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HYPERICINEjE. I. VISMIA. 



compressed ; leaves elliptical-lanceolate, smooth ; petioles short, 

 compressed ; buds globose ; sepals obtuse, smooth ; panicle loose. 

 \l . S. Native of Peru. 

 Smooth Wax-tree. Shrub 15 feet. 



2 V. SESSIUFOLIA (Pers. ench. 2. p. 86.) stem angular ; leaves 

 elliptical-lanceolate, acute, cordate at the base ; petioles very 

 short and thick ; buds globose ; calyx ovate-oblong ; panicle mul- 

 tifid. fj . S. Native of Guiana. Hypericum sessilifolium, 

 Aubl. guian. 2. p. 787. t. 312. f. 2. The resinous juice which 

 flows from all parts of the plant when broke or cut, is purgative 

 in doses of 7 or 8 grains. 



Sessile-leaved Wax-tree. Shrub 6 feet. 



3 V. RETICULA'TA (Chois. prod. hyp. p. 34.) branches rufes- 

 cent; leaves elliptical-oblong, very long, somewhat obtuse, 

 rather cordate at the base, netted, rufescent; petioles very short; 

 buds ovate-globose ; calyx obtuse, villous on the outside, fy . S. 

 Native of Guiana. Hypericum reticulatum, Poir. diet, suppl. 

 3. p. 694. 



JVeMed-leaved Wax-tree. Shrub 6 feet. 



4 V. MACROPHY'LLA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 4. p. 

 1 84.) branches smooth ; leaves elliptical-oblong, acuminated, 

 cordate, hairy beneath ; petioles 8-lines long ; calyxes clothed 

 with rusty down. Tj . S. Native of South America on the 

 banks of the river Cassiquiares. 



Long-leaved Wax-tree. Tree 20 feet. 



5 V. GUIANE'NSIS (Pers. ench. 2. p. 86.) stem quadrangular; 

 leaves ovate-lanceolate or oblong, acuminate, dilated at the base, 

 rufescent beneath, smooth ; petioles short ; calyxes ovate, ob- 

 tuse, tomentose, with ciliated margins ; flowers corymbose ; sta- 

 mens numerous ; berry ovate. T; . S. Native of Guiana, 

 Cayenne, and Brazil. Hypericum Guianense, Aubl. guian. 2. p. 

 784. t. 311. The whole plant abounds in a thick, viscid, saf- 

 fron-coloured juice. Leaf-bud rusty tomentose. Androphorus 

 woolly. 



Far. /3, glabrata (D. C. prod. 1. p. 542.) the whole plant is 

 less rufescent, but whiter ; leaves more acuminated ; buds more 

 globose. Perhaps this may be a distinct species. Hypericum 

 bacciferum, Marcgr. bras. 96. f. 1. Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon, 

 ined. ^ S. Native of Mexico and Surinam. This is also 

 abundant in yellow viscid juice. 



Guiana Wax -tree. Fl. July, Oct. Clt. 1824. Shrub 8 ft. 



6 V. LONGIFOLIA (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 326.) leaves usually 

 oblong and acuminated, smoothish above, puberulous beneath, 

 as well as furnished with black dots, with the nerves rusty be- 

 neath and pubescent ; calyx tomentose ; stamens 20-30 ; andro- 

 phorus smooth ; styles smooth. Tj . S. Native of Brazil in the 

 province of Minas Geraes near Villa Rica. V. laccifera, Mart. 

 Leaf-bud rusty-tomentose. Petals whitish-green. 



Long-leaved Wax-tree. Fl. Jan. Shrub 5 feet. 



7 V. RUFE'SCENS (Pers. ench. 2. FIG. 102. 

 p. 86.) branches quadrangular ; 



leaves oblong-lanceolate, with a 

 very long acumen, tapering to the 

 base, rather hairy beneath, smooth 

 above ; petioles short, channelled ; 

 calyx acute, smooth. Tj . S. Na- 

 tive of Guiana. Chois. prod. hyp. 

 p. 35. t. 1. (f. 102.) 



Rufescent Wax-tree. Shrub 1 2 

 feet. 



8 V. MICRA'NTHA (Mart. trav. 

 St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 327.) leaves 

 usually lanceolate, acuminated, 

 smooth above, rusty puberulous 

 beneath, and with black dots ; 

 calyx smoothish ; stamens about 



15 ; styles pilose. Tj . S. Native of Brazil in the province of 

 Minas Geraes. Leaf-buds rusty. Petals greenish. 



