MALVACEH. XXX. Lacunea. 
XXX. LAGUNE‘A (in honour of Andreas Laguna, a 
Spanish physician and botanist of the sixteenth century. He 
translated Dioscorides into Spanish). Cav. diss. 3. p. 173. 
D. C. syst. 1. p. 474.—Solandra, Murr. comm. goet, 1784. 
Lam. ill. t. 580. but not of Swartz. 
Lin. syst. Monadélphia, Polydndria. Calyx naked, 5- 
cleft. Petals 5, spreading, with narrow claws. Anthers inserted 
on the sides and top of the tube. Stigmas 5. Capsules 5-celled, 5- 
valved, with a dissepiment in the middle of each valve, connected 
with the central filiform permanent axis. This genus differs 
from Hibiscus as Sida does from Mélva. Flowers axillary, 
solitary. 
1 L. rosa`ra (Willd. spec. 3. p. 733.) leaves cordate, 3- 
lobed; lobes oval-oblong, acuminate, toothed, with very nar- 
row recesses. ©. H. Native of the Island of Bourbon. 
Solandra lobata, Murr. com. goet. 1784. p. 21. t. 1. Triguèra 
acerifolia, Cav. diss. 1. p. 41.t. 11. f. last. Lagune'‘a lobata, Cav. 
diss. 5. t. 136. f. 1. Hibiscus Solandra, Lher. stirp. 1. t. 49. 
Flowers truly monopetalous, with a 5-parted limb of a white 
colour ; they are disposed in something like a spike at the tops 
of the branches. 
Lobed-leaved Lagunea. FI. July, Aug. Clt. 1787. Pl. 2 ft. 
2 L.? TRICOLOR; pilose; stem erect, simple; leaves lan- 
ceolate, acute, rather cordate at the base. ©. S. Native of 
Sierra Leone. The corolla is of 5 petals of the same colour as 
those of Hibiscus tridnum. Perhaps a distinct genus. 
Three-coloured-flowered Lagunea. PI. 4 foot. 
3 L. stnva'ta (Horn. hafn. 645.) leaves cordate, 3-lobed ; 
lobes oblong, acuminate, toothed, with wide recesses. ©. S. 
Native of? Perhaps a variety of L. lobata. L. angulata, Hortul. 
Flowers purplish-white ? 
Scolloped-leaved Lagunea. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1817. Pl. 2 ft. 
4 L. rerna'ta (Cav. diss. 5. p. 279. t. 136, f. 2. under So- 
landra,) lower leaves 3-parted ; lobes oblong, entire, middle one 
very long; upper leaves somewhat halbert-shaped, elongated. 
«S. Native of Senegal. Stem villous. 
Ternate-leaved Lagunea. PI. 1 foot. 
5 L. acunea'ta (Cav. diss. 3. p. 173. t. 71. f. 1.) leaves 3- 
parted, with oblong-linear, deeply-toothed lobes; stem prickly, 
tomentose. ©? S. Native of Pondichery. Flowers yellow. 
Stigmas red. Calyx ruptured longitudinally. This plant is 
called Cattacacheree by the inhabitants of Pondichery. 
Prickly Lagunea. PI. 14 foot. 
Cult. Not worth cultivating except in botanical gardens, 
The seeds require to be sown on a moderate hot-bed, and when 
the plants are of sufficient size they should be shifted into other 
pots, and then placed in the green-house or planted out in the 
open border in a sheltered situation. 
XXXI. INGENHOU‘ZIA (Ingenhouze, a Mexican bo- 
tanist.) Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. D. C. prod. 1. 
p. 474. 
Lin. syst. Monadélphia, Polydndria. 
parted into ovate-lanceolate, acuminate lobes. 
campanulate urceolus on the inside of the petals. 
definite, monadelphous. Style 1. Fruit unknown. 
1 I. rri’topa (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. D. C. prod. 
l. p.474.) g.G. Native of Mexico. Herb resembling in 
habit Gossypium. Leaves stalked, 3-lobed; lobes ovate-lan- 
ceolate, acute, entire. Pedicels 1-flowered, opposite the leaves. 
