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8 P. GLA'BRA (Roxb. liort. beng. p. 34.) leaves nearly oppo- 

 site, oblong or obovate-oblong, obtuse, glabrous, furnished with 

 2 glands at the base on the middle nerve, discoloured beneath ; 

 panicle terminal, composed of spikes. I; . S. Native of the 

 East Indies, where it is called Della-madoo. 



Glabrous Pentaptera. Tree 50 ft. 



9 P. ALA'TA (Banks, herb.) leaves elliptic-obovate, obtuse, 

 and mucronate, glabrous, furnished with 2 glands at the base of 

 the limb ; branches, rachis, and calyxes drooping ; spikes on 

 long peduncles, axillary or terminal, simple. tj . S. Native of 

 Tranquebar. 



Winged-fruited Pentaptera. Tree 40 ft. 



fr Species only known by name from Roxb. hort. beng. p. 34. 



10 P. CORIA'CEA (Roxb.) Native of Coromandel, where it is 

 called anemutti. Perhaps the same as Terminalia coriacea of 

 Rottl. 



Coriaceous-leaved Pentaptera. Tree 40 ft. 



11 P. BIALA'TA (Roxb.) Native of the East Indies. 

 Two-ivinged-fruhed Pentaptera. Tree 40 ft. 



Cult. See Bucida for culture and propagation, p. 657. 



V. GETONIA (the author does not say from whence this 

 name is derived). Roxb. cor. 1. t. 87. Geertn. fruct. 3. p. 

 210. t. 217. B.C. prod. 2. p. 15. Calycopteris, Lam. ill. t. 

 357. Poir. suppl. 2. p. 41. 



LIN. SYST. Decdndria, Monogynia. Limb of calyx perma- 

 nent, campanulate, cleft almost to the base into 5 parts ; lobes 

 lanceolate, 3-nerved. Petals wanting. Stamens 10, exserted, 

 disposed in 2 series, shorter than the calycine lobes, 5 inserted 

 at the recesses of the lobes, and the other 5 inserted in the bot- 

 tom of the calyx. Anthers orbicular, didymous. Style filiform, 

 obtuse, pubescent. Nut roundish, pentagonal, crowned by the 

 calyx, 1 -celled, 1 -seeded. Climbing shrubs, with opposite ovate 

 acuminated leaves, on short petioles, full of small resinous dots 

 beneath. Racemes axillary, or constituting a terminal panicle. 



1 G. FLORIBU'NDA (Roxb. cor. 1. t. 87.) leaves ovate, acute, 

 pubescent above, and clothed with rusty tomentum beneath ; 

 panicle terminal. Tj . w . S. Native of Malabar. Roth. nov. 

 spec. 216. Perhaps the same as Calycopteris floribunda, Lam. 

 ill. t. 357. a native of Madagascar, which, according to Poir. 

 suppl. 2. p. 41. has glabrous leaves. 



Bundle-flowered Getonia. Clt. 1815. Shrub cl. 



2 G. NUBIANS (Roxb. hort. beng. p. 33.) leaves ovate, ending 

 in a long abrupt acumen, glabrous above except the nerve, pu- 

 bescent beneath ; racemes for the most part axillary, longer than 

 the leaves. fj . w . S. Native of the East Indies. G. nitida, 

 Roth. nov. spec. 217. Flowers nearly twice the size of those 

 of the preceding species. 



Var. ft, brachyslachya (D. C. prod. 3. p. 15.) leaves ovate, 

 acute, glabrous above except the nerve, pubescent beneath ; 

 racemes axillary, shorter than the leaves. Tj . S. Native 

 country unknown. Perhaps a variety of G.jloribunda, or per- 

 haps a species. 



Nodding-rucemed Getonia. Clt. 1816. Shrub cl. 



Cult. See Combretum for culture and propagation, p. 670. 



VI. CHUNCO'A (/trboldel Chunchu is the name of the first 

 species in Peru). Pav. in Juss. gen. p. 76. (1789.) Poir. suppl. 

 2. p. 258. Gimbernatia, Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. prod. p. 158. t. 

 36. (1794). 



LIN. SYST. Decdndria, Monogynia. Flowers some of them 

 hermaphrodite, and others male. Limb of calyx 5-toothed, deci- 

 duous. Petals wanting. Stamens 10, filiform, length of the 

 calyx ; anthers roundish. Style filiform. Fruit drupaceous, 

 oblong, coriaceous, 5-angled ; angles winged, the 2 opposite 

 ones the largest. Seed one, pendulous. Peruvian trees, with 



alternate scattered leaves, and axillary spikes or racemes of 

 flowers ; those flowers at the base of the spikes hermaphrodite, 

 and those at the apex male. The internal structure of the seeds 

 is scarcely known. Ventenat doubts if the cotyledons are truly 

 convolute. The genus is probably distinct from Terminfil'ut. 



