuttings will root in sand under 

 a hand-glass, in heat. 



VI. FREZIE'RA (this genus is dedicated by Swartz to A. F. 

 Frezier, a French engineer and traveller in Chili and the South 

 Sea, who published his travels in 171C). Swartz fl. ind. occid. 

 2. p. 971. D. C. prod. 1. p. 524. Eroteum, Swartz. prod, 

 p. 85. 



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

 5, broadest at the base. Filaments free. Anthers smooth, some- 

 what cordate. Style 3 or 5-cleft at the apex. Berry dry, 3-5- 

 celled ; cells many-seeded. American trees, with the habit of 

 Laurus. Pedicels axillary. 



1 F. THJEOIDES (Swartz, fl. ind. occid. p. 972.) leaves ovate- 

 lanceolate, serrulate-toothed, smooth on both surfaces ; pedicels 

 solitary, 1 -flowered, fj . S. Native of the mountains of Ja- 

 maica. Eroteum theeoides, Swartz. prod. p. 85. Flowers white ; 

 anthers yellow. 



Tea-like Freziera. Clt. 1818. Tree 40 feet. 



2 F. UNDULA'TA (Swartz. fl. ind. occid. p. 974.) leaves ellip- 

 tical-lanceolate, acuminate, serrated, smooth ; flowers axillary, 

 crowded. 1? . S. Native of the Caribbee Islands. Eroteum 

 undulatum, Swartz, prod. 85. Flowers white. 



Waved-leaved Freziera. Tree 50 feet. 



3 F. NERVOSA (H. et B. pi. equin. 1. p. 31. t. 9.) leaves lan- 

 ceolate, toothed, smooth above, pubescent beneath ; pedicels 

 many, in fascicles, fy . S. Native of South America in cold 

 parts of the province of Pasto. Flowers white. 



Nerved-leaved Freziera. Tree 40 feet. 



4 F. SERICEA (H. B. pi. equin. 1. p. 29. t. 8.) leaves elliptic- 

 lanceolate, acuminated, serrulate, silvery beneath ; flowers 2 or 

 3 together, axillary, sessile. ^ . S. Native of South America 

 between Quito and Popayan. Flowers white. 



Silky-leaved Freziera. Tree 40 feet. 



5 F. CHRYSOPHY'LLA (H. B. pi. equin. 1. p. 27. t. 7.) leaves 

 lanceolate-oblong, smooth above, villous beneath from golden 

 silky down ; pedicels axillary, few, short. Jj . S. Native of 

 South America about Popayan. Flowers white. 



Golden-leaved Freziera. Tree 30 feet. 



6 F. CANE'SCENS (H. B. pi. equin. 1. p. 25. t. 6. nov. gen. 

 amer. 5. p. 211. t. 463. f. 2.) leaves elliptic-oblong, serrulated, 

 hoary from down beneath ; pedicels 1-2, axillary, fj . S. Na- 

 tive of the Andes of Peru. Flowers white. 



Hoary-\caved Freziera. Tree 30 feet. 



7 F. RETICULA'TA (H. B, pi. equin. 1. p. 23. t 5.) leaves 

 ovate-lanceolate, serrated, downy beneath ; pedicels 3-5 toge- 

 ther, axillary, fascicled. Jj . S. Native of the Andes of Peru 

 near Almaguer, Flowers white. 



Reticulate-leaved Freziera. Tree 40 feet. 



Cult. These trees will thrive well in a mixture of sand, loam, 

 and peat ; and cuttings will root in sand under a hand-glass, 

 in heat. 



VII. LETTSO'MIA (in honour of John Cockley Lettsom, 

 M. D. F.R.S. an English naturalist, who has given a history of 

 the tea-tree, as well as a work on the means of preserving 

 objects of natural history, in 1772). Ruiz et Pav. prod. fl. per. 

 p. 77. t. 14. D. C. prod. 1. p. 525. 



LIN. SYST. Polydndria, Monogynia. Calyx 7-sepalled. Pe- 

 tals 5-6, overlapping each other at the bottom, inner ones nar- 

 rowest. Filaments free. Style very short. Stigmas 3-5. Berry 

 S-5-celled ; cells many-seeded. 



1 L. TOMENTOSA (Ruiz et Pav. syst. 134.) leaves lanceolate, 



quite entire, clothed with silky down beneath ; berry 5-celled. 

