570 TERNSTROEMIACE^E. XII. BONNETIA. XIII. MAHUREA. XIV. MARILA. XV. VENTENATIA. XVI. CARAIPA. 



Tomeratose-leaved Laplacea. Fl. Dec. Shrub 10 feet. 



Cult. Laplacea is a very shewy genus of small trees. They 

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

 tino's will root in sand under a hand-glass, in a moderate heat. 



XII. BONNETIA (in honour of Charles Bonnet, a French 

 naturalist; he wrote some botanical papers in 1754.) Mart, et 

 Zucc. fl. bras. 1. p. 115. t. 100. but not of Schreb. 



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

 parted, imbricate. Petals 5, equal, free, but unequal-sided, 

 twisted in aestivation. Stamens indefinite, smooth, free, fili- 

 form, permanent ; anthers fixed above the base, 2-celled, each cell 

 opening by a pore at the base. Style trifid at the apex, each 

 lobe terminated by a peculiar kind of stigma. Capsule girded 

 round the base by the permanent calyx and stamens, 3-celled, 3- 

 valved ; valves bent in at the edges so much as to constitute dis- 

 sepiments, central column awl-shaped, placentiferous, each pla- 

 centa opposite the valves. Seeds numerous, linear. Integument 

 thin, drawn out at both ends. Elegant middle-sized trees or 

 shrubs. Leaves scattered, exstipulate, coriaceous, entire, 1- 

 nerved, marked with transverse veins, with the petioles articu- 

 lated at the base. Flowers large, terminal ; peduncles 1 or many- 

 flowered, articulated at the base. 



1 B. A'NCEPS (Mart. fl. bras. 1. p. 115. t. 100. B) leaves ob- 

 ovate-oblong, on short petioles, smooth ; peduncles axillary, 3- 

 flowered ; pedicels involucrated at the base. Jj . S. Native of 

 Brazil in the province of Rio Janeiro in sandy places. Petals 

 white, mixed with rose-colour, smooth. 



Two-edged Bonnetia. Fl. Sept. Shrub 2 to 3 feet (St. Hil.) 

 Tree 16 feet (Mart.). 



2 B. VENULOSA (Mart. fl. bras. 1. p. 115. t. 100. A.) leaves 

 oblong, bluntish, veiny beneath, on short petioles ; flowers in 

 racemes ; seeds erect. ^ . S. Native of Brazil in the province 

 of Bahia. Flowers white. Leaves tapering to the base. 



Feiwy-leaved Bonnetia. Tree. 



3 B. STRI'CTA (Nees et Mart, in nov. act. bonn. 12. p. 87. 

 t. 6.) leaves alternate, nearly sessile, obovate, obtuse or acutish, 

 coriaceous, shining ; peduncles axillary and terminal, somewhat 

 corymbose at the tops of the branches, 3-flowered. Jj . S. Na- 

 tive of Brazil between Cabo Frio and Lagoa Feia, and the river 

 Parahiba, in marshy places. Kiseria stricta, Mart, in regensb. 

 bot. zeit. Jahrg. p. 298. Calyx with 3 bracteas under the flower. 



Straight Bonnetia. Shrub 8 feet. 



Cult. See Laplacea for cultivation and propagation. 



XIII. MAHIPREA (Mahuri is the name of the tree in 

 Guiana). Aubl. guian. 1. p. 558. 



LIN. SYST. Monadtlphia, Polydndria. Sepals 5. Petals 5, 

 equal. Stamens numerous, connected at the base. Anthers ad- 

 nate, 2-celled, bursting lengthwise. Style 1. Stigma 3-4-lobed. 

 Capsule conical, 3-valved, bent in at the margins. Seeds nu- 

 merous, linear, winged at both ends, attached to the angles of 

 the central column. Trees, with alternate leaves. Flowers 

 disposed in racemes, purplish. 



1 M. PALU'STRIS (Aubl. guian. 1. p. 558. t. 222.) flowers 

 hardly the diameter of an inch ; anthers adnate, minute ; leaves 

 oblong-coriaceous. Tj. S. Native of Guiana in marshes. Bon- 

 netia mexidionalis, Swartz. B. palustris, Vahl. Flowers ter- 

 minal, racemose, purplish. Leaves entire, full of pellucid dots. 



Marsh Mahurea. Tree 15 feet. 



2 M. SPECIOSA (Chois. mss. in B.C. prod. 1. p. 558.) flowers 

 yellow, 2 inches in diameter ; anthers elongated, tetragonal, fur- 

 rowed, fixed by the base; leaves oblong-lanceolate; racemes 

 axillary. J? . S. Native of the island of St. Martha. M. 

 racemosa, Balbis, mss. 



