Plate 1021 - Broad-leaved Xylophylla

Plate 1021

Publication Information

Native Region: America

Flowering Period: May - June - August - September

Description: N°1021.


XYLOPHYLLA LATIFOLIA. BROAD-LEAVED XYLOPHYLLA.

Class and Order
MONOECIA MONADELPHIA.

Generic Character
. MAsC. Cal. 6-partitus. Cor. o. Nect. glandulae 6, globosae. FŒM. Cal. et Nect. ut in mascula. Germ. superum. styli 3. stigmata 3-partita. Caps. 3-locularis. Sem. 2, in singulis lo- culamentis. Genus Phyllantho nimis affine.

Specific Character and Synonyms
. XYLOPHYLLA latisolia; soliis rhombeis crenatis crenis ap- proximatis floriferis. Hort. Kew. 1. p. 376. XYLOPHYLLA latisolia. Willd. sp. Pl. 1. p. 1500. swartz Prod. 28. Obs. 113. Linn. Mant. 281. Gaert. Fruct. 2. p. 123. 1. 108. f. 3. GENISIPHYLLA asplenisolia. L'Herit. Sert. Ang. 29. t. 39. PHYLLANTHUS soliis latioribus utrinque acuminatis apicem versus crenatis. Browne Jam. 188. HEMIONOTIDI affinis epiphyllanthos. Pluk. Phyt. t. 36. f. 7. LONCHITIDI affinis arbor anomala solio alato et pinnarum crenis fructifero. sloane Cat. p. 16. .Hist. 80.

 LINNEUS, who took up this genus on the authority of BROWNE, referred it to his fifth class, but that it should have been continued there by WILLDENOW after he had seen the observations of sWARTZ, is not a little surprising. It seems hardly to be a distinct genus from PHYLLANTHUS. The female flowers stand on much longer footstalks than the male. We We have never met with hermaphrodite flowers having six stamens, as described by sWARTZ; when such occur, we should consider them as an unnatural union of three flowers in one. We should refer both this genus and PHYLLANTHUS to Monacia Monadelphia and place them immediately after RICINUS, with which, and with CROTON and JATROPHA, they have a natural affinity. The leaf-like expansions, from the notches on the margins of which the flowers grow, two, three, or many together, are not true leaves, but rather leafless branches flattened into the shape of leaves. Native of Jamaica and other tropical parts of America. Requires to be kept in the bark stove. May be propagated by cuttings. Introduced in 1783, by MATTHEW WALLEN, Esq. Flowers in August and September. Publisher:

Pub by W.


Raw OCR Text (Original)

N021. syd Edwards Del. 1807 F. E. Sansom. Publisher: Pub by T W Curtis st Geo st Geo st Geo Crescent June 1.

[ 1021 ] XYLOPHYLLA LATIFOLIA. BROAD-LEAVED XYLOPHYLLA. ***************** Class and Order. MONOECIA MONADELPHIA. Generic Character. MAsC. Cal. 6-partitus. Cor. o. Nect. glandulae 6, globofae. FŒM. Cal. et Nect. ut in mafcula. Germ. superum. styli 3. stigmata 3-partita. Caps. 3-locularis. Sem. 2, in fingulis lo- culamentis. Genus Phyllantho nimis affine. specific Character and synonyms. XYLOPHYLLA latisolia; soliis rhombeis crenatis crenis ap- proximatis floriferis. Hort. Kew. 1. p. 376. XYLOPHYLLA latisolia. Willd. sp. Pl. 1. p. 1500. swartz Prod. 28. Obs. 113. Linn. Mant. 281. Gaert. Fruct. 2. p. 123. 1. 108. f. 3. GENISIPHYLLA afplenisolia. L'Herit. Sert. Ang. 29. t. 39. PHYLLANTHUS soliis latioribus utrinque acuminatis apicem verfus crenatis. Browne Jam. 188. HEMIONOTIDI affinis epiphyllanthos. Pluk. Phyt. t. 36. f. 7. LONCHITIDI affinis arbor anomala solio alato et pinnarum crenis fructifero. sloane Cat. p. 16. .Hist. 80. LINNEUS, who took up this genus on the authority of BROWNE, referred it to his fifth class, but that it should have been continued there by WILLDENOW after he had seen the obfervations of sWARTZ, is not a little furprising. It seems hardly to be a distinct genus from PHYLLANTHUS. The female flowers stand on much longer sootftalks than the male. We

We have never met with hermaphrodite flowers having six stamens, as described by sWARTZ; when such occur, we should consider them as an unnatural union of three flowers in one. We should refer both this genus and PHYLLANTHUS to Monacia Monadelphia and place them immediately after RICINUS, with which, and with CROTON and JATROPHA, they have a natural affinity. The leaf-like expansions, from the notches on the margins of which the flowers grow, two, three, or many together, are not true leaves, but rather leafless branches flattened into the fhape of leaves. Native of Jamaica and other tropical parts of America. Requires to be kept in the bark stove. May be propagated by cuttings. Introduced in 1783, by MATTHEW WALLEN, Esq. Flowers in August and September.

Plate Period: 1808-1810 - Mixed artist period
Typical Artists: S Curtis Del, W.J.H.del
Expected Publisher: S Curtis at Walworth
Publisher Location: St. George's Crescent, London - the original publisher address for Curtis's Botanical Magazine
Artist Information: delineavit (Latin: 'drawn by') - indicates the artist who drew the botanical illustration

Original botanical print from Curtis's Botanical Magazine