TERNSTRCEMIACEZ. 
Tnice-serrated-leaved Apatelia. Shrub 12 feet. 
5 A. sca‘sra (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. under Palava, 
7. p. 221. t. 648.) branches, panicles, petioles, and calyx setose ; 
leaves cuneate, oblong, denticulated, scabrous. h.S. Native 
of New Grenada. Panicles axillary. Filaments adhering to the 
base of the petals, but free from each other. 
Scabrous Apatelia. Tree 24 feet. 
Cult. See Saurauja for cultivation and propagation. 
Tribe V. 
LAPLA‘CEE (plants agreeing with Laplacea in many im- 
portant characters). D. C. prod. 1. p. 526. 
Calyx bractless, of 3-5 sepals. Petals sometimes exceeding 
the number of sepals. Stamens numerous, free, or connected at 
the base ; anthers adnate or versatile Styles connected or free. 
Fruit 3-5-celled. . Albumen fleshy or wanting..—The tribe con- 
tains elegant trees, with fine leaves, and large shewy flowers. 
X. COCHLOSPE’RMUM (from koxdw, cochlo, to twist, and 
otepa, sperma, a seed; in allusion to the seeds being rather 
curved, f. 97. h.) Kunth, diss. mal. p. 6. nov. gen. amer. 7. 
p. 526. D. C. pred. 1. p. 527. 
Lin. syst. Polydndria. Monogynia. Calyx of 5, perma- 
nent, oval-oblong, blunt, unequal, imbricate sepals (f. 97. a.), 
which at length become reflexed, 2 outer ones smallest (f. 97. b.). 
Petals 5 (f. 97. d.), permanent, somewhat ovate, emarginate at the 
apex, unequal-sided, twisted in the bud. Stamens numerous ; 
filaments filiform, smooth; anthers fixed by the base, linear, 4- 
sided and 4-celled, opening by a single pore at the apex. Style 
long, filiform, hooked at the top (f.97.c.). Capsules girded by the 
permanent calyx, petals, and stamens, ovate-globose, 3-5-celled, 
3-5-valved (f. 97. f.). Valves bearing incomplete dissepiments 
in the middle. Seeds numerous, somewhat cochleate or kidney- 
shaped (f. 97. h. g.), covered with wool. Albumen fleshy. Em- 
bryo slender, with the radicle at the sharpest end of the seed 
pointing towards the hylum ; cotyledons entire, incumbent.— 
Trees or shrubs, with alternate, stipulate, lobed leaves, with the 
petioles jointed at the base. Flowers large, yellow, panicled, 
with the peduncles articulated at the base. 
1 C. cossy’prum (D.C. prod. 1. 
P. 527.) lobes of leaves 5, very en- 
tre. h.S. Native of the East 
Indies. Bémbax grandiflorum, 
Sonn. voy. ind. 2. p. 235. t. 133. 
Bómbax gossýpium, Lin. syst. 517. 
Cav. diss. 5. p- 297. t. 157. Bòm- 
bax Cóngo, Burm. ind. 145. Leaves 
almost like those of Gossypium 
religidsum, tomentose beneath. 
Flowers large, yellow. (f. 97.). 
Cotton - like Cochlospermum. 
Clt. 1822. Tree 50 feet. 
2 C. Ortnoce’ nse (Mart. fl. bras. 
1. p. 83.) lobes of leaves 5-7, digi- 
tate, smooth, entire. h.S. Na- 
tive of New Spain. Bémbax 
Orinocénse, H. B. et Kunth, nov. 
gen. amer. 5. p. 234. Flowers large, yellow. 
Orinoca Cochlospermum. Clt. 1820. Tree 20 feet. 
3 C. insrcne (St. Hil. pl. usu. bras. no. 57.) leaves 
coriaceous, palmately 5-lobed; lobes conduplicate, coarsely, 
sharply, and doubly serrated, adult ones smooth. k. S. Na- 
tve of Brazil in the provinces of Minas Novas and Minas 
Geraes. Flowers large, yellow. Maximiliana régia, Mart. et 
Schrank, bot. zeit. regensb. 1819. p. 452. Wittelsbachia insignis, 
Mart. fl. bras. 1. p. 81. t. 55. C. hibiscoides, H. B. et 
VOL. I.—PART. VI.’ 
FIG. 97. 
IX. APATELIA. 
X. Cocnrosrermum. XI. LAPLACEA. 569 
Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 7. p. 223. C. serratifòlium, D. C. prod. 
