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2. Quapoya (Quapoy is the Caribbean name of C. Qua- 

 poya). Stamens definite, 5 or 6. 



16 C. QUAPOYA (Chois. mss. D. C. prod. 1. p, 559.) flowers 

 dioecious, stalked ; calyx of 5 or 6 sepals ; corolla of 5 or 6 

 yellow petals ; nectary short, 4-5-lobed ; stigmas 5 ; fruit glo- 

 bose ; leaves obovate, acute. Tj . w . S. Native of Guiana in 

 the woods. Quapoya scandens, Aubl. guian. 2. p. 898. t. 343. 

 C. microcarpa, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 5. Xanthe, Schreb. A climb- 

 ing shrub with yellow flowers, when broke or cut yields a white 

 transparent juice. It is called Quapoy in Guiana. Panicle ter- 

 minal, diffuse, dichotomous. 



Quapoy Balsam-tree. Shrub cl. 



17 C. PA'NA-PANA'RI (Chois. mss. D. C. prod. 1. p. 559.) 

 flowers dioecious, almost sessile ; fruit oblong ; leaves ovate- 

 oblong, acute, small. Tj . w . S. Native of Guiana in woods. 

 Quapoya Pana-panari, Aubl. guian. 2. p. 901. t. 344. C. ma- 

 crocarpa, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 599. Xanthe parviflora, Willd. 

 Panicle terminal, trichotomous. Flowers yellow, like those of 

 the preceding. This climbing shrub is called Pana-panari in 

 Guiana. When cut it yields a yellow juice. 



Pana-panari Balsam-tree. Shrub cl. 



18 C. ACUMINA'TA (Spreng. syst. 2. p. 599.) leaves roundish, 

 tapering abruptly to both ends, ending in a spiny point, veiny 

 beneath ; flowers axillary, on short peduncles. ^ . S. Native 

 of Porto-Rico on the higher mountains. A climbing shrub with 

 white? flowers. 



dcuminated-leaved Balsam-tree. Shrub cl. 



A species hardly knonin. 



19 C.? SESSILIFLORA (Poir. diet. 5. p. 183.) leaves obovate, 

 somewhat veined ; flowers sessile, clustered, fy . S. Native of 

 Madagascar. 



Sessile-flowered Balsam-tree. Tree. 



Cult. All the species of this genus grow well in light sandy 

 soil, and the pots will require to be well drained with potsherds. 

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



III. TOVOMI'TA (Tovomite is the Caribbean name of T. 

 Guianensis}. Aubl. guian. 2. p. 956. Marialva, Vand. in Roem. 

 script, bras. p. 118. Beauharnoisia, Ruiz, et Pav. ann. mus. 

 11. p. 71. Ochrocarpus, Pet. Th. gen. nov. mad. p. 15. Mi- 

 cranthera, Chois. mem. hist. nat. par. 1. t. 11 and 12. 



LIN. SYST. Polydndria, Tetra-Pentagynia. Calyx bractless, 

 of 2-4 sepals. Petals 4, rarely 6-10. Stamens 20-15, free, in 

 many series ; filaments thick ; anthers small, at the top of the 

 filaments, obliquely adnate. Styles 4-5, very short or wanting, 

 each terminated by a thick stigma. Capsule crowned by the 

 permanent styles and stigmas, 4-5-celled, 4-5-valved ; cells 1- 

 seeded ; seeds enwrapped in pulp. Embryo thick, with a small 

 radicle. Trees, rarely shrubs. Leaves lined or full of pellucid 

 dots. Flowers racemose, rarely cymose, axillary and terminal, 

 dioecious, polygamous and hermaphrodite. 



1 T. MADAGASCARIE'NSIS ; calyx of 2 sepals ; stamens in 3 

 series, connected at the very base ; stigma 4-6-lobed, sessile ; 

 leaves coriaceous, approximate, sometimes 3 in a whorl ; pedun- 

 cles few-flowered, axillary. Tj . S. Native of Madagascar. 

 Ochrocarpus Madagascariensis, Pet.Th. gen. mad. p. 15. Flowers 

 white ? hermaphrodite. 



Madagascar Tovomita. Tree 30 feet. . 



2 T. GUIANE'NSIS (Aubl. guian. 2. p. 956. t. 364.) sepals 2 ; 

 petals 4 ; stamens in 1 series ; style short, crowned by 4 sessile 

 stigmas ; leaves ovate-oblong, bluntly acuminated, somewhat 

 stem-clasping, coriaceous, 4-5 inches long, white beneath ; pe- 

 duncles corymbose, dichotomous, thick, terminal ; pedicels 

 jointed ; petals acutish. T; . S. Native of Guiana and Brazil. 



