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the upper leaves, the whole forming a kind of umbel. Jj . G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Phylica reclinuta, Wendl. 

 coll. 2. p. 49. t. 56. Flowers white. 



Reclinate-\eaved Soulangia. Fl. May, Jul. Clt. 1823. Sh. 3 ft. 



9 S. ? ARBOREA ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, crowded, veinless, 

 downy beneath, bearded at the apex ; heads of flowers axillary. 



F? . G. Native of the island of Tristan d'Acunha. Phylica 

 arborea, Pet. Thouars. fl. trist. d'acun. p. 45. Carm. fl. in Lin. 

 trans, p. 23. Trunk covered with a grey bark. Leaves half 

 an inch long. Flowers white. 



Tree Soulangia. Clt. 1817. Tree 12 feet. 



10 S. ORIENTA'LIS ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, smooth above 

 but clothed with hoary down beneath ; flowers in racemose pa- 

 nicles. T? . G. Native of? Phylica orientalis, Lois. herb, 

 amat. t. 283. Flowers white. 



Eastern Soulangia. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1820. Shrub 4 ft. 



11 S. ? DIOI'CA ; leaves cordate ; flowers dioecious ; scales 

 of calyx hairy. Tj. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Allied to S, buxifolia and cordata. Pliylica dioica, Lin. mant. 

 342. 



Dioecious Soulangia. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1817. Shrub 6 ft. 

 Cult. See Trichocephalus for culture and propagation, p. 40. 



XXVI. GOUANIA (in honour of Anthony Gouan, once 

 Professor of Botany at Montpelier, author of Hortus Monspe- 

 liensis, &c.). Jacq. amer. 264. Lin. gen. no. 1167. Lam. ill. 

 t. 845. D. C. prod. 2. p. 38. Brogn. mem. rhamn. p. 71. 

 Retinaria, Gaert. fruct. 2. p. 187. t. 120. f. 4. 



LIN. SYST. Penldndria, Monogynia. Calyx with an adhering 

 tube and a somewhat spreading, 5-cleft limb (f. 7. A. a.). 

 Petals convolute (f. 7. A. h.) or cucullate (f. 7. A./.). Stamens 

 enclosed (f. 7. A. h.). Anthers ovate, 2-celled (f. 7. A. &.). 

 Disk epigynous (f. 7. A. e.), pentagonal or stellate (f. 7. A. c.). 

 Ovary adnate to the tube of the calyx (f. 7. A. e.~), 3-celled. 

 Style trifid. Fruit inferior, trigonal, or 3-winged (f. 7. A. g.\ 

 tricoccous ; coccula not joined, indehiscent, coriaceous. Seeds 

 sessile. Usually climbing shrubs, with the branchlets often 

 naked from abortion and tendrilled. Leaves alternate, feather- 

 nerved, lower nerves largest and arched, somewhat triple-nerved, 

 toothed, rather pubescent, stipulate at the base. Flowers usually 

 polygamous from abortion, disposed in glomerated spikes on the 

 naked branchlets, rarely in the axillae of the bractea-like leaves, 

 as in G. smilaclna. 



* American species. Disk starry ; flowers hermaphrodite. 



1 G. INTEGRIFOLIA (Lam. diet. 3. p. 5.) leaves quite entire, 

 oval, smoothish, membranous. Tj . w . S. Native of? Branchlets 

 and petioles pubescent. Flowers greenish-white. There are 

 two varieties of this plant, the one with acute, the other with 

 obtuse leaves. 



Entire. leaved Gouania. Clt. 1800. Shrub cl. 



2 G. DOMINGE'NSIS (Lin. spec. ed. 2. p. 1663.) leaves ovate, 

 acuminated, smoothish, serrated. Tj . w . S. Native of St. Do- 

 mingo, Jamaica, and Guadaloupe. G. glabra, Jacq. amer. t. 179. 

 f. 40. Banisteria lupuloides, Lin. spec. ed. 1. p. 427. Pluk. 

 aim. t. 162. f. 3. and t. 201. f. 4. Fruit 3-winged. Flowers 

 greenish-yellow ? 



St. Domingo Gouania. Clt. 1739. Shrub cl. 



S G. STRIA'TA (Rich. act. soc. hist. nat. 1. p. 113.) leaves 

 ovate, smooth, nerved, crenate, emarginate ; branches and rachis 

 striated. Jj . w . S. Native of Guiana, in woods. G. Domin- 

 g6nsis, Aubl. guian. 2. p. 934. Flowers greenish-yellow. 



Striated-stemmed Gouania. Shrub cl. 



