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down iuio ihrec fegments; ftigmas obtufe. Pc-r'ic. Ciiplule 

 wiUi three angles, Icparable into three parts, of one cell 

 each, not burlUng. feA lolitary, ovate, compreffed, po- 



liflied. There arc fome male tlowers, furniihcd with a 



llyle, bnt deftitute of germeu and ftigma. 



' Eir. Ch. Calyx five-clcft. Petals live, hooded, covering 

 the anthers. Style three-cleft. Capfule inferior, feparat- 

 ing into three fin'gle-feeded parts. — Some flowers male. 



'jacquin originally defcribed two fpecies, of which Lin- 

 nseus adopted but one. Lamarck has added three more, 

 all in our pofieflion, to which we are enabled to furnilh 

 three non-deicript fpecies, making eight in all. 



1. G.ilomhif'etifs. Linn. Sp. PI. 1663. Lamarck Did. 

 V. ■i,, 4. (G. glabra; Jacq. Amer. 264. t. 179. f. 40. Lu- 

 puius fylveftris amcricana, &c. Pluk. t. 201. f. 4. )_— Leaves 

 ovate, pointed, ferrated, nearly fmooth. Wings of the fruit 

 dilated, kidney-lliaped. — Native of woods in Hifpaniola 

 and the Bahama illands. A climbing much branched_/?'n/.*, 

 the young branches downy, ending in long funple fpiral 

 tendrils. Leaves alternate, on (liort hairy iialks, ovate, a 

 little unequal, an inch and half long, bluntly ferrated, iv.v- 

 niflted with a blunt entire point, and with feveral llraight 

 parallel veins diredted forward. The young leaves are rather 

 downy, old ones nearly fmooth. Stlpnlas imall, half arrow- 

 ihapeii. Flo-ivers in long terminal clufters, fmall, greenifh 

 and unornumental. Capfuhs of a light fpongy texture, 

 their central part as big as a fmall' pea, the wings thrice 

 as lonii-, fpreading, pale brown, Imooth and fomevvhat po- 

 lilhed. Seeds hard, of a (liining brown. 



2. G. tomentofa. Jacq. Amer. 263. Linn. MSS. in Sp. PI. 

 {G. crenata; Lamarck Did. v. 3. 5?) — " Leaves ovate, 

 crenate, downy.'' — Native of woods in Hifpaniola, climb- 

 intr to the tops of lofty trees. Jncqu'in. Of this we have 

 feen no fpecimen. Jacquin fays the leaves are four inches 

 long. Seeds black and fliining. Lamarck fuppofes his 

 plant to be the fame on account of the great iize of its 

 leaves, and he fays it is diflinguidied from all others by 

 their crenatures. .Tacquin defcribcs his as flightly crenate. 



3. G. cyclocarpa. — Leaves elliptic -oblong, pointed, ob- 

 foletelv ferrated, roughilli, naked on both fides. Wings 

 of the fruit narrow, orbicular. — Native, we believe, of the 

 Well Indies. The very young Jlioots and leaves only are 

 filky and ferruginous. The tuU-grown leaves are near three 

 inches long and one broad, fomewhat ovate, either almoft 

 entire, or furnidied with (liallow diftant ferratures, and a 

 fliort entire blunt point; they are green and quite naked on 

 both iides, but harfli to the touch oh the upper furface. 

 Veins diltant. Fcotjlalls, Jloiverjlalhs, and Jlipulas hairy. 

 FlovJtTs fomewhat filky. /Vh/V orbicular at each lide, eacli 

 wing forming a hemifphere, and, not being much dilated. 



4. G. d.'nticulatii. — Leaves ovate, pale and downy be- 

 neath, entire, with a finely-toothed point. — Gatliered by 

 the late Mr. Clu-iftopher Smith in the ifland of Honimoa, 

 Eaft Indies. — ^\\s leaves are about an inch and half long, 

 with llraight veins, connefted by numerous minute reticu- 

 lations, and are remarkable for the numerous little iharp 

 teeth which border their upper part and terminal point, 

 while the reft of their margin is entire. Their upper fide 

 is roughifli to the touch, but green and naked; while the 

 lower is hoary with very denfe fiiort down, the veins only 

 being naked Stipulas fmall and deciduous. A fimple 

 curled tendril terminates each lateral branch, as in all the 

 foregoing. Floiuers in axillary downy clufters, with lan- 

 ceolate deciduous brafteas. The fruit we have not feen. 



