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neath. Jj.S. Native of Senegal, where it is called Ncou. It 

 is therefore referrible to the Neou Adansonii, Juss. gen. p. 342. 

 Racemes subspicate, hairy. Calyx ventricose on one side. Fruit 

 unknown. 



Senegal Parinarium. Tree 40 to 50 feet. 



4 P. EXCE'LSUM (Hort. trans. 5. p. 451.) leaves oblong, co- 

 riaceous, deep green above, but clothed with white pubescence 

 beneath; racemes panicled. ^. S. Native of Sierra Leone, 

 where the fruit is brought to the market at Freetown, under the 

 name of Rough-skinned or Grey plum. They are eaten by the 

 inhabitants. It is about the size of Imperalrice plum, with a 

 coarse skin of a greyish colour; the pulp is dry and farinaceous, 

 and owing to the size of the stone is small in bulk. The negroes 

 are very fond of the fruit. Perhaps Mampata Senegalensium 

 of Adanson mentioned by Jussieu, in gen. pi. 342. is referrible 

 to this species. 



Tall Parinarium. Fl. Feb. Clt. 1822. Tree 50 to 60 feet. 



5 P. MACROPHY'LLUM (Hort. trans. 5. p. 452.) leaves large, 

 ovate, sessile, and cordate, green above and downy beneath ; 

 stems thickly beset with brown hairs ; racemes terminal ; fruit 

 oblong, twice the size of those of the preceding species. Tj . S. 

 Native of Sierra Leone, by the sea-side about Cape Shilling, 

 where the fruit is called Gingerbread-plum by the natives, who 

 eat its pulp ; it has much the flavour and appearance of that of 

 the preceding. 



Large-leaved Parinarium. Fl. Feb. Mar. Clt. 1822. Shrub 

 2 to 3 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Chrysobalanus, p. 478. 



VI. GRANGE^RIA (in honour of N. Granger, a traveller in 

 Egypt and Persia). Comm. in Juss. gen. 349. Lam. ill. t. 

 427. D. C. prod. 2. p. 527. 



LIN. SYST. Icosdndria, Monogynia. Calyx bluntly 5-cleft (f. 

 60. a.). Petals 5 (f. 60. b.), soon falling off. Stamens 15, rather 

 unequal. Ovary woolly (f. 60. c.). Style lateral (f. 60. d.), 

 filiform, glabrous. Drupe olive-formed, rather triquetrous (f. 

 60. e.), containing a triquetrous, 1-seeded, bony nut. Cotyle- 

 dons thick and fleshy. A tree, with stipulaceous, ovate, entire, 

 glabrous leaves, and spicate racemes of white flowers. 



1 G. BORBONICA (Lam. diet. 3. 



p. 21.) T?.S. Native of the island FIG. 60. 



of Bourbon. Drupe blood-colour- 

 ed when young. C. buxifolia, 

 Smith in Rees' cycl. 16. no. 1. (f. 

 60.) 



Bourbon Grangeria. Clt. 1823. 

 Tree 40 to 50 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propa- 

 gation see Chrysobalanus, p. 478. 



VII. LINCA'NIA (an anagram 

 of Caligni, the Guiana name of the 

 first species). Aubl. guian. 1. p. 

 119. t. 45. Lam. ill. t. 122. D. 

 C. prod. 2. p. 527 Hedycrea, 

 Schreb. gen. no. 409. Roem. et 

 Schult. syst. 1. p. 345. mant. 252. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx bibracteolate on 

 the outside, with a 5-cleft limb. Petals wanting. Stamens 5-10, 

 opposite the calycine lobes, or only 3 f(om abortion. Ovary 1, 

 in the bottom of the calyx. Style incnrved,' lateral ? Drupe 

 olive-formed, fleshy, containing a 1-see'detf nut. Seed thick. 

 Small trees, with oblong acuminated leaves, which are hoary 

 beneath, and terminal spicate racemes of small white flowers. 



1 L. INCA'NA (Aubl. 1. c.) stamens 5 ; style incurved ; flowers 



in terminal spikes. J? . S. Native of Guiana. Hedycrea in- 

 cana, Willd. spec. 1. p. 1210. Vahl. enum. 2. p. 37. 

