

3oO BOMBACEjE. 



prominentibus, venulis subpcllucidis, membranacca, glabra , supra laete viridia, subtus pallidiora, intcrme- 

 dium 6| pollices longum, 4 -J polliccs latum ; extcriora 3 ^ pollices longa, 2 ^ polliccs lata. PETioLuscommunis 

 tcres (?) partialcsque glabri, 5-6 lineas longi, inferne dilatati, cum pctiolo communi haud articulati. 

 Flores in apicc ramulorum congesti, erecti, (i-8-pollicarcs. Calyx campanulatus, incrassatus, intcgcr, 

 purpurasccnti-coloratus. Petala quinque, linearia, tomcntosa, cxtcrne fuscesccntia, intcrnc rosea, revoluta. 

 Stasiina crcberrima, longitudinc coroIKx'. Filamenta capillacca, rubra, glabra, erccta, basi in twbum connata. 

 Anther-e parvffl, reniformes, unilocularcs (?). Ovarium ovatum, quinquangulatuin. Stvlus i, staminibus 

 parum longior. Stigma subqtiinquefidum. Fructus oblongus, 4-G-pollicaris. Semina lanata. ( Dcscriptio floris 



et fructus cx schcdis Bonplandii. ) 



Fragmenta floris suppctentia caric cxcsa. Kombaci globoso Aubl. afline? 



In arborc prope Chilpancingo inftenta, folia decrant. Bonplandius postca eandcm arborcm (floribus dcsti- 

 tutam?^ propc urbcm Mexici se reperisse credidit, "uulc folia sunt deccrpta , quas supra dcscripsi. Obser- 

 vandum tamcn Itonplandium prius folia , incolis testantibus, trilobata crcdidissc An igitur Pochotlc 

 Mcxicanorum specics divcrsa? 



• 3. ) Species dubice. 



4- BOMBAX CUMANENSE. "|" 



B. inerme?; foliis digitatis; foliolis 7, petiolatis, lanccolatis, acuminatis, integcrrimis , glabris, 

 subtus pallidioribus. 



ftombax scptenatum Jacq. Am. p. 193? 



Caiba incolarum. 



Crescit prope Cumana. { Nova Andalusia. ) £ 



Arbor speciosa. Folia petiolata , digitata ; foliolis 7 , pctiolatis , lanceolatis^ acuminatis, basi acutis, intc- 

 gerrimis, rcticulato-vcnosis, nervo subtus prominentc, mcmbranaccis, glabrfs, supra viridibus, nitidis (?), 

 subtus pallidis; intermedio subquinqucpollicari , 11-12 liueas lato; exterioribus 5 4-3 4 ' pollices longis. 

 PETiOLtscommunis tcrctiusculus, glabcr, 44polliecslongus, apice incrassatus ; partialcs tcrctiusculi, interne 

 bisulcati, glabri, cum pctiolo communi articulati, 5 lincas longi. Flores et Froctos haud suppctunt.- 



5. BOMBAX mompoxe^se. j" 



B. aculcatum; foliis digitatis; foliolis 7-9, subscssilibus, obovato-lanceolatis, acuminatisj , 

 apicem versus rcmote scrrulatis, mcmbranaccis, glabris. 



Crescit ad ripamjluminis Magdalena? , prope Mompox Novogranatensium, alt. 70 kex. J> 



Arbor trunco ramisquc junioribus aculcatis. Folia pctiolata, digitata; foliola 7 aut 9, subsessilia, cum 

 petiolo communi articulata, obovato-lanccolata, acumiuata , basi cuncata, integerrima, apiccm vcrsus 

 rcmotc scrrulata, rcticulato-vcnosa, nervo medio subtus prominente, mcmbranacea, glubra, subtus pallida ; 

 intcrmcdium 5-5-^pollices longurn, 16-17 lincas latum ; caitera gradatim minora; cxlcriora 5-3i polliccs 

 longa. Petiolus communis subscptempollicaris, terctiusculus, laivis, incimis, glaber. Flores FRUCTUsquc 

 desidcrantur. 