4 G. CANE'SCENS (Rich, ex Poir. suppl. 2. p. 820.) leaves oval- 



lanceolate, acute, hoary beneath ; racemes axillary and terminal. 

 Tj . w . S. Native of Guiana. Flowers greenish-yellow. 



Hoary Gouania. Shrub cl. 



5 G. PUBE'SCENS (Lam. ill. t. 845. f. 1. ex Poir. suppl. 2. p. 

 820.) leaves ovate, crenated, rather pubescent; racemes simple, 

 terminal, disposed in a panicle, lower racemes axillary. J? . S. 

 Native of St. Domingo. Flowers greenish-yellow. 



Var. ft, Martinicensis (Poir. 1. c.) leaves almost smooth ; 

 branches tendrilled at the apex ; racemes lateral. fj . w . S. 

 Native of Martinique. Probably a proper species. 



Pubescent Gouania. Shrub erect. 



C G. ? PANICULA'TA (Spreng. new. entd. 3. p. 49.) leaves 

 ovate, coarsely toothed, smooth ; racemes panicled, axillary, and 

 terminal. fj . S. Native of St. Domingo. This and the pre- 

 ceding species are erect and destitute of tendrils, therefore it is 

 doubtful whether they belong to Gouania or not. 



Panicled Gouania. Shrub erect. 



7 G. CRENA'TA (Lam. diet. 3. p. 5.) leaves ovate, crenated, 

 rather villous, on short petioles ; tendrils terminal and axillary, 

 t? . w . S. Native of South America. Leaves 4 inches long and 

 2 broad. Flowers greenish-yellow. 



far. ft, cordifolia (D. C. prod. 2. p. 39.) leaves cordate at the 

 base, coarsely dentate-crenated. Ij . v _ / . S. Native of St. Do- 

 mingo. 



Crenate-]eaved Gouania. Shrub cl. 



8 G. TOMENTOSA (Jacq. amer. 263.) leaves roundish-ovate, 

 acuminated, bluntly serrated, downy beneath ; racemes terminal 

 and axillary ; fruit 3-winged. Tj . w . S. Native of the Ca- 

 ribbee islands. Gcert. fruct. 3. t. 183. f. 1. Fruit with rounded 

 thin wings. Flowers greenish-yellow. 



Downy Gouania. Clt. 1823. Shrub cl. 



9 G. STIPULA'RIS (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. D. C. 

 prod. 2. p. 39.) leaves ovate, smoothish, serrated, acuminated, 

 somewhat cordate at the base ; stipulas large, half-sagittate ; 

 fruit 3-winged. Tj . ^. S. Native of Mexico. Stipulas truly 

 distinct. Flowers greenish-yellow ? 



Large-stipuled Gouania. Shrub cl. 



10 G. CYCLOCA'RPA (Smith in Rees' cycl. no. 3.) leaves el- 

 liptical-oblong, acute, obsoletely serrated ; younger ones silky 

 and rusty, adult ones naked ; fruit with narrow orbicular wings. 



Tj . w . S. Native of the West Indies ? 

 Circle-fruited Gouania. Shrub cl. 



11 G. A'PTERA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 39.) leaves ovate, acutish, 

 somewhat cordate at the base, coarsely serrate-toothed, and are 

 as well as the branches covered with soft villi. Tj . w . S. Na- 

 tive of South America. Tendrils on the tops of the branchlets 

 as well as along the peduncles. 



Wingless-fruited Gouania. Shrub cl. 



* * Bras'diana (natives of Brazil). Segments of calyx with 

 membranous edges, plaited in the bud, forming 5 crests. Disk 

 not stellate but pentagonal, not extended beyond the throat of the 

 calyx. Flowers umbellate or racemose in the axillae of the upper 

 leaves, sometimes terminal, 



12 G. SMILACINA (Smith, in Rees' cycl. 16. no. 8.) leaves 

 cordate, acute, minutely serrated, sometimes pilose ; stipulas 

 awl-shaped ; peduncles umbellate, hardly the length of the 

 leaves. >j . w . S. Native of Brazil. Branches flexuous. 

 Leaves small. Flowers yellowish. 



Smilax-like Gouania. Shrub cl. 



13 G. CORYLIFOLIA (Raddi. mem. pi. bras. add. p. 16.) leaves 

 roundish or somewhat ovate-cordate, with glandular toothlets, 

 pubescent beneath ; racemes axillary and terminal, very long. 

 Tj . ^. S. Native of Brazil, on Mount Cercovado, near Rio 

 Janeiro. Capsules 3-winged, netted. Flowers yellowish ? 



Hazel-leaved Gouania. Shrub cl. 

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