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Trifoliate Cacoucia. Shrub el. 



Cult. See Combretum for culture and propagation, p. 666. 



XIV. LUMNI'TZERA (in honour of Stephen Lumnitzer, 

 author of Flora Posoniensis, 1 vol. 8vo. Leipzig, 1791). Wilkl. 

 nov. act. nat.cur. berl. 4. (1803) p. 186. but not of Jacq. (1817). 

 D. C. prod. 3. p. 22. 



LIN. SYST. Decdndria, Monogynia. Bracteoles 2, very short, 

 under each flower. Limb of calyx tubular, 5 -toothed ; teeth 

 obtuse. Petals 5, inserted in the calyx and longer than it, re- 

 flexed. Stamens 10, 5 of which are shorter than the petals, and 

 the longest 5 about the length of the petals. Ovary oblong, 

 compressed. Style subulate. Drupe dry, 1 -seeded. A shrub, 

 with alternate leaves, and intra-foliaceous racemes of flowers. 

 The structure of the seed is hardly known, and therefore the 

 genus may not be distinct from Cacoticitt. 



1. L. RACEMOSA (Willd. 1. c.). Tj . w . S. Native of the East 

 Indies. Jussieuae'a racemosa, Rottl. herb. Branches cine- 

 reous, glabrous. Leaves obovate, quite entire, rather fleshy, 

 glabrous, tapering into the petiole. Racemes naked. 



J\accmose-fioviereA Lumnitzera. Shrub cl. 



Cult. See Combretum for culture and propagation, p. 666. 



XV. QUISQU A'LIS (from quls, who, and ijualia, what kind ; 

 when the name was given to this genus it was uncertain to what 

 class or order it belonged). Rumph. amb. 5. p. 71. Lin. gen. 

 no. 539. Lam. ill. t. 357. Blum, bijdr. p. 638. D. C. prod. 

 3. p. 22. 



LIN. SYST. Decdndria, Monogijnia. Tube of calyx slender, 

 lengthened out much above the ovarium, deciduous, with a 5- 

 cleft border. Petals 5, oval-oblong, obtuse, longer than the 

 calycine teeth. Stamens 10, exserted, inserted in the throat of 

 the calyx, alternate ones shorter than the others. Ovarium 

 ovate-globose, containing 4 ovula. Style filiform, obtuse, ex- 

 serted. Drupe dry, 5-angled, 1 -seeded. Cotyledons fleshy, 

 large, plano-convex, ex Blume. Climbing shrubs, with oppo- 

 site, rarely alternate, ovate, quite entire leaves ; and axillary and 

 terminal spikes of changeable-coloured flowers, usually varying 

 from white to red. 



1 Q. TNDICA (Lin. spec. 556.) pubescent ; bracteas ovate- 

 rhomboid, aristately acuminated, one under each flower; leaves 

 ovate, acuminated ; petals oval, oblong, clothed with adpressed 

 pubescence. Jj . w . S. Native of Java. Amboyna, Lam. ill. 

 t. 257. Sims, bot. mag. 2033. Ker. bot. reg. 492. Flowers 

 beautiful, changeable in colour from orange to red, sweet-scented. 



Indian Quisqualis. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1815. Shrub cl. 



2 Q. PUBE'SCENS (Beauv. fl. d'ow. 1. p. 67.) pubescent ; leaves 

 cordate or oblong, acuminated, with a rounded base ; bracteas 

 ovate, acuminated. T? . w . S. Native of Guinea. Flowers 

 like those of Q. I'ndica. 



Pubescent Quisqualis. Clt. 1815. Shrub cl. 



3 Q. EBRACTEA'TA (Beauv. fl. d'ow. 1. p. 57. t. 34.) smoothish ; 

 flowers bractless ; petals oblong, glabrous. fy . w . S. Native 

 of Guinea, in the kingdom of Waree. Leaves oval-oblong, 

 lower ones smaller and roundish. Flowers white. 



Bractless-flowered Quisqualis. Shrub cl. 



4 Q. GLA'BRA (Burm. fl. ind. 104. t. 28. f. 2.) leaves ovate, 

 acute, and are as well as the minute bracteas quite glabrous. 



J? . w . S. Native of Java. Flowers in spikes; spikes all op- 

 posite. 



Smooth Quisqualis. Clt. 1815. Shrub cl. 



5 Q. LOUREI'RI ; leaves ovate, acute, glabrous ; corymbs ter- 

 minal. \i . w . G. Native of Cochin-china. Q. I'NDICA, Lour, 

 coch. p. 274. Racemes corymbose. Flowers from white to 

 red. The seeds are astringent and anthelmintic. 



