19* 



monadelphia, -pentandrta. 



ft*ncwcit crctius, tigura valdc iiutqtiali, rarilfimc rcgularis, fapjuscirca 



mcclium vcmricofus, aut craffior fupcrnc quam iu ipft bali, «Uus quando- 



quc triginta pcdcs, amcquam"in ramos abeac. In arbore proveth: rctatis» 



miro fanc fpeitaculo, a trunci fupcriorc partc longitudinalitcr cojkrdccy- 



rnnt lignofxcxipfaquctrunci fubftamiacnaue, fcnfim latcfccntcs ita, W ar- 



ca radiccm ad quinquc & amplius pcdum diltamiam ab ipfo trunci corporc 



progrcdiantur, Acvtci diffbrmts, lignofi, acuminati, fortcs, & maximi, to- 



tam irunci ramorumque principalium fupcrticicm obtidcut; intcrdum vcro 



oinnino nbfcntcs, corticc tunc plcrumquc fubcrofo erftciltL Sunt Iii auc 



conici fubuktiquc, vcl comprclfi & obiongo-quadrati , aptcc tunc dcncato, 



&c qui a corticc fi avcltamur, absquc Uefionc maculam in codcm dumuxac 



albidam rclinquunt. Rmi comam fonnanc amplam, umbrofam, cicgantcm, 



tcgularcmquc in locjs irtis, que vcntis Euram intcr Septcntrioncmquc flan- 



tibus haud cxponumur. Arbornm vcro, qu*e fimili ficu nafcumur, rami 



vcrfus Africum propclluntur, a partc oppofua fronde tunc fccpc nuJIa» ri* 



tnoniinquc hrachiis non raro ipfam trunci fupcriorcm partcm cruffiric fupc- 



rantibus. Kotoi funt digitaca, fepccnata, glabra, imcgcrrima vcl fcrrata,ova- 



liaj acuta, quotannis decidua* Racem compofiti, brcvcs, fubcymofi, dcn- 



(x^Jlorcs gcrunt nuracrofos, pulchros, pallidc rofcos, odorcm mihi vifos 



fpirarecafcofum, mox poft lapfum loliorum prodcunccs, omncs equalitcr 



Tamosocornantcs; unde, calculo inftituto, in comofa atquc adulra arbore 



numciaviilorumukravicics ccntcna inillia. FruQus fucccdunt magoi, fila- 



bri, fufci, lanugincm contincntcs fufcain fcricamquc, qua: lcvifltma aura in 



aiircm clcvata os narcsquc craaancis infcltat, Ctf tcrum ufus rari apud iucolas, 



Citiflimc Iwcc arbor incrcfcit, acqoc cx talcis facillimc propagacur; pucaca 



vcro fibiquc rclifla in caricm atquc putrcdincm ocyus abit. Gallis vocatur 



Fromqgtr fivcCafcaria, Anglis SdkGxton-trcc fcu Arbor Goflypium fericum 



fcrcn*. 



Habitat pafTun in Caribxis» 



2. BOMBAX (qmat*m) floribus polyandris; foliolis qainatis. TAB. 



CLXXVJ. Fig 7K 



Bombax foliis digitatis, caulc aculcato. Linn. fp. pii. p* 5 1 1, L#jL 



bifp. 278. 

 Xylon caule aculcato. tinn. hort. Giff. 75* 



CAL- Pcrianthiiimmonophyllum, campanulatum, parvum, crcQum^pcr- 



fiftcns: orcintcgro, lcviifimcquinqucdcntaco. 

 COR- monopctala. Tubus infundibuliformis, crcQus, calycc duplo lon- 



gior. Limbus quinqucrtdus: laciniis oblongis, concavis, obcufis, 



omnitim 1 ■:'.L , .;:ii:ii*o. 

 STAM. Vilamcnra numcroft, filiformia, longitudinecorollie, infcrnccon- 

 nata in quinquc corpora confluentia bafiin mbum conicum nJ 1 .- mfl 



infimz 



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