1 C. OBOVA'TA (Poir. 1. c.) leaves obovate, acuminated ; spikes 

 pendulous ; fruit 5-winged. Pj . S. Native . of Peru, at Cu- 

 chera and Macora, where it is called Arbol del Chunchu. Gim- 

 berniltia obovata, Ruiz et Pav. prod. 138. syst. 174. and Spreng. 

 syst. exclusive of the synonyme of Aublet. 



Obovate-\eaved Chuncoa. Tree 40 feet. 



2 C. OBLO'NGA (Poir. 1. c.) leaves oblong ; spikes crowded ; 

 fruit furnished with 2 wings. Tj . S. Native of Peru, in woods 

 at Pozuzo. Gimbernatia oblonga, Ruiz et Pav. 1. c. 



06/on,n--leaved Chuncoa. Tree. 



3 C. BRASILIE'NSIS (St. Hil. fl. bras. 2. p. 244.) leaves ob- 

 ovate-oblong, quite entire, biglandular at the base ; spikes nearly 

 sessile, many-flowered ; fruit pubescent. Tj . S. Native of 

 Brazil, in the provinces of Minas Geraes and Goyaz. 



Brazilian Chuncoa. Tree 20 ft. 



Cult. See Bucida for culture and propagation, p. 657. 



VII. RAMATUE'LLA (Ramatuelle is the vernacular name 

 of the tree). D. C. prod. 3. p. 16. Ramatuela, H. B. et Kunth, 

 nov. gen. amer. 7. p. 253. t. 656. 



LIN. SYST. and flowers unknown. Fruit coriaceous and 

 woody, indehiscent, 1-seeded, 5-angled; angles winged above, 

 and ending in a tapering beak at the apex. Seed ovate-sub- 

 conical, marked by the raphe on one side. Cotyledons convo- 

 lute. A shrub, having the leaves crowded by threes or fours 

 at the tops of the branches, quite entire, coriaceous. Peduncles 

 terminal, but at length lateral. Fruit sessile, crowded into heads. 



1 R. ARGE'NTEA (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c.) T? . S. Native of 

 South America, on the banks of the river Atabapo. Leaves 

 obovate-cuneated, glabrous above, and silky beneath. 



Silvery Ramatuella. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



Cult. See Bucida for culture and propagation, p. 657. 



VIII. CONOCA'RPUS (from KOVOC, konos, a cone, and <p- 

 irog, karpos, a fruit ; in reference to the scale-formed fruit being 

 so closely imbricated in a head as to resemble a small fir-cone). 

 Gaertn. fruct. 2. p. 470. t. 177. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 

 6. p. 113. but not of Adans. Conocarpus spec. Jacq. and Lin. 

 Rudbechia, Adans. fam. p. 80. but not of Lin. 



LIN. SYST. Penta-Dec&ndria, Monogynia. Tube of calyx .5- 

 cleft, deciduous. Petals wanting. Stamens 5-10, exserted ; an- 

 therd cordate. Ovarium compressed, biovulate. Style 1. Fruit 

 corky, scale-formed, closely imbricated, indehiscent, 1-seeded. 

 Seed pendulous. Cotyledons involute. Shrubs, with alternate 

 quite entire leaves, rarely nearly opposite ones. Heads of flowers 

 pedunculate ; flowers crowded. 



SECT. I. EUCONOCA'RPUS (from ev, eu, well or good, KOVOG, 

 konos, a cone, and rapTroc, karpos, a fruit ; this section contains 

 those species whose fruit is so densely imbricated as to appear 

 like a fir-cone). D. C. prod. 3. p. 16. Fruit somewhat boat- 

 shaped, hardly winged on the margins, awnless at the apex, im- 

 bricated backwards. Tube of calyx not drawn out beyond the 

 ovarium, with a sessile limb seated obliquely on the ovary. 



1 C. ERE'CTA (Jacq. amer. 78. t. 52. f. 1. H. B. et Kunth, 

 nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 118.) leaves oblong-lanceolate, tapering to 

 both ends, thickish, glabrous, or when young rather downy, 

 usually biglandnlar at the base ; heads of flowers panicled. (7 . 

 S. Native of South America, West Indies, Tropical Africa, and 

 Asia, in sandy places near the sea or on banks of rivers, as far up 

 as the tide reaches, and usually growing along with mangroves. 

 Sloane, hist. 2. p. 161. f. 2. Cat. car. t. 33. 



