ILICINE^E. IV. PRINOS. V. RHAPTOSTYLUM. VI. STROMBOSIA. VII. LEUCOXYLON. RHAMNE^. 



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Atom-bearing Winter-berry. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. 

 Shrub 2 feet. 



11 P. CORIA'CEUS (Pursh, fl. sept. amer. l.p. 221.) leaves 

 evergreen, cuneate-lanceolate, coriaceous, smooth, shining, quite 

 entire ; corymbs axillary, sessile, very short, many-flowered ; 

 flowers 6-cleft. J; . H. Native of Georgia in sandy woods, 

 near the banks of rivers. Wats, dendr. brit. t. 27. Flowers 

 white. A handsome tall shrub, with the appearance of I^lex 

 Dahoun. There are two varieties of this shrub, the one with 

 broader obovate-lanceolate leaves, the other with narrower lan- 

 ceolate acute leaves. 



Coriaceous-leaved Winter-berry. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. 

 Shrub 10 feet. 



12 P. MONTA'NUS (Svvartz, fl. ind. occ. 1. p. 622.) leaves 

 evergreen, ovate, serrated all around the edges, quite smooth 

 and shining on both surfaces ; peduncles axillary, 3-flowered. 



fj . S, Native of Jamaica among bushes on the mountains. 

 Flowers small, white. Berries roundish, black. 

 Mountain Winter-berry. Tree 30 feet. 



13 P. SIDEROXYLOIDES (Swartz, fl. ind. occ. 1. p. 624.) leaves 

 roundish, obtuse, quite entire, somewhat coriaceous ; pedicels 

 4-8, axillary, crowded, 1 -flowered, longer than the petioles. Tj . S. 

 Native of the Caribbee Islands. Flowers white. The wood is 

 hard. 



Iron-mood-like Winter-berry. Tree 20 feet. 



Cult. The hardy kinds of Prinos are well adapted for 

 small shrubberies ; they will grow well in any light soil, but 

 prefer peat, and are easily increased by laying down the shoots 

 or by seeds. The stove species will grow in a mixture of loam 

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

 glass, in a moderate heat. The seeds will not vegetate till the 

 second year. 



f- Genera allied to Ilicinece, but differ materially in some par- 

 ticulars from the rest of the order. 



V. STROMBO'SIA (rrpo/i/3oc, strombos, a turban, a top ; 

 shape of fruit). Blum, bijdr. 1154. 



Lis. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogtjnia. Calyx inferior, small, 

 flat, obsoletely-crenulated. Petals 5, conniving, campanulate, 

 villous in the throat. Stamens 5, short, opposite the petals and 

 inserted in them. Anthers bursting inwards, didymous. Ovary 

 immersed in the disk, 5-celled, cells 1 -seeded ; or 3-celled, cells 

 2-seeded. Style short, crowned by an obtuse stigma, which 

 is obsoletely toothed. Fruit baccate, turbinate, substipitate, 

 1 -seeded from abortion. A tall tree, with alternate, oblong, acu- 

 minated, entire, smooth, shining leaves, and axillary fascicles of 

 greenish flowers. 



1 S. JAVA'NICA (Blum, bijdr. 1155.). Tj . S. Native of Java, 

 in mountain woods. 



Java Strombosia. Tree 50 feet. 



Cult. See stove species of Prinos for culture and propa- 

 gation. 



VI. LEUCO'XYLON (from A.EVKOC, leukos, white, t,v\ov, 

 xylon, wood ; wood white). Blum, bijdr. 1169. 



LIN. SYST. Polygamia, Dice da. Flowers polygamous from 

 abortion. Calyx inferior, 4-parted, with the segments obtuse 

 and imbricate. Corolla subcampanulate, 4-parted. Male flowers 

 with about 12-14 stamens, which are partly hypogynous and 

 partly adnate to the base of the corolla, and inclosed in it. An- 

 thers 2-celled. Female flowers with a 4-celled ovary, each cell 

 containing many seeds. Style 2-parted, crowned by 2 emar- 

 ginate stigmas. Drupe corticate, 1 -celled, containing 1-2 1- 

 seeded bony nuts. Embryo inverted in cartilaginous albumen. 

