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sand under a hand-glass, in heat. The last species can only be 

 raised from seeds. 



III. QUI VTSIA (one of the species is called Bois de quivi in 

 the Isle of France). Comm. in Juss. gen. 264. D. C. prod. 1. p. 

 620. Gilibertia, Gmel. syst. 682. 



LIN. SYST. Monadelphia, Octo-Decdndria. Calyx urceolate, 

 4-5-toothed. Petals 4-5, short, silky on the outside. Anthers 

 8-10, seated on the top of a short tube. Stigma capitate. Cap- 

 sule coriaceous, 4-5-celled, opening by 4-5 valves at the apex ; 

 valves with a dissepiment in the middle of each ; cells 2- 

 seeded. Leaves simple. 



1 Q. DECA'NDRA (Cav. diss. 7. p. 367. t. 211.) leaves alter- 

 nate, oblong, entire, tapering to both ends ; peduncles axillary, 

 racemose. ^ . S. Native of the Mauritius. Q. racemosa, 

 Pers. ench. 1. p. 468. Gilibertia decandra, Willd. spec. 2. p. 551. 

 Flowers white. 



Decandrous Quivisia. Tree 20 feet. 



2 Q. opPOsiiiF6i.iA (Cav. diss. 7. p. 368. t. 214.) leaves op- 

 posite, ovate, quite entire, smooth ; peduncles axillary, 3-5- 

 flowered. fj . S. Native of the Mauritius. Gilibertia opposi- 

 tifolia, Willd. 1. c. Flowers white. 



Opposite-leaved Quivisia. Tree 15 feet. 



3 Q. OVA TA (Cav. diss. 7. p. 368. t. 212.) leaves alternate, 

 obovate, obtuse, entire; pedicels tern, axillary, 1 -flowered; 

 fruit downy. Tj . S. Native of the Island of Bourbon. Gili- 

 bertia ovata, Willd. spec. 2. p. 552. Gilibertia rutilans, Smith 

 in Rees' cycl. 16. no. 4. is hardly distinct from this, unless that 

 the flowers are somewhat racemose. Flowers white. 



Oi>a<e-leaved Quivisia. Shrub 6 feet. 



4 Q. HETEROPHY'LLA (Cav. 1. c. t. 213.) leaves alternate, oval 

 or obovate, entire, sinuately-toothed and pinnatifid ; pedicels in 

 pairs, axillary, 1 -flowered. T?. S. Native of the Mauritius. 

 Bory. voy. 1 . p. 1 96. Flowers white ? 



Variable-leaved Quivisia. Clt. 1822. Shrub 6 feet. 



Cult. These trees will succeed well in a mixture of loam and 

 peat. Ripened cuttings will root freely in sand under a hand- 

 glass, in heat. 



IV. STRIGI'LIA (from strigilis, a comb ; resemblance in 

 the denticulations of the anthers). Cav. diss. 7. p. 358. D. C. 

 prod. 1. p. 621. Foveolaria, Ruiz et Pav. syst. fl. per. 99. 

 Tremanthus, Pers. ench. 1. p. 467. 



LIN. SYST. Monadelphia, Decdndria, Calyx campanulate, 5- 

 toothed. Petals 5, somewhat joined at the base, with linear seg- 

 ments, which are silky on the outside. Stamens 1 ; fila- 

 ments joined into a tube ; anthers rough from stellate-setaceous 

 dots. Drupe ovate, somewhat trilocular, 1 -seeded from abor- 

 tion (Ruiz et Pav.), but according to Cavanilles 6-celled ; cells 

 1 -seeded. This genus comes very near to St$rax, but differs 

 in the anthers being sessile at the top of the tube, not with the 

 filaments free at the apex as in that genus. The leaves in all 

 the species are furnished with gland-bearing hollows. 



1 S. RACEMOSA (Cav. diss. 7. p. 358. t. 201.) plant clothed 

 with rufous hairs ; leaves oblong, with a short acumen, with re- 

 volute edges, glandless beneath, velvety from rusty hairs ; 

 racemes solitary, erect ; flowers secund. Jj . S. Native of 

 Peru. Tremanthus ferrugmeus, Pers. ench. l.p. 467. Foveo- 

 laria ferruginea, Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 4. t. 392. Calyx 5-toothed. 

 Flowers probably white. Fruit hairy. 



.Racemose-flowered Strigilia. Tree 80 feet. 



