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5. HELICTERES, X. 



Calyx 5-fid, usually bilabiate. Column filiform, connate with the included carpophore, 

 terminated by 10- co monantherous filaments, the interior of which are sterile: anthers 

 bilocular, with the cells united at their ends. Ovary surrounded by the filaments, 5-locular : 

 cells many-ovulate. Stigma subcapitate. Carpids at length distinct, follicular (»". e. dehis- 

 cent along the ventral line), many-seeded : seeds glabrous. — Trees or shrubs ; leaves simple; 

 flowers usually fascicled. 



Sect. 1. SpieocaePjEA. — Carpids contorted into a woody cone. Anthers 10, 



5. H. jamaicensis, Jacq. Shrubby, furfuraceous-tomentose ; leaves cordate, pointed, 

 crenate (sometimes somewhat lobed) ; fascicles peduncled, terminal and axillary, few-flowered ; 

 calyx campanulate, bilabiate, 3-4 times shorter than the column ; lobes ovate, pointed ; 

 petals white, asymmetrical, nearly twice the length of the calyx, auricled at the base of the 

 oblong limb ; anther-cells oblong ; cone twisted, ovate-oblong. — Jacq. Amer. Pict. t. 226 ; 

 Desc. Fl. 6. t. 407. — H. Isora, Desc. Lun. — A shrub, or low tree, 4-15' high; leaves 

 velvety, hoary beneath ; calyx 8'" long ; cone lf'-l" long, tomentose, variable in shape, 

 either rounded or somewhat pointed at the top, but in both cases rounded or subtruncate at 

 the base : circumvolutions about 10. — Hab. Jamaica !, Mac/., Pd., March, among shrubs, 

 on limestone; [Haiti, S. Thomas !, Panama!]. 



6. H. baruensis, Jacq. Shrubby, furfuraceons-tomentose ; leaves cordate, pointed, 

 serrate, at length glabrescent above ; fascicles peduueled, terminal and axillary, few or one- 

 flowered ; calyx tubular, bilabiate, 2-4 times shorter than the column : lobes lanceolate, 

 acuminate ; petals white, nearly twice the length of the calyx, auricled at the base of the re- 

 flexed, linear limb ; anther-cells linear ; cone twisted, linear-oblong. — Jacq. Amer. Pict. t. 

 227. — H. althaeifolia, Lam. — A shrub, about 12' high; leaves variable in shape, either cor- 

 date-rounded or cordate-oblong, hoary-tomentose beneath; calyx 8"' long; cone 1^" long, 

 4"'-6'" diam., blunt at the base, bluntish or pointed at the top : circumvolutions about 5, 

 the upper part of the carpids being less twisted. — Hab. Trinidad !, Sieb. Tr. 98, Lockh., 

 Cr.j [Mexico !, Venezuela !, Guiana!]. 



Sect 2. Oethocaep^a. — Carpids straight. Anthers 5-10. 



7. XX. semitriloba, Berter. Shrubby, furfuraceous ; leaves cordate-roundish or ovate, 

 sinuate-toothed (sometimes somewhat 3-lobed), at length glabrescent above ; flowers in a 

 dense, terminal corymb : pedicels short, glandular at the base, surrounded by two linear 

 bracts ; calyx campanulate, shortly 5-lobed, six times exceeded by the column : four inferior 

 lobes rounded, uppermost one longer ; petals (turning reddish on being dried) half-exceeding 

 the calyx, not auricled : limb obovate, reflexed ; anther-cells oblong-ovoid ; fruit straight, 

 linear-oblong. — Rich. Cub. t. 19. — H. trapezifolia, Rich.: the shape of the leaves, by which 

 Richard would distinguish this from his H.furfuracea, is subject to variation. — A shrub, 8'- 

 12'high; leaves l"-3" long, hoary by appressed down beneath; calyx 3'", fruit 1"-1£" long. 

 — Hab. Bahamas!, Swains.; [Haiti!, Cuba]. 



XXVII. STERCULIACE.E. 



Flowers unisexual, apetalous. Calyx coloured, valvate. Staminiferous column hypogy- 

 nous (sometimes reduced) : anthers bilocular. Carpids definite, at length distinct, follicular. 

 — Trees. 



The seeds of Cola (called Bichy, or Cola) are employed as a condiment by the Negroes. 



1. STERCULIA, L. 



Calyx rotate-compannlate, 5-fid. Column filiform, terminated by 10-20 anthers : anther- 

 cells parallel. Carpids 5, inserted to the top of a carpophore, united by a simple style. 

 Seeds albuminous. — Rowers paniculate, usually cernuous. Iieaves toothless. 



1*. S. carthagenensis, Cat. Leaves cordate-rounded, 5 (-3) -lobed to the middle, 

 glabrate above, velvety beneath : lobes elliptical, blunt, or oblong ; calyx ft -fid to the 