Shewy Mahurea. Tree 12 feet. 



Cult. See Lapldcea for cultivation and propagation. 



XIV. MARI'LA (from ^apiX?/, marile, live embers or sparks ; 

 in allusion to the sparkling yellow fringe round the seed, or the 

 transparent dots and lines on the leaves). Swartz, prod. 84. 

 D. C. prod. 1. p. 558. 



LIN. SYST. Polydndria, Monogynia. Calyx of 4 cross se- 

 pals, the 2 outer ones involving the flower. Corolla of 4-5 pe- 

 tals. Stamens very numerous, somewhat connected at the base ; 

 anthers adnate, 2-celled, bursting lengthwise. Style 1, short, 

 crowned by a capitate 4-5-lobed stigma. Fruit columnar, crown- 

 ed by the permanent style, 3-4-celled, 3-4-valved ; valves bent 

 inwards at the margins so much as to form dissepiments, with 

 the placentas opposite the valves. Seeds very numerous, girded 

 by a yellow fringed margin. Leaves entire, full of pellucid dots. 



1. M. RACEMOSA (Swartz, prod. p. 88.) leaves opposite, ob- 

 long-lanceolate, veined ; racemes axillary. J? . S. Native of the 

 Caribbee islands. Flowers yellow or greenish-white. 



Racemose-flowered Marila. Tree 15 feet. 



Cult. This tree will thrive well in a mixture of loam, sand, 

 and peat ; and half-ripened cuttings will root if planted in a 

 pot of sand, and a hand-glass placed over them, in heat. 



XV. VENTENATIA (in honour of E. P. Ventenat, a 

 French botanist, author of Choix de Plantes cultives par Cels, 

 and the Jardin de la Malmaison, in 1803.) P. Beauv. fl. d'ow. 

 et de Ben. 1. t. 17. D. C. prod. 1. p. 527. 



LIN. SYST. Polydndria, Monogynia. Calyx of 3, concave, 

 (f. 98. a.\ deciduous sepals. Petals 11-12 (f. 98. c.), oblong, 

 tapering to the base, blunt, spreading. Stamens numerous, free ; 

 anthers oblong, 2-celled, adnate, bursting lengthwise. Ovary 

 ovate (f. 98. rf.). Style longer than the stamens. Berry ovate- 

 globose, furrowed longitudinally, 5-celled, cells many-seeded (f. 

 98 . e.). Seeds unknown, therefore the place which this plant should 

 occupy in the natural system is uncertain. Calyx imbricate, not 

 valvate, on this account this genus is removed from Tiliacece. 



1 V. GLAU CA (P. Beauv. 1. c.) FIG. 98. 



*2 . S. Native of the western 

 coast of Africa, in the kingdom of 

 Benin. A small tree, with exsti- 

 pulate, stalked, ovate, acuminate, 

 glaucous, feather-nerved leaves. 

 Flowers scarlet, about the size of 

 those of a species of Gordbnia. 



Glaucous - leaved Ventenatia. 

 Shrub 10 feet. 



Cult. Ventenatia is a very fine 

 shrub, bearing very ornamental 

 scarlet flowers. It may probably 

 thrive well in a mixture of loam 

 and peat ; and cuttings will per- 

 haps root in sand under a hand- 

 glass, in a moist heat. 



XVI. CARAITA (Caraipe is the name of one of the species 

 in Guiana). Aubl. guian. 1. p. 56. t. 223. 



LIN. SYST. Polydndria, Monogynia. Calyx inferior, 5-parted. 

 Corolla of 5 unequal-sided petals. Stamens indefinite, free 

 or somewhat connected at the base. Style simple, crowned by 

 a 3-lobed stigma. Capsule 3-celled, 3-valved, bearing the seeds 

 on the large, ligneous, central, trigonal, 3-winged,placenta. Seeds 

 subsolitary, compressed. Albumen wanting. Middle-sized trees, 

 with stalked, opposite, and alternate, simple, exstipulate, coriace- 

 ous, entire leaves, and terminal racemes or panicles of white flowers. 



1 C. PANICULATA (Mart. fl. bras. 1. p. 104. t. 64.) leaves 

 opposite, oblong, acute, smooth above ; petioles and peduncles 

 rusty-tomentose ; flowers panicled ; petals tomentose on the out- 

 side. 1? . S. Native of Brazil near the bar of the Rio Negro. 

 Petals white. The anthers in all are versatile. 



