Tas. 4508. 
PACHIRA aALBa. 
White-lowered Pachira. 
Nat. Ord. Bompacn®.—MonaDELPHIA PoLYANDRIA. 
Gen. Char. Pacutra, 4ubl. (CARoLINEA, Linn. fil.) Calyx nudus, subtrun- 
catus, persistens. Petala 5, oblonga, longissima. Stamina basi monadelpha, 
superne in adelphias plures dodecandras fasciculata. Stylus longissimus. Stig- 
mata 5. Capsula lignosa, multivalvis, 1-locularis, polysperma. Semina nec 
gossypio nec farina induta, arillo carnoso forsan cincta.—Folia palmatim com- 
posita. De Cand. (under Carolinea). 
Pacrara alba; arborea inermis, foliis deciduis septenatis, foliolis petiolulatis 
elliptico-lanceolatis acutis glabris, corolla extus pilis fasciculatis tomentosa, 
tubo staminifero apice lobato, filamentis dichotomis. 
Pacutra alba. Walp. Repert. Bot. v. 1. p. 329. 
CAROLINEA alba. odd. Bot. Cab. t. 152. Hook. Exot. Flora, cum Ie. 
This constitutes a small tree, branching chiefly at the top, a 
native of Brazil, flowering in our stove in the winter months, 
and unfortunately at a season when no leaves appear. The 
trunk is unarmed, clothed with ashy-green bark. The flowers 
are large, and exhale a slight fragrance. We retain the 
name Pachira as the oldest, and unobjectionable. The Pachira 
tomentosa, Mart. Nov. Gen. et Sp. Bras. v. 1. p. 84. t. 56, comes 
very near this, especially in the flowers ; but the leaflets of the 
leaves are much broader and very tomentose. 
Drscr. Stem erect, with us twenty-two or twenty-three feet 
high, branched and leafy at the top. Leaves on long footstalks, 
septenate, /eaves petiolulate, elliptical-lanceolate, glabrous. Flowers 
solitary from the naked branches. Peduncles stout, bracteated 
when young. Calyx _ nearly subhemispherical-globose, dark 
green, the limb a little contracted, and entire. Petals five, 
large, lingulate, obtuse, leathery, cream-white within and gla- 
brous; outside fuscous and clothed with a fasciculated, dense, 
compact down, soon reflexed. Stamens monadelphous. — Fila- 
ments very long, spreading, forked, and all springing from a 
APRIL Ist, 1850. 
