HIPPOCRATEACE^E. III. SALACIA. IV. CALYPSO. V. JOHNIA. VI. TRIGONIA. 



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2-ovulate. Tj . w . S. Native of Brazil in the province of 

 Minas Geraes. Petals yellow. 



(Serrated-leaved Salacia. Fl. Jan. Shrub cl. 



25 S. CHINE'NSIS (Lin. mant. 293.) peduncles axillary, 

 crowded, 1-flowered ; leaves alternate ? oval, quite entire, smooth ; 

 branches angular. Ij . G. Native of China. Probably the 

 same as S. Cochinchinensis. 



China Salacia. Shrub 6 feet. 



Cult. Shrubs of no beauty, therefore hardly worth culti- 

 vating, except in general collections. They will thrive in a 

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

 under a hand-glass, those of the stove species in heat. 



IV. CALY'PSO (in mythology daughter of Oceanus and 

 Thetis ; she reigned in the island of Ogygia). Pet. Th. veg. afr. 

 1. p. 29. t. G. St. Hil. fl. bras. 2. p. 110. Salacia, spec. D. C. 

 prod. 1. p. 570. 



LIN. SYST. Tridndria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-parted. Pe- 

 tals 5, alternating with the segments of the calyx. Disk gird- 

 ing the ovary, expanded between the petals and stamens. 

 Stamens 3, inserted between the margin of the disk and ovary ; 

 filaments flat, free. Anthers adnate, 2-celled ; cells bursting 

 outwards. Style short, crowned by an obsoletely 3-lobed stigma. 

 Ovary more or less immersed in the disk, 3-celled ; cells 2 or 

 many-ovulate ; ovulae fixed to the inner angle of the cells. 

 Fruit indehiscent, fleshy, globose, usually 1 -celled from abortion. 

 Seeds globose, solitary in the cells, clothed with mucilaginous 

 pulp. Embryo straight, destitute of albumen, with thick coty- 

 ledons. Shrubs with opposite, entire leaves, deciduous sti- 

 pulas, axillary, dichotomous panicles of flowers, or from abor- 

 tion subumbellate. 



1 C. CAMPE'STRIS (St. Hil. fl. bras. 2. p. 111. t. 104.) quite 

 smooth ; leaves oblong or oblong-lanceolate, narrow at the apex, 

 somewhat acuminated, serrate-toothed ; flowers panicled ; petals 

 twice the length of the calyx, denticulated ; cells of ovary 2- 

 ovulate. T; . S. Native of Brazil in the provinces of Goyaz 

 and St. Paul, where it is called Bacopari do Campo. This is a 

 much-branched shrub, with green flowers. 



Field Calypso. Fl. Sept. Feb. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



2 C. AFRICA'NA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 570. under Salacia) pe- 

 duncles crowded, 1-flowered; leaves oval, shining, toothletted ; 

 teeth somewhat glandular. Tj . S. Native of Guinea. Ton- 

 sella Africana, Willd. spec. 1. p. 194. 



African Calypso. Shrub 5 feet. 



3 C. SENEGALE'NSIS (D. C. prod. 1. p. 570. under Salacia,) 

 peduncles crowded, 1-flowered, rising from an axillary tubercle ; 

 leaves oblong, acuminated, smooth, shining, serrated ; branches 

 scabrous. Tj . S. Native of Senegal. Hippocratea Senegalensis, 

 Lam. ill. p. 101. H. verticillata a, Pers. ench. 1. p. 40. Tonsella 

 Senegalensis, Vahl. enum. 2. p. 31. Fruit eatable, very sweet. 



Senegal Calypso. Shrub 5 feet. 



4 C. PYRIFORMIS ; peduncles axillary, 1-flowered, aggregate; 

 leaves oblong, slightly toothed ; fruit large, pear-shaped, 3- 

 celled, 3-seeded. Jj . S. Native of Sierra Leone on the moun- 

 tains, Flowers small, greenish-yellow. The fruit is about the 

 size of a Bergamot pear, obscurely 3-sided, with a very sweet 

 taste, and is eaten by the inhabitants of Sierra Leone. Tonsella 

 pyriformis, Hort. trans, vol. 5. p. 459. 



Pear- shaped Calypso. Fl. Feb. Mar. Clt.1822. Sh. 5 ft. 



5 C. MADAGASCARIE'NSIS (D. C. prod. 1. p. 570. under Sa- 

 lacia ;) peduncles crowded, 1-flowered, rising from an axillary 

 tubercle ; leaves lanceolate-oblong, almost entire, acuminated, 

 even, shining ; petals linear, f? . S. Native of Madagascar. 

