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MARCGRAVIACEjE. I. ANTHOLOMA. II. MARCGBAVIA. III. NORANTEA. 



LIN. SYST. Polyiindria, Monogynia. Calyx of 4, rarely of 

 2, ovate, caducous sepals. Corolla ovately cylindrical, with a 

 crenate, rather toothed margin. Stamens about 100, inserted in 

 a spongy disk ; anthers oblong, bursting at the apex. Ovary 

 bluntly 4-sided. Style long, crowned by an acute stigma. 

 Unripe fruit 4-celled, and probably capsular A tree, with ellip- 

 tical-oblong, coriaceous, stalked leaves, which are scattered at 

 the top of the branchlets. Racemes of flowers axillary, some- 

 what umbellate, reflexed, with naked peduncles. 



1 A. MONTA'NA (Labill. voy. t. 41.). ^ . G. Native of New 

 Caledonia. Flowers white ? 



Mountain Antholoma. Clt. 1810. Tree 20 feet. 



Cult. This fine tree will thrive best in a light loamy soil, 

 mixed with a little peat, and ripened cuttings will root in sand 

 under a hand-glass. 



II. MARCGRA V VI A (in honour of George Marcgrave, who 

 was born at Leipstadt in Germany ; he published a Natural 

 History of Brazil in 1718, wherein many singular plants are 

 mentioned). Plum. amer. 29. Lin. gen. 640. Juss. gen. 244. 

 B.C. prod. l.p. 566. 



LIN. SYST. Polydndria, Monogynia. Calyx 6-parted, per- 

 manent, ovate-roundish, coriaceous, imbricate, unequal. Corolla 

 coriaceous, conical, entire at the apex. Stamens in 1 row, in- 

 serted in a little membrane which surrounds the ovary ; anthers 

 oblong^ bursting lengthwise. Style almost wanting. Stigma 

 thick, permanent. Capsule coriaceous, baccate, somewhat glo- 

 bose. Shrubs commonly with ascending stems, as in the ivy, with 

 the flower-bearing branches pendulous. Leaves alternate. Pe- 

 duncles furnished with pitcher-shaped bracteas. Flowers white ? 



1 M. UMBELLA'TA (Lin. spec. 503.) leaves sessile, ovate- 

 elliptical, acute, hardly veined, those on the sterile branches 

 ovate, blunt ; peduncles umbellate, usually tubercled and fur- 

 nished with spoon-shaped bracteas. ^ S. Native of the Ca- 

 ribbee Islands and South America in cool, wooded mountains. 

 Jacq. amer. p. 156. t. 96. ed. pict. 77. t. 143. Plum. gen. 7. t. 

 173. f. 1. Lam. ill. t. 447. Browne, jam. 244. t. 26. Sloan, 

 jam. 1. p. 74. t. 28. f. 1. This is a shrubby, creeping plant, 

 but not properly parasitical, at first it is radicant, but as it 

 advances in age it becomes shrubby, but adhering still by its 

 fibres to the trunks of trees. Leaves distich. The seeds and 

 pulp, are usually of a shining-scarlet colour. 



Umbellate-fioviered Marcgravia. Clt. 1792. Shrub rooting, 

 attached to trees. 



2 C. CORIA'CEA (Vahl. eccl. 2. p. 39.) leaves elliptical, co- 

 riaceous, veinless; pedicels in whorles to the number of 17 or 

 18, spreading much, tubercled; ovary depressed, globose; 

 stigma 6-cleft, convex, rayed. Fj . S. Native of Guiana in 

 woods. This shrub has the habit of the last. 



Coriaceous-leaved Marcgravia. Clt. 1820. Shrub like the last. 



3 M. SPICIFLORA (Juss. ann. mus. 14. p. 402. t. 25.) leaves 

 ovate, obtuse, rarely acuminated ; pedicels racemose, furnished 

 with simple bracteas ; stigma 4-lobed. fj . S. Native of 

 Guiana and Guadaloupe on wooded mountains. Habit of ivy. 



Spiked-Jlonered Marcgravia. Shrub rooting like the rest. 



4 M. PI'CTA (Willd. mag. berl. 1808. p. 172.) leaves of the 

 sterile branches elliptical, cordate, roundish, very blunt, about 

 an inch long, dark-green above, and netted with white veins, 

 but pale-green beneath (Willd.). tj. S. Native of Brazil. 

 Shrub with the habit of ivy. 



Painted-leaved Marcgravia. Shrub rooting like the rest. 