Small-flowered Wax-tree. Fl. Jan. March. Shrub 6 to 8 

 feet. 



9 V. DEALBA'TA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 4. p. 184. 

 t. 454.) branches quadrangular, clothed with a whitish down ; 

 leaves ovate, acuminated, rounded and cordate at the base, 

 clothed beneath with white down ; petiole 7 or 8 lines long, 

 furrowed ; calyx clothed with rusty down ; ovary somewhat glo- 

 bose-ovate, fj . S. Native of South America on the banks of 

 the rivers Niger and Cassiquiares. 



W. hitcned-leaveA. Wax-tree. Shrub 6 feet. 



10 V. MAGNOLI^FOLIA (Nees ex Schlecht. Linnaea. 3. p. 

 1 1 8.) calyx opaque, vittate ; petals somewhat 5-striped ; bundles 

 of stamens containing about 30 ; styles long ; leaves ovate, rather 

 cuneated at the base, full of pellucid dots, canescent. ^ . S. 

 Native of Brazil. This species differs from V. dealbata in the 

 leaves being cuneated at the base, not rounded and cordate. 



Magnolia-leaved Wax-tree. Shrub 6 feet. 



11 V. FERRUGI'NEA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 4. p. 

 183.) branches quadrangular, and are as well as calyxes clothed 

 with rusty down ; leaves elliptical-oblong, acuminated, rather 

 shining above, clothed with very fine golden down beneath ; pe- 

 tioles 6 or 8 lines long, channelled ; ovary oblong. Tj . S. Na- 

 tive of South America on the banks of the river Orinoco. 



Rusty Wax-tree. Shrub 12 feet. 



12 V. LAURIFO'RMIS (Chois. prod. hyp. p. 35.) leaves ovate, 

 acute, smooth, concave ; corolla length of calyx ; bundles of sta- 

 mens like hair-pencils; styles filiform. If. ? S. Native of New 

 Granada. Hypericum laurifbrme, Lam. diet. 4. p. 152. 



Laurel-shaped-\eaved Wax-tree. PI. 2 feet. 



13V. BRASILIE'NSIS (Chois. prod. hyp. p. 35. t. 2.) stem 

 terete ; branches somewhat compressed at the apex ; leaves 

 ovate-lanceolate, acute, short-acuminated, rufescent beneath, 

 smooth above ; petioles channelled ; flowers corymbose ; berry 

 globose. Tj . S. Native of Brazil. 



Brazilian Wax- tree. Fl. July, Oct. Clt. 1824. Shrub 8 ft. 



14 V. DECI'PIENS (Cham, et Schlecht. Linnaea. 3. p. 116.) 

 calyx opaque, vittate ; petals with 9 stripes ; bundles of stamens 

 containing about 30, a little longer than the calyx ; styles long ; 

 leaves elliptic-lanceolate or ovate, full of pellucid dots, clothed 

 with fine tomentum, at length canescent. ^ S. Native of 

 Brazil. . Tliis species differs from V. Brasiliensis in the styles 

 being long. 



Far. a, laurifbtta (Cham, et Schlecht. 1. c.) leaves elliptic-lan- 

 ceolate, tapering to both ends, with a bluntish acumen, older 

 leaves not canescent. Jj . S. Symplocos pentagyna, Spreng. 

 syst. 3. p. 340. 



Far. ft, pyrifolia (Cham, et Schlecht. 1. c.) leaves ovate, or 

 elliptical, rounded at the base, with a short, blunt, oblique acu- 

 men at the apex. 



Deceiving Wax-tree. Shrub 4 feet. 



15 V. PARVIFLORA (Cham, et Schlecht. Linnaea. 3. p. 119.) 

 calyx 3-nerved, with a few pellucid dots ; bundles of stamens 

 triandrous, shorter than the calyx ; styles long ; leaves elliptical, 

 full of black dots, and with a few hairs. fy . S. Native of 

 Brazil. 



Small-Jlowered Wax-tree. Shrub 6 feet. 



16 V. CAYENNE'NSIS (Pers. ench. 2. p. 86.) stem terete; 

 leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, with black dots above ; 

 petioles channelled ; calyx obtuse ; buds globose ; panicles few- 

 flowered, fy . S. Native of Cayenne. Hypericum Cayennense, 

 Lin. amoen. 8. p. 3.21. Petals white. 



Cayenne Wax-tree. Shrub 10 feet. 



17 V. ACUMINA'TA (Pers. ench. 2. p. 86.) leaves hispid be- 

 neath, hardly dotted, acuminated at the apex ; buds small, ovate ; 



