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Panicled-Qoviered, Hippocratea. Shrub cl. 



17 H. RICHARDIA V NA (St. Hil. fl. bras. 2. p. 102.) leaves 

 elliptic-oblong, bluntish, nearly entire, smooth ; panicles puberu- 

 lous, equal in length witli the leaves ; calyx pubernlous, ciliated ; 

 petals much longer than the calyx, acutish, puberulous ; capsule 

 obovate, obtuse, 4-seeded. ^ . 0> . S. Native of Senegal. 



Richard's Hippocratea. % Shrub cl. 



18 H. MACROPHY'ILA (Vahl. enum. 2. p. 28.) carpels? pa- 

 nicles axillary, dichotomous, shorter than the leaves ; leaves 

 ovate, quite entire, shining, blunt at the base, but acuminated at 

 the apex. Tj . r> . ? S. Native of Sierra Leone. Leaves pale- 

 green, as in the preceding species. 



Long-leaved Hippocratea. Shrub cl. ? 



19 H. VELUTI'NA (Afz. in Spreng. new entd. 3. p. 234.) car- 

 pels ? racemes axillary ; leaves oblong, acuminated, quite en- 

 tire, veiny beneath, as well as being clothed with rufous villi. 

 T? . S. Native of Guinea. 



Velvety Hippocratea. Shrub 6 feet? 



20 H. I'NDICA (Willd. spec. 1. p. 193.) carpels oblong, 2- 

 seeded ; panicles corymbose, dichotomous, about the length of 

 the leaves ; leaves oval, acute, serrated, shining. Jj . 1 " 1 . S. 

 Native of Coromandel on wooded mountains. Roxb. cor. 2. t. 

 130. Flowers yellowish. 



Var. ft, disperma (Vahl. enum. 2. p. 28.) carpels lanceolate, 

 obtuse at both ends ; panicles shorter than the leaves ; leaves 

 elliptical, acuminated, serrulated. Ij . . S. Native of the 

 East Indies in woody mountains. 



Var. y, euonymoldes (Vahl. enum. 2. p. 28.) leaves oblong or 

 obovate, entire or emarginate at the apex. Jj . . S. Flowers 

 greenish-white. 



Indian Hippocratea. Shrub cl. 



21 H. OBTUSIFOLIA (Roxb. fl. hid. 1. p. 170.) carpels obovate, 

 4-seeded ; corymbs terminal and axillary ; leaves elliptical-ob- 

 long, entire, blunt ; branches tendrilled. Jj . r> . S. Native of 

 Coromandel. Flowers greenish -yellow. Anthers 2-lobed. 



Blunt-leaved Hippocratea. Clt. 1818. Shrub cl. 



22 H. ARBOREA (Roxb. cor. 3. t. 205.) carpels linear-oblong, 

 somewhat cuneated, 2-seeded ; corymbs axillary, dichotomous ; 

 leaves elliptical, serrulated, terminating in a point ; branches 

 somewhat climbing, fj . S. Native of Hindostan. Flowers 

 4-6-cleft, greenish-yellow. Anthers 4-lobed. 



Tree Hippocratea. Clt. 1818. Tree 20 feet. 



28 H. ? CASSINOI'DES (D. C. prod. 1. p. 569.) carpels? 

 corymbs axillary, dichotomous, 3 times shorter than the leaves ; 

 leaves elliptical, acuminated at both ends, somewhat serrulated, 

 rather membranaceous ; branches compressed at the apex. Tj . S. 

 Native of the Island of Timor. 



Cassine-like Hippocratea. Shrub 6 feet? 



24 H. ? PAUCLFLORA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 565.) carpels? 

 corymbs axillary, dichotomous, 5-7-flowered, scarcely longer 

 than the petioles ; leaves elliptical-oblong, very bluntly crenu- 

 lated. Tj . *"* ? S. Native of the Island of Timor. Flowers 4 

 lines in diameter. Anthers somewhat 4-lobed. 



Few-jlowered Hippocratea. Shrub cl. 



25 H. ELLI'PTICA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 138.) 

 carpels ? peduncles clothed with very fine down, dichotomously 

 quadrifid, shorter than the leaves ; leaves elliptical, acute, re- 

 motely crenate-serrulated ; branches quadrangular. Tj . '"' ? S. 

 Native of Mexico. Flowers greenish-white. 



Elliptical-leaved Hippocratea. Shrub cl. ? 



26 H. EXCE'LSA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 7. p. 136.) 

 carpels ? peduncles bifid, many-flowered, powdery-hairy, 3 or 4 

 times shorter than the leaves ; leaves elliptical -oblong, acumi- 

 nated, wavy-crenulated ; younger branches quadrangular ; stem 

 arboreous. Tj . S. Native of Mexico. Flowers yellow. 



