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MYRTACEyE. XXXVII. CTUSTAVIA. XXXVIII. CATINGA. XXXIX. PETALOTOMA. 



Sweden, and patron of Linnaeus, and who presented a large col- 

 lection of Indian plants to him). Lin. amoen. 8. (1775.) p. 266. 

 Lin. fil. suppl. 51. Poit. mem. mus. 13. p. 156. D. C. prod. 

 3. p. 289. Pirigara, Aubl. guian. (1775.) 1. p. 487. H. B. et 

 Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 7. p. 261. Spallanzania, Neck. elem. 

 (1790.) no. 733. 



LIN. SYST. Monadelphia, Polytindria. Tube of calyx tur- 

 binate (f. 125. a.) ; limb entire, or 4-6-8-lobed. Petals 4-6-8 (f. 

 125. c.), ovate, nearly equal. Stamens numerous, monadelphous at 

 the base, and somewhat adnate to the claws of the petals. Ova- 

 riumi-6-celled; cells many-seeded. Style short. Stigma obtuse. 

 Capsule ovate, or nearly globose, 3-6-celled, coriaceous, valveless, 

 umbilicate from the vestiges of the calyx. Seeds few in each cell, 

 ovate, clothed with coriaceous membranes, suspended by long 

 plicate funicles, fixed to the central column. Embryo fleshy. 

 Cotyledons 2, large, nearly equal, convex on the outside, and 

 flat inside. Radicle obtuse, hardly prominent. Trees. Leaves 

 alternate, large, dotless, serrated, or quite entire, glabrous. 

 Racemes terminal, few-flowered. Flowers bibracteate, white 

 and shcwy. 



1 G. AUGU'STA (Lin. amoen. acad. 8. p. 2C6. t. 5.) flowers of 

 8 petals ; calyx entire, glabrous ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, 

 acuminated, much narrowed at the base, membranous, re- 

 motely and sharply toothed. J; S. Native of Surinam, Maran- 

 ham ; and of New Granada, near Turbaco, where it is called 

 Membrlto and Baco, ex H. B. et Kunth. Pirigara supurba, 

 H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 7. p. 261. Fruit unknown. 

 Petals white. Stamens yellow. The flowers smell sweet, but 

 the wood is extremely fetid. In Surinam it is used for hooks. 



August Gustavia. Clt. 1794. Shrub 5 to 10 feet. 



2 G. SPECIOSA (D. C. prod. 3. p. 289.) flowers 6-petalled ; 

 calyx nearly entire, and are as well as the pedicels and ovaria 

 tomentose ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminated, quite entire, 

 narrowed at the base, coriaceous. Tj . S. Native of New 

 Granada at Mariquita, where it is called Chupa. Pirigara spe- 

 ciosa, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 7. p. 200. By eating 

 the small fruit of this tree, the body becomes yellow, and after 

 it remains 24 or 48 hours, nothing can erase the colour, accord- 

 ing to Humb. and Bonpl. 



Showy Gustavia. Tree. 



3 G. URCEOLA'TA (Poit. mem. 

 mus. 13. p. 156. t. 5.) flowers 

 6-7-petalled ; calyx glabrous, 

 with an entire margin ; leaves 

 oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, or acu- 

 tish, membranous, remotely sub- 

 serrated on the margin. |j . S. 

 Native of Frencli Guiana, where 

 it is called Bois puant, because 

 the wood becomes fetid after ex- 

 posure to the air. Petals oval, 

 obtuse, an inch long, white, ra- 

 ther rose-coloured on the out- 

 side. Fruit wingless. Wood 

 fetid, (f. 125.) 



Urceolate-ca\yy.ed Gustavia. 

 Tree. 



4 G. iTEROCA'iiPA(Poit. 1. c. p. 158. t. 6.) flowers 6-petalled; 

 calycine lobes 6, permanent, girding the fruit ; leaves oval- 

 oblong, acuminated, rather coriaceous, quite entire, or hardly 

 denticulated. J? . S. Native of Guiana, at La Maza and 

 Roura. Smaller than the first. Fruit depressed, girded by a 

 circular wing or margin. In the specimens of Perrotett the 

 leaves are quite entire, but in the figure of Poit, they are some- 

 what denticulated. 



II ing -fruited Gustavia. Tree 10 to 20 feet. 



FIG. 125. 



