BOMBACEZ, XI, ERIODENDRON. XII. Cuorusta. XIII. Duro. 
dentale, clothed with silky wool on the outside and yellowish 
on the inside, 
Var. a, I’ndicum (D.C. prod. 1. p. 479.) flowers in fascicles 
from a short peduncle; yellowish on the inside, white on the 
outside. h. S. Native of the East Indies.—Rheed. mal. 3. 
t. 49. and 51.—Rumph. amb. 1. t. 80. 
Var, B, Africanum (Brown, cong. p. 10.) flowers large, 
crimson, fascicled. h. S. Native of Guinea. This is the 
largest and tallest tree in Guinea, the trunk of which is made 
into very large canoes. 
Winding-anthered Wool-tree. Clt. 1739. Tree 150 feet. 
3 E. OCCIDENTALE; anthers anfractuous, versatile; leaflets 
7, serrulated, smooth and green on both surfaces; flowers fas- 
cicled, pentandrous, woolly outside, and rose-coloured on the 
inside; trunk prickly. k.S. Native of the Caribbee islands 
and South America. Bombax pentandrum, Jacq. amer. 191. 
t. 176. f. 70. B. occidentale, Spreng. syst. 3. p. 124. Eriod. 
anfractudsum (3, Caribe’ um, D. C. prod. 1. p. 479. The flowers 
are said to be in short compound racemes by Jacquin. 
Western Wool-tree. Clt. 1739. Tree 30 to 60 feet. 
4 E. Samau'ma (Mart. fl. bras. 1. p. 89. t. 98.) anthers 
anfractuous, versatile ; leaflets 5-7, oblong, quite entire, acumi- 
nated ; trunk prickly ; petals obovately-spatulate, covered with 
fulvous down on the outside. kh. S. Native of Brazil near 
the river Japura, Bombax Samaùma, Spreng. Flowers on the 
tops of the branches, solitary, lateral, or subterminal, cream- 
coloured. The wool contained in the fruit is called Samauma 
in Brazil, with which the natives stuff pillows and bolsters. 
Samauma Wool-tree. Tree 80 to 100 feet. 
5 E. xscunrrotium (D. C. pred. 1. p. 479.) anthers an- 
fractuous ; leaflets 7-8, sharply serrated; trunk unarmed. h .S. 
Native of New Spain by the sea-shore near Campeche, Bom- 
bax axillare, Moc. et Sesse. fl. mex. icon, ined. Bom- 
bax esculifolium, H. B. et Kunth. Leaflets lanceolate- 
oblong, acuminated and mucronate, smooth. Petals rose- 
coloured, hairy on the outside, equal in length with the stamens. 
Flowers, according to the figure in the fl. mex., axillary, and 
usually solitary, on very short thick pedicels. Flowers pentan- 
drous, covered with rusty tomentum on the outside and rose- 
coloured and smooth within. (Kunth.) 
Horse-chesnut-leaved Wool-tree. Tree 60 feet. 
6 E. sasminovorum (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 265. t. 52.) 
anthers anfractuous; style jointed; leaflets 3, ovate, acute, 
apiculated, with entire undulated margins; petals reflexed, 
puberulous; tube of stamens thickened at the top and entire ; 
filaments 1-anthered ; petals reflexed, puberulous. kh. S. Na- 
tive of Brazil in the province of Minas Novas. Trunk un- 
armed. Peduncles solitary, axillary, and on the naked branches. 
Flowers smelling of jasmine. Petals white, obovate. 
Jasmine-scented Wool-tree. Fl. May. Tree. 
Cult. These trees thrive best in a rich loamy soil, and cut- 
tings, not too ripe, taken off at a joint, not deprived of their 
leaves, will root freely if planted in sand under a hand-glass, 
placed in a moist heat; but plants raised from seeds make 
better trees. The trees grow to a large size before they 
flower in their native countries, it is therefore not likely they 
can ever be brought to flower in the stoves of this country. 
XII. CHORI’SIA (in honour of J. L. Choris, an eminent 
artist who went round the world with Kotzebue, at the expense 
of Count Romanzoff, see Romanzdvia). Kunth, diss. malv. 
p- 6. nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 295. D.C. prod. 1. p. 480. 
