512 BOMBACE Æ. 
Globose-fruited Silk-cotton Tree. Clt. 1824. Tree 20 feet. 
7 B. romento'sum (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 263.) trunk un- 
armed; leaflets 5, ovate-lanceolate, entire, scabrous above, but 
cinereously-tomentose beneath, and dotted with black ; peduncles 
hoary-tomentose, inflated just under the flower, hollow inside. 
h. S. Native of Brazil in the province of Goyaz near Villa 
Boa. Flowers in axillary fascicles, silky, white; petals ob- 
liquely emarginate ; anthers 2-celled ? 
Tomentose Silk-cotton Tree. Fl. June. Tree 30 feet? 
8 B. exvxi'pticum (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 299.) 
trunk unarmed ; leaves palmate, with 5 rounded, elliptical, quite 
entire, smooth leaflets, which are retuse at the apex; calyx 
entire. h. S. Native of South America. Petals rose-coloured 
on the inside, but covered with rusty tomentum on the outside. 
Filaments red, length of petals. 
Elliptical-leafletted Silk-cotton Tree. Tree 60 feet. 
9 B. parvirtorum (Mart. fl. bras. 1. p. 91. t. 57.) trunk 
unarmed ; leaflets 3-5, obovate-lanceolate, obtuse or emarginate, 
coriaceous, smooth ; peduncles and calyxes smooth; petals to- 
mentose, 3-times longer than the calyx; ovary smooth. kh. S. 
Native of Brazil in the province of Minas Geraes at the river 
St. Francisco. Flowers silky-villous, 3 or 4 in a fascicle, rarely 
solitary. Anthers kidney-shaped. 
Small-flowered Silk-cotton Tree. 
feet. 
10 B. pupe’scens (Mart. fl. bras. 1. p. 91. t. 58.) trunk 
unarmed ; lower leaves quinate, upper ones ternate; leaflets 
obovate, elliptical, emarginate, coriaceous, smooth, or covered 
with black dots of stellate pili beneath; pedicels inflated and 
hollow under the flower, and are as well as calyxes, covered with 
black dots of stellate tomentum ; petals tomentose, 3-times longer 
than the calyx; ovary smooth. kh. S. Native of Brazil in the 
province of Minas Geraes, where the tree is called Embirussu, 
from the bark being very tough, which is made into ropes. 
Flowers white from silky tomentum. 
Pubescent Silk-cotton Tree. ‘Tree 25 to 30 feet. 
11 B. corta‘ceum (Mart. fl. bras. 1. p. 93.) unarmed ; leaflets 
3, oblong, acutish, entire, coriaceous, smooth, marginated ; fruit 
scabrous, pear-shaped. h. S. Native of Brazil on mount 
Arara-coara on the confines of Peru. 
Coriaceous-leaved Silk-cotton Tree. Tree 30 feet. 
12 B. retu'sum (Mart. fl. bras. 1. p. 92. t. 59.) trunk un- 
armed; leaflets 3-4 or 5, obovate, retuse, smooth; peduncles 
and calyxes smooth; petals 6-times longer than the calyx, 
finely tomentose ; ovary tomentose. k. S. Native of Brazil in 
the province of Minas Geraes on hills. Peduncles axillary or 
terminal, solitary, or twin. Corolla white from tomentum. 
Anthers oblong. 
Retuse-leaved Silk-cotton Tree. Fl. July. Tree 20 to 25 ft. 
13 B. muncu'sa (Mart. fl. bras. 1. p. 93. t. 99.) trunk un- 
armed ; leaflets 8, oblong, acuminated, quite entire, smooth ; 
calyx cup-shaped ; petals coriaceous, reflexed ; stamens numer- 
ous, bifid at the top. h.S. Native of Brazil in the province 
of the river Niger, where it is called by the inhabitants Muncuba. 
It is also to be found on the banks of the river Amazon. Petals 
clothed on the outside with olive villi, but white inside. 
Flowers 2 or 3 together at the tops of the branches. 
Muncuba Silk-cotton Tree. Fl. March, April. 
100 feet. 
14 B. pi’scoror (H. B. et Kunth, l. c.) trunk unarmed ; 
leaves palmate, with 5 oblong, acuminated, crenulate leaflets, 
hairy and green above, hoary from tomentum beneath. h. S. 
Native of South America in warm places near St. Felipe in the 
province of Jaen de Bracamoros. Flowers white, about the 
size of those of a citron. 
