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HOMALINE^E. XII. NEILLIA. XIII. ARISTOTELIA. CHAILLETIACE/E. I. CHAILLETIA. 



side, many-seeded, crowned by the permanent style, free within 

 the calyx. Seeds spherical, shining, fixed to a single parietal 

 placenta in a double series, having a double covering. Albu- 

 men fleshy. Embryo straight, with oval flat cotyledons, and a 

 thick obtuse radicle. Plumule inconspicuous. Shrubs, with 

 the habit of Spiree^a, with stipulate, simple, alternate, doubly- 

 serrated, stalked leaves. Stipulas deciduous, membranous or 

 leafy, acute. Flowers disposed in racemes, white, terminal or 

 lateral. 



1 N. THYRSIFLORA (D. Don, prod. fl. nep. 228.) leaves cor- 

 date, ovate, and 3-lobed, doubly-serrated ; stipulas leafy, ser- 

 rated ; racemes spicate, disposed in a terminal thyrse ; bracteoles 

 toothed ; calyx silky. Tj . H. Native of Nipaul. A much 

 branched shrub, with the branches canescent, and with the leaves 

 villous on the nerves beneath. 



Thi/rse-Jlorvered Neillia. Shrub 6 feet. 



2 N. RUBIFLORA (D. Don, prod. FIG. 10. 

 fl. ncp. 229.) leaves cordate, 3-lob- 

 ed, acuminated, doubly-serrated ; 



stipulas , entire, membranous ; ra- 

 cemes terminal, solitary, many-flow- 

 ered ; bracteoles bluntish, entire ; 

 calyx tomentose ; petals roundish. 

 Tj . H. Native of Nipaul. Flowers 

 twice the size of those of N, tlnjrsi- 

 flora, and the calyx is furnished 

 with pedicellate glands inside (f. 

 10.). 



Bramble-flowered Neillia. Shrub 

 6 feet. 



Cult. See end of order for cul- 

 ture and propagation. 



XIII. ARISTOTE'LIA (named after Aristotle, the cele- 

 brated philosopher). Lher. stirp. p. 31. t. 16. D. C. prod. 2. 

 p. 56. but not of Adans. nor Lour. 



LIN. SYST. Po/yadelphia, Polyandria. Calyx campanulate, 

 profoundly 5-cleft. Petals 5, inserted in the base of the calyx, 

 and alternating with its lobes. Stamens 15-18, especially 3 or 4 

 in each bundle, placed in front of the lobes of the calyx. An- 

 thers opening by 2 pores at the apex. Ovary free. Styles 3, 

 somewhat connected at the base. Berry globose, 3-celled, each 

 cell containing 1-2-ovula. Seeds angular, with fleshy albumen, 

 and a flat embryo. A shrub, with diffuse branches. Leaves 

 nearly opposite, stalked, oblong, acute, smooth, shining, dentate, 

 permanent. Stipulas deciduous. Racemes axillary. Flowers 

 small, greenish. Some of the stamens are sterile. From the dis- 

 position of the stamens this genus agrees with Homalium, but from 

 the dehiscence of the anthers it comes nearer to Eleeocarpece. 



1 A. MA'CQUI (Lher. 1. c.) Tj H. Native of Chili, where 

 it is called Macqui. Lam. ill. t. 399. Wats. dend. brit. t. 44. A. 

 glandulosa, Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. syst. p. 126. Poir. suppl. 587. 

 The berries are about the size of a pea, very dark purple, at 

 length becoming black ; they are acid and eatable. The inha- 

 bitants of Chili make a wine from them, which they give in 

 malignant fevers. Dombey used this remedy with success in 

 Chili against the plague in 1782. 



Macqui Aristotelia. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1733. Sh. 6 ft. 

 Cult. The plants of this order are scarcely wortli cultivating 

 for ornament, as the flowers of all are extremely insignificant. 

