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obtuse elliptic lobes, the upper one furnished with a spur at the 

 base. Petals 5, the 2 superior ones very narrow. Stamens 3, 

 inserted in the calyx, opposite the 3 lower petals, the lateral 2 

 sterile, the middle one only antheriferous. Style clavate. Stigma 

 saucer-shaped, obtuse, lateral, situated beneath the apex of the 

 style. Capsule 3-celled, 8-valved, trigonal ; cells 1 -seeded ; 

 valves opening in the middle. Seeds exalbuminous, drawn out 

 at one side into a woolly wing. Embryo with convolute co- 

 tyledons, and a superior radicle. Trees, with oval, obtuse, ex- 

 stipulate, feather-nerved leaves, which are crowded in whorles 

 of 6 or 8. Flowers thyrsoid, sweet-scented, white, but at length 

 becoming orange-coloured. 



1 S. CONVALLARIODORA (St. Hil. 1. c.) leaves in whorles, oval, 

 obtuse ; flowers thyrsoid. Tj . S. Native of Brazil, in fields, 

 in the province of Minas Geraes. 



Lily of the valley-scented Salvertia. Tree 30 feet. 



2 S. THRYSIFLORA (Pohl. pi. bras. 2. p. 16. t. 110.) leaves in 

 whorles, obversely oblong-oval or oblong, obtuse, mucronate ; 

 thyrse large, panicled ; flowers small. ^ S. Native of Brazil, 

 in the province of Goyaz. Petals white, spotted with red. 



Thryse-flonered Salvertia. Tree 20 feet. 



Cult. See Voclnjsia for culture and propagation, p. C70. 



V. QUA'LEA (a name given to one of the species by the 

 Indians of Guiana).- Aubl. guian. 1. p. 7. t. 1-2. Juss. gen. 

 424. Lam. ill. t. 4. St. Hil. mem. mus. 6. p. 265. and 269. 

 Mart. bras. 1. p. 130. D. C. prod. 3. p. 28. 



LIN. SYST. Mondndria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-parted ; lobes 

 very unequal, rounded, the largest one petaloid, and furnished 

 with a spur at the base. Petal 1, rarely 2, inserted in the bot- 

 tom of the calyx, or perhaps inserted in the torus. Stamen 1, 

 rarely 2, alternating with the petal ; filament linear ; anther 

 oblong. Ovary free. Capsule woody, 3-celled, 3-valved ; the 

 valves opening in the middle. Seeds exalbuminous, furnished 

 with a wing. Embryo with large convolute cotyledons, and a 

 superior radicle. South American trees, with opposite branches, 

 opposite coriaceous glabrous entire ovate feather- nerved leaves. 

 Stipulas deciduous. Cymes of flowers terminal, trichotomous, 

 panicled, furnished with 2 bracteas at each ramification. Flowers 

 sweet-scented, rose-coloured or blue. The lateral veins of the 

 leaves are the same as in Calophyllum, parallel, and approxi- 

 mate, running into a marginal nerve. 



1 Q. ROSEA (Aubl. guian. 1. p. 5. t. 1.) leaves elliptic, acumi- 

 nated, glabrous on both surfaces ; lateral veins approximate ; 

 petal entire ; spur shorter than the calyx. Tj . S. Native of 

 Guiana, in woods. Petal, as well as the large segment of the 

 calyx, white on the outside, and rose-coloured on the inside. 



/frwe-coloured-flowered Qualea. Tree 60 feet. 



2 Q. CJERU'LEA (Aubl. guian. 1. p. 7. t. 2.) leaves oval, end- 

 ing in a short taper-point each, glabrous on both surfaces ; 

 lateral veins approximate ; petal emarginate ; spur length of the 

 calyx. J? . S. Native of Guiana, in woods. Petal cinereous 

 on the outside, and rather bluish on the inside. 



ZMue-petalled Qualea. Tree 60 to 80 feet. 



3 Q. GESTASIA NA (St. Hil. mem. mus. 6. p. 254.) leaves lan- 

 ceolate, acuminated, glabrous ; petioles and peduncles pubescent ; 

 calyx ciliated, the superior lobe emarginate ; petal cordate. 

 Tj . S. Native of Brazil, in the mountains near Rio Janeiro. 



Petal sulphur-coloured, with the veins purplish at the base. 

 Gestas's Qualea. Tree 100 feet. 



4 Q. ECALCARA'TA (Mart. bras. 1. p. 130. t. 78.) leaves ob- 

 long, acuminated, glabrous above, but costately veined and 

 clothed with fulvous pubescence beneath ; racemes lateral, sub- 

 corymbose, few-flowered ; calyx without a spur. ^ . S. Native 

 of Brazil, on mountains, in the province of Minas Geraes. 



