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RUBIACE^E. CX. VANGUERIA. CXI. GUETTARDA. 



is much like that of Callicdrpa. The fruit is eaten by the 

 natives of Madagascar and the Mauritius under the names of 

 I'oa-vanga and Voa-vanguer. Flowers white. 

 Edible-fruited Vangueria. Clt. 1809. Tree 10 to 15 feet. 



2 V. SPINO'SA (Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 172.) spines decussate ; 

 leaves ovate-oblong, smooth ; cymes axillary, in fascicles. Tj . S. 

 Native of Bengal and China ; in Bengal it is called Mayna. 

 Meynea spinosa, Link, jahrb. 1-3. H. p. 32. Roem. et Schultes, 

 mant. 1. p. 67. and 84. Leaves opposite or three in a whorl, 

 3-4 inches long. Flowers axillary, fascicled on a short peduncle, 

 with proper longer pedicels, small, of a pale greenish colour. 

 Anthers small, cordate. Stigma 4-5-lobed. Berry size of a 

 cherry, turbinate, smooth, yellow when ripe, succulent, and 

 edible. The flowers and habit of the whole plant are exceedingly 

 like Canthium parviflorum. 



Spinose Vangueria. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1816. Shrub large. 



3 V. INFAU'STA (Burch. cat. geogr. pi. afr. austr. no. 2629. 

 trav. 2. p. 258. and 259. with a figure,) unarmed ; leaves to- 

 mentose, roundish-ovate, usually acuminated ; cymes axillary. 

 Tj . S. Native of the south of Africa, without the tropic, in the 

 territory of Bachapin, where it is considered unlucky by the in- 

 habitants. Fruit round, an inch in diameter, but not edible. 



Unlucky Vangueria. Shrub 5 to 10 feet. 



N. B. Vangueria verrucosa, Sieb. fl. maur. does not belong 

 to the present order, but is probably a species of Loganea or 

 Solatium, 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Hamelia, p. 542. 



CXI. GUETTA'RDA (so named by Linnaeus in honour of 

 John Etienne Guettard, member of the academy of sciences at 

 Paris, who published, in 1747, a catalogue of the plants growing 

 in the vicinity of Estampes). Vent, choix. no. 1. A. Rich. mem. 

 soc. hist. nat. par. 5. p. 201. D. C. prod. 4. p. 455. Guettarda 

 species and Matthiola, Lin. gen. Guettarda species and Lau- 

 geria, Jacq. Juss. Guettarda spec. Lam. Pers. Halesia, P. 

 Browne, jam. but not of Lin. Viviania, Rafin. spech. 1. p. 117. 

 but not of Cav. nor Colla, nor Raddi. 



LIN. SYST. Tetra-Ennedndria, Monogynia. Calyx with ovate 

 or globose tube ; and a tubular permanent or deciduous limb, 

 which is either truncate or irregularly toothed (f. 101. a.). Co- 

 rolla salver-shaped, with a cylindrical tube (f. 101. c.), and from 

 4-9 oval-oblong lobes (f. 101. &.). Anthers 4-9, sessile in the 

 throat of the corolla, inclosed. Stigma capitate, rarely 2-lobed. 

 Drupe roundish or ovate, crowned by the tube of the calyx (f. 

 101. d.), containing a bluntly angled 4-9-celled putamen (f. 101. 

 e.), having the cells straight or curved, 1 -seeded. Seeds erect, 

 nearly terete. Small trees or shrubs, natives of South America, 

 and a few of India. Leaves ovate or lanceolate, rarely cordate. 

 Stipulas lanceolate, deciduous, except in one species in which 

 they are sheathing and truncate. Peduncles axillary, bifid, 

 rarely twice bifid. Flowers sessile and unilateral along the 

 branches of the peduncles, and solitary in the forks. 



SECT. I. CADA'MBA (vernacular name of G. speciosa). D. C. 

 prod. 4. p. 455. Cadamba, Sonner. trav. 2. p. 228. t. 128. 

 Limb of calyx soon falling off 1 . Cells of drupe curved at top. 



1 G. SPECIOSA (Lin. spec. 1408.) leaves broad, ovate or ob- 

 ovate, usually subcordate at the base, obtuse and apiculated at 

 the apex, downy beneath ; stipulas ovate or lanceolate, acumi- 

 nated, deciduous ; cymes pedunculate, velvety, much shorter 

 than the leaves ; flowers of from 4 to 9 parts ; fruit depressed, 

 narked by an areola at the apex. >> . S. Native of the East 

 India islands ; coast of Coromandel and Malabar, &c. Lam. ill. 

 t. 154. f. 2. Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 521. Lindl. hot. reg. t. 1393. 

