480 



CHRYSOBALANE^:. IX. HIRTELLA. 



Soft-haired Hirtella. Tree 20 feet. 



4 H. PE'NDULA (Sol. ex Lam. diet. 3. p. 134.) flowers tetran- 

 drous and pentandrous ; racemes compound, loose, elongated, 

 pubescent ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminated, cordate at the 

 base, and rather scabrous beneath. Tj . S. Native of South 

 America. Smith in Rees' cycl. 19. no. 3. Flowers white. 



/Vrf/o!-branched Hirtella. Shrub. 



5 H. CASTA'NEA (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. D. C. 

 prod. 2. p. 528.) flowers triandrous ; petals ovate, length of the 

 calyx ; racemes terminal, and are, as well as the branches, very 

 hairy ; leaves hairy, oblong-lanceolate, rather cordate at the 

 base, acuminated at the apex. Jj . S. Native of New Spain. 

 Petals of a dirty whitish red colour. Stamens hardly twice the 

 length of the petals. 



C/<es<tttt-coloured-flowered Hirtella. Shrub or tree. 



6 H. RUGOSA (Pers. ench. 1. p. 250.) flowers triandrous; pe- 

 tals oblong, longer than the calyx ; racemes terminal, and are, 

 as well as the branches, very hairy ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, 

 acuminated, shining above, reticulated beneath, and pilose on the 

 nerves. ^ S. Native of Porto-Rico and St. Thomas. H. 

 Portoricensis, Willd. rel. in Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 5. p. 274. 

 Flowers white. 



Wrinkled Hirtella. Shrub. 



7 H. HiRstrrA (Lam. ill. no. 2754.) flowers tetrandrous or 

 pentandrous ; racemes aggregate, compound, axillary, and ter- 

 minal, and are, as well as the branches, hairy ; leaves oval, acute, 

 pilose on the nerves beneath. F? . S. Native of Cayenne. H. 

 paniculata, Vahl. symb. 2. p. 43. t. 31. H. aggregate, Poir. 

 suppl. 2. p. 53. Stamens constantly 6 according to Meyer, nov. 

 act. bonn. 12. p. 802. 



Hairy Hirtella. Shrub or tree. 



8 H. GLANDULOSA (Spreng. anl. t. 7. f. 1-4. neuw entd. 1. p. 

 303.) flowers pentandrous ; calyx and pedicels beset with stipi- 

 tate glands ; racemes compound, terminal ; leaves ovate-oblong, 

 acutish ; the nerves beset with yellow hairs. I? . S. Native of 

 Brazil. 



Glandular Hirtella. Shrub or tree. 



9 H. CORYMBOSA (Cham, in Linnaea. 9. p. 545.) flowers trian- 

 drous ; corymbs compound, terminal, pubescent ; leaves coria- 

 ceous, rather cordate, glabrous on both surfaces. Tj . S. Native 

 of Brazil. 



Corymbose-fiowereA Hirtella. Shrub. 



10 H. FLORIBU'NDA (Cham, in Linnsea. 2. p. 548.) flowers 

 octandrous or enneandrous; racemes simple, terminal, and axil- 

 lary, very hairy ; leaves lanceolate-elliptic, coriaceous, glabrous 

 above, except on the nerves, but hairy beneath. Tj . S. Native 

 of Brazil. 



Bundle-flowered Hirtella. Shrub or tree. 



1 1 H. RACEMOSA (Lam. diet. 3. 

 p. 133.) flowers pentandrous; 

 calyx glandless ; racemes simple, 

 axillary, solitary ; rachis and 

 branchlets villous ; leaves oblong, 

 acuminated, glabrous above, but 

 rather pilose or glabrous on the 

 nerves beneath, tj . S. Native of 

 Guiana and Cayenne. H. Ameri- 

 cana, Aubl. guian. 1. p. 247. t. 

 98. Flowers purplish, (f. 61.) 



Racemose-Ro-wered Hirtella. Clt. 

 1782. Tree 20 to 30 feet. 



12 H. OBLONGIFOLIA (D. C. 



prod. 2. p. 529.) flowers pentan- 

 drous and hexandrous ; calyx 

 glandless ; racemes simple, axil- 

 lary, solitary, glabrous ; leaves ob- 



F1G. 61. 



long, acuminated, glabrous. ^.S. Native of New Spain. H. 

 rosea, Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. Flowers red. Style 

 glabrous. 



