RUTACE^E. XXIV. MELICOPE. XXV. EVODIA. XXVI. ESENBECKIA. XXVII. METRODOREA, &c. 



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rymbose. Tj G. Native of New Holland. Flowers green, 

 octandrous, by which it differs from the rest. 



Octandrous Zieria. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1 Tree 12 feet. 



Cult. Many of the species of Zieria are very pretty. An 

 equal mixture of loam and peat suits them best ; and young 

 cuttings, planted in a pot of sand, with a bell-glass placed over 

 them, will strike root freely. 



Tribe V. 



DIO'SME^l-AMERICA'N^;. Andr. Juss. in mem. mus. 

 12. p. 484. Flowers regular. Petals free. Stamens equal or 

 double the number of the petals. Disk surrounding the ovaries 

 or wanting. Embryo with the radicle pointing towards the hylum, 

 short, straight, with large, ovate cotyledons. Albumen fleshy, 

 rarely wanting. Trees and shrubs, with opposite or alternate, 

 simple, bifoliate, or ternate leaves. Flowers axillary or terminal, 

 panicled, racemose, or corymbose. 



XXIV. MELI'COPE (from fu\i, meli, honey, and Koxn, kope, 

 a division ; in allusion to the 4 didymous honey-glands at the 

 base of the ovaries). Forst. gen. no. 28. D. C. prod. 1. p. 

 723. Andr. Juss. in mem. mus. 12. p. 485. Entoganum, 

 Banks, Gsert. 



LIN. SYST. Octdndria, Monogynia. Calyx 4-parted, per- 

 manent. Petals 4, spreading, unguiculate. Stamens 8, shorter 

 than the petals ; filaments awl-shaped ; anthers rather heart- 

 shaped. Ovaries 4, ovate, girded at the base by 4 large, didy- 

 mous glands. Styles 4, connected together, terminated by a 

 thickish, tetragonal stigma. Fruit of 4 1 -seeded carpels. A 

 shrub with opposite, ternate leaves, full of pellucid dots. 



1 M. TERNA'TA (Forst. gen. no. 28. Lam. ill. t. 245.). Tj.G. 

 Native of New Zealand. Entoganum Isevigktum, Gaert. fruct. 

 1. p. 331. t. 68. Flowers white. 



Ternafc-leaved Melicope. Clt. 1 822. Shrub 6 feet. 



Cult. This shrub will grow freely in a mixture of loam and 

 peat ; and young cuttings will root, if planted in a pot of sand, 

 with a hand-glass placed over them. 



XXV. EVODIA (from evoSia, evodia, a sweet smell). Forst. 

 gen. t. 7. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 1 and 6 in a 

 note. Andr. Juss. mem. mus. 12. p. 485. t. 22. no. 28. 



LIN. SYST. Tetrdndria, Monogynia. Calyx 4-parted, per- 

 manent. Petals 4, shorter than the sepals ; filaments awl-shaped ; 

 anthers heart-shaped, oscillatory. Ovaries 4, smooth, surrounded 

 at the base by a cup-shaped, 4-lobed disk. Styles 4, connected 

 together, short, terminated by a 4-lobed stigma. Fruit of 4 cap- 

 sular, 2-valved, 1 -seeded carpels, but usually fewer than 4 from 

 abortion. A shrub with a grateful smell. Leaves opposite, 

 sometimes simple, sometimes trifoliate on the same branch, full 

 of pellucid dots. Flowers minute, white ? disposed in oblong, 

 axillary panicles ; pedicels furnished with bracteas. Petals val- 

 vnte in the bud. 



1 E. HORTE'NSIS (Forst. gen. p. 14. t. 7.) leaves simple or 

 trifoliate ; leaflets lanceolate, pubescent as well as the branches ; 

 panicles longer than the petioles and leaves. Tj . G. Native of the 

 Friendly Islands and the New Hebrides. Fagara Evodia, Lin. 

 fil. suppl. 125. 



Garden Evodia. Shrub 6 feet. 



2 E. DRUPA'CEA (Lab. nov. cal. p. 73. t. 75.) leaflets 3, ses- 

 sile, obovate-oblong, smooth ; drupe 4-seeded ; corymbs axil- 

 lary, dichotomous. ^ G. Native of New Caledonia. Calyx 

 4-toothed. Petals 4. 



Drupaceous Evodia. Shrub 6 feet. 



