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OR, BOTANICAL DICTIONARY. 



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six-parted, permanent. Corolla : six-petalled ; germen seated 

 on a glandule ; stigma headed ; berry globose, one-celled, 



many-seeded. The following species only has been 



hitherto found, . 



1. Banara Guianensis. This is a tree often feet or more in 

 height, and about seven inches in diameter, with a grayish 

 bark, and a whitish light wood. The corolla is yellow, and 

 the berry black. Native of the island of Cayenne, flower- 

 ing in May, and bearing fruit in July. 

 TJaneberry. See Act&a. 



Banisteria ; a genus of the class Decandria, order Trigy- 

 nia. GENERIC CHARACTER. Cater : perianth five-parted, 

 very small, stiff underneath with tubercles, permanent; two 

 melliferous glands under each division of the calix, except 

 one, they are therefore eight in number. Corolla : petals 

 five, orbiculate, very large, spreading, crenate; claws oblong- 

 linear. Stamina: filamenta ten, very small, coalescing at 

 bottom; anthers simple. Pistil: germina three, winged, 

 coalescent ; styles three, simple ; stigmas obtuse. Pericarp: 

 capsules three, running out into a long wing, one-celled, 

 marked at the sides with small appendicles, not gaping. 

 Seeds: solitary, covered, toothed on the lateral edge. 

 ESSENTIAL CHARACTER. Calix: five-parted, with melli- 

 ferous pores at the base on the outside. Petals: roundish, 

 with claws; stigmas leaf-shaped. Seeds; three, winged with 

 membranes. These plants, being all natives of hot countries 

 cannot be preserved in England, unless they are kept in a 

 bark-stove. They are propagated by seeds, which must be 

 procured from the countries where they grow naturally. 

 These seeds should be fully ripe when gathered, and put 

 into sand or earth, in which they should be sent to England, 

 otherwise they will lose their vegetative quality ; for from a 

 large parcel of these seeds, which were sent over in papers, 

 as fresh as they could possibly arrive here, very few plants 

 were raised, and those did not appear till the second year ; 

 therefore, when the seeds arrive, they should be immediately 

 sown in pots ; and if it happen in autumn or winter, the pots 

 should be plunged into a hot-bed of tanner's bark where 

 the heat is very moderate, and secured from frost and wet 

 till spring, when they must be removed to a fresh hot-bed 

 which will bring up the plants; but if they should not ap- 

 pear the first year, the pots should be preserved till the next 

 spring, to see if the seeds will grow. When the plants come 

 , up, they must be put into separate pots, filled with light 

 earth, and plunged into the bark -bed ; after which they must 

 be treated like other tender plants from the same countries. 

 The species are, 



1. Banisteria Angulosa. Leaves sinuate-angular; corolla 

 sulphur-coloured. Nativeof the island of Dominique, where 

 Flumier first discovered it, and also of Hispaniola. 



2. Banisteria Purpurea. Leaves ovate ; spikes lateral; 

 seeds erect. Native of the Caribbee Islands. 



3. Banisteria Laurifolia. Leaves ovate-oblong, rigid, ra- 

 cemes terminal. Native of Jamaica and Hispaniola. 



4. Banisteria Longifolia. Leaves oblong, acuminate, rigid, 

 shining; panicle terminating; branches spreadingverymuch. 

 Native of the West Indies. 



5. Banisteria Benghalensis. Leaves ovate-oblong, acumi- 

 nate ; racemes lateral ; seeds spreading ; corollas blue. 

 Native of the East and West Indies. 



<5. Banisteria Dichotoma. Leaves ovate ; branches dicho- 

 tomous; corolla of a golden scarlet colour, spreading. First 

 observed in the island of Martinico. 