Two-coloured-leaved Silk-cotton Tree. 
Fl. June, July. Tree 25 
Tree 80 to 
Tree 30 feet. 
X. BOMBAX. 
XI. ERIODENDRON. 
+ Species not sufficiently known. 
15 B.? virzdsum (Mill. dict. no. 3.) leaves 5-angled, villous ; 
stem jointed. h. S. Native of New Spain. Flowers unknown. 
The down enclosed in the pod is of a fine purple colour, and 
the inhabitants of New Spain spin it and work it into garments, 
which they wear without dyeing. 
Villous Silk-cotton Tree. ‘Tree? 
16 B. Cumane’nse (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 
300.) unarmed; leaves palmate, with 7 stalked, lanceolate, 
acuminate, quite entire, smooth leaflets, which are paler beneath. 
h.S. Native of South America near Cumana. Perhaps dif- 
ferent from B. septenatum. 
Cumana Silk-cotton Tree. Tree 50 feet. 
17 B. Mompoxe'nse (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c.) trunk prickly ; 
leaves palmate, with 7 and 9 almost sessile, obovate-lanceolate, 
acuminated, membranaceous, smooth leaflets, which are remotely 
toothletted towards the apex. h.S. Native of South America 
on the banks of the river Magdalena near Mompox. Flowers 
and fruit unknown. 
Mompox Silk-cotton Tree. Tree 40 feet. 
18 B. Ortnoce’nsr (H. B. et Kunth, |. c.) trunk unarmed ; 
leaves palmate, with 5 and 6 oblong, acuminated, quite entire, 
membranaceous, smooth leaflets. h. S. Native on the banks 
of the river Oringco. Flowers unknown. 
Orincco Silk-cotton Tree. Tree 60 feet. i 
Cult. The species of Bombax grow best in rich loamy soil. 
Cuttings should not be too ripe, andif they are taken off ata 
joint they will root freely in sand under a hand-glass, in a 
moist heat; but plants raised from seeds brought from the 
places of their natural growth make finer trees. None of the 
species have ever flowered in our stoves, and it is not likely 
they ever will, as the most of them acquire a height of 50 or 60 
feet before they attempt to flower in their native countries. 
XI. ERIODE’NDRON (from epıov, erion, wool, and OevOpoy; 
dendron, a tree ; alluding to the capsule being filled with a fine 
silky woolly substance). D. C. prod. 1. p. 479.—Ceiba, Plum. 
gen. 42. t 32. Geert. fruct. 2. p. 244. t. 133. 
Lin. syst. Monadélphia, Polydndria. Calyx naked, irre- 
gularly 5-lobed ; lobes usually twin. Petals 5, joined together 
as well as being connected with the column of the stamens at 
the base. Filaments joined together into a short tube at the 
base, but divided into 5 bundles at the apex ; which are filiform 
and bearing each 1, 2, or 3 linear or anfractuous anthers at the 
apex, which have the appearance of one anther, they are either 
adnate or versatile. Style crowned by a 5-6-cleft stigma. The 
rest of the character as in Bémbazx. Large trees with spongy 
wood, which is of little use except for making canoes, as the larger 
species of Bémbax. The leaves are palmate. The flowers 
are large, red, white, scarlet, rising singly or in clusters from 
the sides or tops of the branches. . 
1 E. ,erantue‘rum (D. C. prod. 1. p. 479.) anthers reti- 
culated; leaflets 5-7, ovate, cuspidate, quite entire. h.» 
Native of Brazil near Rio Janeiro. Bómbax eriánthus, Cav. 
diss. 5. p. 294. t. 152. f. 1. Trunk and branches prickly. 
Flowers subterminal and lateral at the tops of the branches. 
Corolla large, white, woolly on the outside. Anthers adnate, 
the whole length of the filaments. 
Smooth-anthered Wool-tree. Clt. 1818. Tree 70 feet. 
2 E. anrractudsum (D. C. prod. 1. p- 479.) anthers versa- 
tile, anfractuous ; leaflets 5-7-8, entire, or serrulated above, 
lanceolate, cuspidate, glaucous beneath ; trunk usually prickly. 
k. S. Bombax pentandrum, Lin. spec. 959. -Cav. diss. 5. P- 
293. t.151. Bombax orientale, Spreng. syst. 3. p. 124. Trunk 
prickly or rarely unarmed. Corolla smaller than that of B. occi- 