 Tj . S. Native of Peru in groves. Flowers white. 



Donny Lettsomia. Clt. 1823. Shrub 4 feet. 



2 L. LANA'TA (Ruiz et Pav. syst. p. 135.) leaves lanceolate, 

 obsoletely serrulated, woolly ; berry 3-celled. Jj S. Native of 

 Peru in groves. Flowers white ? 



Woolly -leaved Lettsomia. Shrub 4 feet. 



Cult. Lettsomia is a genus of beautiful shrubs. The spe- 

 cies will thrive well in a mixture of loam and peat ; and ripened 

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



Tribe IV. 



SAURA'UJEjE (plants agreeing with Saurauja in important 

 characters). D. C. prod. 1. p. 525. Calyx furnished with 2-3 

 bracteas. Petals alternating with the sepals, which are more or 

 less connected at their base into a monopetalous corolla. Stamens 

 numerous, monadelphous at the base, adhering to the lower 

 part of the corolla. Anthers inserted by their back, not adnate, 

 opening by 2 pores at the apex. Styles' 3-5, distinct from the 

 ovary, but sometimes connected together at the base. Seeds 

 not sufficiently known. 



VIII. SAURAU'JA (from Sauraujo, the name of some Por- 

 tuguese botanist, known to Willdenow). Willd. nov. act. soc. 

 nat. cur. berol. 3. p. 406. t. 4. D. C. prod. 1. p. 525. 



LIN. SYST. Polydndria, Tetra-Pentagynia. Calyx 5-parted, 

 Petals 5, connected together to their middle. Styles 3-5, some- 

 times connected at the base. Berry furrowed, filled with a 

 shining pulp, with as many cells as there are styles, many- 

 seeded ; seeds minute, angular. Albumen fleshy. Embryo 

 linear, with short cotyledons and an obtuse, terete radicle. 

 American and Asiatic trees and shrubs with the habit of Laurus. 

 Leaves serrated. Flowers of all white, axillary and lateral. 



1 S. EXCE'LSA (Willd. 1. c.) leaves oblong-obovate, acutish, 

 quite entire, scabrous above, hairy beneath at the veins ; pe- 

 duncles long, covered with brown hairs, trichotomously-panicled 

 at the apex. Tj S. Native of South America on wooded 

 mountains in the province of Caraccas. 



Tall Saurauja. Fl. ? Clt. 1824. Tree 50 feet. 



2 S. VILLOSA (fl. mex. icon. ined. under the name of Davya) 

 leaves elliptic, acuminated at both ends, serrated from the 

 middle to the top, villous beneath as well as the branchlets and 

 peduncles. tj . S. Native of Mexico. 



Villous Saurauja. Tree 20 feet. 



3 S. PANICULA'TA (Wall. mss. in herb. soc. Lin.) leaves long, 

 oblong-lanceolate, acuminated, with spinose serratures, clothed 

 with rusty tomentum beneath, with the midrib and petioles beset 

 with bristles ; peduncles extra-axillary, panicled at the top, 

 shorter than the leaves. Tj . S. Native of the East Indies. 



Panicled-Rovtered Saurauja. Tree. 



4 S. SERRA'TA (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. under 

 Davya. D. C. prod. 1. p. 526.) leaves elliptic, tapering to the 

 base, acute, serrated, smooth ; branches, petioles, and pedun- 

 cles velvety with rusty down. J? . S. Native of Mexico. 



Serrated-leaved Saurauja. Tree ? 



5 S. NIPAULE'NSIS (D. C. mem. soc. gen. 1. p. 421.) leaves 

 lanceolate, acuminated, serrated, smooth above, covered with 

 brown down beneath as well as the branchlets ; racemes many- 

 flowered, panicled, on long peduncles. Tj . S. Native of Ni- 

 paul at Narainhetty, where it is called Tonshi. Ternstroe'mia 

 racemosa, D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 225. Tonshia polypetala 

 and Dillenia racemosa, Hamilt. mss. Leaves a span long and 

 2 or 3 inches in breadth. 



Nipaul Saurauja. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1824. Tree 30 feet. 



6 S. LANCEOLA V TA (D. C. mem. soc. gen. 1. p. 241.) leaves 

 oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, very minutely serrated, adult ones 

 smooth, younger ones furnished with rufous scales at the nerves ; 



