CORNER. I. CORNUS. II. VOTOMITA. III. MASTIXIA. IV. POLYOSMA. LORANTHACE/E. 



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Swedish Dogwood or Dwarf-cornel. Fl. June, July. Britain. 

 PI. i to | foot. 



t Species not sufficiently known. 



20 C. FERULA'CEA (Jacq. ex Steud. nom. 227.) or C. ferulae- 

 folia, Nocca, syn. pi. p. 38. but is undescribed. Compare 

 Rocm. et Schultes, syst. 3. p. 323. 



Fennel-like Dogwood. Shrub. 



21 C. LATIFOLIA (Bray, in Steud. nom. phan. 227.) this species 

 is undescribed as far as we know. 



Broad-leaved Dogwood. Shrub. 



22 C. POLY'GAMA (Rafin. fl. lud. p. 78.) branches straight, 

 smooth, glabrous ; leaves opposite, sessile, oblong, entire, ob- 

 liquely acuminated, hoary beneath ; flowers polygamous. (? . H. 

 Native of Louisiana. Cornus, no. 2. Rob. voy. 456. Shrub 

 15 feet high. Branches red. Calyx entire. Petals white, 

 acute. Styles shorter than the stamens. Fruit black, edible. 



Polygamous Dogwood. Shrub 15 feet. 



Cult. All the woody species are desirable for shrubberies ; 

 and many of the kinds will grow under the drip of trees, which 

 renders them valuable for thickening strips of plantations which 

 have become naked below. They are easily increased by cut- 

 tings, layering, or by suckers. The C. Suecica and C. Canaden- 

 sis should be grown in a border of peat, in a rather shady situa- 

 tion ; they are to be increased by dividing when the plants have 

 run considerably at the roots ; or they may be planted in pots 

 filled with peat earth, and treated as alpines. 



II. VOTOMI'TA (Votomit is the name of the tree in Guiana). 

 Aubl. guian. 1. p. 90. t. 35. D. C. prod. 4. p. 275. Glossoma, 

 Schreb. gen. no. 1728. Guilleminia, Neck. elem. no. 813. but 

 not of Kunth. 



LIN. SYST. Penldndria, Monogynia. Tube of calyx turbinate, 

 adnate to the ovarium ; limb 4-toothed. Petals 4, oblong, acu- 

 minated, spreadingly reflexed. Stamens 4, with very short fila- 

 ments ; anthers oblong, approximate into a tube, terminated by 

 a thin membrane. Style filiform, perforating the tube of the 

 anthers; stigmas 4, oblong. Drupe crowned by the calyx, 1- 

 celled. Seed one striated. A glabrous shrub, having the 

 branches somewhat quadrangular at the apex. Leaves opposite, 

 sessile, ovate, acuminated, stiff, quite entire, furnished within 

 the base of the petioles with 2 deciduous stipulas. Flowers 

 corymbose ; corymbs axillary, few-flowered. Corolla white. 

 This genus is not sufficiently known, but is allied to Cornus from 

 the description. 



1 V. GUIANE'NSIS (Aubl. 1. c.) Tj . S. Native of French 

 Guiana, near the river Sinemari. Poir. diet. 8. p. 698. Glos- 

 soma Votomita, Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 3. p. 318. Glossoma 

 arborescens, Willd. spec. 1. p. 664. 



Guiana Votomita. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



Cult. A mixture of loam, peat, and sand will suit this shrub ; 

 and cuttings will root readily in sand under a hand-glass in heat. 



III. MASTI'XIA (meaning unknown to us). Blum, bijdr. p. 

 654. D. C. prod. 4. p. 275. 



LIN. SYST. Tetra-Pentdndria, Monogynia. Tube of calyx 

 adnate to the ovarium : limb superior, 4-5-toothed. Petals 4-5, 

 ovate, broadest at the base. Stamens 4-5, opposite the calycine 

 teeth. Anthers didymous, bursting inwards. Ovarium contain- 

 ing a pendulous ovulum. Style short, girded by a disk ; stigma 

 obtuse. Drupe baccate, umbilicate, containing a 1 -seeded nut. 

 Embryo inverted in the albumen. Tall trees, natives of Java, 

 with oblong acuminated leaves, and corymbose flowers. 



