Talisia
(said to be the native name of some members of the genus in Guiana). SYN. Comatoglossum. ORD. Sapindaceae. A genus including about eighteen species of stove, evergreen trees, inhabiting Brazil, New Grenada, and Guiana. Flowers mediocre or small, in branched panicles; sepals erect, biseriate; petals five, rarely more, unguiculate, the margins villous; stamens eight, rarely five or seven. Leaves alternate, exstipulate, abruptly pinnate; leaflets alternate and opposite, coriaceous, oblong, acuminate, entire. T. guianensis, the only species introduced, thrives in a compost of turfy loam and peat. Large cuttings, with the leaves intact, will root in sand, under a glass, in moist heat.
T. guianesis (Guiana). fl. rose-coloured, disposed in decompound racemes; calyx shorter than the petals. June. l., leailets many pairs, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, coriaceous, quite smooth on both surfaces. h. 4ft. Guiana and Cayenne, 1824. (A. G. 136.)