ANONACE^E. 



Nat. syst. ed.2. p. 18. 



XYLOPIA. 



Petals 6. Stamens numerous. Torus cup-shaped, bearing the 

 stamens on the outside, the ovaries on the inside. Ovaries 

 numerous, distinct ; ovules ascending, in one row, attached to 

 the central angle ; stigmas acute, distinct, collected in a cone. 

 Carpels indefinite, ovate, compressed, indehiscent, stalked, 

 1-4-seeded. Seeds oblique or somewhat erect, more or less 

 surrounded by the adhering pericarp, arillate, ovate. 



59. X. longifolia A. de C. mem. anon. 34. Uvaria febrifuga 

 Humb. and Bonpl. Unona xylopioides Dunal monogr. t. 21. 

 DC. prodr. \. 92. South America on the banks of the Oro- 

 noko. 



A tree 70 feet high. Leaves oblong, acuminate, silky and shining 

 beneath, revolute at the margin, especially near the base. Peduncles 

 2-4, axillary, smooth. Three outer petals oblong linear, acuminate, 

 silky, brownish externally, white and excavated in the inside; the 3 

 interior linear, white, red at the base, 3-cornered at the point. The 

 fruit, called " Frutta de Burro " is found a valuable febrifuge on the 

 Oronoko. Humb. 



60. X. glabra Linn. sp. pi. 1367. Dunal. monogr. t. 19. 

 DC. prodr. i. 92. Barbadoes and Jamaica. (Bitterwood.) 



A tree. Branches smooth, scarcely dotted. Leaves, even the 

 youngest, smooth on each side, oblong-ovate, acuminate smooth, on 

 very short stalks. Peduncles 1-flowered, solitary or in pairs, bracteo- 

 late. Calyx smooth, trifid, with very obtuse lobes. Carpels smooth. 

 Wood, bark, and berries warm and bitter, resembling orange seed; 

 considered tonic and stimulant. Burnett says the wood is intensely bitter. 



HABZELIA. 



Calyx 3-lobed. Petals 6, the inner smallest. Stamens very 

 numerous. Torus convex. Carpels distinct, indefinite in num- 

 ber, long, cylindrical, obsoletely ventricose or torulose, smooth, 

 striated lengthwise, becoming many-celled by the pericarp 

 growing together, many-seeded. Seeds elliptical, arillate, some- 

 what erect, numerous, shining ; one in each of the cells of the 

 fruit. Arillus formed of 2 white unequal obcordate membranes. 



61. H.aethiopica A de C. mem. anon. 31. Unona aethiopica 

 Dunal. mon. p. 113. DC. prodr. i. 91. Habzeli et piper 

 nigrorum C. Bauh. pin. p. 4-12. Sierra Leone; palmwoods 

 of Senegambia. 



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