Tall Hippocratea. Tree 20 feet. 



Cult. These shrubs are hardly worth cultivating unless in 

 botanic gardens ; the flowers being very minute, and without . 

 beauty. The species will thrive in a mixture of loam and peat, 

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



II. RADDI'SIA (in honour of Giuseppe Raddi, an Italian 

 botanist and traveller in Brazil, author of Novae Species Cryp- 

 togamicae Firenze, 1808, and other works). Leand. sacram. in 

 denk. sekr. munch, akad. 7. p. 244. t. 15. ex Schult. mant. 1. 

 p. 252. B.C. prod. 1. p. 570. 



LIN. SYST. Tridndria, Monogynia. Calyx of 5 sepals. 

 Corolla rotate, 5-cleft, with a ring girding the ovary on the out- 

 side of the stamens. Stamens 3, with linear filaments, and 2- 

 celled anthers ? Pistil longer than the stamens. Style short. 

 Capsule 3-celled ; cells many-seeded. Seeds rather globose, 

 fixed to the central axis. This genus is perhaps sufficiently dis- 

 tinct from Salacia. 



1 R. ARB6REA (Leand. 1. c. Schrank. 1. c. p. 244. ex Schult. 

 mant. 1 . p. 347.) fj . S. Native of Brazil on the borders of 

 Islands at the entrance to Rio Janeiro. Leaves elliptical, acute, 

 smooth, serrated on short stalks. Flowers small, axillary, soli- 

 tary or aggregate, greenish-yellow. 



Tree Raddisia. Tree 20 feet. 



Cult. This tree bears very insignificant flowers ; therefore 

 not worth cultivating except in botanic gardens. It will thrive 

 in a mixture of loam and peat, and ripened cuttings will root in 

 sand under a hand-glass, in heat. 



III. SALA V CIA (from Salacia in mythology, wife of Nep- 

 tune). Lin. mant. 293. Toutelea, Aubl. guian. 1. p. 31. 

 Tonsella, Schreb. gen. no. 74. Sicelium, R. Brown, ex Poir. 

 suppl. 5. p. 146. A'nthodon, Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 1. p. 45. 

 D. C. prod. 1. p. 569. A'nthodus, Mart, in Schult. mant. 1. 

 p. 253. 



LIN. SYST. Tridndria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-parted ; lobes 

 rounded. Petals 5, entire or toothed, inserted between the disk 

 and the ovary. Stamens 3, inserted between the disk and the 

 ovary; filaments dilated at the base, free; anthers terminal, 1- 

 celled, opening transversely at the apex. Style short or want- 

 ing. Stigma 3-lobed. Ovary more or less immersed in the 

 disk, 3-celled, containing from 2 to 10 ovulae in each cell, which 

 are fixed to the inner angle of the cells, disposed in a double or 

 triple series. Berry somewhat globose, fleshy, 2-3-celled ; cells 

 1 -seeded from abortion. Seeds ovate, enwrapped in mucilage. 

 Small trees and shrubs, rarely climbing, with entire leaves, 

 deciduous stipulas ; axillary, dichotomous panicles of greenish or 

 yellowish flowers, or umbellate from abortion. 



1. A'NTHODON (from avdog, anthos, a flower, and oSove 

 oSovroe, odous odontos, a tooth ; petals toothed). Petals fringed 

 or toothed (f. 105. 6.). 



1 S. DECUSSA'TA (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 1. t. 74. f. 2. under 

 A'nthodon,) leaves oblong-ovate, somewhat acuminated, bluntly 

 serrated, shining ; panicles axillary, dichotomous ; petals ovate- 

 oblong, sharply serrated. J? . S. Native of Peru in groves on 

 the Andes, and near Angustura, ex. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 

 amer. 5. p. 140. t. 443. Hippocratea? A'nthodon, Pers. ench. 

 1. p. 40. Tonsella decussata, Vahl. enum. l.p. 30. 



Decussate-leaved Salacia. Shrub 6 feet. 



2 S. PANICULA'TA (Mart. 1. c. under A'nlhodus,') leaves ovate, 

 bluntish, obsoletely and rather undulately-crenated ; flowers 

 panicled ; petals oval, unequally and remotely toothed. T? . S. 

 Native of Brazil at Rio Janeiro. All other particulars unknown, 

 as well as those of the following. 



Panicled-fiowered Salacia. Clt. 1818. Shrub 6 feet. 



3 S. UNDULA'TA (Mart. 1. c. under A'nthodus,) leaves elliptic, 

 acute, tapering to both ends, bluntly, and rather undulately-ser- 



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