flexed, woolly segments. Petals spreading, oblique and obliquely 
spathulate, white and delicate when fresh, glossy, tawny, and 
assuming a horny character when dry. Stamens monadelphous, 
the ‘whe short, soon dividing into five bundles of three each, 
fifteen in all, and having a sterile, elongated, club-shaped fila- 
ment alternating with each bundle. Ovary globose, hairy : style 
divided almost to the base into five branches, erect : stigmas 
_ five, obtuse, spreading. W. J. H. 
Cuxr. This is a soft-wooded tropical tree, of quick and robust 
growth. It requires a warm stove, and, if duly encouraged, will 
soon require more room than can often be afforded where a 
general collection of stove plants is kept. It grows freely in 
any kind of light loam, and, as its large leaves part with water 
rapidly during hot dry weather, it is necessary to supply it 
freely with water at the roots, in order to prevent the leaves 
from flagging. It is readily increased by cuttings planted 
under a bell-glass, and placed in bottom-heat. J. 8. 
Fig. 1. Expanded flower. 2. Flower, deprived of its petals. 3. Pistil :— 
magnified, 
