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DILLENIACE/E. 



[Hypogynous Exogexs. 



legs and other parts, very common maladies in hot and humid parts of South America. 

 Davilla elliptica is also astringent, and furnishes the vulnerary called Sambaibinha in 

 Brazil. In Curatella Samba'fba the same astringent principle recommends its decoction 

 as an excellent wash for wounds ; this plant is also used by tanners in Brazil. The 

 young calyxes of Dillenia scabrella and speciosa have a pleasantly acid taste, and are 

 used in curries by the inhabitants of Chittagong and Bengal. Tetracera Tigarea (Liane 

 rouge) is diaphoretic and diuretic, and has the reputation of being an antisyphilitic. The 

 acid juice of Dillenia speciosa fruit is, according to Rheede, when added to syrup, con- 

 sidered useful as a cough mixture. The ripe fruits are said to be laxative, and even to 

 produce diarrhoea. Almost all Delimeee have the foliage covered with asperities, which 

 are sometimes so hard that the leaves are even used for polishing. 



The Indian species are in almost all cases plants of great beauty. Dr. Wight speaks 

 of them as remarkable, not less for the grandeur of their foliage than the magnificence of 

 their flowers. He adds, that several species of Dillenia are large trees, and afford hard, 

 durable, valuable timber. 



GENERA. 



I. Dillene^:. — Con- 

 nective of anthers 

 equal, or narrow at the 

 point. Asiatic and 

 Australian. 



Capellia, Blum. 

 Colbertia, Salisb. 

 Reifferscheidia, Presl. 

 Dillenia, Linn. 



Syalita, Adans. 

 Actinidia, Lindl. 

 Worinia, Rottb. 



Clugnia, Commers. 



Lenidia, Thouars. 

 Schumacheria, Vahl. 



Pteurodesmia, Am. 



Adrastea, DC. 

 Hibbertia, Andr. 



Burtonia, Salisb. 



Cistomorpha, Caley. 

 Saurauja, W. 



Palava, R. & P. 



Apatelia, DC. 



Scapha, Nor. 



Vanalphimia, Lesch. 



Marumia. Reinw. 



Reinuardtia, Nees. 



Blumia, Spreng. 

 Trochostigma, Sieb. 

 Pleurandra, Labill. 

 Candollea, Labill. 

 Pachynema, R. Br. 



Hemistemma, Commers. 



Aglaja, Noronh. 

 Acrotrema, Jack. 



II. Delime.e. — Con- 

 nective of anthers 

 dilated at the point. 

 Chiefly American. 



Curatella, Linn. 

 Pinzona, Mart, et Zucc. 

 Doliocarpus, Roland. 



Calinea, Aubl. 



Soramia, Aubl. 



Mappia, Schreb. 



Othlis, Schott. 



Empedoclea, St. Hit. 

 Davilla, Velloz. 



Hieronia, Flor. Flum. 

 Delima, Linn. 

 Tetracera, Linn. 



Tigarea, Aubl. 



Rhinium, Schreb. 



Euryandra, Forst. 



Assa, Houtt. 



Wahlbomia, Thunb. 



Rbhlingia, Dennst. 

 Trachytella, DC. 



Actcea, Lour. 



Calligonum, Lour. 

 ? Recchia, Moc . et Sen, 



Numbers. Gen. 26. Sp. 200. 



Position. — Ranunculaceae.- 



Pittosporacew. 



-DiLLENiACE.fi. — Magnoliaceae. 

 Ericacea;. 



Trochostigma = Actinidia. 



