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province of Minas Geraes, where it is called Pao de Tinguy. 

 Phaeocarpus campestris, Mart. fl. bras. 1. p. 62. t. 37-38. 

 Flowers yellowish-green. 



Pubescent Magonaea. Tree 30 feet. 



2 M. GLABRA'TA (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 395. pi. rem. bras. 1. 

 p. 241.) branches smooth; leaflets oblong- elliptic, emarginate, 

 mucronulate, smoothish ; flowers panicled ; ovaries egg-shaped. 

 Tj . S. Native of Brazil with the last. 



Smooth Magonaea. Tree 30 feet. 



Cult. A mixture of loam and sand will answer the species ; 

 and ripe cuttings, not deprived of their leaves, will root readily 

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



XXX. ALE'CTRYON (from a\tKTpv<av, alectryon, a cock, 

 in allusion to the wing of the fruit having a crest like a cock- 

 comb). Gaert. fruct. 1. p. 216. t. 46. 



LIN. SYST. Octdndria, Monogynia ? Flowers unknown. 

 Berry coriaceous, globose, 1 -celled, with the margin at the apex 

 crested or winged. Receptacle a small tubercle above the base 

 of the loculament at the crested side of the berry. Seed erect, 

 without albumen, girded by an incomplete aril, fixed to the base of 

 the cell. Cotyledons spirally convolute, and with the radicle 

 pointing downwards as in Dodonae'a. Trees or shrubs with 

 simple leaves. 



1 A. EXCE'LSUM (Gaert. 1. c.) fruit with a crested wing at 

 the apex, fj . S. Native of? Euonymoides excelsa, Sol. in 

 coll. Banks. 



Tall Alectryon. Tree or shrub. 



2 A. ? CANE'SCENS (D. C. prod. 1. p. 617.) fruit edged 

 around with a wing. Tj . G. Native of New Holland on the 

 eastern coast. Leaves oblong, -obtuse, clothed with very close- 

 pressed pubescence. Racemes axillary, length of leaves. Fruit 

 almost like that of Sameraria. Style connected on both sides 

 to the wing of the fruit. Seed oblong, thick. 



Hoary Alectryon. Tree or shrub. 



Cult. Alectryon is a genus which is hardly known ; but we 

 should recommend the same culture and mode of propagation as 

 that given to Dodonce a, should the plants ever be introduced 

 to the gardens. 



f Genera not sufficiently known, but evidently belonging to 

 Sapindacece. 



XXXI. EYSTATHE'S (from cvirTaOns, eystathes, stable, 

 durable ; in allusion to the hardness and durability of the wood). 

 Lour. fl. coch. p. 235. D. C. prod. 1. p. 618. 



LIN. SYST. Octdndria, Monogynia. Calyx of 5 sepals. Pe- 

 tals 5, equal in length with the calyx. Stamens 8. Ovary 

 roundish. Style filiform. Stigma blunt. Berry globose, 

 fleshy, 1 -celled, 4-seeded. A large tree with simple leaves, and 

 racemes of small, white flowers. 



1 E. SYLVE'STRIS (Lour. 1. c.). Tj . G. Native of Cochin- 

 china on the mountains. Valentinia sylvestris, Raeusch. Leaves 

 ovate-oblong, acuminated, quite entire, smooth. Branches 

 spreading. The wood is hard and durable, and is used for 

 building in Cochin-china. 



Wild Eystathes. Tree 60 feet. 



Cult. This tree will no doubt thrive well in a mixture of 

 loam and peat ; and ripened cuttings will probably root in sand 

 under a hand-glass, in a moderate heat. 



XXXII.? RACA'RIA (Racari, the name of the tree in 

 Guiana). Aubl. guian. suppl. t. 24. f. 382. D. C. prod. 1. 

 p. 618. 



LIN. SYST. Octdndria, Monogynia 1 Flowers . unknown. 

 Drupe ovate, 1 -celled, containing 3 oblong, trigonal nuts, en- 



wrapped in a brittle covering. A tree with abruptly pinnate 

 leaves and a spiny trunk. 