5. G. mauritiana. Lamarck Dicl. v. 35. — Leaves ovate, 

 pointed, v.irioufly ferrated, downy on both fides. — Native 

 of the heights called the Col, in the defert, of the ;lle dc 



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Bourbon, where it was gathered by Commerfon, and fent 

 to the botanic garden at Paris. The leaves are the fize of 

 the laft, but green and clothed with filky down on both 

 fides. Their figure is ovate, rarely fomewhat cordate. 



often unequal, fharp-pointed, their margin fingularly varia- 

 ble, being fometimes nearly entire, having only fcatte/ed 

 (liallow ferratures, fometimes very deeply and doubly fer- 

 rated, not unlike the Roman nettle, Urtica piluUfera. Sti- 

 pulas ovate, acute, clothed with Ihining reddilh iilky hairs, 

 as well as the young twigs and tendrils. The fnidijieation 

 is wanting in our fpecimens. Lamarck fays the capjules 

 have rounded thin and membranous wings. 



6. G. tiUxJoUa. Lamarck Dift. v. 3. j. (G. StadtmannI ; 

 Willem. Herb. Maurit. 58?) — Leaves heart-lhaped, bluntly 

 pointed, fmooth on both fides, bluntly and flightly ferrated. 

 Native of the ifle de Bourbon, near la Villelague. Commer- 

 fon. The_/?i.'ffi is much branched and divaricated, fmooth,, 

 except the very young fiioots. Leaves an inch or inch and 

 half long, and nearly as broad, heart-lliaped, with fliallow 

 ferratures and a fhort blunt point. They are light green 

 and naked on both fides, fmootli above; minutely chagrined 

 beneath. i'/z^uAu glandular. Flower-flails vu^y and. downy. 

 The tendrils become very thick and ftrong by age. 



7. G. integrifolia. Lamarck Did. v. 3. 5. — Leaves ovate, 

 bluntilh, entire, fmooth on both lides. Stipulas awl-(haped. 

 Long cultivated in the Paris garden, but its native country 

 is not remembered. We have a fpecimen from thence, de!- 

 titute oi Jloivers and fruit, yet we readily agree with La- 

 marck that there can be no doubt refpefting its genus. 

 The habit, ilem, tendrils, folded young leaves, and their 

 pale parallel veins, all indicate a Couauia, tor no genus can 

 be more natural than this. The leaves are ufnalh- about an 

 inch long, cxaftly ovate, (not oval) without any elongated 

 point, though tipped with a gland; tlicir margin quite en- 

 tire, their midrib fometimes llightly hairy at the back. Sti- 

 pulas awl-lhaped, deciduous. Fcotjlalls hairy only while 

 young. 



8. G.fuiilaciua. — Leaves heart-fliaped, minittcly feiTated, 

 acute, fomewhat hairy. Stipulas awl-fhaped. I'lower-llaikh 

 umbellated, fcarcely fo long as the leaves. Brought by the 

 late fir G. L. Staunton, Bart. v\e believe from the Brafils. 

 The zig-zag branches, with fmall heart-lhaped leaves, and 

 numerous axillary umbels o{ Jlo-wers, give it the afped of a 

 Smila.v. The tendrils grow from the firll joint of each branch, 

 and are elegantly fpiral ; rully and hairy, like the_^c-7('f/'- 

 flalis and calyx. The principal 

 inch long, green on both fide.s, 

 very Iiairy, their furface more 

 fliaped, hairy. S. 



GOUAREC, in Geograply, a town of France, in tlie 

 department of the North Coalls, and chief place ot a can- 

 ton, in the dillrid of Loudeac ; 24 miles S. W. of St. Brieuc. 

 The place contains 678, and the canton 6,093 inhabitants, 

 on a territory of 207-5 kiliometres, in 5 communes. 



GOUD, or Gaud. See Weld. 



GOUDA, orTKitfwrw, in Geography, a city of Hol- 

 land, feated on a branch of the Rhine, called Ifl'cl, where it 

 receives the Gouw, from which it derives its name. The 

 great church of this town is one of the largell and liandlom- 

 ell in the country, and is particularly famous for its painted 

 glals windows, which were executed principally by Theodore 

 and Walter Crabcth of this town, and wliich are carefully pre- 

 ferred. The town is advantageoufly fitnatcd, on account 

 ot the fluices and canals, which are running llreams, and 

 its convenient port on the Ilfel. It has five gates, and is lo 

 circunillanced by realoii of the fluices, which may inundate 

 the adjacent country, the breadth and depth of its ditche,«, 



and 



leaves are ufually about an 

 their ribs and veins always 

 or lefs fo. Stipulas awl- 