 Hairy Lincania. Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 



2 L. HU'MILIS (Cham, in Linnaea. 2. p. 549.) stamens 10, ex- 

 serted ; style pilose ; spikes nearly simple. ?j . S. Native of 

 Brazil. 



Dwarf Lincania. Shrub. 



3 L. TuRiuVA (Cham. 1. c. p. 550.) stamens 10, exserted ; 

 style smooth ; spikes branched. Tj . S. Native of Para, in 

 Brazil. Hirtella Octandra, Willd. rel. in Roem. et Schultes, 

 syst. 5. p. 274. 



Turiuva Lincania. Shrub. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Chrysobalanus, p. 478. 



VIII. THELTRA (meaning unknown). Pet. Th. gen. mad. 

 no. 72. D. C. prod. 2. p. 527. 



LIN. SYST. Decdndria, Monogynia. Calyx campanulate at the 

 base, ending in a small tube, which is adnate to the peduncle, as 

 in Pelargonium. Petals 5. Stamens 10; the 6 on one side 

 fertile, but the 4 on the other side are sterile and tooth-formed. 

 Anthers fixed by the back, and bursting at the sides. Style 

 lateral. Ovary 2-ovulate. Drupe ? wrinkled, villous inside. 

 Seed one, thick, exalbuminous. Cotyledons thick, unequal, pli- 

 cate, the one involving the other. Radicle inferior. Trees, 

 natives of Madagascar, furnished with glandular bracteas. 



1 T. MADAGASCARIE'NSIS. ^ . S. Native of Madagascar. 

 None of the species are described. 



Madagascar Thelyra. Tree. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Chrysobalanus, p. 478. 



IX. HIRTE'LLA (a diminutive of hirtus, having been so 

 named from the hairyness of the branches). Lin. gen. no. 86. 

 Lam. ill. t. 138. D. C. prod. 2. p. 528 Causea, Scop. Cos- 

 mibuena, Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. prod. 



LIN. SYST. Tri-Icosdndria, Monogynia. Calyx bluntly 5- 

 lobed (f. 61. a.), usually reflexed at length. Petals 5, small (f. 

 61. i.), deciduous. Stamens 3-15 (f. 61. c.), many of which are 

 abortive ; filaments long, circinnately twisted inwards before the 

 flowers expand. Style rising from the base of the ovary (f. 61. 

 d.), opposite the stamens. Drupe furrowed (f. 61. e.), 1-celled. 

 Seed stipitate, erect, with fleshy albumen, and a straight embryo, 

 and leafy cotyledons (Gaertn. fruct. 3. p. 40. 1. 185.) American 

 shrubs, with entire stipulaceous leaves, and axillary and terminal 

 simple or compound racemes of flowers. 



1 H. TRIA'NDRA (Swartz, fl. ind. occid. 1. p. 508.) flowers 

 triandrous ; petals ovate ; racemes compound, loose, terminal ; 

 rachis pubescent ; leaves oblong, acuminated, glabrous. T? . S. 

 Native of the West Indies and New Spain, in woods. H. Ame- 

 ricana, Jacq. amer. p. 8. t. 8. H. paniculata, Lam. diet. 3. p. 

 33. Flowers white. 



Triandrous Hirtella. Clt. 1810. Tree 20 feet. 



2 H. COSMIBUE'NA (Lam. ill. 2. p. 114.) flowers triandrous ; 

 petals emai^iate ; racemes compound, pubescent, axillary, and 

 terminal ; lelves oblong, acuminated, pubescent beneath. 17 . S. 

 Native of Peru, in woods. Cosmibuena, Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 

 prod. p. 10. t. 2. H. Peruviana, Pers. ench. 1. p. 250. H. 

 racemosa, Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 3. t. 227. f. B. Petals lilac. 



Cosmibuen's Hirtella. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



3 H. MOLLICOMA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 7. p. 263.) 

 flowers triandrous ; petals roundish-elliptic ; panicles terminal 

 and axillary, usually solitary, elongated, and pilose ; leaves ob- 

 long, acuminated, somewhat coriaceous, acute at the base, gla- 

 brous above, and shining, but beset with soft fuscous pili be- 

 neath. Tj . S. Native of New Spain, near El Espinal at the 

 river Magdalena. Flowers white. 





