MYRTACE^:. XL. FOZTIDIA. XLI. COUPOUI. XLII. CAREYA. XLIII. GLAYFIIYRIA. XLIV. CROSSOSTYLIS. 871 



and ru/jt], tome, a section ; in reference to the cut petals). D. C. 

 prod. 3. p. 294. Diatoma, Lour. coch. p. 296. but not of 

 B.C. 



LIN. SYST. Icosdndria, Monogynia. Tube of calyx campa- 

 nulate, baccate ; limb 8-cleft ; segments acute. Petals 6-8, 

 with filiform claws, and roundish cut limbs. Disk flesh}', cre- 

 nated. Stamens 16, inserted in the disk. Anthers roundish. 

 Style filiform ; stigma 4-5-cleft, with the lobes ovate, furrowed 

 and spreading. Berry round, crowned, 1 -seeded. A tree, with 

 brachiate brandies. Leaves opposite, ovate, glabrous, quite 

 entire. Racemes short, nearly terminal. Flowers copper-co- 

 loured. The affinity of this genus is doubtful, unless it agrees 

 with Alangium, but differs from it in the leaves being op- 

 posite, in the stigma being 4-5-cleft ; stigmas and anthers 

 roundish. 



1 P. BRACHIA'TA (D. C. 1. c.) Jj . G. Native of Cochin- 

 china, in woods. Diatoma brachiata, Lour. 1. c. 



Armed Petalotoma. Tree 40 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation, see Gustavia, f. 870. 



XL. FCETI'DIA (from fceteo, to stink ; smell of wood). 

 Comm. in Juss. gen. p. 335. Lam. ill. t. 419. diet. 2. p. 457. 

 D. C. prod. 3. p. 295. 



LIN. SYST. Icosdndria, Monogynia. Tube of calyx tetra- 

 gonal and hemispherical ; limb 4-parted ; lobes valvate in aesti- 

 vation, permanent, at length reflexed. Petals wanting. Sta- 

 mens numerous, disposed in many series ; filaments capillary, 

 free. Style filiform ; stigma 4-cleft. Berry dry, hard, nucu- 

 mentaceous, indehiscent, flat above, and bluntly tetragonal be- 

 neath, 4-celled ; cells 1-2-seeded. Tree. Leaves alternate, 

 crowded on the branches, sessile, oval, attenuated at both ends, 

 quite entire, obtuse, glabrous, nerved, dotless. Peduncles 1- 

 flowered, in the axils of the upper leaves. 



1 F. MAURITIA'NA (Lam. 1. c.). Ij . G. Native of the Mau- 

 ritius, where it is called Bois puant. F. Borbonica, Raeusch. 

 The wood is a good substitute for walnut wood. 



Mauritian Foetidia. Clt. 1827. Tree 15 to 20 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Gustavia, p. 870. 



XLI. COUPOU'I (Coupoui-rana is the name given to the 

 tree by the Indians of Guiana). Aubl. guian. suppl. p. 16. 

 t. 377. 



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

 limb permanent, 5-lobed. Petals and stamens unknown. Berry 

 ovate, crowned by the calyx, 1 -celled, 1 -seeded. Seed large. 

 A tall tree. Leaves alternate, on long petioles, obovate, acute, 

 cordate at the base, glabrous. Flowers unknown. 



1 C. AQUA'TICA (Aubl. 1. c.). I? . S. Native of Guiana. 

 Leaves 20-22 inches long, and 9 inches broad. Fruit about the 

 form and size of an orange. 



Aquatic Coupoui. Tree 60 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Gustavia, p. 870. 



XLII. CARE'YA (in honour of the Rev. William Carey, of 

 Serampore, a distinguished botanist). Roxb. corom. 3. p. 13. 

 D. C. prod. 3. p. 295. 



LIN. SYST. Monadelphia, Polydndria. Tube of calyx ovate ; 

 limb 4-parted (f. 126. b). Petals 4, ovate, concave, spreading. 

 Stamens numerous ; filaments filiform, free, but cohering at the 

 base with the petals into a ring; outer ones sterile (f. 126. g.); an- 

 thers of the fertile ones ovate and bilocular. Style filiform ; 

 stigma capitate (f. 126. a.), obscurely 4-toothed. Berry globose 

 (f. 126. d.}, covered by the fleshy calyx, and crowned by its 

 lobes, pulpy, many-seeded, 4-celled (f. 126. e.) when young. 

