166 LOGANIACE/E. III. USTERIA. IV. PAGAMEA. V. G.ERTNERA. VI. LABORDIA. VII. CODONANTHUS, &c. 



Febrifugal Geniostoma. Tree. 



5 G. BORBONICUM (Spreng. 1. c.) leaves ovate, bluntish, gla- 

 brous ; corymbs lateral or axillary ; corolla urceolate ; stigma 

 didymous. fj . S. Native of the isle of Bourbon. Anassera 

 Borbonica, Lam. ill. 2. p. 40. no. 2452. Anasser. Borbonicus, 

 Gmel. syst. 1. p. 333. Jaum. St. Hil. exp. 1. p. 339. Lower 

 leaves caducous. 



Bourbon Geniostoma. Tree. 



6 G. ACUMINA'TUM (Wall, ex Spreng. add. p. 59.). branches 

 tetragonal, climbing a little ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, acumi- 

 nated, cuspidate, coriaceous, shining above, strigose beneath ; 

 umbels axillary, shorter than the leaves. J? . S. Native of 

 Malacca. 



Acuminated-leaved Geniostoma. Shrub cl. 



Cult. A mixture of loam, peat, and sand is a good soil for 

 the species ; and ripened cuttings strike root freely, if planted 

 in sand, with a hand-glass placed over them, in heat. 



III. USTFRIA (named by Willdenow in honour of Paulus 

 Usteri, author of Annalen der Botanik, 1791-1793). Afz. gen. 

 pi. guin. ups. 1804. with a figure of the fruit. Willd. in beob. 

 der berl. naturf. t. 2. Keen, in ann. bot. 1. p. 364. t. 7. f. 3. 

 Roem. et Schultes, syst. 1. p. 5. Spreng. gen. 1. p. 9. Mono- 

 dynamis, Gmel. syst. p. 10. 



LIN. SYST. Mondndria, Monogy'nia. Calyx 4-cleft ; the 

 fourth or outer segment very large and petal-formed. Corolla 

 salver-shaped, 4-parted. Stamen 1. Capsule oblong, 2-celled, 

 divisible into 2 valves, which open inside, with a fleshy placenta 

 in each division. Seeds numerous, imbricate, with winged 

 margins, fixed to the placentas. Albumen thin. Embryo with 

 roundish, foliaceous cotyledons. A glabrous shrub, with oppo- 

 site purplish branches. Leaves opposite, roundish ovate, entire, 

 2 inches long. Flowers disposed in terminal corymbs. Stipular 

 sheath an obsolete margin. 



1 U. GUINEE'NSIS (Willd. 1. c. Vahl, enum. 1. p. 5.). I? . S. 

 Native of Guinea, where it was collected by Isert. Monody- 

 namis Iserti, Gmel. syst. p. 10. 



Guinea Usteria. Shrub. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Geniostoma above. 



IV. PAGA'MEA (Aublet does not give the derivation of 

 this word). Aubl. guian. 1. p. 112. t. 44. Juss. gen. p. 232. 

 Lain. ill. t. 88. Spreng. gen. 1. p. 114. 



LIN. SYST. Tetrdndria, Digy'nia. Calyx turbinate, 4- 

 toothed. Corolla urceolate, 4-cleft, villous inside. Anthers 4 

 nearly sessile, in the tube of the corolla, inclosed. Style bifid 

 from the base, capillary. Drupe half inferior, 2-celled ; cells 

 containing two 2-seeded, 2-celled nuts ; one of the seeds usually 

 abortive. A glabrous shrub. Leaves opposite, attenuated at 

 both ends, oblong, quite entire ; stipulas interpetiolar, sheathing. 

 Flowers disposed in loose, axillary, and terminal racemes, white. 



1 P. GUIANE'NSIS (Aubl. I.e.). T? . S. Native of Guiana, and 

 the north of Brazil, as of Maranham and Para, &c. 



Guiana Pagamea. Shrub, 7-8 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Geniostoma above. 



V. G^iRTNE'RA (named in honour of the celebrated bota- 

 nist Joseph Gsertner, author of De Fructibus et Seminibus Plan- 

 tarum, 2 vols. 4to. Leipsic. 1788-1791.; his son, Charles 

 Frederick Gaertner, published Supplementum Carpologiae, in 

 1 vol. 4to, which is generally called the third volume of his 

 father's work). Lam. ill. t. 167. Gaertn. fruct. 1. t. 191. 

