Muntingia
(named after Abraham Munting, 1626-1683, at one time Professor of Botany in the University of Groeningen). ORD. Tiliaceae. A monotypic genus, the species being a handsome, small, stove evergreen tree or shrub. A compost of sandy fibry loam and leaf mould, is suitable. Propagated by cuttings of half-ripened shoots, placed in sand, under a glass, in heat. M. Calabura (Calabura). fl. white, 1in. in diameter, resembling those of the Bramble; pedicels in pairs, or sometimes in fours, axillary, one-flowered. June. l. sessile, oblique, semi-cordate at the base, lanceolate, villous beneath, 4in. to 5in. long. h. 12ft. to 25ft. Tropical America, &c., 1690. An infusion of the leaves is used as tea in Caraccas. (B.M. 5982.)