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L. auct. fol. ovatis, ped. axil. ihv. 5phylo — Shrub 

 of Antilles^ flowers with red calix, yellow co- 

 rolla. ^ 



396. IdOphalix coccinea Raf. Besl. do AubL 

 auct — fol- ovat. acum. carnosis, fl. corvmbosis, 

 invol. 2phylo — Guyana. 



397. Hematophyla Raf. (bloody leaf) Dalil- 

 bergia Tussac non alis diff. Besl. cal. Sphyl. la- 

 ciniatus, cor. tuhul. gibbosa, subbilab. bacca 

 uniloc, sem. pariete affixa. Herba. — In Besle- 

 ria the seeds are in the pulp, same family. 



398. Hematoph. tillosa Raf. Besleria sangui- 

 nea Turp. Pers. Kunth — villosa, fol. obi. serrat. 

 macula sanguinea — Hayti. 



399. Fi:»iBR0LiNA ^af. difF. Besleria, cor. ven- 

 tricosa, 5fida, laciniis reflexis inequalis fimbria- 

 tis. — Perhaps only a subgenus^ plant not shrub. 



400. Fimhrol. incarnata Raf^ Besleria do 

 AubL auct. tomentosa, fol. ovat. crenatis petiol. 

 fl. solit. axil. — Guyana. The two sp. of Knnth 

 with corolla campanulate are akin or form 

 another subgenus. 



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Sterculia L. this G. is now the type of 



ly Sterculides differing from Malvacea 



and Bombaxides by no corolla, and pistil on a 



podogyne. 



Lamark h 



Monographs of it, increasing it to 20 sp- 

 while Linneus had only 3, but their sp. are a 

 medley of trees without hardly any common 

 character except that of the family. The types 

 must be those having the linnean characters of 

 calix 5part. rotate patent, stamens 15, podog. 

 terete solid concave, ovary SlobodjOne style and 

 stigma capsule formed of 5 polysperm lignose 

 follicles* Such is St. foettda and the next. 



