Tas. 5245. 
PARITIUM ELATUM. 
Lofty Paritium, or Cuba Bast. 
Nat. Ord. Matvace®.—MoNADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. 
Gen. Char. Involucellum decem—duodecim-fidum v. -dentatum. Calyx quinque- 
fidus, daciniis estivatione valvatis. Corolle petala 5, hypogyna, expansa, ungui- 
bus imo tubo stamineo adnata, zstivatione convolutiva. TZubus stamineus co- 
lumneformis, infra apicem quinquedentatum, nudum ; filamenta plurima, brevia 
exserens ; anthere reniformes. Ovarium sessile, simplex, quinqueloculare, loculis 
septo secundario parietali verticali incomplete bilocellatis. Ovuda in loculis pluria, 
angulo centrali inserta, adscendentia. Stylus terminalis apice exserto quinque- 
fidus ; stigmata capitellata. Capsula quinquelocularis, loculis incomplete bilocel- 
latis, loculicide per septa incompleta bilamellata quinquevalvis, va/vis margine in- 
troflexis, medio septa completa gerentibus. Semina abortu pauca, desta crustacea, 
sinu umbilicata, nuda. Hméryo intra albumen parcissimum mucilaginosum ho- 
motrope arcuatus ; cotyledonibus foliaceis, plicato-convolutis, radicula infera.— 
Arbores vel frutices, inter tropicos totius orbis crescentes ; foliis alternis, petiolatis, 
integris, subtus ad basim nervi primarii glandulosis ; stipulis lateralibus geminis, 
latis, deciduis ; pedunculis unifloris, axillaribus vel terminalibus et tune stipulato- 
bibracteatis ; corollis Jutescentibus vel purpurascentibus. Endl. 
Paritium elatum: arbor 50~60-pedalis, foliis amplis orbiculari-cordatis rarius 
subangulatis subito brevi-acuminatis integris vel brevi-dentatis submembra- 
naceis subtus incanis vel minute pubescentibus concoloribus, floribus maxi- 
mis pedunculatis terminalibus axillaribus, junioribus bibracteatis, bracteis 
cymbiformibus amplis, petalis obovato- vel oblongo-spathulatis unguiculatis, 
capsulis lateritiis ovato-globosis, seminibus villosis. 
Paritium elatum. Don, Gard. Dict.v.1. p. 485. Richard, Fl. Cub. v. 1. p. 146. 
Griseb. Fl. Br. W. Ind. p. 86. Walp. Report. v. 1. p. 311. 
Hrsiscus elatus. Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ. p. 1218. M*Fad. Fl.. Jam. v. 1. p. 68. 
De Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p. 454. 
Hrsiscus abutiloides. Willd. Enum. p. 136. De Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p. 454. 
Histscus arboreus, etc. Browne, Jam. p. 84. 
Matyva arboreo folio rotundato, flore liliaceo. Sloane, Jam. v. 1. p. 215. ¢. 134. 
7.1, 3; 3. 
This is a noble Malvaceous tree, with ample, cordato-rotundate 
foliage and large flowers, both in bud, and, when expanded, of a 
bright brick-red colour, of which no figure has been given save 
the very incomplete one of Sloane, /.c., consisting of a single 
MAY Ist, 1861. 