2 S. OBLONGA (Ruiz et Pav. 1. c. and fl. per. 4. t. 391. under 

 Foveolaria,) leaves oblong, acuminated, smooth ; racemes pa- 

 nicled, erect, solitary or in pairs. Pj . S. Native of Peru. 

 Calyx 5-toothed. Flowers white ? Fruit large, obovate. 



06/ong-leaved Strigilia. Tree 90 feet. 



3 S. OVA'TA (Ruiz et Pav. 1. c. and fl. per. 4. t. 390. under 

 Foveolaria,') leaves ovate-oblong, acuminated, smooth ; furnished 

 with very small glanduliferous hollows ; panicles axillary, usually 

 2-3 together. Tj . S. Native of Peru. Flowers white. 



Ovate-leaved Strigilia. Tree 60 feet. . 



4 S. CROCEA (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 4. t. 392. under Foveolaria,) 

 leaves oblong, broad, acuminated ; panicles axillary, usually 

 twin ; anthers beset with stellate bristles ; calyx entire or nearly 

 so. ?2 S. Native of Peru. 



Copper-coloured Strigilia. Tree. 



5 S. CORDA'TA (Ruiz et Pav. 1. c. and fl. per. 4. t. 389. under 

 Foveolaria,) leaves cordate, ovate, acute, furnished with glan- 

 duliferous hollows ; racemes panicled, axillary, usually 3 to- 

 gether. Tj S. Native of Peru in groves. Flowers probably 

 white. 



CWate-leaved Strigilia. Tree 60 feet. 



Cult. These trees will succeed in a mixture of loam and 

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

 glass, in heat. 



V. CANE'LLA (from canna, a reed ; in allusion to the rolled 

 bark like cinnamon). Browne, jam. 215. D. C. prod. 1. p. 563. 

 Winterana, Lin. gen. 598. 



LIN. SYST. Monadelphia, Deca-Icosdndria. Calyx of 5 sepals 

 (f. llS.a.). Petals 5 (f. 113. 6.), somewhat coriaceous, of a bluish- 

 glaucous colour, twisted in the bud. Stamens joined into a tube 

 (f. 113. c.) ; anthers 10-15 (f. 113. c.), fixed to the inside of the 

 tube. Stigmas 3. Berry 3-celled, but sometimes only 1-celled 

 from abortion ; cells 1-2-seeded. Embryo curved (according to 

 Gaert.), enwrapped in a fleshy seed-cover, with linear cotyledons. 

 Leaves simple. 



1 C. A'LBA (Murr. syst. 4. p. FIG. 113. 



443.) leaves alternate, obovate, cu- 

 neated at the base, white or glau- 

 cous beneath, somewhat coriace- 

 sometimes full of pellucid 



ous, 



dots ; flowers terminal, cymose ; 

 anthers 15. Tj .S. Native of the 

 Caribbee Islands and the mainland 

 of South America in woods. Win- 

 terana canella, Lin. spec. 636. C. 

 alba, Swartz in Lin. trans, lond. 1. 

 p. 96. t. 8. Browne, jam. p. 215. 

 t. 37. f. 3. C. Winterana, Gaert. 

 fruct. 1. p. 373. Laurus Winter- 

 anus, Lin. spec. ed. 1. p. 371. Cor- 

 tex Winteranus, Blackw. herb. t. 

 206. Pluk. phyt. t. 160. f. 7. 

 Sloan, jam. 2. p. 87. t. 191. f. 2. 



This is a tree from 1 to 15 feet high, branched only at the top. 

 The bark is whitish, by which it is known at first sight in .the 

 woods. The leaves are entire, glaucous beneath, and are very 

 like those of the laurel, shining above. The flowers grow at 

 the tops of the branches in clusters, but upon divided peduncles ; 

 they are small and seldom open, of a violet colour ; the calyx is 

 permanent ; the petals are coriaceous and deciduous. The berry 

 is fleshy, smooth, black ; the receptacle is the central angle of 

 the cells. The seeds are usually globular and beaked, always 

 very smooth, black, and shining, the outer skin is crustaceous, 

 thin, and brittle ; the inner of a bay-brown colour. The whole 

 tree is very aromatic, and when in blossom perfumes the whole 

 neighbourhood. The flowers dried, and softened again in warm 

 water, have a fragrant odour, nearly approaching to that of musk. 

 The leaves have a strong smell of laurel. The white-bellied 

 and bald-pate pigeons feed greedily upon the berries, and thence 

 acquire their peculiar flavour. The bark of this tree is brought 