 Cadamba jasminiflora, Sonn. trav. 2. p. 128. Rava-Pou, Rheed. 



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mal. 4. p. 47. and 48. Leaves canescent from villi in the young 

 state, but the adult ones only along the nerves. Branches hori- 

 zontal, forming a large shady head. Peduncles twice bifid. 

 Flowers unisexual, large, white, exquisitely fragrant, partaking 

 much of the scent of cloves. Seeds much curved, with the con- 

 cave part of the curve outwards. Leaves sometimes downy on 

 both surfaces, (f. 101.) 



Var. ft, glabrdta (D. C. prod. 4. p. 455.) young leaves downy 

 along the nerves and veins, but the adult ones are glabrous. Jj . 

 S. Native of Mexico, but probably only cultivated in gardens. 

 There are varieties of this with the leaves either subcordate or 

 subattenuated at the base. 



Showy Guettarda. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1771. Tree 30 ft. 



SECT. II. GUETTARDA'RIA (altered from the generic name). 

 D. C. prod. 4. p. 455. Limb of calyx usually permanent, 

 truncate or irregularly subdentate. Corolla silky on the out- 

 side, with the lobes flat. Drupe having the cells of the putamen 

 straight. 



1. Tube of corolla silky, villous or downy. Drupe containing 

 a 4-7 -celled putamen. 



2 G. ARGE'NTEA (Lam. diet. 3. p. 54. ill. t. 154. f. 1.) leaves 

 ovate, acuminated, on short petioles, glabrous and smooth above, 

 but clothed with silky velvety down beneath, with the transverse 

 nerves parallel ; stipulas villous on the outside, ovate, terminat- 

 ing in a subulate point ; cymes pedunculate, bifid, velvety ; 

 flowers hexamerous, with a villous tube, which is 10 times 

 longer than the ovarium. ^ . S. Native of Cayenne. G. 

 speciosa, Aubl. guian. 1. p. 320. but not of Lin. Peduncles 

 about the length of the leaves. Leaves 5 inches long and 3 

 broad. Petioles 5 lines long. Corolla 15 lines long, white. 

 Ovarium 6-celled, 6-ovulate. 



Silvery Guettarda. Tree 20 feet. 



3 G. HAVANE'NSIS (D. C. prod. 4. p. 455.) leaves obovate, 

 acutish at the base, and mucronate at the apex, scabrous above, 

 and tomentose beneath ; stipulas acuminated, 3 times shorter 

 than the petioles ; peduncles hairy, about the length of the 

 leaves ; cymes trifid ; tube of corolla 4 times longer than the 

 ovarium, and the limb 5-6-cleft. Tj. S. Native of Cuba, about 

 the Havannah. Allied to G. amblgua. Flowers white ? 



Havannah Guettarda. Tree. 



4 G. MISSIONIS (Wall. cat. no. 6221.) leaves oblong, acumi- 

 nated, paler beneath, glabrous in every part, except on the 

 mid-rib beneath ; cymes pedunculate, axillary, dichotomous ; 

 calyx 5-parted, permanent ; corolla villous on the outside ; fruit 

 roundish, crowned by the calyx. Jj . S. Native of the East 

 Indies. Stipulas ovate. Flowers white, not so large as those 

 of G. speciosa. 



Mission Guettarda. Shrub or tree. 



5 G. AMBJGUA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 455.) leaves ovate or ob- 

 ovate, cordate at the base, and rather mucronate at the apex, 

 scabrous above, but clothed with downlike tomentum beneath ; 

 stipulas acuminated, one-half shorter than the petioles ; pedun- 

 cles hairy, about the length of the leaves ; cymes bifid ; fruit 

 globose, reticulated, crowned by the tubular calyx. Tj . S. Na- 

 tive of Guadaloupe, and also of Jamaica, if, as is suspected, this 

 be the Halesia, P. Browne, jam. p. 205. t. 20. f. 1. Flowers 

 white ? 



Ambiguous Guettarda. Shrub 8 to 10 feet. 



6 G. CORDA'TA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 420.) 

 leaves ovate-elliptic, deeply cordate, rounded at the apex, rather 

 pilose above, and clothed with white tomentum beneath ; stipulas 

 ovate, acute, length of petioles ; peduncles 3 or 4 times longer 

 than the petioles ; cymes 3-flowered ; flowers hexamerous, with 

 a downy tube, which is 4 times longer than the ovarium. fj . S. 