Stamen 1 in the flowers, with 2 petals, and 2 in the flowers, with 

 1 petal. Petal cream-coloured, veined. 

 Spitrless Qualea. Tree 20 feet. 



5 Q. GRANDIFLORA (Mart. bras. 1. c. p. 133. t. 79.) leaves 

 oblong, rather acuminated, glabrous above, tomentose and cos- 

 tately-veined beneath, but with the nerves and veins glabrous; 

 flowers axillary or terminal, solitary or racemose ; calyx clothed 

 with silky pubescence on the outside, furnished with an elon- 

 gated acutish spur, fj . S. Native of Brazil, in the provinces of 

 St. Paul and Minas Geraes. Petal 1, large, white, yellow at the 

 base, orbicular, emarginate. Stamen 1. 



Great-flowered Qualea. Tree 10 to 20 feet. 



6 Q. MULTIFLORA (Mart. 1. c. p. 134. t. 80.) leaves opposite 

 or 3 in a whorl, ovate or broad-lanceolate, or oblong, acumi- 

 nated, glabrous on both surfaces, costately veined beneath ; 

 peduncles pilose ; racemes axillary or terminal ; whorles of 

 flowers distant ; upper lobe of calyx truncate and emarginate ; 

 spur and ovaries very hairy. fj . S. Native of Brazil, in the 

 provinces of Minas Geraes and St. Paul. Petal 1, obcordate, 

 cream-coloured. Stamen 1. 



Var. ft, pubescens (Mart. 1. c.) leaves pubescent beneath. I; . 

 S. Growing along with the species. 



Many-flowered Qualea. Tree 10 to 20 feet. 



7 Q. PARVIFLORA (Mart. 1. c. p. 135. t. 81.) plant clothed 

 with powdery hoary tomentum ; leaves opposite or alternate, 

 oblong, bluntish, costately-veined beneath ; racemes axillary or 

 terminal; calyx canescent, with the spur spreading and obtuse. 



\ . S. Native of the south of Brazil, in the Certao or Great 

 Desert. Petal 1, obcordate, unguiculate, white, having the scent 

 of violets. 



Var. a, tomentbsa (D. C. prod. 3. p. 29.) leaves clothed with 

 hoary tomentum on both surfaces, but in the adult state they are 

 glabrous. 



Var. fl,glabrata (D. C. 1. c.) leaves smoothishon both surfaces. 



Var, y, disco/or (D. C. 1. c.) leaves glabrous above and canes- 

 cent beneath. 



Small-jlowercd Qualea. Tree 1 2 to 20 feet. 



f- Species not sufficiently known. 



8 Q. PE'RRINI (Spreng. syst. 1. p. 17.) leaves oblong, sub- 

 cordate, veiny ; racemes hairy ; petal entire ; spur equal in length 

 to the calyx. J? . S. Native of Guiana. 



Perrin's Qualea. Tree. 



9 Q. VERTICIILA'TA (Spreng. 1. c.) leaves oblong, emarginate, 

 attenuated at the base ; corolla somewhat dipetalous, unequal. 

 Tj . S. Native of Brazil. 



Whorlcd Qualea. Tree. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Vochysia, p. 670. 



2. Ovary adnate to the calyx. Calyx ^-parted. 



VI. ERI'SMA (from cpiapa, erisma, strife; so named from 

 the anomalous form of the genus, which is at so much variance 

 with others). Rudge, pi. guian. 1. p. 7. t. 1. D. C. prod. 3. p. 

 29. Debrse'a, Rcem. et Schult. syst. 1. p. 4. Ditmaria, Spreng. 

 syst. 1. p. 4. 



LIN. SYST. Mondndria, Monogynia. Tube of calyx adnate to 

 the ovary ; limb 4-5-parted ; the lobes unequal, the longest one 

 parabolic, drawn out into a spur at the base, expanded into a large 

 petaloid limb at the apex, which is bearded on the inside ; it is 

 convolute in aestivation, and incloses the genitals. Petal 1, op- 

 posite the petaloid limb of the calyx, inserted behind the fila- 

 ment. Stamens, 1 fertile and 4 sterile ; these last are very short. 

 Anther oblong, narrow, sagittate, 3-celled, ex Martius. Ovary 

 1 -celled, oblong, biovulate. Style filiform. Fruit unknown.- 

 Trees, with opposite, oval, acuminated, coriaceous, glabrous, 

 quite entire, feather-nerved leaves; lateral nerves confluent be- 