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Vand. t. 8. f. 6. Marialva Guianensis, Chois mss. D. C. prod. 



I. p. 560. Mart. fl. bras. 2. p. 84. Flowers with green petals 

 and white anthers, dioecious. 



Guiana Tovomita. Tree 10 feet. 



3 T. FRUCTIPE'NDULA ; sepals 2 ; petals 4 ; stamens in one 

 series ; capsule crowned by 4 distinct styles ; leaves oblong, 

 acutely and sharply acuminated, 3 inches long ; peduncles fili- 

 form, axillary, and terminal, 2-3-flowered, elongated ; pedicels 

 jointed. Tj . S. Native of Peru in groves on the Andes at Chi- 

 caplaya and of Cayenne. Beauharnoisia, Ruiz et Pav. ann. mus. 



II. p. 71. f. 9. Marialva fructipendula, Chois. mss. D. C. prod. 

 1. p. 560. Mart. fl. bras. 1. p. 85. Flowers yellowish, dioe- 

 cious ? Fruit turbinate, pendulous, crowned by the permanent 

 styles. When cut transversely, it yields a quantity of yellow 

 resinous viscid juice, which is also observed in the calyx and 

 anthers. The bark is used by the inhabitants of Chicoplaya 

 in Peru to dye lint of a reddish-purple colour ; they also use it 

 as a medicine. 



Pendulous-fruited Tovomita. Fl. Jan. Feb. Tree 18 feet. 



4 T. UNIFLORA (Chois. mss. D. C. prod. 1. p. 560. under 

 the name of Mari&loa,) leaves lanceolate, bluntish ; peduncles 

 axillary, 1-flowered, scarcely half an inch long. Jj . S. Native 

 of Guiana. Flowers yellowish, dioecious ? 



One-jiorvered Tovomita. Tree 20 feet. 



5 T. PANICULA'TA (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 315.) leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate, toothed ; flowers panicled ; calyx 4-leaved. T? . S. 

 Native of Brazil near Rio Janeiro. Petals green. 



Pamcfed-flowered Tovomita. Shrub 6 feet. 



6 T. BRASILIE'NSIS (Mart. nov. gen. 1. p. 83. t. 167. under 

 Marialva,') leaves broad-lanceolate, acute at both ends, smooth ; 

 peduncles in pairs, 1-flowered ; petals obtuse. *j . S. Native 

 of Brazil. Flowers white but at length reddish. Capsule crowned 

 by distinct styles. 



Brazilian Tovomita. Tree 20 feet. 



7 T. CLUSLJEFOLIA ; sepals 2 ; petals 8-10 ; flowers dioecious ; 

 stamens numerous, in many series ; fruit crowned by a 6-toothed, 

 peltate stigma ; leaves oblong, acute, smooth ; peduncles race- 

 mose. T; . S. Native of Cayenne. Clusia longifolia, Rich, 

 act. soc. hist. nat. par. 1. p. 113. Micranthera clusiaefolia, Chois. 

 in mem. hist. nat. par. 1. p. 11-12. Flowers yellow, dioecious. 



Clusia-leaved Tovomita. Clt. 1823. Tree. 



Cult. These fine trees will thrive in a mixture of loam, peat, 

 and sand, and ripened cuttings will root freely in sand under a 

 hand-glass, in heat. 



IV. ARRLPDEA (in honour of Manoel Arruda da Camara, 

 M. D,, who has written on Brazilian plants). Cambess. in mem. 

 mus. 16. p. 421. St. Hil. fl. bras. p. 319. 



LIN. SYST. Monadelphia, Polydndria. Calyx of many imbri- 

 cate unequal sepals, outer ones smallest. Petals 9-10, imbricate. 

 Stamens numerous, inserted in the conical receptacle, closely 

 connected together into a compact mass ; anthers adnate, 2- 

 celled, bursting at the top by 2 pores. Style short, crowned by 

 an 8-lobed stigma, the lobes of which are distinct and wedge- 

 shaped. Ovary immersed in the fleshy receptacle, 8-celled ; 

 cells 1 or 2-seeded. A small tree with quite entire stalked 

 leaves, and with solitary polygamous flowers, at the tops of the 

 branches. 



1 A. CLUSIOIDES (Cambess. in St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 319. t. 

 66.) lj . S. Native of Brazil in the province of Minas Geraes. 

 Leaves obovate or elliptic, veiny. Petals of a pale-red colour. 

 Stigma yellow. 



Clusia-like Arrudea. Tree 15 feet. 



Cult. A mixture of loam and peat will suit this tree ; and ripened 

 cuttings will strike root if planted in sand with a hand-glass 

 placed over them, in heat. 

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