202 CUNONIACE.E. IX. CALLICOMA. X. CERATOPETALUM. XI. SCHIZOMERIA. XII. CODIA. XIII. BELANGERA. 



Flowers yellow. The twigs are FIG. 37. 



used for making baskets in New 

 Holland. Perhaps the flowers 

 are dioecious, (f. 37.) 



Saw - leaved Callicoma. Fl. 

 May, Aug. Clt. 1793. Shrub. 



2 C. FERRUGINEA (D. Don, in 

 edinb. phil. journ. April, 1830.) 

 leaves oblong, acute, cuneated at 

 the base, clothed with rusty to- 

 mentum beneath, and on the 

 branchlets. (7 . G. Native of 

 New Holland, on the banks of 

 rivers. 



Rusty Callicoma. Shrub. 



3 C. BILLARDIE'RI (D. Don, 1. 

 c.) leaves 3 in a whorl, nearly 



sessile, elliptic, retuse, crenulated, glabrous. ^ . G. Native 

 of New Holland ? Codia montana, Labill. mss. in herb. Lamb. 



La Billardier's Callicoma. Shrub. 



Cult. A genus of very pretty shrubs ; they will thrive well 

 in a mixture of loam and peat ; and ripened cuttings root readily 

 in sand under a hand-glass. 



X. CERATOPETALUM (from Kcpae, keras, a horn, and 

 irtraXov, petalon, a petal ; the petals are jagged so as to resemble 

 a stag's horn). Smith, nov. holl. 1. p. 9. t. 3. 



LIN. SYST. Decdndria, Digynia. Calyx with a 5-parted per- 

 manent limb (f. 38. a.). Petals 5 (f. 38. 6.), linear, multifid, 

 stiff, permanent, or wanting. Stamens 10 ; anthers cordate, ter- 

 minated by a beak-formed process (f. 38. c.). Ovarium half 

 inferior, 2-celled, few-ovulate. Capsule 1 -seeded from abor- 

 tion, dehiscing at the apex. Seed round, with a thick crusta- 

 ceous testa. Trees, natives of New Holland, with ternate or 

 simple serrated glabrous leaves, standing on petioles, which are 

 jointed at the apex. Stipulas undivided, rather foliaceous, ca- 

 ducous. Flowers terminal, panicled. 



* Leaves ternate ; flowers with petals. 



1 C. GUMMI'FERUM (Smith, nov. pjr< ag 

 holl. t. 3.) TZ. G. Native of 



New Holland, where it is called 

 red gum-tree by the English co- 

 lonists, (f. 38.) 



Gum - bearing Ceratopetalum. 

 Clt. 1820. Tree SO feet. 



* * Leaves simple ; flowers ape- 

 talous. 



2 C. APE'TALUM (D. Don, in 

 edinb. phil. journ. April, 1830.) 

 leaves lanceolate. Jj . G. Native 

 of New Holland. Ceratopetalum 

 monopetalum, Caley, mss. Per- 

 haps the flowers are sometimes 

 furnished with one petal ? 



Apetalous Ceratopetalum. Tree. 



3 C. MONTA'NUM (D. Don, 1. c.) leaves linear-lanceolate. J? . 

 G. Native of New Holland, on the mountains. 



Mountain Ceratopetalum. Tree. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Callicoma above. 



XI. SCHIZOME'RIA (from a^ta, schizo, to cut, and jutpif, 

 mem, a part ; in reference to the cut petals). D. Don, in edinb. 

 phil. journ. April, 1830. 



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

 8 



Petals 5, jagged, deciduous. Stamens 10; anthers cordate, 

 awnless. Ovarium superior, 2-celled ; ovula many. Styles 2, 

 very short, recurved. Capsule baccate ? closed at the apex. 

 Seeds unknown. A tree, native of New Holland. Leaves 

 simple, petiolate, elliptic- oblong, acute, serrated, coriaceous, 

 glabrous, with the veins numerous and reticulated beneath : pe- 

 tioles articulated at the base. Stipulas undivided, caducous. 