 A tall tree with spreading branches, with the branchlets and 



leaves distich. Leaves small, alternate, approximate, elliptic- 

 lanceolate, coriaceous, veinless, shining above but silky-pubes- 

 cent beneath as well as the branchlets. Flowers axillary, male 

 ones crowded, female ones solitary. According to Blume, the 

 genus has the habit of Terebinthaccce, but it is more nearly 

 allied to Ebenaceee and Ternslroemiacecc, but we think it is still 

 nearer to Hlcinece. 



1 L. BUXIFOLIUM (Blum, bijdr. 1169.). Tj. S. Native of 

 Java, in mountain woods, where it is called Kimerak. 



Box-leaved Leucoxylum. Fl. Feb. Tree 60 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see stove species of 

 Prinos. 



VII. RHAPTO'STYLUM (pawToc, rhaptos, sewed together, 

 and (TruXoc, stylos, a style; styles joined together). H. B. et 

 Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 7. p. 78. 



LIN. SYST. Decdndria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-cleft, with 

 ovate, equal segments. Petals 5, sessile, valvate in aestivation, 

 acute, equal, longer than the calyx, hypogynous. Disk wanting. 

 Stamens 10, hypogynous, shorter than the corolla. Filaments 

 dilated at the base and subulate at the apex, adhering together 

 and with the petals at the base, smooth, opposite the petals. 

 Anthers 2-celled, bursting inwards. Ovary superior, large, co- 

 nical, 3-celled ; ova solitary, pendulous. Stigma sessile, 3- 

 lobed. -An unarmed, smooth tree, with alternate, slender 

 branches, and alternate, entire, membranous, exstipulate leaves. 

 Flowers minute, white, in fascicles in the axils of the leaves. 



1 R. ACUMINA'TUM (H. B. et Kunth 7. p. 79. t. 621.). Pj . S. 

 Native of New Granada. 



Acuminated-\ea\eA Rhaptostylum. Shrub 6 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see stove species of last 

 genus. 



ORDER LXVII. RH A'MNEJE (plants agreeing with Rhdmnus 

 in important characters). R. Br. gen. rem. p. 22. D. C. prod. 

 2. p. 19. Brogn. mem. Rhamnorum, Gen. Juss. 



Calyx monosepalous, 4-5-cleft (f. 4. B. a. D. c.), with the 

 tube adhering to the base of the ovary (f. 6. C. d. B./.) ; lobes 

 valvate when in the bud. Petals 4-5 (f. 4. D. a. B. c.), cucullate 

 (f. 7. A. h.) or convolute (f. 6. C. c.), rarely wanting, alternating 

 with the lobes of the calyx, very often of the form of a scale, 

 all inserted in the mouth of the calyx. Stamens 4-5, opposite 

 the petals (f. 4. B. c.). Anthers 1- (f. 7. D. c.) 2-celled (f. 6. 

 C. b.). Ovary free, or adhering to the calyx more or less, always 

 immersed in the disk when there is any, 2-3 (f. 6. E. g.) rarely 

 4-celled, each cell containing 1 erect seed (f. 6. E. g.). Style 1-3. 

 Stigmas 2-3 (f. 6. E. c.). Fruit fleshy (f. 5. F. /c.) indehiscent 

 or dry, tricoccous (f. 6. E.g.). Seeds erect. Albumen fleshy, 

 rarely wanting. Embryo straight, slender, about equal in length 

 to the seed, with large, flat cotyledons, and a short inferior radicle. 

 Trees or shrubs, with simple, alternate, rarely opposite leaves, 

 usually furnished with stipulas. Flowers small, usually greenish- 

 yellow. This order is nearly allied to Celaslrtneee, but differs 

 in the sepals or lobes of the calyx being valvate in aestivation, not 

 imbricate, and in the stamens being opposite the petals, not alter- 

 nating with them, as well as in the ovary being more or less 

 adnate to the calyx, not distinct from it. It also comes near to 

 Byltneriacece in the sestivation of the calyx, but is distinguished 

 from it by the insertion of the stamens. Throughout this order 

 there is a remarkable agreement between the inner bark and the 