Cult. These singular shrubs will thrive well in a mixture of 

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

 hand-glass, in heat. They are well adapted for covering the 

 walls or rafters of stoves. 



Suborder II. 



NORA'NTEjE (plants agreeing with Nordntea in the corolla 

 being of 5 petals). D. C. prod. 1. p. 566. Corolla of 5 petals. 

 Stamens pressed to the corolla and appearing as if they were 

 inserted on it. 



III. NORA'NTEA (altered from the Caribbean name of N. 

 Guianensis, Gonora-antegrf). Aubl. guian. 1. p. 554. Juss. 

 gen. p. 245. D. C. prod. 1. p. 566. A'scyum, Vahl. Willd. 



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

 ed, coriaceous. Petals 5, free, reflexed. Stamens few or nume- 

 rous, small, disposed in a simple or double series, adhering to 

 the bottom of the petals. Filaments flat. Anthers fixed by 

 the back. Ovary free, conical, furrowed, 3-5-celled ; cells 

 many-seeded. Seeds fixed to the central axis. Style nearly 

 wanting. Stigma capitate or acute. Trees or shrubs, rarely 

 climbing or rooting, excepting those species, natives of Guiana. 

 Leaves scattered, jointed, entire, exstipulate. Flowers disposed 

 in terminal racemes or spikes. Pedicels jointed at the base, 

 furnished with 3 bracteas each, lower one sack-formed or cu- 

 cullate, stalked, the 2 upper ones small, usually guarding the 

 calyx, and therefore appear as if they were sepals. 



1 N. GUIANE'NSIS (Aubl. guian. 1. p. 554. t. 220.) spikes of 

 flowers long ; flowers "nearly sessile ; bracteas large, bladdery, 

 or cucullate ; anthers numerous, very minute, scarcely exserted ; 

 leaves oblong, blunt, emarginate. Tj . S. Native of Guiana and 

 Trinidad in woody mountains. A'scyum violaceum, Vahl. eel. 

 p. 41. A beautiful shrub, with oblong, mucronate, coriaceous 

 leaves. Branches red, throwing out roots by which it supports 

 itself on the trees which it grows near. Flowers of a violet 

 colour, with scarlet bracteas. 



Guiana Norantea. Clt. 1818. Shrub rooting on trees. 



2 N. BRASILIE'NSIS (Chois. mss. D. C. prod. 1. p. 566. St. 

 Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 311.) leaves obovate, stalked ; flowers race- 

 mose, on long peduncles ; bracteas about one-half the size of 

 those of the preceding plant ; anthers ovate, emarginate at the 

 base, with scarlet bracteas ; petals green in the middle but 

 white on the margins. Tj. S. Native of Brazil. Habit of the 

 preceding species. 



Brazilian Norantea. Clt. 1 820. Shrub 6 feet. 



3 N. ADAME'NTUM (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 313. t. 62.) leaves 

 obovate, nearly sessile ; flowers racemose, on long pedicels ; 

 anthers ovate, emarginate at the base. Tj . S. Native of Brazil 

 in the province of Minas Geraes near Tejuco, in the district of 

 the Diamonds. Petals green marked with red. 



Adamant Norantea. Shrub 6 feet. 



4 N. GOYASE'NSIS (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 313.) leaves ob- 

 ovate, nearly sessile ; flowers racemose, on short pedicels ; an- 

 thers subtrigonal, entire at the base. T; S. Native of Brazil 

 in the province of Goyaz near Villa Boa. Petals dark-purple. 



Goyaz Norantea. Fl. July. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



5 N. ANO'MALA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 7. t. 647. b.) 

 flowers somewhat spiked, octandrous ; bracteas hemispherical, 

 helmet-shaped ; leaves oblong, obtuse, somewhat coriaceous, 

 tapering to the base. Tj . S. Native of South America. A's- 

 cyum anomalum, Spreng. syst. app. p. 207. Flowers violet- 

 coloured. Habit of the preceding two species. 



Anomalous Norantea. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



6 N. SELLOI; flowers racemose; bracteas almost sessile, 

 rather remote from the flower, roundish ; leaves obovate-oblong, 

 retuse. ?j. S. Native of Brasil. A'scyum Selloi, Spreng. 

 syst. 2. p. 599. 



Sello's Norantea. Shrub 6 feet. 



7 N. BERTE'RII; flowers racemose ; bracteas sessile, approxi- 

 mating the flower, mucronated beneath ; leaves oblong, mucro- 