 Hippocratea Madagascariensis, Lam. ill. 1. p. 101. Hippocratea 

 verticillata /3, Pers. ench. 1. p. 40. Tonsella Madagascariensis, 

 Vahl. enum. p. 29. 



Madagascar Calypso. Shrub 6 feet. 



6 C. SALACIOIDES (St. Hil. fl. bras. 2. p. 111.) peduncles 

 usually in threes, 1-flowered, rising from an axillary tubercle ; 

 leaves oval-oblong, slightly and bluntly toothed, veiny ; petals 

 ovate. \i . S. Native of Madagascar. Calypso, Pet. Th. veg. 

 afr. 1. p. 29. t. 6. Salacia Calypso, D. C. prod. 1. p. 571. 

 Berry globose, mucronate. Seeds albuminose (Pet. Th.). 



Salacia-like Calypso. Shrub 5 feet. 



7 C. DE'BILIS ; branches weak ; leaves ovate, acuminated, 

 serrated ; flowers in clusters in the axils of the leaves ; pedicels 

 1-flowered. Tj . S. Native of Sierra Leone. 



Weak-branched Calypso. Shrub cl. 



8 C. ERE'CTA ; branches erect ; leaves oval-lanceolate, acu- 

 minated, obtuse, serrated, smooth ; flowers axillary, nearly ses- 

 sile ; fruit ovate, acuminated. Tj S. Native of Sierra Leone. 



Erect Calypso. Shrub 6 feet. 



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

 and sand, and ripened cuttings will strike root freely in sand 

 under a hand-glass, in heat. 



V. JO'HNIA (in honour of the Rev. Dr. John, a missionary, 

 once resident in Tranquebar, who has sent many curious plants 

 to Roxburgh). Roxb. fl. ind. 1. p. 172. D. C. prod. 1. p. 571. 



LIN. SYST. Monadelphia, Tridndria. Anthers 3, sessile, on 

 the top of the urceolus. Fruit baccate ; younger ones 3-celled ; 

 ovulae peltate, 1 or 2 in each cell ; adult fruit few-seeded. 

 Little trees, with 1-flowered, axillary peduncles. 



1 J. SALACIOIDES (Roxb. fl. ind. 1. p. 172.) leaves broad- 

 lanceolate, entire ; calyx 5-parted ; petals 5, sessile. T? . S. Na- 

 tive of Chittagong. Flowers small, orange-coloured. Fruit 

 dull-red, 2-3-seeded. The pulp of the fruit is white and is 

 eaten by the natives. 



Salacia-like Johnia. Clt. 1822. Shrub 10 feet. 



2 J. COROMANDELIA'NA (Roxb. 1. c.) leaves serrulated ; calyx 

 5-toothed ; petals 5, unguiculate. Tj. w . S. Native of Coroman- 

 del on wooded mountains. Flowers small, greenish-yellow. Berry 

 1 -seeded, about the size of a small cherry, as well as shape. 



Coromandel Johnia. Clt. 1820. Shrub cl. 



Cult. Johnia is a genus of very pretty little trees. The 

 fruit of both species is eatable. They will thrive well in a 

 mixture of loam and peat, and ripened cuttings will strike root 

 in sand, under a hand-glass, in a moist heat. 



+ Hippocrateacece spurice. Stamens 5 or more, but never ex- 

 ceeding 12. 



VI. TRIGONIA (from rptie, treis, three, and ywvia, gonia, 

 an angle ; the fruit is 3-angled, 3-celled, and 3-valved). Aubl. 

 guian. 1. p. 390. D. C. prod. 1. p. 571. 



LIN. SYST. Monadelphia, Decdndria. Calyx 5-parted, un- 

 equal, permanent. Petals 5, broadat the base, unequal ; upper one 

 arched, gibbous and concave ; 2 lateral ones small, wing-shaped ; 

 2 lower ones connected into the form of a keel. Stamens 10-12, 

 some of them sterile, and irregularly connected into a tube at 

 the base, which is cleft in front. Anthers fixed by the back, 2- 

 celled, bursting lengthwise. Glands 2-4, opposite the superior 

 petal, situated at the base of the ovary. Ovary trigonal, 3-celled ; 

 cells containing many ovulas. Style 1, crowned by a 3-lobed 

 stigma. Capsule trigonal, 3-valved, 3-celled ; valves woolly on the 

 inside and constituting dissepiments. Seeds numerous, woolly, 

 fixed to the axis. Albumen fleshy. Sarmentose or climbing 

 shrubs, with opposite, entire, bistipulate leaves, and racemosely- 

 panicled flowers, either axillary or terminal. 



1 T. SERI'CEA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 141.) 

 leaves obovate, clothed beneath with silky or silvery down. 

 Tj . ^. S. Native on the Andes about Quindiu. 



Silky-leaved Trigonia. Shrub cl. 