1. p. 527. Bómbax hibiscifòlium, Willd. herb. In Brazil this plant 
is called Butua do Curvo, where a decoction of the roots are used 
against internal pain, especially that which is the result of falls 
or other accidents; this decoction will cure an abscess although 
of considerable standing. 
Sheny Cochlospermum. Fl. May, Sept. Tree 30 feet. 
4 C. virirorium (Spreng. syst. app. p. 206.) lobes of leaves 
crenate-serrated, smooth on both surfaces. h.S. Native of 
New Spain. Bombax vitifolium, Willd. enum. p.720. Wittels- 
bachia vitifolia, Mart. nov. gen. 1. p. 83. Flowers large, yellow. 
Vine-leaved Cochlospermum. Clt. 1820. Tree 30 feet. 
Cult. Cochlospérmum is a genus of magnificent trees. The 
species thrive well in a mixture of loam and peat. Cuttings 
should not be too ripe, and they should be taken off at a joint, 
and if planted in sand they will root freely under a hand-glass, 
in a moist heat. Plants raised from seeds make finer trees. 
XI. LAPLA‘CEA (in honour of Marquis La Place, the cele- 
brated French mathematician). H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 
5. p. 207. t. 461. D.C. prod. 1. p. 527. Hamocharis, Sal. 
Lin. syst. Polydndria, Monogynia. Calyx of 4 or 5 deci- 
duous, rather orbicular, concave, imbricate, unequal sepals. 
Petals 5-9, free, but unequal-sided, twisted in the bud. Sta- 
mens numerous, disposed in 3 rows, adnate to the base of 
the petals in L. specidsa, but free in the rest; anthers versatile, 
2-celled, bursting lengthwise behind. Ovary sessile, 5-7-celled ; 
cells 3-seeded. Styles 5-7, joined into 1 or free. Capsules 
woody, 5-7-celled, 5-7-valved from the top to the middle; cen- 
tral column thick, bearing the seeds. Seeds oblong, pendulous, 
ending ina wing. Albumen wanting. Embryo linear, straight, 
with a short, superior radicle, and ovate, entire cotyledons.— 
Trees or shrubs; leaves scattered, exstipulate, entire, coria- 
ceous, with the petioles articulated at the base. Flowers axil- 
lary, solitary, bractless, with the peduncles jointed at the base. - 
1 L. specidsa (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c.) leaves oblong, quite 
entire, coriaceous, smooth; flowers large, axillary, solitary, 
on peduncles; styles 5, connate; capsule 5-valved, 5-celled. 
h. S. Native of South America between Gonzana and Loxa. 
Flowers large, white, very shewy. Petals 9. 
Shewy Laplacea. Tree 20 feet. 
2 L. semiserra‘ta (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 306.) leaves lan- 
ceolate, dentately-serrated, glabrous; calyx and corolla silky on 
the outside; styles free. h. S. Native of Brazil in the pro- 
vinces of Rio Janeiro and Minas Geraes. Heemocharis semi- 
serrata, Mart. et Zucc. fl. bras. 1. p. 107. t. 66. Wikstroe’mia 
fruticdsa, Schrad. in goett. anz. 1821. p. 710. Lindléya, Nees in 
bot. zeit. 1821. p. 299. Petals 5-8, white, unequal-sided. 
Styles 5-7, crowned by bifid stigmas. Capsule 5-7-valved from 
the top to the middle. 
Var. B, acuminata (St. Hil. 1. c. p. 801.) leaves lanceolate, 
acuminated, sharply serrated, very narrow at the base, cuneated, 
longer than the petioles. Province of St. Paul. 
Half-serrated-leaved Laplacea. Fl. year. Tree 30 feet. 
3 L. HÆMATO'XYLON; leaves ovate, acuminated, serrated ; 
styles 5, distinct ; fruit oblong, somewhat pentagonal ; pedicels 
very thick, short; petals 5. h.S. Native of Jamaica. Gor- 
ddnia hematéxylon, Swartz, fl. ind. occ. 2. ps 1199. Flowers 
white to flesh-coloured. 
Red-wooded Laplacea. Tree 16 feet. 
4 L. ToMENTÒsA; leaves obovate, unequal-sided, nearly en- 
tire, smooth above, but tomentose beneath ; flowers terminal, 
solitary; petals 5. h.S. Native of Brazil in the province of 
St. Paul. Heemocharis tomentésa, Mart. fl. bras. 1. p, 106, t. 
67. Flowers white. Styles 5, free. Capsule 5-celled. 
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