7. Banisteria Fulgens. Leaves subovate, tonientose under- 

 neath ; racemes brachiate ; peduncles umbelled. Native 

 of Jamaica and Barbadoes 



8. Banisteria Brachiata. Leaves subovate ; branches bra- 

 chiate ; seeds narrower within. The flowers are produced 

 in loose spikes at the ends of the branches, are first of a 

 gold colour, and fade to a scarlet ; these are succeeded by 

 slender thin seeds, and for the most part single. Native of 

 Carthagena 



9. Banisteria Aculeata. Leaves pinnate ; leaflets oblong, 

 obtuse ; flowers spiked ; stem branching, prickly. The 

 flowers grow in loose spikes at the end of the branches, and 

 are succeeded by single seeds, as large as those of the greater 

 Maple. Native of Tolu. 



10. Banisteria Coerulea. Branches tubercled ; leaves 

 ovate-acute, coriaceous; racemes axillary; corolla blueish. 

 Native of Jamaica and Dominica. 



11. Banisteria Nitida. Leaves ovate-oblong, quite entire, 

 shining beneath; panicle terminating, leafy. Native of Brazil. 



12. Banisteria Chrysophylla. Branches tubercled ; leaves 

 ovate- acute, with a golden nap on the lower surface; wings 

 very long. Found near Rio Janeiro in Brazil. 



13. Banisteria Muricata. Leaves ovate-acute, tomentose 

 beneath; racemes axillary; capsules muricate. Native of 

 Peru. 



14. Banisteria Leona. Branches tubercled ; leaves ovnte- 

 acuminate, coriaceous ; flowers panicled. Native of Ame- 

 rica, and found also at Sierra Leone. 



15. Banisteria Ferruginea. Leaves ovate-acuminate, fer- 

 ruginous beneath ; flowers panicled ; bractes imbricate. 

 Native of Rio Janeiro, near St. Sebastian, in Brazil. 



16. Banisteria Emarginata. Leaves ovate, subcordate, 

 emarginate-cuspidate at the end, tomeutose on the lower 

 surface ; flowers raceme-corymbed, terminating ; corolla 

 yellow. Native of America. 



17. Banisteria Quapara. Leaves ovate, tomentose beneath: 

 flowers in corymbs ; seeds erect ; corolla yellow, with un- 

 equal petals ; seeds lens-shaped. Native of Guiana, on the 

 borders of meadows, flowering in August. 



18. Banisteria Sinemariensis. Leaves ovate, acuminate ; 

 flowers in corymbs, yellow; wings gradually widening. This 

 is a shrub with a trunk five feet high, putting forth many 

 climbing branches : the fifth petal is larger than the rest, 

 and fringed. Native of Guiana, on trees, by the sides of 

 meadows and fields, flowering and fruiting in August. 



19. Banisteria Orbiculata. Stem twining ; leaves orbi- 

 culate, beneath tomentose and silky ; petioles biglandular ; 

 gemina united ; styles three ; stigmas leafy, short. Native 

 of Jamaica, Guadeloupe, and St. Domingo. 



20. Banisteria Ciliata. Leaves cordate-roundish, eared, 

 smooth, ciliate. Native of Brazil. 



21. Banisteria Auriculata. Stem twining, slender ; leaves 

 subsagittate, smooth, with rounded lobes; flowers in um- 

 bels. Native of Rio Janeiro. 



22. Banisteria Ovata. Stem twining; leaves ovate, acute, 

 quite entire ; flowers in umbels ; involucres stipuled ; corolla 

 red, or sulphur-coloured. Native of the island of Dominique. 



23. Banisteria Palmata. Stem twining; leaves palmate, 

 tomentose beneath ; petioles biglandular. The leaves are 

 divided into five acute parts, the middle one longest. Na- 

 tive of St. Domingo. 



24. Banisteria Sagittata. Stem twining; leaves sagittate, 

 large, tomentose ; petioles biglandular. The leaves have one 

 tooth on each side towards the tip. Native of St. Domingo. 



Banksia ; a genus of the class Tetrandria, order Mono- 

 gynia : named after Sir Joseph Banks, P. R. S. who first dis- 

 covered it. GENERIC CHARACTER. Calix: perianth one- 

 leafed, four-cleft inferior. Corolla: one-petalled ; tube cylin- 

 dric, very short ; border very long, four-parted ; parts linear, 



