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SAPINDACEjE. XXIII. APHANIA. XXIV. MELICOCCA. XXV. KOELREUTERIA. XXVI. COSSIGNIA. 



Toothed-leaved Hypelate. Tree 16 feet. 



4 H. GENICULA'TA (Spreng. syst. 2. p. 220. under Melicocca,) 

 leaves ternate or pinnate, with 2 pairs of oblong-lanceolate, acu- 

 minated leaflets ; rachis knotted, jointed at the apex ; panicles 

 axillary, spreading. Tj . S. Native of Brazil. Flowers decan- 

 drous. Berry 1-seeded. 



/oznterf-petioled Hypelate. Tree small. 



5 H. DIVERSIFO'LIA (Cambess. in mem. mus. 18. p. 32.) leaves 

 with 1-9 pairs of oval, entire leaflets; flowers apetalous, oc- 

 tandrous, axillary, glomerate, 5-parted ; drupe spherical, 2- 

 seeded. fj . S. Native of the Mauritius. Melicocca diver- 

 sifolia, Juss. mem. mus. 3. p. 187. t. 7. M. apetala, Poir. 

 suppl. 3. p. 224. The leaves are probably sometimes simple 

 and ovate. It is called in the Mauritius Bois de Gaulette. 



Diverse-leaved Hypelate. Tree. 



Cult. This is rather a handsome genus of shrubs. They will 

 thrive well in a mixture of loam and peat, or any light loamy 

 soil, and ripened cuttings will root if planted in sand under a 

 hand-glass, in a moist heat. 



XXIII. APHA'NIA (from aQavte, aphanes, obscure). Blum, 

 bijdr. p. 236. Cambess. in mem. mus. 18. p. 37. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx 4-parted, unequal. 

 Petals 4, ciliated, each furnished with 2 scales at the base. Disk 

 hypogynous, girding the genitals. Stamens 5, approximating 

 the pistil. Ovary ovate, compressed, 2-celled ; cells 1-seeded. 

 Style almost wanting, terminated by an emarginate stigma. A 

 tree with abruptly-pinnate leaves ; leaflets nearly opposite. Pa- 

 nicle terminal, composed of many racemes. 



1 A. MONTANA (Blum. I.e.) tj . S. Native of Java. 



Mountain Aphania. Tree. 



Cult. A mixture of loam and sand will suit this tree, and 

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



XXIV. MELICO'CCA (from fieXi, meli, honey, and KOKKOQ, 

 coccos, a berry ; the taste of the fruit is very sweet). Juss. mem. 

 mus. 3. p. 178. D. C. prod. 1. p. 614. 



LIN. SYST. Octo-Dec&ndria, Monogynia. Calyx 4-5-parted. 

 Petals 4-5, or wanting, naked inside. Disk occupying the 

 bottom of the calyx, entire, or lobed. Stamens 8-10, inserted 

 between the margin of the disk and the ovary. Style crowned 

 by a 2-3-lobed stigma. Ovary 2-3-celled. Fruit baccate, 1-2- 

 celled from abortion, 1-2-seeded. Seeds enwrapped in a fleshy 

 substance. Embryo straight. Trees with exstipulate, abruptly- 

 pinnate leaves ; leaflets nearly opposite. Flowers small, white, 

 disposed in spike-formed racemes. 



1 M. BI'JUGA (Lin. spec. 495.) leaves with 2 pairs of leaflets; 

 rachis winged ; racemes terminal and axillary, simple, spike- 

 formed ; flowers octandrous, of 4 petals ; drupe 1-seeded from 

 abortion. ^ . S. Native of the Antilles and of New Spain in 

 the province of Caraccas, but is now cultivated throughout the 

 West Indies for its fruit. M.bijugatus, Jacq. amer. 108. t. 72. 

 M. carpoidea, Juss. mem. mus. S. p. 187. t. 4. Leaflets large, 

 yellowish-green. The male flowers are more yellow than the 

 female. The fruit of this is as large as a bullace-plum, jet- 

 black, with a very sweet pleasant taste. It is now known in 

 Jamaica by the name of bullace-plum, but in the time of Patrick 

 Browne the tree was called Genip-tree. At Curac,oa the Spa- 

 niards call it Monos; it is cultivated to a great extent there. 

 It is also called Honey-berry. 



Two-paired-leaved or Common Honey-berry. Clt. 1778. 

 Tree 16 to 20 feet. 



