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RUBIACE.E. CXIV. SIENOSTOMUM. CXV. CHIONE. CXVI. TIMONIUS. CXVII. HAMILTONIA. 



cida, Gsertn. fil. carp. 3. p. 192. Guettarda lucida, Pers. ench. 

 1. p. 201. Laugeria lucida, Swartz. fl. ind. 1. p. 475. Vahl, 

 symb. 3. p. 40. t. 57. Flowers small, white. 



ZwcwMeaved Stenostomum. Clt. 1818. Tree 20 feet. 



2 S. ? ACUTA'TUM (D. C. prod. 4. p. 460.) leaves oblong, 

 acute at the base, and acuminated at the apex, glabrous on both 

 surfaces, reticulately veined above ; lobes of calyx linear-subu- 

 late, very acute, almost equal in length to the tube. *2 S. 

 Native of Guadaloupe. Stipulas triangular, acuminated, deci- 

 duous. Peduncles bifid, each of the branches bearing 4-5 

 flowers. Perhaps this species is nearly allied to Guettarda resi- 

 nbsa, but the number of the cells of the ovarium is not rightly 

 known. Flowers small, white. 



Stenostomum. Shrub. 



2. Corollas clothed with silky tomentum. 



3 S. TOMENTOSUM (D. C. prod. 4. p. 460.) leaves ovate, acute, 

 tomentose beneath ; drupes oblong, acuminated, glabrous. Tj . 

 S. Native of Jamaica, on the west side among bushes. Lau- 

 geria toment6sa, Swartz, fl. ind. 1. p. 477. Guettarda tomen- 

 tosa, Pers. ench. 1. p. 201. Flowers small, white. The speci- 

 mens collected by Bertero in Jamaica differ from the descrip- 

 tion of Swartz, in the limb of the calyx being truncate and en- 

 tire, not 5-toothed, and therefore there are probably two nearly 

 allied species, natives of Jamaica. 



Tomentose Stenostomum. Clt. 1820. Tree 20 feet. 

 f Species not sufficiently known. 



4 S. ? BIFURCA'TUM (D. C. prod. 4. p. 460.) leaves ovate, 

 acute at both ends, glabrous, beset with glandular pili in the axils 

 of the veins beneath ; peduncles bifurcate. Jj . S. Native of the 

 West India islands. Malanea bifurcata, Desr. in Lam. diet. 3. 

 p. 688. The inflorescence is the same as that of the other 

 species, but the number of the parts of the flower is not de- 

 scribed. 



fij/urazte-peduncled Stenostomum. Tree. 



5 S. ? NI'TIDUM (D.C. prod. 4. p. 461.) leaves ovate, shining, 

 quite glabrous, except in the axils of the veins beneath, which 

 are beset with glandular hairs ; peduncles dichotomous. fj . S. 

 Native of the West India islands. Malanea nitida, Desr. in 

 Lam. diet. 3. p. 688. The number of the parts of the flowers 

 being undescribed, the genus to which it belongs is rather 

 doubtful. 



Shining Stenostomum. Tree. 



6 S.? DICHO'TOMUM (D. C. prod. 4. p. 461.) leaves elliptic- 

 oblong, obtuse, rather coriaceous, glabrous on both surfaces ; 

 peduncles dichotomous : flowers tetrandrous. tj . S. Native of 

 Mexico. Laugeria dichotoma, Moc. et Sesse, icon. ined. Corolla 

 of a dirty cream colour, with blunt lobes. Perhaps a genuine 

 species of Stenostomum, or a species of Antirhaea. 



Dichotomous-pediuncled Stenostomum. Tree. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Hamiltonia, p. 555. 



CXV. CHIO'NE (a mythological name, the daughter of Deu- 

 calion, or from %ioveos, chioneos, snowy, white as snow ; in refer- 

 ence to the cymes of white flowers). D.C. prod. 4. p. 461. 

 Crusea, A. Rich. mem. soc. hist. nat. Par. 5. p. 204. t. 19. f. 1. 

 but not of Schiede and Deppe, nor Bartl. nor D. C. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx with an obovate 

 tube, and a marginal repandly 5-toothed limb. Corolla tubular, 

 short, with a 5-lobed limb ; lobes flattish, obtuse. Stamens in- 

 serted above the tube. Style simple ; stigma 2-lobed : lobes 

 short, obtuse. Fruit olive-formed, rather fleshy, much fur- 

 rowed when dried, crowned by the limb of the calyx, containing 

 a 2-celled putamen. Seeds solitary, almost terete. A glabrous 

 tree. Leaves opposite, coriaceous, joined together by an entire 

 stipular sheath. Flowers white, cymose ; cymes terminal, pe- 

 dunculate. Allied to Malanea. 



