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TEREBINTH ACEvE. XXIX. STYLOBASIUM. XXX. CNEORUM. XXXI. SURIAXA. SPONDIACE/E. 



Calyx small, permanent, sinuately 4-5-toothed. Petals wanting. 

 Stamens 10-12, hypogynous ; anthers 2-celled, inserted by the 

 base. Ovary bluntly 2-4-sided, 2-4-celled, hairy. Style scarcely 

 any. Fruit unknown. A shrub, with the appearance of Cneorum. 

 Leaves simple, oblong-lanceolate, quite entire. Flowers in ax- 

 illary racemes. 



1 H. OLE/EFOLIUM (Desf. 1. c.). Tj . G. Native of New 

 Holland. Flowers yellowish-green. 



Olive-leaved Heterodendron. Shrub. 



Cult. See Cneorum for culture and propagation. 



XXIX. STYLOBA'SIUM (from <7-vXoc, stylos, a style, 

 and ftoiint, basis, a base ; style at the base of the ovary). Desf. 

 mem. mus. 5. p. 37. t. 2. D. C. prod. 2. p. 92. 



LIN. sysT. Decdndria, Monogynia. Calyx urceolar, bluntly 

 5-lobed (f. 14. a.), coloured. Petals wanting. Stamens 10 

 (f. 14. 6.), hypogynous; anthers 2-celled (f. 14. g.~). Ovary 

 obovate (f. 14.y.), containing 2 ovula, bearing from the side at 

 the base a filiform style (f. 14. f.*), which is capitate at the apex 

 (f. 14. c.). Drupe (f. 14. e.), 1 -celled, 1 -seeded, roundish, 



FIG. 14. 



girded by the calyx. A shrub, 

 with alternate, somewhat spatu- 

 late, quite entire, smooth leaves. 

 Flowers usually polygamous from 

 abortion, on short pedicels from 

 the axillse of the upper branches. 

 This genus probably belongs to 

 Terebinthaceee near Heteroden- 

 (Iron or perhaps to Rosacece, Tribe 



CHRYSOBALA v NEa:. 



1 S. SPATULA'TUM (Desf. 1. c.). 

 J? . G. Native of New Holland, 

 on the eastern coast. 



Spatulate-leaMeA. Stylobasium. 

 Shrub 6 feet. 



Cult. See Cneorum for culture 

 and propagation. 



XXX. CNEO'RUM (icvcupov, cneoron, a name given to some 

 shrub resembling an olive by Hippocrates and Theophrastus). 

 Lin. gen. no. 48. Lam. ill. t. 27. Kunth, gen. tereb. p. 25. 

 D. C. prod. 2. p. 83. Chamas'lea, Tourn. inst^ t. 421. 



LIN. SYST. Tri-Tetrandria, Monogynia. Flowers herma- 

 phrodite. Calyx 3-5-toothed, small, permanent. Petals 3-4, 

 equal, imbricate in aestivation. Torus somewhat globose. Sta- 

 mens 3-4. Stigmas 3-4. Drupes baccate, 3-4, joined together 

 by the axis ; putamen 2-celled; cells 1 -seeded. Seed pendu- 

 lous. Albumen fleshy. Radicle recurved downwards and 

 beyond the cotyledons. Cotyledons semicylindrical (Gsert. fruct. 

 1. t. 70.) Subshrubs, with entire linear-oblong, dotless leaves, 

 and axillary, yellow flowers. This genus is perhaps more nearly 

 allied to Dodonceacece. 



1 C. TRICOCCON (Lin. spec. 49.) smooth ; flowers axillary ; 

 pedicels free from the floral leaves. Jj . G. Native of Spain 

 and the south of France, in gravelly and rocky places. Sims, 

 bot. mag. icon. Lam. ill. 27. Cam. epit. t. 973. Jaume, pi. fr. 

 t. 5. Flowers usually 3-cleft. This is a dwarf spreading shrub 

 with narrow leaves, having fruit resembling some species of 

 Euphorbia. 



Three-berried Widow-wail. Fl. April, Sept. Clt. 1793. 

 Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



2 C. PULVERULE'NTUM (Vent. hort. eels. t. 77.) plant covered 

 with greyish powder ; flowers axillary ; pedicels adhering to the 

 base of the floral leaves. Ij . G. Native of Teneriffe, among 

 rocks in hot situations. Flowers usually 4-cleft. 