5 G. FASTUOSA (Willd. spec. 3. p. 847.) flowers 6-petalled ; 

 lobes of calyx 6, linear, thick, acute, permanent ; leaves obo- 

 vate, acuminated, rather repandly serrulated. Tj . S. Native 

 of Guiana, in woods about Sinemari, where it is called Pirigara- 

 mepe. Pirigara hexapetala, Aubl. guian. 1. p. 490. t. 193. G. 

 hexapetala, Smith, in Rees' cycl. no. 2. Leaves obovate, acu- 

 minated. Bracteas oblong, acute. Lobes of calyx narrow, 

 acute, fleshy. Stigma tetragonal. Capsule roundish, rather 

 cinereous, 4-celled, crowned by the truncate lobes of the calyx. 

 Funicles thick. Perhaps the same as the first species. Petals 

 white. Stamens yellow. 



Disdainful Gustavia. Clt. 1823. Tree 20 feet. 



6 G. BRASILIA'NA (D. C. prod. 3. p. 290.) flowers 6-petalled; 

 lobes of calyx 6, ovate, acutish, foliaceous, flat ; leaves oval- 

 oblong, acuminated, rather repandly toothed. lj . S. Native 

 of Brazil, on the banks of the river Amazon, near Garupa. G. 

 fastuosa, Mart. herb. This plant differs from the preceding 

 species in the leaves being oval or oval-oblong, not obovate, and 

 in the bracteas on the peduncles being ovate-obtuse, not oblong, 

 acute ; lobes of calyx ovate. Fruit 6-ribbed, not roundish and 

 yellow, nor cinereous. 



Var. y, minor (D. C. 1. c.) flowers a little smaller ; leaves a 

 little narrower. T? . S. Native of Para, in Brazil. 

 Brazilian Gustavia. Tree 20 feet. 



7 G. TETRAPE'TALA (Rseusch. ex D. C. prod. 8. p. 290.) 

 flowers 4-petalled ; lobes of calyx 4, roundish, at length deci- 

 duous ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminated, serrated, attenu- 

 ated at the base. ^7 . G. Native of Cayenne, on Mount 

 Courou. Pirigara tetrapetala, Aubl. guian. 1. p. 489. t. 192. 

 This is perhaps the same as G. augusta. 



Tetrapetalous Gustavia. Tree 20 feet. 



8 G. VA'LIDA (D. C. 1. c.) flowers 4 ?-petalled ; lobes of calyx 

 4, roundish ; leaves cuneate-oblong, acutish, denticulated. Vj . S. 

 Native of Java, in woods, and in the island of Nusa-Kam- 

 banga. Pirigara valida, Blum, bijdr. p. 1096. Cotyledons 

 foliaceous, according to Blume. Radicle very long, clavate, 

 ascending. 



Strong Gustavia. Tree 30 to 40 feet. 



Cult. A showy genus, with large leaves and flowers. A 

 mixture of loam, peat, and sand answers the species best ; and 

 ripened cuttings root freely, if planted in sand, with a hand- 

 glass over them, in a moist heat. 



f- Genera belonging to Myrtacece, but are not sufficiently 

 known. Most of them probably belong to the Tribe Myriece. 



XXXVIII. CATI'NGA (Iva Catinga is the Guiana name of 

 the first species). Aubl. guian. 1. p. 511. t. 203. Juss. gen. 

 325. D. C. prod. 3. p. 294. 



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

 limb 4-toothed, acute, small. Petals ? Stamens numerous. Drupe 

 or berry globose or ovate, crowned by the calycine limb, 1 -celled, 

 1 -seeded, having the bark or rind fleshy and filled with aromatic 

 oily vesicles. Trees, natives of Guiana, with opposite, or nearly 

 alternate, oval, entire leaves, which are acuminated at both ends, 

 and full of pellucid dots. This genus is not sufficiently known. 



1 C. MOSCHA V TA (Aubl. 1. c. t. 205. f. 1.) fruit globose, f? . S. 

 Native of Guiana, where it is called Iva Catinga. Fruit exhal- 

 ing a scent like musk. 



Musk Catinga. Tree 50 feet. 



2 C. AROMA'TICA (Aubl. 1. c. t. 203. f. 2.) fruit ovate, atte- 

 nuated at both ends. Jj . S. Native of Guiana, where it is 

 called Goyavarana. 



Aromatic Catinga. Tree 40 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation *t-e Gustavia, p. 870. 



XXXIX. PETALOTO V M A (from ^ra\ov, petalon, a petal, 



