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

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



Tribe III. 



BANISTERIE v jE (plants agreeing with Banisteria in many 

 important characters). D. C. prod. 1. p. 584. Styles 3, distinct. 

 Fruit of 2-3 dry, indehiscent, 1 -seeded carpels, which are variously 

 expanded into wings. Leaves opposite, very rarely in whorles. 



XII. HIRJ^A (in honour of John Nicholas de la Hire, a 

 French physician, member of the Academy of Sciences, who dis- 

 covered an exudation resembling manna on the leaves of orange 

 trees; he died in 1727.) H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. 

 p. 167. D. C. prod. 1. p. 585. 



LIN. SYST. Monadelphia, Decandria. Calyx of 5 sepals, either 

 bearing glands or without. Petals 5, roundish, unguiculate. 

 Stamens 10, with awl-shaped filaments, which are a little con- 

 nected at the base, the 5 alternate ones longest. Styles 3. Car- 

 pels 3, samaraeform, rarely 2, 1 -seeded, crested or naked on the 

 back, and surrounded by a membranous wing, usually emarginate, 

 at both extremities. Climbing shrubs, all probably with panicles 

 of white, yellow or reddish flowers. 



1. Hirce'a (see genus). Jacq. am. 137. D. C. prod. 1. 

 p. 585. Calyxes destitute of glands. 



* Carpels roundish. 



1 H. RECLINA'TA (Jacq. amer. p. 137. t. 176. f. 42. pict. p. 

 68. t. 260. f. 37.) leaves obovate, blunt at both ends, pubescent 

 above and smooth beneath. T? . w . S. Native of South America in 

 the woods of Carthagena in New Spain, where it flowers in June. 

 This small tree divides into many bending and reclining branches, 

 by which it supports itself on the neighbouring trees. Flowers 

 yellow, an inch in diameter. 



Reclined-branched Hirae'a. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. ? Tree cl. 



2 H. ODORA'TA (Willd. spec. 2. p. 743.) leaves ovate, acute, 

 smooth above but downy beneath, fj . S. Native of Guinea. 

 The fruit of Flabellaria paniculdta, Cav. diss. 9. p. 436. t. 

 264. probably belongs to this plant, but the leaves, according to 

 R. Brown, are probably referable to a species of Pterocdrpus. 

 A reclining shrub with yellow sweet-scented flowers. 



Srveet-scented-ftowered Hiraea. Clt. 1822. Shrub reclining. 



3 H. GLA'BRA (Spreng. neue. entd. 2. p. 154.) leaves ovate- 

 oblong, smooth on both surfaces, shining ; panicle terminal, 

 trichotomous ; branchlets and calyxes clothed with pressed hairs. 

 Tj. w . S. Native of Brazil. Flowers yellow? 



Smooth-leaved Hirasa. Shrub cl. 



4 H. CONCA'VA (Wall. pi. rar. asiat. 1. p. 13.) leaves oblong, 

 tapering, obtuse, rounded at the base, smooth on both surfaces ; 

 samaras nearly orbicular, crested on the back. Tj . w . S. Native 

 of the East Indies in the province of Martaban. 



Concave Hiraea. Shrub cl. , 



5 H. ORBICULA'TA (Roxb. hort. beng. app. p. 90.) leaves orbi- 

 cular, villous beneath as well as the panicles ; samarae orbicular, 

 crested on the back. Tj . w . S. Native of Chittagong. 



Orbicular-leaved Hiraea. Shrub cl. 



6 H. HYPERICOIDES (Burch. cat. no. 2486 and 2531.) leaves 

 linear, smooth on both surfaces. Tj . G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Wings of fruit roundish, half orbicular. 



St. John's-ntort-like Hiraea. Shrub. 



* * Carpels ovate or oblong. 



7 H. NUBIANS (Roxb. hort. beng. p. 34.) leaves ovate, acu- 

 minated, smooth above, but clothed with close-pressed hairs 

 beneath, which are fixed by their centre. J? . ^. S. Native of 

 the East Indies in Bengal. Samarae 2 or 3, oval-oblong. Flowers 

 white. 



Nodding Hiraea. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1820. Shrub cl. 



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8 H. I'NDICA (Roxb. hort. beng. p. 90.) leaves ovate, acumi- 

 nated, shining, smooth ; panicles axillary and terminal. Tj . v-) . S. 