1 M. PENTA'NDRA (Blum. 1. c.) leaves alternate, oblong, quite 

 glabrous ; corymbs terminal ; flowers pentandrous. T? . S. Native 

 of Java, on the more elevated woods on Mounts Salak and 

 Burangrang, where it is called by the natives Huru-Lilin. 



VOL. III. 



Pentandrous Mastixia. Fl. July, Dec. Tree 30 to 50 feet. 



2 M. TRICHOTOMA (Blum. 1. c.) leaves opposite, oblong, pu- 

 berulous on the under side, as well as the petioles, and the 

 corymbs which are terminal and trichotomous ; flowers with a 

 4-toothed calyx, 4 petals, and 4 stamens. Pj . S. Native of 

 Java, in woods on the mountains along with the preceding species, 

 where it is called Palaglar burriet or Tenjoh. 



Tricholomous-corymbed Mastixia. Tree 50 to 60 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Votomita above. 



IV. POLYO'SMA (from iro\v, poly, much, and oa^ri, owie, 

 smell ; flowers). Blum, bijdr. p. 658. D. C. prod. 4. p. 275. 



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

 the ovarium : limb superior, 4-toothed, permanent. Petals 4, 

 sometimes joined at the base. Stamens 4, free, alternating with 

 the petals ; filaments linear, rather membranous ; anthers burst- 

 ing lengthwise inwardly, adnate, 2-celled. Ovarium incom- 

 pletely 2-celled, many-seeded. Style filiform ; stigma truncate, 

 simple. Drupe somewhat baccate, containing a 1 -seeded nu- 

 cleus. Albumen rather horny. Embryo inverted. Trees and 

 shrubs, native of Java, with opposite exstipulate leaves ; and 

 axillary terminal racemes of whitish, very sweet-scented flowers, 

 furnished with 3 bracteoles under each. 



1 P. ILICIFOLIUM (Blum. 1. c.) stem arborescent ; leaves ob- 

 long-, coarsely and deeply serrated at the top. ^ . S. Native 

 of Java, on the tops of the highsr mountains. 



Holly-leaved Polyosma. Tree 20 to 30 feet. 



2 P. SERRULA'TUM (Blum. 1. c.) stem shrubby; leaves oblong, 

 slightly serrulated. J? . S. Native of Java, in woods on 

 Mounts Cede and Pangurango. 



Serrulated-leaved Polyosma. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



3 P. INTEGRIFOLIUM (Blum. 1. c.) stem arboreous ; leaves ob- 

 long, quite entire. t? . S. Native of Java, in the higher woods 

 on Mount Burangrang. 



Entire-leaved Polyosma. Tree 60 feet. 



Cult. See Votomita above for culture and propagation. 



ORDER CXXVII. LORANTHA CE.E (plants agreeing with 

 Lordnthus in important characters). D. Don, prod. fl. nep. 

 142. D. C. coll. mem. vi. with 12 figures, prod. 4. p. 277. 

 Loranthese, Rich, and Juss. in ann. mus. 12. p. 292. exclusive 

 of Rhizophorese, Clorantheae, and some genera of Loranthacese, 

 Loranthideae, Gray, brit. arr. 2. p. 492. 



Flowers hermaphrodite, or of different sexes (f. 73. a. d.). 

 Tube of calyx girded at the base by a calyculous, which is adnate 

 to the ovarium ; limb short, entire, or lobed. Petals 4-8 (f. 73. 

 e.\ sometimes distinct from each other, sometimes cohering more 

 or less together, valvate in aestivation. Stamens equal in num- 

 ber to ihe petals, and opposite them ; filaments adnate to the 

 corolla, more or less, or wanting ; anthers oscillatory, or erect 

 on the tops of the filaments ; or when the filaments are defi- 

 cient or wanting, they are adnate to the lobes of the corolla. 

 Ovarium ovate or turbinate, adnate to the calyx. Style filiform 

 or wanting; stigma capitate. Berry 1-celled (f. 73. a./.), 

 1 -seeded (f. 73. c.), crowned or umbilicate by the calyx (f. 73. 6.). 

 Tegument membranous, involving the seed. Albumen fleshy. 

 Embryo with a superior radicle, which is thickened or truncate 

 at the apex. The shrubs contained in this order are almost all 

 parasitical, that is, growing on and deriving their nourishment 

 from other trees : very few of them grow in earth. Leaves 

 opposite, rarely alternate or wanting, coriaceous or more or less 

 fleshy, and always entire. The disposition of the flowers and 

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