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leaves oblong-lanceolate ; flowers on short pedicels ; berry large, 

 roughish from powder. I- . S. Native of Brazil, in the pro- 

 vince of Rio Negro, on the shady banks, in humid places, of 

 the river Japura. Corolla white, hardly higher than the calyx. 

 Leaves a span long. 



Large-fruited Labatia. Tree 50 feet. 



2 L. SESSILIFLORA (Swartz, prod. p. 23. fl. ind. occ. 1. p. 

 264.) leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminated, silvery, but of a 

 golden silky colour in the young state ; flowers small, sessile, 

 usually solitary, in the axils of the leaves on the older branches. 

 I? . S. Native of Hispaniola. Flowers white. 



Sessile-floirered Labatia. Shrub 8 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Chrysophy'llum, p. 33. 



XV. POUTERIA (called in Guiana Pourama-Pouteri by 

 the Caribs). Aubl. guian. 1. p. 86. t. 33. Labatia species, 

 Swartz. 



LIN. SYST. Tetrdndria, Monogyrua. Calyx 4-parted. Co- 

 rolla inserted in the bottom of the calyx, tubularly ventricose, 

 4-cleft, furnished with a bristle (abortive stamens) in each of 

 the incisures between the lobes. Stamens 4, inserted in the 

 bottom of the corolla. Stigma 4-cleft. Capsule ovate, hispid, 

 4-valved, each valve containing an almond-formed arillate seed. 

 A tree, furnished with tufts of leaves at the tops of the 

 branches. Flowers aggregate, axillary, pedicellate, usually 1-3 

 together. 



1 P. GCIAJJE'NSIS (Aubl. 1. c.). H . S. Native of Guiana, 

 in forests by the river Sinemari. Labatia Guianensis, Swartz. 

 Bark wrinkled. Wood hard, compact, whitish. Leaves alter- 

 nate, glabrous, ovate-oblong, 6rm, ending in a blunt point ; the 

 largest 8 inches long and 3 wide. Corollas greenish. 



Guiana Pouteria. Fl. Nov. Tree 40 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Chrysophy'llum, p. 33. 



XVI. PHELLI'NE (^.tXXinj, from ^tXAoc, phettos, cork; 

 because of the cells of the capsule being corky). Labill. sert. 

 cal. 35. t. 38. 



Lix. SYST. Telrdndria, Monogynia. Calyx small, 4-toothed, 

 permanent. Corolla subrotate, 4-parted. Stamens 4, inserted in 

 the bottom of the corolla. Style short. Stigma 4-toothed. Cap- 

 sule 4-celled : cells corky, dehiscing inside. Seeds solitary. 

 A shrub, with linear-lanceolate, sub-spatulate, alternate leaves, 

 which are crowded at the tops of the branches, acuminated, a 

 little toothed, glabrous, glaucous beneath, and with thickish 

 reflexed edges. This genus is nearly allied to Pouteria, Aubl. 

 and Labatia, Swartz. 



1 P. COMOSA (Labill. 1. c.). 1? . G. Native of New Cale- 

 donia. 



7//e<Meaved Phelline. Shrub 8 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Sersalisia, p. 7. 



XVII. MONTA'BEA (Aimont-Abou is the Guiana name of 

 the first species) Aubl. guian. 2. p. 680. t. 274. Mutabea, 

 Gmel. Cryptostomum, \Villd. AcOsta, Ruiz et Pav. gen. pi. 

 per. et chil. p. 1. t. 1. 



LIK. SYST. Pentandria, Monogynia. Calyx tubular, ventri- 

 cose at the base : with 5 unequal obtuse segments. Corolla 

 funnel-shaped, with a very short tube, fixed to the mouth 

 of the calyx ; segments 5, unequal, oblong, obtuse, mucro- 

 nulate. Nectary monophyllous, closing the corolla, or sta- 

 mens 5, combined into 1 filament, fixed to the superior part of 

 the tube of the corolla, 5-tootheil, incurved at top, with an 

 anther on each of the teeth. Stigma globose, obtuse. Berry 3- 

 5-celled, 3-5-seeded. Seeds involved in pulp, arillate, umbiUcate, 

 on one side. Sarmeniose shrubs, with alternate, entire leaves ; 

 and short, few-flowered, axillary peduncles. Flowers small, white. 