Cult. These shrubs are worth cultivating for their grateful 

 scent. They will thrive well in a mixture of loam, peat, and 



sand ; and young cuttings will strike root if planted in a pot of 

 sand, with a hand-glass placed over them, in heat. 



XXVI. ESENBE'CKIA (in honour of Nees Von Esen- 

 beck, Professor of Botany at Bonn). H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 

 amer. 7. p. 246. t. 655. Andr. Juss. in mem. mus. 12. p. 486. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-parted, per- 

 manent. Petals 5, spreading, inserted under the disk. Stamens 

 5, inserted with the petals, shorter, and alternating with them ; 

 filaments awl-shaped, smooth ; anthers heart-shaped. Ovary 

 sessile, tubercled, 5-lobed, 5-celled, surrounded by a fleshy, 

 cup-shaped disk at the insertion of the stamens; each cell con- 

 taining 2 ovulae, only one of which comes to perfection. Styles 

 5, connected together, rising from between the lobes of the 

 ovary, terminated by a somewhat capitate stigma. Trees with 

 alternate, simple, or ternate, quite entire leaves, full of pellucid 

 dots. Racemes axillary and terminal, compound ; peduncles 

 and pedicels furnished with bracteas. Flowers full of glandular 

 dots. Petals imbricate in the bud. 



1 E. PILOCARPOIDES (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c.) leaves simple, 

 oblong-lanceolate, acute ; petioles margined ; racemes com- 

 pound, pubescent ; petals roundish, full of glandular dots ; 

 ovary tubercled. Tj . S. Native of New Andalusia. Pilo- 

 carpus Humboldtii, Spreng. syst. app. 126. 



Pilocarpus-like Esenbeckia. Tree 60 feet. 



2 E. FEBRI'FUGA (St. Hil. pi. usu. bras. t. 4. fl. bras. 1. p. 

 79. under Evodia,) stem arboreous ; leaves trifoliate ; leaflets 

 lanceolate-elliptic, rather acuminated ; panicle terminal, pubes- 

 cent ; flowers 5-petalled ; ovary simple, warted. T? S. Na- 

 tive of Brazil, in the province of Minas Geraes, where it is called 

 Tres Folhas vermelhas and Larangeira do Mato. The bark is 

 febrifugal, and answers as well as Peruvian bark. 



Febrifugal Esenbeckia. Fl. Feb. Tree 40 feet. 



Cult. The species will grow well in a mixture of sandy loam 

 and peat ; and cuttings will strike root if planted in a pot of 

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



XXVII. METRODO'REA (in memory of Metrodoro Sabino, 

 who was the first, according to Pliny, to illustrate plants by 

 figures). St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 81. t. 16. Andr. Juss. in mem. 

 mus. 12. p. 487. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-cleft. Petals 

 5, much longer than the calyx, spreading, inserted beneath the 

 disk. Stamens 5, inserted in the disk, very short ; filaments 

 awl-shaped, reflexed ; anthers heart-shaped. Ovary buried in 

 the disk, and confused in its substance, tubercled, 5-lobed, 5- 

 celled, each cell containing 2 ovute. Style rising from between 

 the lobes of the ovary, very short, dilated at the apex into a 

 blunt stigma. A shrub, with simple, rarely bifoliate, opposite, 

 entire leaves, full of pellucid dots, with appendages at the base 

 of the petioles. Panicles terminal or lateral ; partial peduncles 

 and pedicels furnished with bracteas. Flowers small, full of 

 glandular dots, dark -purple. Edges of petals bent inwards. 



1 M. NIGRA (St. Hil. 1. c.) Tj . S. Native of Brazil, in the 

 province of Rio Janeiro. Leaves repand, tapering to both ends. 



Z?/ac-flowered Metrodorea. Shrub 6 feet. 



Cult. See last genus for cultivation and propagation. 



XXVIII. PILOCA'RPUS (from TT.AOC, pilos, a cap, and 

 /capTTOc, karpos, a fruit; shape of fruit). Vahl, eclog. 1. p. 29. 

 St. Hill. bull, philom. 1823. p. 130. Nees et Mart. nov. act. 

 bonn. xi. p. 176. t. 19. f. 1. D. C. prod. 1. p. 728. Andr. Juss. 

 in mem. mus. 12. p. 488. t. 22. no. 29. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx small, 5-toothed. 

 Petals 5, broadest at the base, reflexed, inserted round the base 

 of the disk. Stamens 5, inserted a little higher up than the 

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