Flowers yellowish-red. 
Three-lobed-leaved Ingenhousia. PI. 2 feet ? 
Cult. The seeds of this plant will require to be raised on a hot- 
bed frame, and when the plants are of sufficient size they should 
be separated and planted singly in other pots, and after they have 
VOL. I.—PART VI. 
Calyx naked, 3- 
Petals 5, witha 
Stamens in- 
XXXI. InGENHOUZzIA. 
XXXII. Euryantut. BOMBACEZ. 505 
recovered this shifting, they may then be placed in the stove 
or greenhouse, where they will ripen their seed. 
XXXII. EURYA’NTHE (from evpyc, eurys, wide, and 
avðoç, anthos, a flower,) Cham. et Schlecht. in Linnea. 3. 
p. 206. 
Lin. syst. Polydndria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-parted, di- 
vided nearly to the base. Petals 5, twisted in zestivation. Sta- 
mens indefinite, free; filaments hardly connected at the base, 
unequal ; anthers linear, 2-celled, fixed by the base, opening 
longitudinally. Ovary superior, egg-shaped, 3-celled, many- 
seeded, fixed to the central column. Style simple, deciduous, 
terminated by a simple stigma. Fruit 3-celled, 3-valved ; valves 
with a dissepiment in the middle-—A malvaceous herb, with 
alternate digitately-parted leaves. This genus is allied to Gera- 
niacee, but more closely to Malvacee, but it differs materially 
in the anthers being 2-celled, a circumstance which excludes it 
from that order as it is now constituted. 
1 E. Scutepra'na (Cham, et Schlecht. 1l. c.) ©? Y. G. 
Native of Mexico. Stipulas free. Racemes secund. Flowers 
large, flame-coloured. 
Schiede’s Euryarthe. Pl. 1 foot. 
Cult. This plant will grow in a mixture of loam and sand, 
and it may either be increased by seed, or by cuttings, planted 
under a hand-glass. 
Orpver XXXI. BOMBA'CEZ (plants agreeing with Bém- 
bax, in many important characters,) Kunth, diss. malv. p. 5. 
nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 294. D. C. prod. 1. p. 475. 
Calyx naked at the base or involucrated with a few bracteas 
(f. 87. a.). Sepals 5, joined together into an urceolate~campanu- 
late tube (f. 87. b.), sometimes truncate at the apex, sometimes ir- 
regularly imbricated, sometimes somewhat valvately-connate, and 
bursting laterally ; the estivation is therefore doubtful. Petals 
5, regular (f. 87. c.) or wanting, when present they are usually 
convolute in zstivation, but sometimes imbricate. Stamens 5? 10- 
15 or more ; filaments adnate to the base of the tube of the petals, 
but separated into 5 bundles (f. 87. f.); bundles containing 1 or 
many anthers, sometimes intermixed with a few sterile threads. 
Anthers l-celled. Ovary of 5, rarely of 10 carpels, sometimes 
these are nearly distinct, sometimes so closely connected as to ap- 
pear a single fruit (f. 86. f. f. 87. g.), opening variously. Styles 
distinct, more or less connected together. Fruit of various 
shapes. Seeds enveloped in wool or pulp, some of them are 
without albumen; these have corrugated or convolute cotyle- 
dons, but those furnished with albumen have flat cotyledons. 
This order is very closely allied to Malvaceae, from which per- 
haps it is not distinct; it agrees with it in the 1-celled anthers, 
in the petals being usually convolute, and in habit, but differs 
from it in the calyx being imbricate, not truly valvate, in the 
staminiferous tube being divided into 5 bundles or sets at the 
apex, not monadelphous, as in that order. It comes also near 
to Byttneriacee@ and Chlenacee in habit, but it is easily distin- 
guished from these two orders in the anthers being 1-celled, not 
2-celled. The species are fine tropical trees and shrubs. 
of them are amongst the largest trees in the world ; 4dansénia 
digitata, the Baobab of Senegal, or Monkey-bread of the 
English colonies on the coast of Guinea, has been seen with a 
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