1 M. GVIANE'NSIS (Aubl. guian. 2. p. 680. t. 274.) branches 



sarmentose, unarmed ; leaves elliptic, acuminated, glabrous ; 

 peduncles short, 4-5 -flowered ; anthers 5. fj.S. Native of 

 Guiana and Cayenne, in fields. Mutabea Guianensis, Gmel. 

 syst. 1. p. 1009. Cryptostomum laurifolium, Willd. spec. 1. 

 p. 1061. Stems sarmentose, twisted. Leaves 4 inches long 

 and 1^ broad. Flowers small, white, smelling like those of 

 Lilac. Berry yellow, 3-celled, 3-seeded. 



Guiana Montabea. Shrub 6 feet, rambling. 



2 M. ACO'ST.E (Roem. et Schultes, syst. 527.) branches sar- 

 mentose, prickly ; prickles recurved ; leaves oblong, acumi- 

 nated, glabrous ; anthers 8, combined ; fruit 5-celled, 5-seeded. 

 1? S. Native of Peru, in groves, at Cuchero and Chincao. 

 Acosta aculeata, Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 1. p. 5. t. 6. Spikes 

 crowded. Flowers white. Fruit yellow, size of an apple. 

 Seeds fulvous. From the similitude of the fruit to that of 

 jtchras Caimtto, it is called CaimUo de Monte, and is edible, 

 and grateful to the taste. 



Acosta s Montabea. Fl. May. Shrub sarmentose. 



Cult. See Chrysophy'llum, p. 33, for culture and propagation. 



ORDER CXLVI. EBENA'CE^E (so called from containing 

 the Diospyrus Ebenum, the true Ebony.) Vent. tabl. 443. 

 R. Br. prod. p. 524. Guaiacanae, part I. p. 155. Ebenaceae, 

 Tribe Diospyrea, D. C. et Dub. fl. fr. 320. 



Flowers polygamous or dioecious, rarely hermaphrodite. 

 Calyx 3-6 parted, nearly equal, permanent. Corolla mo- 

 nopetalous, hypogynous, regular, rather coriaceous, for the 

 most part downy outside, and glabrous inside, deciduous ; 

 limb 3-6-parted, imbricate in aestivation. Stamens definite, 

 epipetalous or hypogynous ; filaments double the number 

 of the segments of the corolla, sometimes 4 times that num- 

 ber ; sometimes equal in number to the segments, and alternat- 

 ing with them ; in hermaphrodite flowers the filaments are 

 simple; in polygamous and dioecious ones, they are double, 

 having both the segments bearing anthers, the inner segment 

 usually shorter than the outer one ; anthers fixed by the base, 

 lanceolate, 2-celled, dehiscing lengthwise, sometimes bearded ; 

 pollen smooth, globose. Ovarium sessile, many-celled, not 

 girded by a disk ; cells 1-2 seeded ; ovula hanging from the top 

 of the cells. Style divided, rarely simple ; stigmas bifid or 

 trifid. Berry globose or oval, usually few-seeded, by abortion : 

 having the bark or rind sometimes separating. Testa of seed 

 membranous ; proper membrane obsolete. Albumen conform- 

 ing to the seed, cartilaginous, white. Embryo slender, rather 

 oblique, straight, white, usually longer than half the length of the 

 albumen ; cotyledons foliaceous, rather veiny, lying on each 

 other, sometimes a little separate ; radicle terete, middle-sized 

 or long, tending to the umbilicus; plumule inconspicuous. 

 Non-lactescent trees and shrubs, with wood heavy as the 

 Ebony. Leaves alternate, ex-stipulate, quite entire, coria- 

 ceous, broadish, having the petioles obsoletely articulated to the 

 branches. Inflorescence axillary ; peduncles solitary, those 

 bearing the male flowers divided, and those bearing the female 

 flowers usually simple and 1 -flowered, all minutely bracteate. 



This order is nearly allied to Oleince, with which it agrees in 

 the interior structure and placentation of the seeds ; but it differs 

 in the leaves being alternate, in the inflorescence being always 

 axillary, and in the flowers being unisexual, and in the sta- 