Pondery Widow-wail. Fl. April, Sept. Clt. 1822. Sh. 1 to 3 ft. 

 Cult . The species thrive well in a mixture of loam and peat, 



or any light loamy soil. Tliey will survive the winter in the 

 open air in mild winters. Ripened cuttings root freely in sand, 

 under a hand-glass. Seeds ripen in abundance. 



XXXI. SURIA'NA (in honour of Joseph Donat Surian, once 

 aphysician atMarseilles, who accompanied Plumier in his travels). 

 Plum. gen. 37. Lin. gen. no. 581. Lam. ill. t. 389. D. C. 

 prod. 2. p. 91. 



LIN. SYST. Penta-Decdndria, Pentagynia. Calyx 5-parted. 

 Petals 5, hypogynous, or inserted in the bottom of the calyx. 

 Stamens 5-10. Carpels 5, bearing each a filiform style on the 

 inside laterally, ending in a valveless, indehiscent, coriaceous 

 nut. Seed 1 from the base, obovate, kidney-shaped, destitute 

 of albumen. Embryo replicate, with a terete radicle directed 

 downwards, and flat incumbent cotyledons. A shrub with sim- 

 ple, oblong, spatulate, thickish, rather velvety, exstipulate leaves, 

 which are crowded at the tops of the branches, and yellow, 

 bracteate, subterminal flowers. From the embryo this genus is 

 allied to Cneorum, not to Rosacece, and perhaps with it and Hete- 

 rodendron will constitute a distinct order. According to Kunth 

 it is more nearly allied to Geraniacetz. 



1 S. MAKITIMA (Lin. spec. 284.). Tj . S. Native of South 

 America, by the sea-side as well as of India and New Caledonia, 

 &c. Plum, ed Burm. t. 249. f. 1. Flowers yellowish. 



Sea-side Suriana. Clt. 1733. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



Cult. Loam and sand is a good mixture for this tree, and 

 ripened cuttings will root in sand under a hand-glass, in heat. 



ORDER LXXIV. SPONDIA'CEvE (plants agreeing with 

 Spondias in important characters). Kunth in ann. scienc. nat. 2. 

 p. 362. Lindl. introd. nat. ord. p. 362. Terebinthaceae, Tribe 

 III. Spondiacese, D. C. prod. 2. p. 74. 



Flowers sometimes unisexual. Calyx 5-cleft (f. 15. a.), re- 

 gular, permanent or deciduous. Petals 5 (f. 15. b.\ inserted 

 below the disk which surrounds the ovary, somewhat valvate or 

 imbricate in aestivation. Stamens 10, perigynous, inserted with 

 the petals. Disk annular in the male flowers, orbicular, 10- 

 toothed. Ovary superior, sessile, from 2-5-celled, with one 

 pendulous ovum in each cell. Styles 5, very short, crowned by 

 obtuse stigmas. Fruit drupaceous (f. 15. d.), containing a 2-5- 

 celled nut (f. 15. c.). Seeds exalbuminous. Cotyledons plano- 

 convex. Radicle superior, pointing towards the hilum, but in- 

 ferior in Spondias, according to Gsertner. Trees, with un- 

 equally-pinnate, alternate, dotless leaves, a few simple ones 

 occasionally intermixed, all exstipulate. Flowers axillary and 

 terminal, disposed in panicles or racemes. This order comes 

 very near Terebinthaceee in the structure of its fruit, which is 

 almost that of Mangifera, except that it is compound and not 

 simple, destitute however of the resinous juice of that order. 



Synopsis of the Genera. 



1 SPONDIAS. Flowers sometimes unisexual. Calyx 5-cleft 

 (f. 15. a.). Petals 5 (f. 15. &.), rather valvate in aestivation. 

 Stamens 10, glandular, exserted from the disk. Ovary 1. Styles 

 5. Drupe (f. 15. d.) containing a 5-celled fibrous nut (f. 15. c.), 

 each cell containing 2 ova, one of which only comes to maturity. 



2 POUPA'RTIA. Flowers unisexual. Calyx 5-parted. Petals 

 5, imbricate in aestivation. Stamens 10. Ovary 5-celled ? with 

 some of the cells abortive. Styles 5. Drupe containing a 2-3- 

 celled fibrous nut. 