1 C. GLA'BRA (Rich. 1. c. under Crusea,) J? . S. Native of 

 Tortoise island. Psychotria megalosperma, Vahl, eclog. amer. 

 3. p. 3. t. 21. ex herb. Juss. but neither the description nor the 

 figure agree well with it, and it is therefore Jacquinia venosa, 

 Swartz, prod. p. 47. Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 491. 



Glabrous Chione. Clt. 1824. Tree 40 feet? 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Hamiltonia, p. 555. 



CXVI. TIMONIUS (Timon or Aytimon is the name of the 

 first species in Amboyna). Rumph. amb. 3. p. 216. t. 140. 

 D. C. prod. 4. p. 461. Bobea, Gaud. voy. uran. t. 93. 

 Bobae'a, A. Rich. mem. soc. hist. nat. Par. 5. p. 215. Bur- 

 neya, Cham, et Schlecht. in Linnoea. 4. p. 188. Erithalis, Forst. 

 but not of Lin. 



LIN. SYST. Tetrdndria, Monogynia. Calyx with an ovate 

 tube, and a tubular truncate 2-6-toothed limb. Corolla tubular, 

 salver-shaped, with a 4-6-parted spreading limb, a naked 

 throat, and oval obtuse lobes. Stamens 4, almost sessile, in- 

 serted in the upper part of the tube of the corolla. Anthers 

 oblong-heart-shaped, sessile in the throat. Stigmas 2, exserted, 

 digitately 5-cleft, with the lobes linear. Drupe globose, smooth, 

 crowned by the limb of the calyx, containing from 7-25 bony 

 distinct 1-seeded indehiscent pyrense. Seeds inverted, linear. 

 Albumen fleshy. Embryo terete. Glabrous trees. Leaves op- 

 posite. Stipulas interpetiolar, acute, entire. Peduncles axil- 

 lary, shorter than the leaves, bearing each 3 flowers at the apex, 

 the middle flower sessile, and the lateral ones pedicellate, each 

 girded by a cup-shaped 2-lobed permanent bracteaat the base. 

 Allied to Guettarda, but differs in the pyrense being distinct, not 

 combined. 



1 T. RU'MPHII (D. C. prod. 4. p. 461.) leaves lanceolate ; 

 peduncles bearing 3 flowers, but only 1 fruit ; fruit smooth, 

 ovate-globose. I? . S. Native of the Island of Amboyna, in 

 open places and on hills. Timonius, Rumph. amb. 3. p. 216. 

 t.140. Erithalis Timon, Spreng. pug. 1. p. 18. Pyrostria hexas- 

 perma, Roxb. E. polygama />, Willd. spec. 1. p. 997. 



Rumphius's Timonius. Tree. 



2 T. FORSTE'RI (Cham, et Schlecht. in Linnaea. 4. p. 189. 

 under Burrieya) leaves opposite ; flowers axillary : male ones 

 disposed in cymes : hermaphrodite ones solitary ; berries round- 

 ish, fj . S. Native of the Society Islands ; and in Roman- 

 zofFs Island. Erithalis polygama, var. a. Forst. prod. 1. p. 

 101. Erith. cymosa, Spreng. pug. 1. p. 17. Erith. polygama 

 a. Willd. spec. 1. p. 997. Fruit containing usually 25 pyrenae. 

 The flowers are described by Chamisso and Schlecht. as quater- 

 nary and quinary, but they are also sometimes senary. 



Forster's Timonius. Tree. 



3 T. GAUDICHA'UDII (Cham, et Schlecht. in Linnaea. 4. p. 190. 

 under Burneya) leaves elliptic, bluntish, acute at the base ; 

 cymes on long peduncles : fertile ones 3-flowered : but the 

 sterile ones are twice bifid and 7-flowered. fj . S. Native of the 

 Island of O-Wahu, and of a number of the Sandwich Islands. 

 Bobea elatior, Gaud, in Freyc. voy. p. 473. t. 93. Fruit con- 

 taining usually 12 bony pyrenae. 



Gaudichaud's Timonius. Tree. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Hamiltonia, p. 555. 



CXVII. HAMILTO'NIA (so named after William Hamilton 

 of Woodlands, near Philadelphia, in North America, an eminent 

 botanist, and the first who was at the expence of erecting a 

 conservatory in that country for the preservation of plants of 

 hot climates). Roxb. hort. beng. (1814.) p. 15. fl. ind. 2. p. 

 223. but not of Muhl. nor Willd. Spermadictyon, Roxb. cor. 

 3. (1819.) p. 32. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx with an ovate 

 tube, a 5-parted limb, and subulate permanent segments. 



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