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HOMALINE/E. III. AZARA. IV. PINEDA. V. BLACKWELLIA. 



lose beneath ; corymbs sessile, few-flowered ; stipulas leafy, un- 

 equal, one of which is large, and the other small. tj . G. Na- 

 tive of Chili, in groves about Conception, where it is called 

 Corcolcn. 



Toothed-leaved Azara. Fl. June, Sept. Shrub 12 feet. 



2 A. SERRA'TA (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. et chil. syst. 1. p. 137. 

 gen. t. 36. fl. per. 5. t. 4G5. f. 6.) leaves oblong, serrated, 

 smooth; corymbs stalked, many-flowered. I? . G. Native with 

 the first. Stipulas leafy, one much longer than the other. 



.Serrate-leaved Azara. Shrub 12 feet. 



II. ALME'JA (a word of no meaning). D. Don, in 

 edinb. new pliil. journ. Jan. 1831. Perianth with a connivent 

 4-cleft limb, furnished with scales on the inside, valvate in 

 aestivation. Stamens definite, all fertile, disposed in fascicles 

 opposite the lobes of the perianth. 



3 A. INTEGRIFOLIA (Ruiz et Pav. syst. fl. per. et chil. 1. p. 

 138. fl. per. 5. t. 466. f. a.) leaves obovate or oblong, entire, 

 smooth ; stipulas equal, permanent ; flowers spiked. J? . G. 

 Native with the others, where it is also called Corcolcn. 



Entire-leaved Azara. Fl. June, Aug. Shrub 12 feet. 



) A doubtful species. 



4 A. CELASTRI'NA (D. Don, in edinb. new. phil, journ. for 

 Jan. 1831.) leaves roundish-oval, subserrulated, smooth; sti- 

 pulas small, equal ; flowers axillary, in fascicled panicles. Jj . G. 

 Native of Chili. 



Celastrus-like Azara. Shrub 10 feet. 



Cult. See end of order for culture and propagation. 



IV. PINE'DA (in honour of Anthony Pinedo, a Spanish 

 naturalist, who went round the world with Malespine ; he died 

 on the voyage in 1762). Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. prod. 76. t. 14. 

 syst. 1. p. 133. D. C. prod. 2. p. 54. 



LIN. SYST. Polyandria, Tctragynia. Perianth 8-10-parted, 

 permanent with the segments, disposed in a double order, im- 

 bricate in aestivation, outer ones largest. Petals wanting. Throat 

 of perianth furnished with an elevated densely pilose ring. 

 Stamens very numerous, disposed in a multiple order, inserted 

 in the throat of the perianth ; filaments capillary, smooth ; an- 

 thers roundish, 2-celled, bursting outwards lengthwise. Styles 

 3-4-5, joined in one, crowned by as many pruinose stigmas. 

 Capsule or berry free, crustaceous, valveless, opening by a 

 fissure under the styles. Placentas 4, rarely 3 or 5, narrow, 

 parietal, with lateral branches, alternating with the stigmas. 

 Seeds few at maturity from abortion, pedicellate, roundish-ob- 

 ovate, depressed at the apex, arillate, having a double covering 

 with a little hole at the base perforated even to the embryo. 

 Albumen fleshy, white. Embryo straight, with kidney-shaped, 

 flat cotyledons, and a terete, thick, obtuse radicle. An erect, 

 branched shrub, with scattered, stalked, elliptic-oblong, or ob- 

 ovate, emarginate, tomentose leaves, rather serrated at the apex. 

 Stipulas 2, small, awl-shaped. Flowers numerous, terminal, 

 corymbose. Peduncles filiform, 1 -flowered, tomentose. Pe- 

 rianth tomentose. Stamens yellow. 



1 P. INCA V NA (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 1. c.) lj . S. Native of 

 Peru, among stones, where it is called Lloqul. Leaves oblong- 

 obovate and lanceolate, serrated at the top. Homalium incanum, 

 Pers. ench. 2. p. 82. A twiggy shrub. 



Hoary Pineda. Shrub 12 feet. 



Cult. See end of order for culture and propagation. 



V. BLACKWE'LLIA (in honour of Elizabeth Blackwcll, an 

 English artist; she published in 1735 a collection of drawings, 

 entitled Curious Herbal). Comm. mss. Juss. gen. p. 343. 

 Lam. ill. t. 412. but not of Gsert. D. C. prod. 2. p. 54. 



