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segments linear, acute, sometimes unidentate. Stamens 8 or 10. 

 Disk hypogynous, urceolate, entire ; cells of ovarium biovulate. 

 Styles very short. Capsule membranous, reticulated, flattened 

 into a bifid wing at the apex, ventricose at the base, 2-celled ; 

 cells 1 -seeded. Seed large, arched, with a smooth coriaceous 

 testa. An elegant tree, native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Leaves petiolate, ternate ; leaflets sessile, lanceolate, acuminated, 

 sharply serrated, coriaceous, glabrous, reticulated with many 

 veins. Flowers terminal, panicled. 



1 P. TRIFOLIA'TUS (D. Don, 1. c.) Jj . G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope, where the tree is called white ash by the 

 English colonists. Weinmannia trifoliata, Lin. fil. suppl. 227. 

 Thunb. prod. p. 77. exclusive of the synonyme of Lamark. 



Trifoliate Platylophus. Clt. 1820. Tree. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Callicoma, below. 



V. CUNONIA (dedicated by Linnaeus to John Christian 

 Cuno, of Amsterdam, who described his own garden in verse in 

 1750). Lin. gen. 556. ed. Schreb. 761. Juss. gen. p. 310. 

 Gaertn. fruct. p. 344. t. 225. D. Don in edinb. phil. journ. 1830. 

 April. Osterdykia, Burm. afr. 259. t. 96. 



LIN. SYST. Decandria, Digynia. Calyx 5-cleft ; segments 

 deciduous. Petals 5, entire. Stamens 10. Disk hypogynous, 

 small. Capsule opening from the base at the dissepiments ; 

 cells many seeded. Seeds oblong, compressed, smooth, winged, 

 with a rather loose membranous testa. Cotyledons somewhat 

 foliaceous. Smooth trees, with impari-pinnate leaves, serrated 

 coriaceous leaflets, large caducous interpetiolar stipulas, and with 

 the flowers disposed in axillary racemes or panicles. 



1 C. CAPE'NSIS (Lin. spec. p. 569.) shrubby ; leaflets 5-7, 

 lanceolate, coriaceous, serrated ; racemes spicate, opposite ; pe- 

 dicels numerous, in fascicles. Tj . G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Lam. ill. t. 371. Lodd. bot. cab. t. 826. Flowers 

 white. 



CapeCunoma. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1816. Shrub 6 feet. 



2 C. I'NDICA (Blum, bijdr. p. 867.) shrubby; leaves some 

 what ternately pinnate ; leaflets ovate-oblong, acuminated, ob- 

 liquely subcordate at the base, doubly serrated ; panicles axil- 

 lary, clothed with rusty tomentum. T-i . S. Native of Java, in 

 woods on the higher mountains. 



Indian Cunonia. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 



3 C. CELE'BICA (Blum. 1. c.) arboreous ; leaflets ovate-oblong, 

 acuminated, serrated : lateral ones oblique at the base ; panicles 

 corymbose, axillary, tj. S. Native of the Celebes, on the 

 mountains. 



Celebes Cunonia. Tree 20 to 30 feet. 



Cult. See Callicoma for culture and propagation. 



VI. ARNO'LDIA (named in memory of Joseph Arnold, M.D. 

 who accompanied Sir Stamford Raffles to the East Indies, 

 where he collected many plants ; and the discoverer of the 

 gigantic flower Rafflesia Arnoldi in the Island of Sumatra). Blum, 

 bijdr. p. 868. D. C. prod. 4. p. 12. 



LIN. SYST. Oclcindria, Digynia. Calyx 4-parted. Petals 4. 

 Stamens 8, interposed by glands. Ovarium didymous, biovu- 

 late. Styles 2, incurved : stigmas simple. Carpels 2, connate 

 at the base, solitary from abortion, beaked by the styles,' 1- 

 seeded, opening lengthwise on the inside. Indian shrubs, with 

 opposite branches and leaves. Leaves impari-pinnate, glabrous. 

 Stipulas interpetiolar, orbicular, deciduous. Racemes axillary 

 and terminal, twin or tern. 



1 A. PINNA'TA (Blum. 1. c.) leaves with 4-5 pairs of lanceo- 

 late, bluntly serrated coriaceous leaflets ; stipulas deciduous ; 

 racemes usually twin. J? . S. Native of Java, in mountain 

 woods, where it is called Kiringit. Spirae'a pinnata, Blume, cat. 

 hort. buit. p. 76. 



