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Ferroma by Correa, a good name previous to 

 mine but not to that of Rheede, Necker changed 

 Ivira into Theodoria, both being good the pre- 

 vious of Aublet must be preferred. 



419. Helicteres L. akin to Sterculia, and of 

 same family not Bombaxides, having petals and 

 a podogyne. Containing many blended Genera 

 also, Necker had 3 ; put by the Linneists into 4 

 of their classes by turns. If they had chosen to 

 give the true character it ought to have been, 

 petals 5 or 10 or none, stamens 10 or tJO or 

 many,capsules stellate or spiral,e valve or bivalve, 

 such is the absurdity of these medleys, Adan- 

 son called the whole G. Isora. 



420. Helicteres Raf. cahx tubul. tereto bi- 

 labiato 2-3fido, petalis 5 equalis, stam. 10 tubo 

 5fido extus inserta, podog. filif. incurvo, stylo 

 5fido, stig. 5, caps. Scoalitis contortis spiralis uni- 



valvis polyspermis — Types several trees of tro- 

 pics, H. haruensis, angustifolia, &c. 



421- Anisora Raf. (not equal) difF. cal. cla- 

 ▼ato bilabiato, petalis 5 ineq. — Two types blen- 

 ded in Helict. isora. 



422. Anisora mtirri Raf. fol. toment. corda- 

 tis serratis, multifl. — Malabar, figured in Rheed 

 6 t. 30. 



423. Anisora angulata Raf. arborea toment. 

 fbl. cord. ineq. dentato angulatis — India, the 

 var. c. figured in Plukenet t. 245. 



424. NisoRALis Raf. difF. cal. campanul. 5dent. 

 obliquatus, petalis 5 ineq. caps, coalitis in fructo 

 tereto acuminato vix contortis. 



425. i^iseralis jamaicetisis R. Helict. do 

 W. Lam. ramis glabris, fol. ellipt. subcoird. ser- 

 ratis, pedunc, unifl. — Jamaica, made a var. of 

 Helict. isora ! bv L. and others. 



