CARYOCARACE.E — MARCGRAAVIACE.E HYPERICACK/E. 89 



which is one of the most dehcious fruits of the nut kind that is known. 

 An oil is extracted from them not inferior to that of the Olive." (Lindl.) 



* Caryocar ?iuciferum, L. B. M. 54. t. 2727-8. Souari, or Butter-nut. 

 Essequebo, Berbice. Flowers very large, purplish-brown. — C glahrum. 

 Pers. Guiana — C. tomentosum, Willd. Guiana. — C. butyrosum, Willd. 

 Guiana. 



ORDER LIV.— MARCGRAAVIACEiE, Juss Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 77. 



Shrubs, sometimes of a scrambling habit, (Marcgraavia) of 4 genera, 

 containing 9 species : 1 from New Caledonia, and 8 from S. America and 

 the W. Indies. — Properties unknown. 



* Marcgraavia umbellata, L. 5 Trinidad. M. coriacea, Vahl.. ^ Guiana. 

 Norantea guianensis, Aubl. ^ Guiana. A'^. brasiliensis, Choisy. ^ Brazil. 

 Ruyschia clusieefolia, Jacq. ^ Guiana. R. Souronbea, Willd. ^ Guiana. 



ORDER LV.— HYPERICACE^, Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 77. 



THE TUTSAN TRIBE. 



Perennial herbs, undershrubs, shrubs, or trees, " very generally spread 

 all over the earth, inhabiting mountains and vallies, marshes and dry ])lains, 

 meadows and heaths, in N. America, Asia, S. America, Europe, Africa, 

 and its neighbouring Islands, and New Holland," {Lindl.), who refers all of 

 them to 13 genera. — " These are by Spach increased to 27, species of 23 

 of which were formerly united under the large and very complex genus 

 Hypericum." {Wight, ill. l,p. 111.) DC. (1824) enumerates 165 species, 

 of which N. America contains the largest number, 38 ; Europe 28 ; S. 

 America 20 ; the E. Indies 9, &c. The latter now amount to 45 ; 1 of 

 Ancistrolobus ; 4 of Xanthochymus ; 7 of Norysca ; 2 of Brathys ; and, ac- 

 cording to DC, Spreng, and Wall. Cat., 31 of Hypericum, and " Hyperi. 

 cineoE," — Most of these species have been found on the Himalayas, the 



Khassya Mountains, the Neelgherries, and at Penang and Singapore. 



Properties unimportant. 



Ancistrolobus, Spach. {Wight, ill. I, p. 111.) 



1. carneus. Wall. {Rept. — Hypericum cameum. Wall. Cat.) 5 China. 

 FI. small, palish scarlet, March, April and May; fr. C. S. 

 Xanthochymus, Roxb. {DC. pr. \,p. 562; — W. and A. pr. I, p. 101) — 

 Referred to this order conformably with the views of Wight, ill. 

 \,p. 122. 



1. pictorius. Roxb. {Coram. 2, t. 196 ;— /. ind. 2, p. 633 ,—DC. pr. 1. 

 p. 562;— W. and A. pr. 1, p. 102.) L. b Circars. Penang. Silhet. 