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.Pinnate-leaved Arnoldia. Shrub. 



2 A. HETEROPHY'LLA (Blum. 1. c.) lower leaves with two pairs 

 of leaflets, and an odd one : upper ones ternate or simple ; leaf- 

 lets lanceolate, distantly serrulated ; racemes twin or tern. >j . 

 S. Native of Java, in mountain woods in the province of 

 Bamtam. 



Variable -leaved Arnoldia. Shrub. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Weinmannia, p. 200. 



VII. PTEROPHY'LLA (from irrfpox, pteron, a wing, and 

 <j>v\\ov,pftyllon, a leaf; so called in reference to the large folia- 

 ceous stipulas). D. Don, in edinb. phil. journ. April, 1 830. 



LIN. SYST. Octdndria, Digynia. Calyx 4-cleft, deciduous. 

 Petals 4. Stamens 8. Styles 2, very short, incurved. Ovarium 

 2-celled. Capsule ? A tree, native of the Moluccas. Leaves 

 impari-pinnate ; leaflets lanceolate, bluntly acuminated, crenated, 

 glabrous, glaucous beneath, oblique at the base, 3 inches long : 

 the odd or terminal one on a longer petiole than the others. 

 Stipulas large, foliaceous, reniform, quite entire, deciduous. 

 Flowers minute, polygamous, in spicate racemes. Racemes erect, 

 terminal, aggregate, rather panicled, a hand long. Ovarium 

 densely clothed with wool. 



1 P. FRAXI'NEA (D. Don, 1. c.) Tj . S. Native of the Island 

 of Honimao, one of the Moluccas. Weinmannia? fraxinea, 

 Smith, herb. 



Ash-like Pterophylla. Tree. 



Cult. See Weinmannia, p. 200. for culture and propagation. 



VIII. CALY'COMIS (from raXu, kalyx, a calyx, and 

 home, hair ; in allusion to the tufts of flowers). R. Br. in gen. 

 rem. p. 17. D. Don in edinb. phil. journ April, 1830. 



LIN. SYST. Decdndria, Digynia. Calyx 5-parted, permanent. 

 Petals 5. Stamens 10. Disk hypogynous, very small. Styles 

 setaceous. Capsule globose, 2-celled, opening at the apex ; 

 cells many seeded. Seeds minute, smooth. An Australian, 

 erect, evergreen, branched shrub. Leaves simple, nearly sessile, 

 3 in a whorl, oblongly cordate, acute, coarsely serrated, coria- 

 ceous, glabrous, glaucous beneath. Stipulas peleaceous, per- 

 manent. Flowers small, white, copious, in whorles, pedicellate. 

 Capsule membranous, gaping at the apex nearly as in Heuchera. 



1 C. VERTICILLA'TA (D. Don, 1. c.) Jj . G. Native of New 

 Holland, among the mountains on moist rocks. 



Whorled-Rowered Calycomis. Shrub. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Callicoma. 



IX. CALLI'COMA (from caXoc, kalos, beautiful, and 

 home, hair ; appearance of tufted heads of flowers). Andr. bot. 

 rep. t. 566. 



LIN. SYST. Octo-Decdndria, Digynia. Calyx 4-parted, rarely 

 5-parted (f. 37. a.), permanent. Petals wanting. Stamens 8, 

 rarely 10 (f. 37.6.). Disk hypogynous, small. Ovarium dis- 

 tinct ; cells many-ovulate. Styles 2, setaceous (f. 37. d.). Cap- 

 sule inclosed in the calyx, which is permanent, dehiscing at the 

 dissepiments; cells ventricose, 1-2-seeded from abortion. Seeds 

 ovate, scabrous from minute papillae on every side, like those of 

 Saxifraga; with a crustaceous testa. Trees, natives of Aus- 

 tralia. Leaves simple, petiolate, serrated ; petioles jointless. 

 Stipulas membranous, bidentate, caducous. Flowers capitate ; 

 heads terminating the tops of the branchlets, pedunculate, glo- 

 bose. 



1 C. sERRATirbLiA (Andr. 1. c.) leaves lanceolate, acumi- 

 nated, hoary beneath, attenuated at the base. fy . G. Native 

 of New Holland, where the tree is called black wattle by the 

 English colonists. Delaun, herb. amat. t. 299. Sims, bot. mag. 

 1811. Codia serratifolia, Ser. mss. ex D. C. prod. 4. p. 7. 

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