2 M. OLIV^FO'RMIS (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 

 150.) leaves with 2 pairs of large, elliptical, acute, coriaceous 

 leaflets ; rachis naked ; peduncles terminal, branched ; flowers 

 octandrous, of 4 petals ; drupe 1-seeded from abortion. Tj . S. 



Native of New Granada at Turbaco. Fruit the size and shape 

 of an olive, jet-black, with a pleasant taste. 



Olive-shaped-frmted Honey-berry. Clt. 1818. ' Tree 16 ft. 



3 M. TRI'JUGA (Juss. in mem, mus. 3. p. 187. t. 8.) leaves 

 with 3 pairs of oblong, obovate, obtuse leaflets ; racemes axil- 

 lary, elongated ; flowers 6-parted, apetalous, octandrous ; drupe 

 spherical, 2-3-celled, 2-3-seeded. ^ . S. Native of the islands 

 of Ceylon and Timor. Schleichera trijuga, Willd. spec. 4. p. 

 1096. Scytalia trijuga, Roxb. mss. Fruit black, eatable. 



Three-paired-leaved Honey-berry. Clt. 1820. Tree 20 ft. 



4 M. ? PUBE'SCENS (Roth. nov. spec. 385.) leaves with 2 pairs 

 of very blunt leaflets and an odd one ; rachis tomentose. \j . S. 

 Native of the East Indies. 



Pubescent-Tpetioled Honey-berry. Tree. 



Cult. Most of the species of this genus bear eatable fruits. 

 They will thrive in a mixture of loam and peat, or a light loamy 

 soil ; and ripened cuttings will strike root in sand under a hand- 

 glass, in heat. 



Section II. 



DODONjEA'CEJE. (Cambess. in mem. mus. 18. p. 33.). 

 Cells of ovary containing 2-3-ovulae, rarely more (f. 112. g.). 

 Embryo spirally twisted. 



XXV. KOELREUTE'RIA (in honour of John Theophilus 

 Koelreuter, once Professor of Natural History at Carlsrhue). 

 Laxm. nov. comm. petrop. 16. p. 561. t. 18. but not of Murr. 

 D. C. prod. 1. p. 616. 



LIN. SYST. Octdndria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-parted. Petals 

 3-4 from abortion, each furnished at the claw inside with a 2- 

 parted appendage. Disk very fleshy, occupying the whole 

 bottom of the calyx, regular, 8-crenate. Stamens 8, rarely 

 5-6-7, inserted between the margin of the disk and the ovary. 

 Style truncate or acutish at the apex. Ovary 3-celled ; cells 

 2-ovulate. Capsule bladdery, 1-celled above, 3-celled at the 

 bottom, 3-valved; valves seminiferous beneath the middle. 

 Seeds without aril. A deciduous tree, with exstipulate, impari- 

 pinnate leaves ; leaflets opposite or alternate, coarsely lobed or 

 toothed. Flowers yellow, disposed in terminal, racemose, spread- 

 ing panicles. 



1 K. PANICULA'TA (Laxm. 1. c.). Jj . H. Native of China. 

 Sapmdus Chinensis, Lin. fil. suppl. 228. K. Paullinoides, Lher. 

 sert. 18. 1. 19. K. paniculata, Duh. ed. nov. t. 36. Ker. bot. 

 reg. t. 320. 



Panicled-fiovrered Koelreuteria. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1763. 

 Tree 10 to 15 feet. 



Cult. This beautiful tree deserves a place in every collection ; 

 when in flower it is extremely shewy. It will thrive in any 

 common soil, but it should be planted in as sheltered a situation 

 as possible, because it does not flower if too much exposed. 

 If the summer prove cold, the wood seldom ripens, therefore 

 the tops of the branches are generally killed the following win- 

 ter by the frost. It may be either propagated by layers or 

 cuttings from the root. 



XXVI. COSSI'GNIA (in honour of M. Cossigny, a French 

 naturalist, once resident at Pondicherry, who presented Commer- 

 son with an herbarium of the plants of Coromandel). Comm. in 

 Juss. gen. 248. D. C. prod. 1. p. 614. 



LIN. SYST. Penta-Hexandria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-parted. 

 Petals 4, naked inside. Disk irregular, occupying the bottom of 

 the calyx. Stamens 5-6, inserted in the disk. Pistil excentral. 

 Style longish, terminated by a capitellate stigma. Ovary 3- 

 celled ; cells 3-ovulate. Capsule 3-celled, 3-valved ; cells 3, or 

 from abortion only 2-seeded. Seeds destitute of aril, fixed 

 to the permanent triangular centril axis. A tree with exstipu- 

 late, impari-pinnate leaves. Flowers in panicles. 