LIN. SYST. Dodecdndria, Pentagynia. Calyx with a short 

 tube, adhering to the ovary more or less; limb 10-30-parted, 

 with the lobes in pairs, the inner ones smallest, outer ones 

 larger, bearing glands at their base, but rarely in the middle. 

 Stamens rising from the tube of the calyx, alternating with tin- 

 glands, and therefore opposite the petals. Ovary conical above. 

 Styles 3-5. Capsule 1-celled, many-seeded. Seeds fixed to 

 the parietes. Small trees, with ovate-toothed leaves, and simple 

 or panicled racemes of flowers, which are probably all whitish. 



* Racemes panicled. 



1 B. INTEGRIFOLIA (Lam. diet. 1. p. 428. ill. t. 412. f. 2.) 

 leaves ovate, blunt, smooth, for the most part quite entire ; 

 panicles terminal, lj . S. Native of the Mauritius. Flowers 

 dodecandrous. 



Entire-leaved Blackwellia. Clt. 1823. Tree. 



2 B. PANICULA'TA (Lam. diet. 1. p. 428.) leaves ovate-round- 

 ish, toothed, smooth ; panicles terminal ; flowers decandrous. 

 Fj . S. Native of the island of Bourbon, where it is called Bois 



a ecorce blanche from its white bark. Vermontea decandra, 

 Comm. ined. ex Steud. nom. p. 111. Flowers white. 

 7Wc/e</-flowered Blackwellia. Clt. 1820. Tree. 



3 B. GLAU'CA (Vent, choix. t. 55.) leaves ovate- oblong, obtuse, 

 a little toothed, smooth, glaucous ; racemes axillary, panicled ; 

 flowers with 7-8 anthers, and 5 styles. Tj . S. Native of the 

 Mauritius. Flowers white. 



Glaucous Blackwellia. Clt. 1824. Shrub. 



4 B. NIPAULE'NSIS (D. C. prod. 2. p. 54.) leaves oval, acu- 

 minated, serrate-toothed, smooth ; racemes axillary, panicled ; 

 flowers 6-7-anthered. T? . G. Native of Nipaul. Branches 

 terete, grey marked with lenticular, linear-oblong, white glands. 

 Stipulas deciduous. Leaves 3 inches long, and an inch and a 

 half broad. Racemes branched, many- flowered, a little shorter 

 than the leaves. Flowers small, white. 



Nipaul Blackwellia. Shrub. 



5 B. CERASIFOLIA (Vent, choix. t. 56.) leaves elliptical, acu- 

 minated, toothed, smooth, shining ; racemes axillary, panicled ; 

 flowers pentandrous ; glands in the middle of the lobes of the 

 calyx ; ovary free. Tj . S. Native of Madagascar. Leaves 

 like those of the common laurel. Flowers white. 



Cherry-leaved Blackwellia. Tree. 



* Racemes simple, spike-formed. 



6 B. AXILLA RIS (Lam. diet. 1. p. 428. ill. t. 412. f. 1.) leaves 

 ovate, a little crenated, smooth ; spikes axillary, long, simple. 

 nodding. Jj . S. Native of Madagascar. Flowers white. 



AxiUary-racemed Blackwellia. Clt. 1824. Tree. 



7 B. TOMENTOSA (Vent, choix. t. 57.) leaves cuneiformly-ob- 

 ovate, toothed, downy beneath; spikes axillary and terminal, 

 erect, very long, and simple; flowers 5-6-anthered. ^. S. 

 Native of Java. Flowers white. 



-Downy-leaved Blackwellia. Tree. 



8 B. SPIRA^LIS (Wall, in asiat. resear. vol. 13.) leaves obovate, 

 with glandular teeth, rather pubescent beneath ; spikes axillary, 

 very long, nodding ; flowers usually pentandrous. fj . S. Na- 

 tive of Pegu, in the East Indies. Leaves almost sessile, cuneated 

 at the base, 6-8 inches long, 2-3 broad, with distant blunt ser- 

 ratures. Spikes longer than the leaves, slender, simple, per- 

 haps nodding when fresh, but they are erect in the specimen. 

 Flowers white. 



far. fi, glaberrima (D. C. prod. 2. p. 55.) leaves smaller, and 

 more coarsely crenate-serrated, smooth, coriaceous ; spikes 

 almost 3 times longer than the leaves. ^ . S. Perhaps another 

 species. 



Spiral Blackwellia. Clt. 1820, Tree 20 feet. 



