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XIV. GUAREA. XV. EPICHARIS. 



by the natives of Cuba). Lin. mant. no. 1305. D. C. prod. 1. 

 p. 623. 



LIN. SYST. Monadelphia, Oclandria. Calyx small, 4-toothed. 

 Petals 4, distinct, oblong, obtuse. Stamens 8, joined into an 

 entire or crenulate tube bearing the anthers on the inside at 

 the throat. Anthers 2-celled, bursting inwards. Style simple, 

 crowned by a discoid stigma. Capsule somewhat globose, 4- 

 celled, 4-valved, bearing a dissepiment in the middle of each 

 valve, smooth or tubercled. Seeds solitary or twin in the cells, 

 without albumen, but covered with red aril. Trees or shrubs, 

 with abruptly seldom with impari- pinnate leaves, and axillary 

 panicles, racemes, or spikes of white or reddish flowers. 



1 G. GRANDIFOLIA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 624.) leaflets many 

 pairs, oval-oblong, feather-nerved, with 10 or 12 lateral, very 

 prominent nerves beneath ; racemes elongated. ^ . S. Native 

 of French Guiana, as well as the Caribbee Islands. Plum. icon, 

 t. 147. f. 2. Melia Guara, Jacq. amer. 126. t. 176. f. 37. 

 Trichilia Guara, Lin. spec. 551. G. trichilioides, Lin. mant. 

 228. exclusive of the synonymes of Browne and Marcgrave. 

 G. macrophylla, Vahl. ? Leaves large ; leaflets 8 or 9 inches 

 long, lower ones smallest. Petals silky on the outside, 4 or 5 

 lines long. Tube of stamens entire, not toothed at the apex. 

 Fruit roundish, according to Jacquin. All parts of this tree, but 

 especially the bark, smell strong of musk, and may be used in- 

 stead of that perfume for many purposes. The wood is full of a 

 bitter, resinous substance, which renders it unfit for rum hogs- 

 heads, being observed to communicate both its smell and taste 

 to all spiritous liquors ; but it is often cut for staves and head- 

 ing when there is a scarcity of other timber. The powder of 

 the bark is said to be a good emetic, and is sometimes used 

 among the negroes for that purpose. The English call it Musk- 

 mood and Alligator-wood ; the French Hois-rouge. 



Great-leaved Guarea. Fl. Feb. Mar. Clt. 1 752. Tr. 30 ft. 



2 G. SPIC^EFLORA (St. Hil. fl. bras. 2. p. 81.) bark of branches 

 grey, scabrous ; leaflets 9-13, lanceolate-ovate, shortly acumi- 

 nated ; panicles spike-formed, oblong ; capsule smooth. Pj . S. 

 Native of Brazil in the province of Rio Janeiro. Petals reddish. 



Spike-flowered Guarea. Fl. Oct. Tree 20 feet. 



3 G. MULTI'JUGA (St. Hil. fl, bras. 2. p. 82.) bark of branches 

 dark-red ; leaflets 32, opposite, middle one half a foot long, all 

 oblong-lanceolate or obovate-lanceolate, acuminated, smooth ; 

 panicle rather pyramidal, very long ; capsule smooth. Tj S. 

 Native of Brazil in the province of Minas Geraes. Petals rose- 

 coloured. 



Many-paired-leaved Guarea. Fl. Dec. Tree 30 feet. 



4 G. PI/RGANS (St. Hil. pi. usu. bras. no. 71. and fl. bras. 2. 

 p. 83.) bark of branches red; leaflets 10-18, oblong-lanceolate, 

 shortly and bluntly acuminated, smooth ; panicle raceme-formed ; 

 capsule pear-shaped, smooth, and even. Tj . S. Native of 

 Brazil. Jito, Marcg. bras. 120. with a figure. The bark of this 

 tree is bitter, and is employed as a purgative by the inhabitants 

 of Brazil. 



Cathartic Guarea. Fl. Sept. Tree 30 feet. 



5 G. SWA'RTZII (D. C. prod. 1. p. 624.) leaflets 2 to 4 pairs, 

 lanceolate-ovate, acuminated, feather-nerved, with 6 or 7 pro- 

 minent, lateral nerves beneath ; racemes elongated. Jj . S. Na- 

 tive of the Caribbee Islands. Elutheria, Browne, jam. 369. no. 

 7. Sloan, hist. 2. t. 170. f. 1. Guarea trichilioides, Swartz, 

 obs. 146. Flowers white. This tree possesses the same quali- 

 ties as the preceding. 



Snartz's Guarea. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1822. Tree 20 feet. 