1 R. SYLVA TICA (Aubl. 1. c.). fj . S. Native of Guiana in 

 woods at the bottom of Serpent Mountain. Trunk beset with 

 large spines above the cicatrices of the leaves. The wood is 

 hard and durable. Leaves with 3 pairs of entire leaflets. 



Wood Racaria. Shrub 8 feet. 



Cult. This tree is very little known, but if ever it should be 

 introduced to the gardens we would recommend that it should 

 be grown in a mixture of loam and peat ; and ripened cuttings 

 to be planted in sand and a hand-glass placed over them, in a 

 moist heat. 



XXXIII. VALENT1 : NIA (in honour of Michael Bernard 

 Valentini, a German botanist, author of Prodromus Historiae 

 Hessiae, published in the year 1707.). Swartz, fl. ind. 687. t. 14. 

 D. C.prod. 1. p. 618. 



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

 loured, spreading, permanent. Petals wanting. Stamens 8. 

 Ovary roundish. Style 1. Capsule baccate, pulpy inside, open- 

 ing at length into 3 or 4 revolute valves. Seeds 3-4, oblong. 

 This genus is referable to Sapindacece, from the analogy of the 

 leaves, with Thouinia simplicif olia, and deficient of petals as in 

 Schleichera and Llagunoa. 



1 V. ILCIFOLIA (Swartz, 1. c.). Jj . S. Native of Hispa- 

 niola and Cuba, on the most sterile rocks towards the sea. Leaves 

 alternate, like those of the holly, but are more oblong, but 

 probably they are more like those of Thouinia simplicif olia. 

 Flowers scarlet, disposed in umbels. 



Holly-leaved Valentinia. Shrub 3 feet. 



Cult. This beautiful shrub will probably grow in a mixture 

 of sand and loam ; and ripened cuttings will perhaps root in 

 sand under a hand-glass, in heat. 



XXXIV. PEDICE'LLIA (from pedicellus, a pedicel ; seeds 

 seated on pedicels). Lour. fl. coch. p. 655. D. C. prod. 1. 

 p. 618. 



LIN. SYST. Polygdmia, Dioecia. Flowers polygamo-dioe- 

 cious. Calyx 5-parted ; lobes small, acute. Petals wanting. 

 Stamens 8. Ovary roundish, stalked. Style almost wanting. 

 Stigmas 3, somewhat reflexed. Capsules 3-valved. Seed 1, 

 seated on a proper pedicel. A small tree, with opposite, lan- 

 ceolate, quite entire leaves, and terminal racemes of small, 

 whitish flowers. The order to which this plant really belongs 

 is extremely doubtful, on account of the opposite leaves. 



1 P. OPPOSITIFOLIA (Lour. 1. c.). Tj . G. Native of Cochin- 

 china in woods. The nectary or disk is 5-crenate. 



Opposite-leaved Pedicellia. Tree 1 6 feet. 



Cult. This tree will grow in a mixture of loam and peat ; 

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



XXXV. PIERA'RDIA (in honour of Mr. Pierard, of Kew). 

 Roxb. hort. beng. p. 28. 



LIN. SYST. Octdndria, Monogynia. Flowers monoecious. 

 Calyx 4-parted, tomentose. Petals wanting ? Stamens 8. 

 Style crowned by 3 stigmas. Berry globose, 3-celled, 3-seeded. 

 A tree with alternate, simple, ovate-lanceolate, coriaceous 

 leaves, and racemes of yellow flowers. Fruit eatable. 



1 P. DU'LCIS (Jack, mal. misc.). Tj . S. Native of Sumatra 

 and Chittagong. P. sapida, Roxb. hort. beng. 1. c. 



Sweet Pierardia. Clt. 1820. Tree 30 feet. 



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

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

 heat. 



ORDER L. HUMIRIA'CEJE (plants agreeing with Hummum 

 in many important characters). St. Hil. fl. bras. 2. p. 87. 

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