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MALPIGHIACE^E. VIII. THRYALLIS. IX. ASFICARPA. X. GAUDICHAUDIA. XL CAMAREA. 



leaves disposed 4 in a whorl, upper ones opposite, bearing glands 

 at their base, entire. Flowers disposed in racemes, yellow. 



Madagascar Tristellateia. Shrub tw. 



Cult. This beautiful twining shrub will grow in a mixture of 

 loam and peat, and ripened cuttings will strike root in sand un- 

 der a hand-glass, in heat. 



VIII. THRYA'LLIS (a name given by the Greeks to Ver- 

 bdscum, which comes from Opavu, thrauo, to divide. The pre- 

 sent plant has nothing to do with the plant of the Greeks unless 

 in having yellow flowers). Lin. gen. 533. D. C. prod. 1 . p. 583. 



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

 nent. Petals roundish, unguiculate. Stamens 10, awl-shaped, 

 monadelphous at the base. Styles 3, connate at the base. Cap- 

 sules inclosed within the large calyx, divisible into 3, triangular, 

 1 -seeded nuts ; cells opening by the exterior angle. 



1 T. BRASILIE'NSIS (Lin. spec. 554.) branches jointed; leaves 

 ovate, stalked ; racemes of flowers terminal. 1? . S. Native of 

 Brazil Marcg. bras. p. 79. f. 3. Flowers small, yellow. 



Brazilian Thryallis. Shrub 2 feet ? 



2 T. LONGIFOLIA (Mart. fl. bras. 3. p. 78. t. 230.) leaves ob- 

 long-lanceolate, acutish, canescent beneath ; petioles glandular 

 towards the base ; glands oblong. Tj . ^,. S. Native of Brazil 

 in the province of Bahia. Petals yellow. 



Long-leaved Thryallis. Shrub cl. 



3 T. LATIFOLIA (Mart. fl. bras. 3. p. 79. t. 231.) leaves broad, 

 ovate, obtuse or emarginate, cordate at the base, white from 

 tomentum beneath ; petioles biglandular at the top ; glands glo- 

 bose ^2 w S. Native of Brazil. Petals yellow. 



Broad-leaved Thryallis. Shrub cl. 



4 T.? BRACHYSTA'CHYA (Lindl. bot. reg. 1162.) leaves ovate- 

 lanceolate, glaucous-green above, white beneath ; racemes short, 

 panicled ; petioles biglandular at the apex. Tj . w . S. Native 

 of Brazil about Rio Janeiro. Petals yellow, on long claws. 



Short-spiked Thryallis. Shrub 4 feet. 



Cult. A mixture of loam and peat will suit these plants, and 

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



IX. ASPICA'RPA (from ainrtf, aspis, a shield, and Kap- 

 Trof, karpos, a fruit ; form of fruit). Rich, in mem. mus. 2. p. 

 399. t. 12. D. C. prod. 1. p. 583. Acosmus, Desv. 



LIN. SYST. Mondndria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-parted, conni- 

 vent. Petals wanting. Stamen 1, enclosed. Ovary roundish, 

 half-cleft, 2-celled. Style 1, very short, seated in the fissure 

 of the ovary. Fruit dry, indehiscent, 1 -celled from abortion, 

 1-seeded. Seeds orbicular, without albumen. Embryo re- 

 curved, with a basilar radicle, pointing to the hilum. 



1 A. U'RENS (Lag. nov. gen. et spec. 1. no. 5.) Tj . ^. S. 

 Native of New Spain. Stem somewhat shrubby, twining, fili- 

 form. Leaves cordate-oval, beset with stinging, hair-like bris- 

 tles, which are fixed by their centre, and lie very close. Flowers 

 disposed in axillary bundles, almost sessile, without petals. 



Stinging Aspicarpa. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1821. Sh. tw. 



Cult. This plant is hardly worth cultivating except in a bo- 

 tanic garden. It will thrive well in a mixture of loam and peat, 

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



X. GAUDICHAU'DIA (in honour of Charles Gaudichaud, 

 who accompanied Freycinet as naturalist in his voyage round the 

 world). H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 156. t. 445. 

 St. Hil. bull, philom. 1823. p. 132. D. C. prod. 1. p. 584. 



LIN. SYST. Monade/phia, Pentandria. Calyx 5-parted, or 5- 

 cleft, furnished with 10, but usually with 8, glands on the out- 

 side. Petals 5, sometimes perigynous, roundish, spreading. 