 Spreng. gen. 1. p. 131. Andersonia, Willd. herb. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx campanulate, 5- 

 toothed, propped by 2 bracteas at the base. Corolla funnel- 

 shaped ; with a 5-parted limb. Stamens 5, inclosed, inserted 



in the tube ; with very short filaments, and oblong erect anthers. 

 Style exserted, bifid at apex. Berry drupaceous, containing 2 

 1-seeded pyrenae. A glabrous tree. Leaves opposite, oblong, 

 tapering to both ends, coriaceous. Stipulas sheathed, interpetiolar, 

 truncate, ending in bristles. Panicles terminal, strict. Bracteas 

 connate. Flowers white. ? 



1 G. VAGINA'TA (Lam. 1. c.). fj S. Native of the island 

 of Mascaren. Andersonia vaginata, Willd. herb. 



Sheaihing-st\pu]ed Gaertnera. Tree. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Geniostoma above. 



VI. LABO'RDIA (named by Gaudichand after M. Labord, 

 one of the officers under Freycenet, who died on a voyage to 

 the Isle of France). Gaud, in Freyc. voy. pt. bot. p. 449. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogy'nia. Calyx campanulate, 

 5-cleft ; segments lanceolate, nearly equal. Corolla tubularly 

 funnel-shaped, hypogynous, 5-cleft, regular, ventricose at the 

 base ; segments lanceolate, spreading, rather villous in the 

 throat inside. Stamens 5, inserted in the throat, alternating 

 with the segments of the corolla : filaments short ; anthers 

 ovate-oblong, obtuse, cordate, inclosed, 2-celled, dehiscing 

 lengthwise inside. Ovarium free, sessile, ovate, trigonal, 8- 

 celled : with 1 placenta in each cell, which are fixed to the 

 inner angles, oblong, fleshy, beset with ovula on all sides. Ovula 

 minute. Style short, thick, triangular, continuous with the 

 ovarium : stigma conical, triangular, downy. Fruit capsular ?, 

 3-celled, many-seeded. A glabrous shrub : with opposite, 

 terete branches. Leaves opposite, entire. Stipulas opposite, 

 adnate by the back to the base of the petioles. Flowers termi- 

 nal, pedunculate, umbellate, whitish-yellow. Pedicels bibracteate 

 in the middle. Bracteas linear. Calyx greenish yellow. 



1 L. FAGRJEOI'DEA (Gaud. 1. c. p. 450. t. 60.). fj . S. Na- 

 tive of the Sandwich Islands. 



Fagrcea-like Labordia. Shrub. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Geniostoma above. 



VII. CODONA'NTHUS (from KWUV, kodon, a bell, and 

 avBoe, anthos, a flower ; flowers bell-shaped.) 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Digy'nia. Calyx 5-cleft ; segments 

 ovate, acute, ciliated. Corolla campanulately urceolate, oblong- 

 ventricose ; with a 5-cleft erect limb. Stamens 5, inserted in 

 the tube of the corolla. Style bifid ; stigmas 2, rounded. 

 Ovarium ovate. Fruit unknown. A middle-sized branched 

 tree. Leaves opposite, oblong-lanceolate, entire, undulated, on 

 short petioles ; flowers axillary, 2-3 together, pedicellate, pen- 

 dulous, white. Bracteas subsagittate. 



1 C. AFRICA'NA. Tj . S. Native of Sierra Leone, on the 

 mountains, but rare. 



African Codonantlius. Tree 20 to 30 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Geniostoma above. 



VIII. ANABA'TA (meaning unknown to us). Willd. rel. 

 ex Rrem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. Ix. Sulzeria, Rcem. et 

 Schultes, 1. c. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogy'nia. Calyx small, campa- 

 nulate, entire. Corolla campanulate ; with a 5-parted limb ; 

 segments lanceolate, acuminated, spreading. Anthers sessile, 

 inserted in the tube of the corolla. Style exserted ; stigma 

 simple. Fruit unknown. A climbing shrub, with white flowers, 

 smelling like jasmine. 



1 A. ODORA'TA (Willd. 1. c.). fj . w . S. Native on the 

 banks of the Orinoco, near Esmeralda. Sulzeria odorata, Roem. 

 et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 707. 



Sweet-scented-flowered Anabata. Shrub cl. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Geniostoma above. 



