GUTTlFERjE. XV. MACANEA. XVI. SINGANA. XVII. MACOUBEA. MARCGRAVIACE^E. 



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oblong-elliptical, roundish-obtuse. 17 . S. Native of South 

 America. (H. B.) 



Long-leaved Calophyllum. Tree. 



12 C. ACUMINA'TUM (Willd. mag. berl. 1811. p. 80.) leaves 

 oblong, acuminated. ^ . S. Native of South America in New 

 Granada. (H. B.) 



A cuminate -\ea.\edL Calophyllum. Tree. 



13 C. Cu'ssi (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 5. p. 203.) leaves 

 oblong, blunt at both ends. J? . S. Native of South America 

 in inundated places at St. Balthasar, where it is called Cussi. 



Cussi Calophyllum. Tree. 



\ Species only known by name from Roxb. Hortus Bengalensis, 

 p. 41 and 93. 



14 C. LANCEOLA v RiuM(Roxb. hort. beng. p. 41.) Tj. S. Na- 

 tive of the Mauritius. 



15 C. BI'NTAGOK (Roxb. hort. beng. p. 43.) Tj.S. Native 

 of the Moluccas. 



16 C. SU'RIGA (Roxb.) fj . S. Native of Malacca. 



Cult. Calophyllum is a genus of fine trees, which grow well 

 in a mixture of loam, sand, and peat ; and cuttings will root 

 freely, taken from ripe wood, in sand under a hand-glass, in a 

 moist heat. 



| ( Genera allied to Guttiferce, but not' sufficiently known. 



XV. MACA'NEA (Macaca-hana is the name of this tree in 

 Guiana). Juss. gen. p. 257. D. C. prod. 1. p. 564. Maca- 

 hanea, Aubl. guian. suppl. p. 6. 



LIN. SYST. Polydndria, Monogynia ? Berry large, pear- 

 shaped, gibbous and unequal on the outside, with a thick rind, 

 1 -celled, pulpy inside, 4-6-seeded. Seeds fixed laterally to the 

 receptacle, ovate, coriaceous, enwrapped in a membrane, and 

 imbedded in white pulp. 



1 M. GUIANE'NSIS (Aubl. guian. suppl. p. 6. t. 371.) Tj . S. 

 Native of Guiana. A rambling shrub, with climbing branches, 

 opposite, ovate, acute, smooth, toothed, stalked leaves, and axil- 

 lary racemes of flowers. 



Guiana Macaca-hana. Shrub climbing. 



Cult. This fine climbing shrub will thrive in a mixture of 

 loam and peat, and ripened cuttings will root in sand under a 

 hand-glass, in a moist heat. 



XVI. SINGA'NA (Singan-singa is the name of the tree in 

 Guiana). Aubl. guian. 1. p. 574. Juss. gen. p. 257. D. C. 

 prod. l.p. 564. 



LIN. SYST. Polydndria, Monogynia. Calyx 3-5-parted. 

 Petals 3-5, unguiculate, with a serrulated border. Stamens nume- 

 rous ; anthers roundish. Style 1, incurved at the apex. Stigma 

 capitate, concave. Capsule long, cylindrical, 1 -celled, many- 

 seeded. Seeds large, enwrapped in a pulp. Tree climbing. 



1 S. GUIANE'NSIS (Aubl. guian. p. 257. t. 230.) T? . w . S. 

 Native of Guiana in the woods. Leaves opposite, ovate, acute, 

 stalked, smooth, entire. Flowers white, in axillary corymbs. 

 Pulp of fruit sweet. 



Guiana Singana. Shrub climbing. 



Cult. This shrub will thrive well in a mixture of loam and 

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

 in a moist heat. 



XVII. MACOU'BEA (the Caribbean name of the tree). 

 Aubl. guian. suppl. 2. p. 17. Juss. gen. p. 257. D. C. prod. 1. 

 p. 564. 



LIN. SYST. Polydndria, Monogynia ? Fruit the form of an 

 Orange, somewhat compressed and trigonal, with a thin, roughish, 

 rather dotted rind, 1- celled, many- seeded. Seeds oblong, some- 



what curved, convex above, furrowed beneath, covered with 

 a white membrane, fixed to the central placenta of the fruit. 

 Tree abounding in a milky juice. Branches opposite. Leaves 

 opposite, entire, with secondary transverse nerves. Fruit in 

 racemes, from the divarication of the branches. 



1 M. GUIANE'NSIS (Aubl. guian. suppl. 2. p. 17. t. 378.) 

 Tj . S. Native of Guiana. Leaves ovate, acute, smooth, entire, 

 standing on half-stem-clasping petioles. Fruit rough, rufescent, 

 with a few irregular dots. 



Guiana Macoubea. Tree 40 feet. 



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

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

 moist heat. 



ORDER XLII. MARCGRAVIA CE1 (plants agreeing with 

 Marcgravia in important characters). Juss. in ann. mus. 14. 

 p. 397. D. C. prod. 1. p. 565. 



Calyx of 2-7 sepals ; sepals ovate, usually coriaceous, imbri- 

 cate. Corolla hypogynous, sometimes monopetalous, hood- 

 formed, entire, or jagged at the apex, sometimes 5-petalled, after 

 flowering circumscised and caducous. Stamens definite but 

 usually numerous, sometimes inserted in the receptacle, sometimes 

 in a hypogynous membrane ; filaments dilated at the base ; 

 anthers elongated, 2-celled, fixed by the base, bursting on the 

 inside. Ovary 1, free, usually furrowed. Style 1, of various 

 lengths, crowned by a simple or capitate stigma. Capsule cori- 

 aceous, commonly globose, many-valved, hardly dehiscent, with 

 a dissepiment in the middle of each valve. Dissepiment in 

 Marcgravia slender, arched, joined at the base and apex, distant 

 from the centre, and the fruit is therefore 1 -celled. Seeds very 

 minute, numerous, imbedded in pulp. Embryo unknown. 

 Usually ascendant shrubs with alternate leaves. Flowers um- 

 bellate or spicate. Peduncles naked, but usually furnished with 

 bracteas, which are either simple, concave on the outside, or 

 hood-formed. This order is distinguished from Guttiferce in the 

 leaves being alternate, and by the singular form of the bracteas 

 of the flowers ; in this last respect it differs also from Ternstrce- 



midcece. 



Synopsis of the Genera. 



SUBORDER I. MARCGRAVIE'^. Corolla hood-formed. Sta- 

 mens inserted in the receptacle. 



1 ANTHOLO'MA. Calyx of 4 caducous sepals, rarely 2. Co- 

 rolla ovate, cylindrical, with a crenate-toothed margin. 



2 MARCGRA'VIA. Calyx permanent, 6-parted. Corolla co- 

 nical, entire. 



SUBORDER II. NORA'NTE*. Corolla of 5 petals. Stamens 

 pressed to the corolla, and appear as if they mere inserted in it. 



3 NORA'NTEA. Calyx 5-7-parted. Corolla with reflexed 

 petals. Stamens numerous, in one series. 



4 RU'YSCHIA. Stamens 5, alternating with the petals. The 

 rest as in Noranlea. 



Suborder I. 



MARCGRAVIE'jE plants agreeing with Marcgravia in 

 important characters). D. C. prod. 1. p. 565. Corolla in the 

 shape of a hood. Stamens inserted in the receptacle. 



I. ANTHOLO' MA (from avBoe, anthos, a flower, and Xwpa, 

 loma, a fringe ; in allusion to the fringed or crenulated limb of 

 corolla). Labill. nov. boll. 2. p. 121. D. C.prod. 1. p. 565. 