Oblong-leaved Hirtella. Shrub or tree. 



13 H. HEXA'NDRA (Willd. rel. in Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 5. 

 p. 274.) flowers hexandrous ; racemes tern, simple, hairy ; leaves 

 oblong, bluntish, glabrous but pubescent on the nerves beneath ; 

 petioles and peduncles pubescent. 1? . S. Native of South 

 America, at the river Orinoco. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 

 6. p. 245. Flowers white. 



Hexandrous Hirtella. Shrub. 



14 H. HEBE'CLADA (Moric. ined. D. C. prod. 2. p. 529.) 

 flowers hexandrous ; racemes terminal, simple ; branches, pe- 

 tioles, and nerves of leaves velvety ; leaves oval, rather puberu- 

 lous above, and rather hispid beneath. I? . S. Native of Bra- 

 zil. Raddi. 



Hairy-branched Hirtella. Shrub. 



15 H. TOMENTE'LLA (Schott, in Spreng. syst. append, p. 341.) 

 flowers hexandrous and heptandrous ; racemes terminal, clothed 

 with ferruginous tomentum ; leaves oblong, attenuated at both 

 ends, glabrous above, but rather hairy beneath. Tj . S. Na- 

 tive of Brazil. 



Tumentose Hirtella. Shrub. 



16 H. ANGUSTIFOLIA (Schott, in Spreng. syst. append, p. 341.) 

 flowers heptandrous and octandrous ; racemes simple, nodding, 

 hairy; leaves cordate, linear-lanceolate, hairy on both surfaces, 

 f? . S. Native of Brazil. 



Narrow-leaved Hirtella. Shrub. 



17 H. APE'TALA (Meyer, in nov. act. bonn. 12. p. 803.) 

 flowers enneandrous, apetalous ; calyx spreading ; leaves ovate- 

 oblong, acuminated, glabrous ; racemes compound, terminal. 

 Jj . S. Native of Surinam. 



Apelalous Hirtella. Shrub. 



18 H. POLYA'NDRA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 

 246. t. 565.) flowers with 1S-20 stamens, 5-petalled ; panicles 

 terminal, much branched, clothed with hoary tomentum ; leaves 

 oblong or obovate-oblong, ending in a short acumen, acute at the 

 base, shining and glabrous above, but clothed with white tomen- 

 tum beneath. \ . S. Native on the shores of the Pacific ocean, 

 near Acapulco. Flowers white. 



Polyandrous Hirtella Shrub 10 to 12 feet. 



t Species not sufficiently knonn. 



19 H. SCA'NDENS (Willd. rel. in Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 5. p. 

 274.) flowers heptandrous ; racemes axillary and terminal ; leaves 

 distinct, oblong, rounded at the base, acuminated at the apex, 

 shining and glabrous ; stems climbing. J? . w . S. Native of 

 Brazil. 



Climbing Hirtella. Shrub cl. 



20 H. NEMOROSA (Willd. rel. 1. c.) flowers heptandrous ; ra- 

 cemes terminal ; leaves distich, oblong, rounded at the base, 

 acuminated at the apex, shining and glabrous ; stem erect. 1? . S. 

 Native of Brazil. Petals yellow. Stamens violaceous. 



Grove Hirtella. Shrub. 



21 H. ACAYACE'NSIS (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. and 

 mss. D. C. prod. 2. p. 529.) flowers octandrous, 4-petalled ; 

 racemes simple, villous, axillary ; leaves obovate, acuminated, 

 glabrous. Jj . S. Native of Mexico, on the mountains of Aca- 

 yaca. Flowers purple. 



Acayaca Hirtella. Shrub or tree. 



22 H. DODECA'NDRA (Moc. et Sesse, 1. c.) flowers with 12-15 

 stamens ; racemes terminal, panicled ; leaves oval-oblong, acute. 

 P? . S. Native of Mexico. Petals rose-coloured. Perhaps 

 sufficiently distinct from //. polydndra. 



Dodecandrous Hirtella. Shrub or tree. 



23 H. NITIDA (Willd. rel. 1. c.) flowers in terminal racemes, 