Lix. syst. Monadélphia, Polydndria. Calyx campanulate, 
2-5-lobed, with 3 permanent bracteas at the base. Petals 5, 
elongated. Staminiferous tube double, inner one slender, terete, 
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bearing on the outside at the apex 5 2-anthered lobes, adnate to 
the base of the outer one, which is short and of 5 bifid sterile 
lobes. Ovary sessile, ovate, 5-celled? Style 1, filiform, ex- 
ceeding in length the stamens, crowned by a 5-lobed capitate 
stigma. Capsule 5-valved, l-celled? many-seeded. - Seeds 
enveloped in wool. Prickly trees with digitate .leaves and large 
flowers, which are solitary, twin, or tern, in the axils of the upper 
leaves, with 2 or 3 bracteas under each. Petals villous. Wood 
soft, spongy. 
1 C. insrexis (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 297. 
t. 485. f. 1.) petals oblong-spatulate, emarginate at the apex, 
with flat margins. h. S. Native on the banks of the river 
Amazon. ‘Trunk ventricose. Leaflets 5, obovate-oblong, acu- 
minate, smooth, glaucous beneath, obsoletely and undulately-cre- 
nated towards the top. Flowers white, 
Remarkable Chorisia. Tree 50 feet. 
2 C. speciosa (St. Hil. pl. usu. bras. no. 63. fl. bras. 1. 
p. 267.) petals ovately-spatulate, emarginate at the apex, with ` 
rather undulated margins ; leaflets 5-7, lanceolate, acuminated, 
entire at the base, but the rest acutely serrated. h.S. Na- 
tive of the provinces of Rio Janeiro and Minas Geraes, where 
it is called by the inhabitants drvore de Paina, Petals white 
on the outside from down, but reddish and smooth within. 
The wool which accompanies the seeds is used to stuff bolsters 
and pillows in Brazil. 
Shewy Chorisia. Fl. March. Tree 40 feet. 
3 C. ventricosa (Nees. et Mart. act. bon. xi. p. 101. t. 9.) 
petals lanceolate-linear, acute, waved, pubescent outside ; leaflets 
5-7, ovate, acuminated; calyx 2-lobed. h. S. Native of 
Brazil on the banks of Rio das Contas and Rio Itiquirica. 
Trunk bulged in the middle, covered with spine-like processes. 
Flowers white. Bémbax ventricdsa, Arrud. in Kost. trav. p. 
489. Neuw. bras. reis. 2. p. 247. 
Ventricose-stemmed Chorisia. Tree 20 feet. 
4 C. crisprrvora (H. B. et Kunth, l. c. t. 485. f. 2.) petals 
linear, blunt, with ‘undulately-curled margins; leaflets 5-7, 
lanceolate, acuminated, acutely serrated, reticulately nerved. 
}.S. Native of Brazil in woods near Rio Janeiro. Flowers 
white on the outside from down, but smooth and reddish within. 
Curled-flowered Chorisia. Tree 40 feet. l 
Cult. The species of Chorisia require the same treatment 
as that recommended for Eriodéndron and Bómbax, 
XIII. DU‘RIO (from Duryon, the name of the fruit in the 
Malay language, which comes from dury, a thorn, in the same 
language, in allusion to the prickly fruit). Lin. syst. 698. but 
not of Adans. D.C. prod. 1. p. 480. Konig, in Lin. trans, 
vol 7. p. 266. 
Lin. syst. Polyadélphia, Polyándria. Calyx 5-lobed (f. 87. 
b.), girded by a 2-lobed, concave involucel (f. 87. a.). Petals 
5, joined together at the base into a tube, longer than the 
calyx, with a spreading limb (f. 87. c.). Stamens numerous, dis- 
posed in 5 bundles (f. 87. d.), each of these bundles is divided 
into 5 l-anthered filaments (f. 87. f.). Anthers anfractuous 
(f. 87. e. d.). Ovary scaly (f. 87. h.). Style filiform (f. 87. 7.). 
Stigma roundish (f. 87. j.). Fruit roundish (f. 87. g.), muricated, 
about the size of the bread-fruit, 5-celled (f. 87. k.); cells 
filled with pulp, 4-5-seeded (f. 87. L). Seeds shining, ovate- 
oblong. A large tree with oblong, acuminated leaves, rounded 
at the base, of a lurid-silvery colour beneath and lepidoted. 
1 D. zrpetuinus (Lin. syst. 698. Lam. ill. t. 641. Konig, 
in Lin. trans. vol. vii. t. 14, 15, and 16.). h. S. Native of 
the East Indies.—Rumph. amb. 1. p. 99. t. 20.—Rheed. mal. 
Leaves like those of the cherry, green and smooth above and 
covered with brownish scales beneath. The fruit is about the 
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