 Seeds oval, compressed East Indian herbs or trees, with alter- 

 nate, feather-nerved, dotless, glabrous leaves ; and large flowers 

 with white petals, and red or yellow stamens. 



FIG. 126. 



1 C. HERBA'CEA (Roxb. 1. c. 

 t. 217.) herbaceous; leaves on 

 short petioles, obovate-cuneated, 

 serrulated; racemes short; flowers 

 pedunculate ; outer filaments ste- 

 rile, exceeding the fertile ones. 

 I/ . S. Native of Bengal. Berry 

 an inch in diameter. Leaves 4-8 

 inches long. Petals white. Sta- 

 mens red. (f. 126.) 



Herbaceous Careya. Fl. July, 

 Aug. Clt. 1808. PI. 1 to 1ft. 



2 C. ARBOREA (Roxb. 1. C. p. 



14. t. 218.) arboreous; leaves 

 on short petioles, obovate-cu- 

 neated, hardly serrated ; spikes 

 terminal, few-flowered ; flowers 

 sessile ; outer filaments sterile, but not equal in length to the 

 fertile ones. fy . S. Native of the East Indies, in mountain 

 valleys. Berries 4 inches in diameter, yellowish inside. Leaves 

 6-12 inches long. Petals yellowish. Stamens reddish. 

 Tree Careya. Clt. 1823. Shrub 6 to 10 feet. 



3 C. MACROSTA'CHYA (Jack, in mal. misc. 1. no. 2. p. 47.) 

 arboreous ; leaves petiolate, obovate, rather serrated ; racemes 

 lateral, nodding, densely many-flowered ; flowers sessile, in 

 many series. ^ . S. Native of Pulo-Pinang. The inflores- 

 cence is different from those of the other species. Ovarium 

 4-celled : cells 4-ovulate. 



Long-spiked Careya. Tree 20 feet. 



4 C. SPH/E'RICA (Roxb. hort. beng. p. 52.). Tj . S. Native 

 of the East Indies. This species is not described. 



Spherical-fruited Careya. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



Cult. Careya is a genus of fine shrubs and trees, with 

 showy flowers. Their culture and propagation are the same as 

 that for Gustavia, p. 870. 



XLIII. GLAYPHY'RIA (from yXa^wpoc, glaphyros, ele- 

 gant ; in reference to the neatness and elegance of the shrubs). 

 Jack, in Lin. trans. 14. p. 128. D. C. prod. 3. p. 295. 



LIN. SYST. Unknown. Limb of calyx 5-lobed. Petals 5. 

 Berry 5-celled, many-seeded. Seeds fixed to the axis, 2 rows 

 in each cell. Small Indian trees, with alternate, minutely stipi- 

 tate leaves, and few-flowered, axillary peduncles. Fabric of 

 seeds unknown. 



1 C. NITIDA (Jack, 1. c.) leaves obovate. Tj . S. Native of 

 the higher mountains of India, particularly on the Sugar-loaf 

 Mountain, in the interior of Bencoolen, where the leaves are 

 used by the natives in place of tea. 



Shining -leaved Glaphyria. Tree 10 to 20 feet. 



2 C. SERICEA (Jack, 1. c.) leaves lanceolate, acuminated. 

 Tj . S. Native of Pulo-Pinang, and on the west coast of Su- 

 matra. Calyxes, peduncles, bracteas, and .young leaves silky. 

 Petals and cells of ovarium 5-6 in number. 



Silky Glaphyria. Tree. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Gustavia, p. 870. 



XLIV. CROSSO'STYLIS (t:po<r<roe, krossos, a fringe, and 

 (TTV\OS, stylos, a style ; in reference to the lobes of the stigma, 

 which are fringed). Forst. gen. t. 44. Juss. gen. p. 432. 



LIN. SYST. Icosdndria, Monogynia. Calyx quadrangular, 

 adnate to the ovarium at the base, 4-cleft beyond the middle, 

 permanent. Petals 4, unguiculate, alternating with the calycine 

 lobes. Stamens about 20 ; filaments connate at the base into a 

 ring, interspersed with many sterile, small hairs. Style 1, fili- 

 form. Stigma cruciately 4-lobed ; lobes fimbriately trifid at the 

 apex. Berry half superior, hemispherical, with many stripes, 