 Flowers small, white, panicled. Panicle terminal, much branched. 



1 S. OVA'TA (D. Don, 1. c.) Tj . G. Native of New Holland. 

 Ceratopetalum ovatum, Caley, mss. 



Ocafc-leaved Schizomeria. Clt. 1825. Shrub 8 to 10 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Callicoma above. 



Tribe II. 



CODIE'jE. Stamens definite. Ovarium inferior. 



XII. CO'DIA (from KvSeia, kodeia, a little ball, in reference 

 to the flowers, which grow in little round heads). Forst. gen. 

 p. 59. t. 50. Labill. sert. caled. p. 45. t. 46. 



LIN. SYST. Octo-Decdndria, Digynia. Calyx permanent, 

 with a 4-5-parted limb. Petals 4 5. Stamens 8-10. Ovarium 

 2-celled ? adhering to the tube of the calyx. Styles densely 

 pubescent. Capsule closed at the apex, usually 1 -seeded from 

 abortion. Seed roundish, smooth, with a bony testa ; albumen 

 very sparing ; cotyledons rather foliaceous ; radicle very short. 

 A shrub, with simple, elliptic, obtuse, quite entire, glabrous, 

 coriaceous leaves ; jointless petioles ; caducous Stipulas ; and 

 small, white, capitate flowers. Heads of flowers globose, pe- 

 dunculate, axillary. Ovarium densely woolly. Stigmas simple, 

 obtuse. 



1 C. MONTA'NA (Forst. gen. 1. c. icon. ined. t. 35. Labill. 

 sert. 1. c.). Jj . G. Native of New Caledonia. Flowers yellow ? 



Mountain Codia. Shrub 6 to 8 feet ? 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Callicoma above. 



Tribe III. 



BAUE V RE^ (plants agreeing with Bauera in having indefi- 

 nite stamens). Stamens indefinite. Ovarium distinct. 



XIII. BELANGE'RA (in honour of Belanger, Director 

 of the Royal Garden at Pondicherry, who has travelled in many 

 parts of Persia and India, where he collected a copious herba- 

 rium). Cambess. in St. Hil. fl. bras. 2. p. 203. Polystemon, 

 D. Don, in edinb. phil. journ. April, 1830. 



LIN. SYST. Icosdndria, Digynia. Calyx deeply 6-parted ; 

 segments reflexed, deciduous, valvate in aestivation. Petals 

 wanting. Stamens indefinite, disposed in many series ; fila- 

 ments subulate, glabrous ; anthers 2-celled, bursting lengthwise. 

 Disk girding the base of the ovarium. Ovarium 2-celled ; cells 

 many-ovulate ; ovula flattened, fixed to the middle of the dis- 

 sepiment in 2 rows. Capsule superior, 2-celled, 2-valved, 2- 

 beaked ; valves at length bifid ; cells many-seeded. Seeds 

 compressed, ending in a wing at the apex. Small, Brazilian 

 trees, with opposite branches, and opposite stalked leaves. 

 Leaves with 3 or 5 leaflets. Stipulas interpetiolar, foliaceous, 

 deciduous. Flowers racemose ; racemes simple, axillary. Ova- 

 rium densely tomentose. Capsule coriaceous. Stamens erect 

 in the bud. 



1 B. GLA'BRA (Cambess. in St. Hil. fl. bras. 2. p. 204. t. 115.) 

 leaves trifoliate ; leaflets oblong, narrow at the base, serrated, 



labrous ; capsule smoothish. Tj . S. Native of Brazil, on 

 erra Negra, in the province of Minas Geraes. 

 Glabrous Belangera. Tree. 



2 B. CUNEA'TA (Cambess. 1. c. p. 204.) leaves trifoliate; 

 leaflets oblong-cuneated, sharply serrated, puberulous beneath ; 

 capsule clothed with hairy tomentum : hairs rufescent. (j . S. 

 Native of Brazil, in the province of Minas Geraes. 