 Stamens 5, inserted with the petals; filaments flattened and 

 connate at the base, unequal, two of them bearing smaller 

 anthers than the others, or abortive. Style 1. Carpels 3, free, 



or connected at the very base, 1-seeded, one of them usually 

 abortive. Samarae 2, each drawn out at the base into a spur-like 

 membrane, and winged on the back. Seeds erect at the top of 

 a pendulous funicle. Albumen wanting. Embryo straight. 

 Shrubs with opposite entire leaves and yellow flowers. 



1 G. CYNANCHOIDES (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c.) stem twining; 

 leaves stalked ; racemes crowded with flowers, axillary or ter- 

 minal. Tj . . S. Native of Mexico near Valladolid. 



Cynanc/ium-like Gaudichaudia. Shrub twining. 



2 G. GUARANI'TICA (St. Hil. bull, philom. 1823. p. 132.) stem 

 twining, shrubby ; leaves stalked, ovate-oblong, obtuse, with a 

 short mucrone ; petioles with 2 glands at the top of each ; umbels 

 axillary, 2-3-flowered. T; . '"'. S. Native of Brazil. 



Guaranitic Gaudichaudia. Shrub tw. 



3 G. LINEARIFOLIA (St. Hil. 1. c.) stem suffruticose, erect ; 

 leaves linear, almost sessile, distant ; umbels terminal. Fj . S. 

 Native of Brazil. 



Linear-leaved Gaudichaudia. Shrub 3 feet. 



4 G. sERicEA (St. Hil. 1. c.) stem suffruticose, erect ; leaves 

 on short stalks, silky beneath, intermediate ones ovate-lanceo- 

 late ; peduncles filiform, 1-flowered, rarely 2-flowered. Tj . S. 

 Native of Brazil. 



Silky-leaved Gaudichaudia. Shrub 3 feet. 



5 G. A'LBIDA (Schlecht. et Cham, in Linnsea. 5. p. 217.) 

 stem shrubby, climbing ; leaves stalked, ovate, oblong, obtuse, 

 silky-canescent beneath from adpressed pili ; petioles glandless ; 

 umbels 2-4-flowered, terminal. Tj . w . S. Native of Mexico. 

 Banisteria albida, Schiede, mss. Sterile filaments longer than 

 the fertile ones. 



Whitened-leaved Gaudichaudia. Shrub cl. 



Cult. Rather handsome flowering shrubs. They will thrive 

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

 strike root in sand under a hand-glass, in heat. 



XL CAMA'REA (ea/japa, camara, an arch ?). St. Hil. 

 bull, philom. 1823. p. 133. D.C. prod. 1. p. 584. 



LIN. SYST. Hexdndria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-parted or 5- 

 cleft, with 2 glands at the base of each lobe, but sometimes naked. 

 Petals 5, somewhat perigynous, rather unequal. Stamens 6, 3 

 of which are fertile, with the filaments of these almost joined to 

 the top and bearing round anthers, the other 3 are hardly con- 

 nected at the base, the middle one of these is fertile, the 2 lateral 

 ones are sterile, but bearing petal-like twisted masses instead of 

 anthers. Style 1. Carpels 8, or from abortion only 2, some- 

 what connate, 1-seeded, indehiscent, crested oh the back and 

 with a wrinkled crest on the sides. Seeds pendulous at the extre- 

 mity of an erect funicle. Albumen wanting. Embryo straight, in- 

 verted. Erect shrubs, all natives of Brazil. Flowers of all yellow. 



1 C. HIRSU TA (St. Hil. 1. c.) leaves lanceolate or oblong, or 

 ovate-lanceolate, hairy, with silky margins ; umbels terminal. 



fj . S. Native of Brazil. 

 Hairy Camarea. Shrub. 



2 C. AXILLA'RIS (St. Hil. 1. c.) leaves lanceolate, acute, cor- 

 date at the base, villous, spreading ; flowers solitary, axillary. 

 tj . S. Native of Brazil. 



4 xillary-Rowered Camarea. Shrub. 



5 C. SERI'CEA (St. Hil. 1. c.) leaves long, linear-lanceolate, 

 acute, silky ; umbels terminal. Tj . S. Native of Brazil. 



Silky-leaved Camarea. Shrub. 



4 C. ERICOIDES (St. Hil. 1. c.) leaves small, linear, narrow, 

 crowded; flowers in umbels. Tj . S. Native of Brazil. 



Heath-like Camarea. Shrub. 



5 C. LINEARIFOLIA (St. Hil. 1. c.) leaves linear, rather distant ; 

 flowers in umbels. 17 . S. Native of Brazil. 



Linear-leaved Camarea. Shrub. 



Cull. Shrubs with rather shewy flowers. They will thrive 



