Ryania
(named after John Ryan, M.D., F.R.S., a correspondent of Vabl). SYN. Patrisia. ORD. Bixineae. A genus comprising about half-a-dozen species of stove, stellately-pubescent trees, natives of tropical America. Flowers axillary, often showy, solitary or sub-fasciculate; sepals five, lanceolate or oblong, imbricated, persistent; petals absent; stamens indefinite Leaves entire, penninerved and transversely venulose, not dotted. R. speciosa, the only species introduced is a beautiful shrub. It thrives in a compost of peat and loam, and may be increased by ripened cuttings, inserted in sand, under a glass, in heat.
R. speciosa (showy). fl. somewhat cream-coloured, large; peduncles one-flowered. August. l. green on both surfaces, bearing stellate hairs on the ribs beneath. h. 10ft. West Indies, 1823.