 The stove and greenhouse species will grow freely in a mixture 

 of loam, sand, and peat ; and cuttings nearly ripe will strike root 

 if planted in a pot of sand, with a hand-glass placed over them ; 

 those of the former should be placed in a moderate heat. The 



Aristotelia Macqui and the species of Neillia being hardy, and 

 furnished with beautiful leaves, are worth cultivating in shrub- 

 beries, but they will retmire to be sheltered during winter by a 

 mat, as the shoots are apt to be killed to the ground by frost. 

 Any common garden soil will suit them, and ripened cuttings 

 will root freely, planted under a hand-glass, and they may also 

 be increased by layers. 



ORDER LXXI. CHAILLETIA'CE^E (plants agreeing with 

 Chailletia in important characters). D. C. prod. 2. p. 57. 

 Chailleteae, R. Brown, cong. p. 23. 



Calyx (perigone) permanent, 5-cleft (f. 11. a. d.) coloured in- 

 side, with the lobes imbricate in aestivation. Petals (or petal-like 

 scales, or abortive stamens) rising from the bottom of the calyx 

 and alternating with its lobes, situated almost in the same circle 

 with the stamens (f. 11. &.), small, usually bifid (f. 11. 6.), some- 

 times connected at the base with the stamens (f. 11. d.). Glands 

 opposite, numerous. Stamens exserted from the calyx, and 

 placed opposite its lobes (f. 11. rf.), and therefore alternating 

 with the petals ; anthers roundish, 2-celled. Ovary free, hairy 

 (f. 11. /(.), 2-3-celIed, each cell containing 2 ovula. Styles 2 (f. 

 \\, g.), -3, short, free, or connected together. Stigmas somewhat 

 capitate (f. 11. .). Drupe (f. 11. k. i.), with a dry, coriaceous 

 rind, containing a 2-3-celled nut, but usually 1 -2-celled from 

 abortion. Seeds solitary in each cell, hanging from the apex 

 (f. 11. i.), destitute of albumen. Embryo thick, with a short 

 superior radicle and fleshy cotyledons. Shrubs with alternate, 

 bistipulate, short, stalked, oval, acute, feather-nerved, entire 

 leaves. Flowers axillary, white, usually with the peduncles 

 adhering to the petioles. This order is furnished as if it were 

 with a calyx and corolla. 



Synopsis of the Genera. 



1 CIIAII.LE'TIA. Calyx 5-lobed (f. 11. a.). Petals 5, bifid 

 (f. 1 1 . 6.). Stamens 5. Ovary 2-3-celled (f. 1 1 . /.). Styles 2 

 (f. 11. g.) -3, free, or joined. Drupe dry, containing a 2-3- 

 celled nut (f. 11. i. /;.). 



2 LEUCOSIA. Calyx 5-cleft. Petals 5. Stamens 5. Ovary 

 3-seeded. Style 1. Drupe dry, containing a bony nut. 



3 TAPU RA. Calyx 5-parted ; segments fringed. Petals 3, 

 connate and connected with the filaments ; they are divided. 

 Stamens 3. Style 1, trifid. 



I. CHAILLETIA (in honour of M. Chaillet, a Swiss bo- 

 tanist). D. C. ann. mus. 17. p. 153. with a figure, prod. 2. 

 p. 57. Patrisia, Rohr. ined. Mestotes, Soland. mss. ined. 



LIN. SYST. Pentandria, Mono-Trigynia. Calyx 5-lobed 

 (f. 11. a.). Petals 5, bifid, or emarginate (f. 11. &.). Stamens 

 5. Ovary 2-3-celled, 2-3-styled (f. 11. /.). Styles free (f. 1 1 . 

 g.), or connected together. Shrubs with axillary cymes or ra- 

 cemes of flowers. 



SECT. I. MESTO V TES (from ptorof, mestos, full). D. C. prod. 

 2. p. 57. Styles distinct. 



1 C. PEDUNCULA'TA (D. C. 1. c.) leaves ovate, obtuse, and un- 