Loureiro's Quisqualis. Shrub cl. 



6 Q. VILLOSA (Roxb. hort. beng. p. 90.) leaves oblong, some- 

 what cordate, villous as well as the linear-lanceolate bracteas ; 

 flowers pubescent. fj . w . S. Native of the East Indies. 



I'illous Quisqualis. Shrub cl. 



Cult. Some of the species of Quisqualis are equal in ele- 

 gance to the species of Combretum when in flower : their culture 

 and propagation are the same, see p. 666. 



f" Genera belonging to Combretacece, but are not sufficiently 

 known. 



XVI. CERATO'STACHYS (from pa , keras, a horn, and 

 ora^ue, stachys, a spike ; in reference to the heads of flowers 

 being intermixed with spongy processes). Blum, bijdr. p. 644. 

 D. C. prod. 3. p. 23. 



LIN. SYST. Octo-Dodecdndria, Monogynia. Limb of calyx 

 entire. Petals usually 8, small. Stamens 8-16, unequal. Ovary 

 biovulate. Style short, crowned by a bifid stigma. Drupe 

 baccate, crowned by the limb of the calyx, containing a 1-seeded 

 compressed nut. Embryo exalbuminous ? inverted. A tall 

 tree, with scattered, oblong, quite entire leaves ; and axillary 

 spikes of flowers. Flowers disposed in dense heads, intermixed 

 with spongy, filiform processes. The place which this genus 

 should occupy in the order is uncertain, from the embryo being 

 unknown. 



1 C. ARBOREA (Blum. 1. c.). ^ . S. Native of Java, on 

 Mount Salak. 



Tree Ceratostachys. Tree 40 feet. 



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



XVII. BRUGUIE'RA (in honour of Bruguiere, the well- 

 known French botanist). Pet. Th. diet. sc. nat. 5. p. 375. gen. 

 nov. mad. no. 70. p. 21. but not of Lam. D. C. prod. 3. p. 23. 



LIN. SYST. Decdndria, Monogynia. Tube of calyx fur- 

 nished with 2 scales in the middle ; limb 5-lobed, obtuse. Pe- 

 tals 5, oblong-lanceolate, spreading. Stamens 10, equal in length 

 to the petals. Style acute. Ovary adnate to the calyx, con- 

 taining 4 pendulous ovula. Fruit unknown. A small tree, 

 with alternate, oval, smooth, succulent leaves, tapering into the 

 petiole. Racemes axillary. Flowers small, white. The genus, 

 according to Petit Thours, is nearly allied to Combretum. 



1 B. MADAGASCARIE'NSIS (D. C. prod. 3. p. 23.). Tj . S. 

 Native of Madagascar, in places inundated with salt water. 

 Kada-kandel,Rheed. mal. 6. t. 37. 



Madagascar Bruguiera. Tree. 



Cult. See Combretum for culture and propagation, p. 666. 



XVIII. BOBIT A (Bobu or Bombu is the name of the tree in 

 Ceylon). D*. C. prod. 3. p. 23. Bobu, Adans. fam. pi. 2. p. 

 11. Eugenioides, Lin. fl. zeyl. p. 192. 



LIN. SYST. Icosdndria, Monogynia. Tube of calyx ovate, 

 adnate to the ovary ; limb 5-cleft, with very short blunt lobes. 

 Petals 5, alternate with the lobes of the calyx, and longer than 

 them. Stamens 20-30, free, longer than the petals. Style fili- 

 form. Stigma subcapitate. Fruit (berry ?) ovate, indehiscent, 

 few-seeded. Seed unknown A tree, with alternate, obovate- 

 oblong, acute, glabrous, dotless, usually serrated leaves ; and ax- 

 illary, simple peduncles, bearing subspicate distant flowers ; pe- 

 dicels very short, each propped by 2 or 3 bracteas just under 

 the calyx. This is a very doubtful genus. 



1 B. LAU'RINA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 24.) spikes simple and pa- 

 nicled, shorter than the leaves ; leaves serrated. Tj . S. Na- 

 tive of Ceylon. Laurus, Burm. zeyl. p. 139. t. 62. Euge- 

 nioides, Lin. fl. zeyl. 192. no. 409. Bobu, Herm. zeyl. 9. 

 Burm. zeyl. 26. Bombu, Petiv. mus. p. 39. ex Lin. Myrtus 

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