6 G. BRACHYSTACHYA (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. 

 D. C. prod. 1. p. 624.) leaflets 4 or 5 pairs, oval, acute ; racemes 

 axillary, solitary, 4 times shorter than the leaves ; fruit globose, 

 and are, as well as branchlets, tubercled. Tj . S. Native of New 

 Spain. Flowers whitish. 



Short-spiked Guarea. Tree 20 feet. 



7 G. HU MILIS (Bert, in litt. D. C. prod. 1. p. 624.) leaflets 

 2 or 3 pairs, oval, acuminated ; racemes axillary, solitary, 4 

 times shorter than the leaves ; branchlets smooth. T? . S. Native 

 of Porto-Rico. G. glabra, Vahl. ? Flowers whitish. 



Humble Guarea. Tree 10 feet. 



8 G. TUBERCULA'TA (St. Hil. fl. bras. 2. p. 83. t. 100.) bark 

 grey, scabrous ; leaflets 3-12, alternate, lanceolate -ovate, shortly 

 and obtusely-acuminated, smooth ; panicle raceme-formed ; cap- 

 sule smooth, tubercled, or puberulous. Jj . S. Native of Brazil 

 in the province of Rio Janeiro. Petals white. 



Tubercled-fruited Guarea. Tree 30 feet. 



9 G. LESSONIA'NA (St. Hil. fl. bras. 2. p. 84.) bark grey, 

 wrinkled; leaflets 6-10, opposite, lanceolate-ovate, shortly-acu- 

 minated, pubescent beneath ; panicles raceme-formed ; capsule 

 pear-shaped, tubercled, velvety-pubescent. Tj . S. Native of 

 Brazil in the Island of St. Catharine. 



Lesson's Guarea. Tree. 



10 G. RAMIFLORA (Vent, choix. t. 41.) leaflets 2 pairs, ovate- 

 lanceolate ; racemes lateral, very short, rising from the sides of 

 the branches ; capsules globose. Tj S. Native of Porto-Rico. 

 Flowers whitish. 



Branch-flowered Guarea. Clt. 1822. Tree 20 feet. 



11 G. EXCE'LSA (Bonpl. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 7. p. 227.) 

 leaflets 2 or 3 pairs, elliptic-oblong, obtuse, coriaceous, smooth 

 above, villous beneath at the origin of the veins ; panicles axil- 

 lary, almost simple, hardly exceeding the petioles, fj . S. Na- 

 tive of New Spain between Acapulca and Zumpanga. Flowers 

 white. 



Lofty Guarea. Tree 50 feet. 



Cult. All the species of Guarea will thrive well in loam 

 mixed with a little sand, and ripened cuttings, with their leaves 

 not shortened, will strike root in sand under a hand-glass, in heat. 



XV. EPICHA'RIS (from twixapif, epicharis, beautiful ; ele- 

 gance of trees). Blum, bijdr. 4th number. 



LIN. SYST. Monodelphia, Octo-Decandria. Calyx urceolate, 

 irregularly 5-6-cleft. Petals 4, rarely 5. Anthers 8-10, adnate 

 to the throat of a toothed tube. Ovary inclosed in the tube, 4- 

 celled ; cells 2-ovulate. Style filiform, crowned by a capitate, 

 depressed stigma. Capsule subglobose, coriaceous, 2-4-valved, 

 2-4-celled, with the valves bearing a dissepiment in the middle 

 of each. Seeds solitary, incompletely covered by a fleshy aril, 

 exalbuminous. Cotyledons very thick. Trees with abruptly- 

 pinnate leaves. 



1 E. DENSIFLORA (Blum. 1. c.) leaves with 5-8 pairs of alter- 

 nate, oblong, acuminated leaflets, which are oblique at tlie base, 

 and pubescent beneath ; racemes crowded, axillary. Tj . S. 

 Native of Java. Guarea densiflora, Spreng. syst. append, p. 

 251. 



Dense-flowered Epicharis. Tree 50 feet. 



2 E. CAULIFLORA (Blum. 1. c.) leaves with many pairs of op- 

 posite, oblong, acuminated leaflets, which are villous beneath ; 

 racemes crowded, lateral. Tj . S. Native of Java. Guarea 

 cauliflora, Spreng. syst. append, p. 251. 



Stem-flowered Epicharis. Tree 50 feet. 



3 S. SERI'CEA (Blum. 1. c.) leaves with many pairs of oblong, 

 acuminated leaflets, which are covered with silky pubescence be- 

 neath ; racemes crowded, lateral. fj . S. Native of Java. 

 Guarea sericea, Spreng. syst. append, p. 251. 



Silky Epicharis. Tree 60 feet. 



4 E. ALTI'SSIMA (Blum. 1. c.) leaves with many pairs of oblong, 

 acuminated leaflets, which are pubescent at the ribs beneath. 



Fj . S. Native of Java. 



Tallest Epicharis. Tree 140 feet. 



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