 Native of the East Indies on the Circar mountains. Triopteris 

 I'ndica, Willd. spec. 2. p. 744. Roxb. cor. 2. p. 31. t. 160. 

 Samarae 3, oblong. Calyxes pubescent. Flowers white. 



Indian Hiraea. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. Shrub cl. 



9 H. ROTUNDIFOLIA (Roxb. hort. beng. p. 90.) leaves round. 

 T? . w . S. Native of the East Indies at Chittagong. Flowers 

 white. The carpels are not known. 



Round-leaved Hiraea. Shrub cl. 



10 H. HIRSU'TA (Wall. pi. rar. asiat. 1. p. 13. t. 13.) leaves 

 obovate, short-acuminated, retusely obcordate at the base, hairy 

 as well as the panicle ; samarae oblong, naked on the back, emar- 

 ginate at the apex. Tj . w . S. Native of the Burman empire on 

 mountains about Prome and at the bottom of Mount Taong 

 Dong. Flowers white. This species is easily distinguished by 

 the long and rust-coloured hairs, which cover all its parts, and 

 nowhere, except on the partial peduncles, mixed with those 

 decumbent centrally fixed hairs, so remarkable in the rest of 

 the species. 



Hairy Hiraea. Fl. Aug. Shrub cl. 



11 H. LANUGINO'S A (Wall. pi. asiat. rar. 1 . p. 1 3.) leaves ovate- 

 cordate, attenuated, acuminated, smooth above, but clothed with 

 adnate wool beneath ; samarae ovate, retuse, naked on the back. 

 ^ . w . S. Native of Nipaul. 



Woolly Hiraea. Fl. June. Shrub cl. 



12 H. CORDA'TA (Heyne, ex Wall. 1. c.) leaves cordate, drawn 

 out at the apex into a broad, elongated acumen, woolly be- 

 neath. T? . ,_,. S. Native of the peninsula of India ? Perhaps 

 only a variety of H. lanuginosa or H. nutans. 



Cordate-lew ed Hiraea. Shrub cl. 



2. Mascagnia (probably the name of some botanist known 

 to Bertero). Bert. mss. D. C. prod. 1. p. 585. Calyxes bearing 

 glands on the outside. 



13 H. MACRADE'NA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 585.) leaves ovate, 

 acuminated, smooth above, beneath as well as the branchlets and 

 petioles without glands, but are clothed with close-pressed, silky 

 villi ; flowers racemose ; pedicels jointed at the base. Jj . w . S. 

 Native of South America at St. Martha. Mascagnia Americana, 

 Bert. Wings of fruit orbicular and emarginate at both ends. 

 Calyx furnished with large glands. Flowers yellow. 



Large-glanded Hiraea. Shrub cl. 



14 H. OBLONGIFOLIA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 585.) leaves ovate- 

 oblong, acuminated, smooth, with the nerves and petioles as 

 well as the branchlets clothed with velvety pubescence ; flowers 

 panicled ; pedicels jointed at the base. ^ . w . S. Native of St. 

 Martha with the preceding species, to. which it is very nearly 

 allied. Mascagnia oblongifolia, Bert. ined. 



Oblong-leaved Hiraea. Shrub cl. 



15 H. DIVARICA'TA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 

 169.) leaves oblong, acuminated, acute at the base, somewhat 

 quintuple-nerved, smooth ; petioles bearing 3-7 glands ; panicles 

 axillary, composed of from 5-7 racemes, which are twice as long 

 as the leaves ; calyx clothed with close-pressed hairs, fy . ^. S. 

 Native of South America near Cumana. Flowers pale violet. 



Divaricate-branched Hiraea. Shrub cl. 



16 H. OVATIFOLIA (H. B.et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 169.) 

 leaves ovate, acuminated, rounded at the base, smooth and shin- 

 ing above ; petioles glandless ; panicles axillary, about equal in 

 length with the leaves ; fruit orbicular, fj . w . S. Native of South 

 America in shady woods near Cumana. Flowers probably white. 



Ovate-leaved Hiraea. Shrub cl. 



t Species doubtful, the fruit being unknown. 



17 H. ? PRUNIFOLIA (H. B, et Kunth, 1. c.) leaves elliptical, 



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